In the season opener now separated, Johnny has to find a way to rename his twins before they are baptized. Meanwhile, Torgeir and the boys find themselves facing serious consequences after they wreck a Ferrari. Sigrid appears to have a new love interest.
Frank Tagliano, is a former member of the New York mob. After testifying in a trial in the United States, Tagliano is relocated to Lillehammer in Norway through the FBI's witness protection program. Frank Tagliano was intrigued by Lillehammer when he saw television images of the Winter Olympics in 1994, and therefore chooses to start his new life there.
The transition from being a feared and respected gangster in New York, to become an unemployed immigrant in Norway, is not simple. Frank discovers that to get up and in the Norwegian rural society, he must resort to the old, ruthless methods.