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- An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.
- A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
- Alexander Bukow is a cop who doesn't mind working at the edge of the law to get results. His straight-laced partner Katrin Koenig is a control freak whose life is the job. Together, they're a great crime-fighting team--when they're not fighting each other.
- The four Friends Lukas, Julius, Gino and Sanchez are trying to survive the everyday life in Neukölln, Berlin between Drugs, Gangs, Rap, Violence and Boredom. Until they are one day making a serious decision with serious consequences because of a dead certain Plan.
- Bruno, Max, Leo, and identical twins Emil and Oskar are five friends from Hamburg in their early twenties. In both their professional and personal lives, they are prone to making poor decisions that constantly lead to awkward situations.
- Katja Baumann is a nurse working in a hospital in Munich. One day as she leaves the hospital she meets Tim Lechner, a young boy who tells her his mother is in the hospital and a rural domestic helper is in charge of him and his sisters but they don't feel quite right around her. Katja gives up her holiday with her husband and travels to Frühling to help Tim and his sisters until their mother can recover her health. Katja so enjoys her new domestic-help duty that she decides to stay in Frühling and collaborate with the parish priest to help families who are having difficulties.
- Frank Stolpe, der seit Jahren ein Doppelleben als Vater zweier Familien geführt hat, wird nach einem missglückten Banküberfall des versuchten schweren Raubes angeklagt. Er beteuert, nur aus Not und Verwirrung gehandelt zu haben, und gelobt vor Gericht Besserung. Als er mit Contis Hilfe tatsächlich auf Bewährung freikommt, kann die ehrgeizige Staatsanwältin Henry Mahn das Urteil kaum fassen. Sie beginnt zu recherchieren und stößt auf einen ungelösten Fall - einen bewaffneten Raubüberfall auf ein Wettbüro -, der Parallelen zu Stolpes Vorgehen beim Banküberfall aufweist. Und als die Tatwaffe in Stolpes Wohnung gefunden wird, fragt sich auch Conti, ob sie ihrem Mandanten noch trauen kann, und stellt ihn zur Rede. Doch Frank Stolpe behauptet steif und fest, nichts mit dem Überfall zu tun zu haben, und gibt Conti einen Hinweis, der sie zu seinem Bruder führt, einem drogenabhängigen Künstler. Stimmt Stolpes Behauptung? Welchem der beiden Brüder kann Conti glauben? Conti muss Stolpes Leben entwirren, doch statt auf Lösungen stößt sie auf weitere Rätsel. Wer ist Stolpe wirklich? Und welche Rolle spielt seine Frau in dem Ganzen? Conti will nicht moralisieren, sondern verstehen. Und Henry Mahn sinnt auf Gerechtigkeit.
- Commissioner Sarah Kohr is investigating to arrest criminals, with camouflage skills if necessary.
- Conti hat eine Zeit der persönlichen Krisen und der schmerzvollen Selbstreflektion hinter sich. Doch als sie von dem Wirbel um die bekannte, junge Mutter und Musikerin Elisabeth "Liz" Jordan Wind bekommt, erwacht der noch in ihr schlummernde Kampfgeist und Sinn für Gerechtigkeit. Der Sängerin wird vorgeworfen, ihren Säugling in der Badewanne ertränkt zu haben. Als bereits bekannte "Rabenmutter" wird sie von der Presse und auf Social Media öffentlich bloßgestellt und schonungslos (vor-)verurteilt - eine Erfahrung, die Anwältin Conti unfreiwillig mit der jungen Frau verbindet. Sie übernimmt den Fall, und die Verteidigung wird für die einstige Staranwältin zum Comeback. Im Prozess um den Mord an der kleinen Zara steht Conti ihrer einstigen Referendarin Henry Mahn gegenüber. Für die junge Staatsanwältin ist es der erste Fall. Sie will keine Fehler machen. Für Conti steht Henrys erster Fehler jedoch schon fest: Zu Unrecht wurde Liz vorschnell in U-Haft gesteckt und damit in der Öffentlichkeit für Stimmung und Hetze gesorgt. Doch kurz bevor der Haftrichter Liz' Freilassung gewährt, spricht diese plötzlich ein klares Geständnis aus und lässt ihre Verteidigerin in einer scheinbar aussichtslosen Position zurück. Mit Liz in U-Haft und Matt Westphal, dem Musikproduzenten und Kindsvater, als Nebenkläger steht Conti nicht nur vor einem besonders verzwickten Fall, sondern auch selbst wieder im Rampenlicht. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Schützling Carlo, der es sich im vergangenen Jahr in ihrer schicken Kanzlei an der Alster wohnlich eingerichtet hat, vertieft sich Conti in die Recherche und Verteidigungsstrategie. Dabei stoßen die beiden auf Liz' wohlgehütetes Geheimnis.
