Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir
Lára
The Press (2007)
Season 1
When Lára, a journalist on maternity leave finds herself newly single and in deep financial trouble, her outlook is bleak. Enter handsome and notorious businessman Hrafn: aware of her intuitive skills as an investigator, he hires her to prove his innocence in a case involving the murder of a young woman. Lára is saved from her desperate financial situation, but at what cost?
Released Dec. 30, 2007
Episode 45 min
10+
S1E1 - Þáttur 1
A woman in her early twenties is found dead at a local playground. Hrafn, a wealthy businessman, is suspected of being involved in the murder as the woman was with him. Journalist Lára faces serious financial problems as well as a crumbling marriage, and when asked by Hrafn for her help to prove his innocence in exchange for a weighty sum it becomes a difficult offer to refuse.
Dec. 30, 2007, midnight
S1E2 - Þáttur 2
Unconfirmed gossip about Hrafn's behaviour and attitudes towards women do not help his case but no one is willing to come forward with concrete evidence or any accusations. A body washes up on shore close to Reykjavík Harbour. Could it somehow be linked?
March 27, 2011, midnight
S1E3 - Þáttur 3
Lára meets a cousin at her father's 70th birthday party. He shares some sensitive information with her about a local motorcycle gang and their criminal activities which seem to be on the rise. Lára smells a scoop but she does not anticipate the extent to which this could jeopardise her family's safety.
April 3, 2011, midnight
S1E4 - Þáttur 4
With Lára hot on the heels of the motorcycle gang, things take a sinister turn. Her family is threatened and the safety of her children is put at risk when a Danish 'slayer' at the top of the organization is sent to Iceland to get things straight.
April 11, 2011, midnight
S1E5 - Þáttur 5
With money to spare and public turning against him Hrafn buys the newspaper Lára works at and subtly yields his influence to turn the tide back in his support. Not everyone is fooled by him but his charm and good looks soon overcome any doubts Lára and others harboured about his involvement in the murders of the two young women.
April 17, 2011, midnight
S1E6 - Þáttur 6
Lára, facing problems in her own relationship, finally succumbs to Hrafn's charm. However, a dinner at Hrafn's house turns out to be far from the evening she imagined.
April 24, 2011, midnight
Network: Stöð 2
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 810 min.
Released: Dec. 30, 2007
Last Air Date: Nov. 18, 2012, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR / 10+
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