`Trapped' is a crime-drama series following a police department as they try to uncover a mystery against the elements. In a fjord nearby a small Icelandic town a ferry arrives from Denmark with 300 passengers, but only their journey stops here. A storm overhead and a treacherous blizzard prevent the ferry and the townspeople from leaving the remote area. When a dismembered, mutilated body washes up onshore, the local police realise a murder has taken place just hours ago. Everybody trapped in the vicinity immediately become potential suspects and chaos descends as they try to find the killer.