Just three years earlier, Ilpo Larha was an ordinary taxi driver who had just met the love of his life. A fascination with danger prompts the young man to try his hand at driving a getaway car and his criminal career takes off. A couple of years later, he escapes from prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment for a contract murder, leading to a 55-hour siege.
Episodes
Runtime: 44m
An inexperienced officer is summoned to negotiate with a ruthless hostage-taker.
Runtime: 43m
The hitman threatens to blow up the whole apartment building if the police don't deliver a getaway car.
Runtime: 44m
Heino faces pressure from above to end the crisis.
Runtime: 44m
An unprecedented murder-for-hire in Finland excites the press, and Ilpo sees this as an opportunity for publicity.
Runtime: 44m
llpo begins his life sentence in Katajanokka, but vows to escape.
Runtime: 44m
Ilpo makes one more big demand before he agrees to surrender.
