Lauri, a young crime detective, is saved from couples therapy when sent on an assignment to his childhood town. He is joined by a partner, senior detective Sanna, a pleasure-seeking woman who has never been so far north before.

The townspeople search for a missing father of a family. The detectives' work is hindered by personal problems: Sanna is contacted by an unexpected party and a friend from the past blames Lauri for the misfortunes.

Sanna receives the news she has been dreading. Lauri consoles her and makes a breakthrough in the inquiry. The community of believers holds together in its grief, but elsewhere violence mounts.

The killer controls the stage, and Lauri and Sanna have to deliver some sad news. Lauri gets an unexpected visitor and hope of change awakens. A strange accident by the seashore summons the media to Varjakka.

Are there two killers, and do they share a common enemy? There is a rift in the detectives' relationship and Sanna's whole life turns around. Lauri takes a journey into the past.

The religious community is assembled, and Lauri's old scars rip open. Sanna has to relive a past trauma. Is forgiveness possible?