- Inspector Sörensen, who has finally moved to the Frisian province, has enough to do with himself: He suffers from loneliness, insomnia and inner restlessness - and yet wants nothing more than to stop taking the medication for his anxiety disorder. One night on the country road he almost runs over a young, disturbed woman: malnourished, in her nightgown and blind. When she finally reveals her identity to Sörensen, a web of murder, religious madness and well-kept secrets opens up to him. Sörensen is overwhelmed by the situation, by himself. The place rejects him, the fear returns - and it won't just be a corpse.
- With an anxiety disorder in his luggage, Chief Inspector Sörensen is transferred from Hamburg to the Frisian town of Katenbüll. He hopes that the small town will provide him with a quiet, tranquil working life.
- Detective Inspector Jana Winter investigates with her team in the Schleswig-Holstein area while also fulfilling her role as a mother. Her intuition for the psychological dimension of crimes often leads her on the right track, and she must assert herself against her male colleagues time and again.
- Ali, a courageous woman and single mother of two kids, works with the trainer and owner of a rundown box club in order to provide for her family.
- The lecturer Ingwer Feddersen sets up a sabbatical to take care of his parents and moves back to his North Frisian home village of Brinkebüll for a year. There's nothing here anymore as it once was. The facades are only slowly crumbling, and true motives and events from Ingwer's childhood in the 1970s come to light.
- In der Saar wird nahe einer Staumauer die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden: Die Arzthelferin Nathalie Bendig wurde mit einem starken Narkotikum betäubt und dann erstickt. Sämtliche DNA-Spuren sind durch die anschließende Ablage im Fluss allerdings vernichtet worden. Bei ihren Recherchen stoßen Hauptkommissarin Judith Mohn und ihr Kollege Freddy Breyer auf einen sehr ähnlichen Fall aus dem saarländischen Grenzgebiet, der nie aufgeklärt werden konnte. Der damalige Tatverdächtige, Pharmareferent und Familienvater Serge Roubaix, wurde aus Mangel an Beweisen freigesprochen. Judith geht der Sache weiter nach und kontaktiert dessen ehemaligen Pflichtverteidiger Alain Montand, der die Juristerei inzwischen an den Nagel gehängt hat und als Weinbauer arbeitet. Ihn plagen seit jenem Freispruch tatsächlich Schuldgefühle, weil er selbst nicht von der Unschuld seines Mandanten überzeugt war. Alain vertieft sich in die alten Fallakten und spielt Judith entscheidende Hinweise zu, denen die Polizei damals nicht nachgegangen ist. Gemeinsam finden die Kommissarin und der Ex-Anwalt endlich Beweise, die Serge Roubaix als Täter überführen könnten. Doch so einfach ist das nicht: Im damaligen Mordfall kann Roubaix nach dem rechtskräftigen Freispruch ohne ein Schuldgeständnis nicht noch einmal angeklagt werden. Und alles, was sie jüngst herausgefunden haben, ist vor Gericht als Beweismittel nicht zulässig. Judith muss erkennen, dass die Gerechtigkeit nicht immer zu ihrem Recht kommt. Sie setzt alles daran, den aktuellen Fall zu lösen - und damit hoffentlich auch den damaligen Täter zu überführen.
