'Annika's Second Episode is a Wild Valkyrie Ride

Annika's second episode once again begins with Annika musing at us about literature. Episode 1 was Melville, with her reflecting on Moby Dick, inspired by the initial corpse, which died via a harpooning, but also mixed in with her own obsession with finding killers — her white whales — and what it's like for those left behind when they are in relationships with someone obsessed with a thing they cannot join in with.

Annika: I'm Bogart, of course I'm Bogart, what's the matter with you?

This week starts with the Nordic myth of the Valkyries, inspired by the name of the boat where the latest corpse has been found, a stone with runes carved on it lying by his body. Annika sails the ship back and thankfully disembarks, as it blows up right behind her just as Michael is about to board. He's stuck on light duty for the rest of the episode. As a result, overseeing the reconstruction of the boat. The body, identified before the ship blew up, is Ronnie Kidd, an art teacher from the Isle of Bute.