The heavily alcoholic and chain-smoking crime detective Rikard Nielsen has returned from a very mysterious case and tells it to the even more mysterious David Fuglesang. Together they cackle about death, God and what the mystery really is.
A murderous force is haunting drunken citizens and kills them at a certain per mille. The mission seems to be a perfect match for inspector Nielsen, as he is a late night drinker.
Nielsen has reached the bottom of his sad and drunken life. Fuglesang seeks him out to have a chat. Together they confess their darkest secrets about the things they have done in their hardcore profession.