Virta (Scripted, Finnish)
Genres: Drama, Action, Crime
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2011-04-07
Ended: 2011-06-23
Network: Nelonen
Country: FI
Airs on: Thursday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
Virta is a crime series, a Finnish answer to shows like Beck and Wallander.Criminal Commissar Lasse Virta (Antti Virmavirta) is a classic character: charismatic, intelligent and adventurous. He is a lone wolf, a workaholic, whose outside goals are mostly past.While Virta focuses solely on solving crimes, Kari Salminen (Petteri Summanen), his partner, has a busy private life to contend with. Salminen is impulsive, and he is used to challenging his co-worker. Nevertheless, Virta and Salmi work well in their desire to understand the criminal mind and fight against crime.The 12-piece series consists of six stories.