8 Months

TV-series 8 Months 6 x 45 min (Swedish title Doktrinen) – a political thriller based on the novel Åtta Månader by Magnus Montelius.

After triggering a government crisis by photographing Sweden’s foreign minister buying sex in Berlin, ambitious freelance journalist Nina’s career takes an even bigger turn when she, of all people, is recruited as the press secretary to the new foreign minister – aid worker Jacob Weiss. Weiss is easy on the eyes, incredibly charismatic, and immediately wins over the Swedish public. He quickly notices Nina’s competence and gives her greater responsibility, all the while she becomes increasingly entangled in the ruthless power play that prevails in the corridors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Weiss is young, unknown, and completely untested in politics. But who is he really?

Political consultant Maxie is tasked with investigating Weiss’s past. The process is rushed, and although there is an eight-month gap in Weiss’s career that Maxie hasn’t had time to verify, he is still appointed. Suddenly, Maxie’s life takes a turn – she gets a break-in, an anonymous source is killed, and she stops receiving job offers. She decides to dig deeper into Weiss and the people around him, convinced she will bring skeletons out of the closet.