My Brother (TV series)

Jana returns to her childhood home in Smalånger, Västerbotten, during a snowstorm and is given refuge by a man named John. While at his house, she notices paintings of a woman and his facial scars from a car accident. Jana reunites with her alcoholic brother, Bror, who has quit his job to care for their mother, whose deathbed wish is reconciliation with Jana. Although they disagree over their mother’s culpability, the siblings bond over memories of a traumatic childhood involving a sadistic father and a passive mother. Determined to get their lives on track, Jana cleans the dilapidated house and secures a job in home care, taking over the role previously held by Bror’s late partner, Maria. The townspeople are shocked by her return; Jana left abruptly in year nine. Despite warnings from locals and Bror to stay away from John, Jana begins a sexual relationship with him, later discovering the woman in his paintings was his wife. Bror bursts into John’s home, accusing him of murdering Maria. John claims Maria died after they separated, but Bror remains convinced it was not suicide. Jana tells Bror to stop drinking; he says she should stop sleeping with a murderer.