A Swedish true-crime drama follows a detective and genealogist's race against time to solve a 16-year-old double murder and crack the case before it goes cold.
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The Breakthrough is a four-episode Netflix mini-series, and there are no plans for an additional fifth episode or a second season.
The series explores themes of tragedy, empathy, and the innovative use of genealogical research to solve a cold case, making it the first murder in Europe to be cracked using this method.
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Peter Eggers, Oskar Söderlund, Netflix, The Breakthrough