For­bry­del­ser be­gå­et i et ide­o­lo­gisk lys re­du­ce­rer men­ne­sker til sym­bol­ske ofre for en stør­re sag. I Mai Bro­strøm og Pe­ter Thor­bo­es dra­ma­se­rie sæt­ter en grup­pe af PET livvag­ter li­vet på spil i de­mo­kra­tiets tje­ne­ste - hvad en­ten det dre­jer sig om be­skyt­tel­se af mi­ni­stre mod yder­ligt­gå­en­de po­li­ti­ske kræf­ter så­vel som sinds­for­vir­re­de stal­ke­re, over­våg­ning af ter­r­or­mistænk­te el­ler for­søg på at for­hin­dre et at­ten­tat på en uden­land­sk mi­ni­ster. Se­ri­en går tæt på vir­ke­lig­he­den og på højak­tu­el­le hæn­del­ser og gi­ver et spæn­den­de ind­blik i PETs ar­bej­de.

As the second gripping series of The Protectors begins, Denmark is still shaken by the outrage caused in the Islamic world over the publication of a Muhammad cartoon in a Danish newspaper. The Protection Unit of the Danish Intelligence Bureau is faced with a precarious mission, when the Foreign Minister moves to re-open the embassy in Islamabad, closed after a terrorist bombing several years before, the lives of many are at risk - not only in Denmark, but as far away as Moscow and Islamabad. Despite their relentless efforts, murders cannot always be prevented, and suicide bombers cannot always be stopped - even by a highly experienced and elite unit such as this.