The lead suspect in The Investigation is never mentioned by name. Over six episodes, Tobias Lindholm’s Danish crime drama—which concluded its stateside run on HBO earlier this week—refers only to “the accused.” We never see him interrogated by Jens Moller (Soren Malling), the Copenhagen homicide lead who serves as the show’s protagonist, or any of his deputies. We certainly don’t see him take the stand to face off in court against prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen (Pilou Asbaek), whom Jens assists in putting together an ironclad case. As in The Undoing, another recent HBO series, the object of scrutiny turns out to be the culprit; unlike