'Annika's Second Season Ends on a Helluva Cliffhanger

There are many kinds of cases in police procedurals. There are serial murderers; there are one-off killings; there are cold cases; crooked cops commit crimes, you name 'em, there's a show about them. But of all the different kinds of detective stories, none are quite so emotionally defining as the ones where the victim is one of their own. I'm not talking about the "thin blue line" stuff, I'm talking about the down-and-dirty revenge stuff, where the novels (or the TV series/movies) get a good shot of adrenaline out of it because "this time, it's personal." Naturally, though, Annika shies away from grabbing onto a revenge story for this week's killing, instead going with Prometheus betraying his god buddies by giving man the gift of fire when a former D.I. turns up burned to death in his own boat.

Morgan: Always thought I'd been the result of a one-night stand with a reindeer herder or something.

Annika might be a bit distracted anyway, since everything in her life is topsy-turvy. She and her dad are getting along, even though he's still drinking like a fish — the same fish he pickles for breakfast, much to Morgan's horror. (If the fish weren't bad enough, he's also poking her about why she hasn't asked who her dad is, which she also really wishes he'd stop doing.) One would think pickled herring for breakfast would drive people anyway, but somehow it's made Jake decide he wants to move in permanently, which has Annika slightly panicked. At least she has a car now.