73%User score 73 percent
Ambitions
2019 · Drama
User Score
22 votes
An insomnia epidemic plunges Stockholm into chaos. A prime minister manages the crisis while protecting his son, a nurse fights to save her infected partner, and a teenager protects her neighbor amid the spreading disease.
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Aliette Opheim
Elin
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February 6, 2026
"Wake" ("Vaka") is one of those Scandinavian series you hope will go somewhere interesting but doesn't. The story revolves around an outbreak of a virulent contagion that, as it turns out, is the result of contamination from a pharmaceutical company that ends up infecting the drinking water supply with a novel toxic chemical discharge. People get red rings around the Isis and cannot sleep, leading to an often dramati…
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