Jan Bílek
Director
Wasteland (2016)
Season 1
When Hana Sikorova, mayor of a northern Bohemian village, stands up to a large coal mining concern that offers villagers large compensation in exchange for abandoning their houses built on land containing brown coal deposits, her fourteen year old daughter Misha disappears. The search for her daughter makes Hana suspicious of the whole community, after years of peaceful coexistence. Under the pressure of unfolding events, the community starts to fall apart and show its true face. Solving the mystery divides the story into several interweaving narratives that ultimately connect in unexpected ways.
Released Oct. 30, 2016
Episode 55 min
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Production Companies: HBO Europe
Network: HBO Europe
Country: Czech Republic
Languages:
Czech
S1E1 - Episode 1
Hana Sikorova, mayor of the dying village of Pustina, battles the powerful coal company that wants to expand and obliterate her town. Then her 14-year-old daughter, Misha, goes missing.
Oct. 30, 2016, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
The Criminal Investigations Unit looks into Misha's disappearance. Hana suspects the coal company may be behind it, but Inspector Rajner thinks a 16-year-old juvenile delinquent who has been secretly seeing Misha may know more than he lets on.
Nov. 6, 2016, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
Lukas, who dates Hana's older daughter, misleads Rajner with a false tip as to Misha's whereabouts. The lie is meant to divert attention from Lukas' real job as a meth cook.
Nov. 13, 2016, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
A sex worker leads Rajner to discover new information about Karel. Everything seems to suggest that he is lying about the events of the day Misha disappeared. Meanwhile, Klara discovers in inconsistencies in Lukas' story, too.
Nov. 20, 2016, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
Karel is interrogated and released, against police wishes, following an intervention by the district attorney. Meanwhile, Hana gets an inkling that Misha may have had a secret life.
Nov. 27, 2016, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
Hana tries to find out the truth about Karel--what he knows about their daughter but also about his own past, which he had kept hidden from her. In the meantime, despite ongoing events, the village prepares for the upcoming referendum.
Dec. 4, 2016, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
Karel discovers a link between one of the boys from the juvenile facility and a man who works at the mine company. Hana uses the information to force the company's owner to pressure the police to expand their investigation.
Dec. 11, 2016, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
The police seem to hold all the necessary evidence to close the case, but Karel is convinced they are on the wrong track. He realizes that if he wants justice to be served, he will have to take it into his own hands.
Dec. 18, 2016, midnight
Network: HBO Europe
Episode Runtime: 55 min.
Season Runtime: 440 min.
Released: Oct. 30, 2016
Last Air Date: Dec. 18, 2016, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 18
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