Vaka (TV series)

A plane crashes in the opening flashforward. Eighteen hours earlier, a disoriented ski lift attendant, Lukas, causes a mass casualty incident. Ambulance nurse Elin responds to the scene and receives CPR help from Lovisa, a non-practicing physician. Elin wants to admit Lukas to the hospital, but police suspect drugs; he later escapes custody. Distracted by securing a lighter sentence for his troubled son, Hugo, the Minister for Health Christian announces a partnership with Framkemi. His medical school friend Henrika owns the company and is publicly confronted by an agitated employee demanding they contact the ECDC; he is escorted away by security. Teen influencer Linda films a woman falling off a treadmill who says she "wants to be tired." Elin receives a panicked call from Lukas, interrupting an anniversary dinner with her wife, Moa; Elin finds him dead. As Christian and his colleague Saga meet to have sex, Henrika reviews results warning of a catastrophe. The pilot collapses, causing the crash that kills 190 people, including Henrika. Online, Linda suggests the name "Vaka" for the disease that prevents sleep.