

The Day Shift
After the final events of Næturvaktin, Georg Bjarnfreðarson, Ólafur Ragnar and Daníel, find their paths crossing again when they find work at Hotel Bjarkarlundur in Icelands isolated Westfjords, owned and run by the formidable Gugga. Forced to work together again, it's not long before Georg begins plotting ways to control everyone.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
21-09-2008After being kicked out of his sisters home, Ólafur finds himself homeless and soon hooks up with Georg, after himself was evicted from his Swedish commune. After Ólafur finds a job...
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
28-09-2008Daniel's quiet rural life is comes to an abrupt end when he finds Olafur and Georg have been hired at the hotel. However, Georg's scheming is cut short when he discovers Daniel is...
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
05-10-2008Ólafur is in pain after Gugga gets her way with him. When a fungal mushroom mistakenly finds its way into the mushroom soup, the behaviour of the staff soon becomes strange.
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
12-10-2008After reading a newspaper article featuring Bjork, Georg expresses the opinion that the Icelandic icon and musician is a freak who screeches and howls. Though when Bjork makes an u...
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
19-10-2008Sólin arrive in town to play a local gig but Ólafur, once a group insider, finds himself out in the cold. Daniel drowns his sorrows and Georg finds himself the target of a drunk Gu...
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
26-10-2008After a drunken night out Daniel finds himself the suspect as Gugga's attacker, though Georg suspiciously lends his support to Daniel, who can't remember a thing. Ólafur becomes cu...
- Ep 7
7.Episode 7
02-11-2008The search is on for missing Gugga, with an increasingly fragile Daniel feeling indebted to Georg for his help. With Georg taking control over his hotel wages, Ólafur tries to rai...
- Ep 8
8.Episode 8
09-11-2008Daniel's brother, an arrogant surgeon, pays a visit with his family from America. Georg spends more time with new friend Óðinn who is infatuated with him, with Ólafur becoming anno...
- Ep 9
9.Episode 9
16-11-2008Georg continues to spin his lies while Daniel is plagued with guilt. After having enough of Óðinn and failing to get Georg's support, Ólafur leaves the hotel and tries his hand at...
- Ep 10
10.Episode 10
23-11-2008After Georg's promises that things would be different Ólafur returns to the hotel, but soon finds things are just the same as before. If Daniel wasn't under enough stress a heavily...
- Ep 11
11.Episode 11
30-11-2008After Gugga awakens from her come the police arrive and Georg's web of deceit soon catches up with him.
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