'Annika' Season 2 Finally Works Through The Hardest Part

Annika has always had daddy issues hovering in the background of the series since the series began, an odd choice considering it's a series centered around a female police detective and her daughter. But men aren't the only ones who have issues with their fathers, and of all the Greek plays, Antigone has stood the test of time. It's probably a good thing for Magnus, now that he's finally emerged from the shadows of Annika's brain as a real, living, breathing person, that her literature choice of the week isn't going to be Greek, but Shakespeare, King Lear at that, the story of the faithful daughter that foolish father spurns. But even so, generational vacations are never fun, even when everyone likes each other. At least Morgan will be able to go to work each day. Annika and Magnus will have to lump it as guests sharing a cabin at Perthshire's Blane Park Eco Resort.

Morgan: We don't have to turn everything into an investigation.

Morgan believes Magnus is here because he wants to see them; in reality, it's because he's considering divorce after all these years from Annika's mother, who she has offhandedly mentioned he never really loved and resented for getting pregnant with her in the first place, forcing their marriage. Lucky for Magnus, though perhaps not for the eco-resort, Annika goes for a walk to complain to Jake over the phone about the situation and promptly finds herself a body in the river. Harper comes right on down, but Michael's laid up with food poisoning, and for once, Blair is happy to call in pregnant and stay remote.