- Stiller bringt den verletzten Mann ins Krankenhaus, kann aber außer seinem Namen, Remy Luger, nichts weiter herausfinden. Der Mann schweigt eisern. Wenige Stunden später wird die Leiche des jungen Gärtners Niklas Kiehn gefunden. Als Stiller den unbekannten Mann erneut im Krankenhaus besucht, trifft er auf Eva Sorrow, Ehefrau eines einflussreichen Großgrundbesitzers aus der Gegend. Sie ist sichtlich mitgenommen und möchte Remy helfen. Scheinbar hatte das Opfer, Niklas Kiehn, Kontakt zu Ingo Sorrow, Evas Sohn, sowie zu dessen Geschäftspartner und Landratskandidat Severin Formann. Stiller fragt sich, wie das alles zusammenhängen kann. Schließlich hat er eine Vermutung.
- The disappearance of nine-year-old Jan Poulsen (Michael Hoppe) causes his parents, the handball star Mikkel (Nicklas Kingo) and his wife Tamara (Laura-Sophie Warachewicz), to panic. Shortly afterwards, the kidnappers make crazy demands: Mikkel should terminate the contract he has already signed with a large Parisian handball club and stay in Flensburg in the coming season. It makes sense that the perpetrators are a few crazy fans. Svenja Rasmussen (Katharina Schlothauer), who has now decided against returning to Hamburg, and Antoine "Tony" Haller (Eugene Boateng) investigate the fan scene with the help of club chairwoman Fiona (Romina Küper). But the hope of being able to hold Jan in their arms again soon does not come true for Mikkel and Tamara.
- After a bizarre murder, the suspect overpowers Commissioner Klaasen and manages to escape. A second murder occurs shortly afterwards.
- Petty crook Konrad poses as the sole heir of a recently deceased house owner but is intercepted by Clara who challenges his plans as well as the mayor's dream of building a hotel on the property. A battle of wits ensues.
- Closing off a crime scene in the forest with a man's corpse - that underwhelms Ida Sörensen. Until the homicide squad from Esbjerg arrives, the patrol officer confidently expands her job assignment. To the chagrin of her conspicuously bad-tempered colleague Magnus Vinter, she begins investigating on her own. Inspector Frida Olsen is as astonished that Horik Holm was executed with two Viking arrows, as is the family background: The victim is the son of an underworld boss who comes from the tranquil coastal region. When Kort Holm arrives, he leaves no doubt that the perpetrator will be brought to justice. For Ida's colleague Magnus, the case is doubly tricky: not only does he know Holm better than he initially admits. A suspect, his own nephew Bjarne Vinter, is also close to him. Magnus and his colleague Ida must solve the mysterious murder and also protect Bjarne from Holm and his henchman Bech.
- Jakob is hopelessly after his childhood sweetheart Marie, who left him seven years ago. When she unexpectedly stands at his door, everything is exactly the same with him as it was before. Marie is also tingling again, because she now sees her "ex" with new eyes. However, this is not due to Jakob, who still has his old job as a toy seller and lives in his little room, but rather to a misunderstanding. Marie thinks he's a successful photographer who lives in a stylishly furnished loft. In the rush of happiness, Jakob keeps to himself that the dream apartment and photos belong to his traveller's neighbor, for whom Jakob only waters the flowers. He doesn't want to jeopardize the long-awaited chance - against the advice of his best friend - to regain Marie. Jacob soon became overwhelmed by the consequences of his white lies and half-truths. So he has to pass his single work colleague Lotte, whom he takes in with her eleven-year-old son Ben for a few days in the luxury apartment, as his ex-wife. In order to return the favor to Jakob, the self-confident Lotte helps him with her female expertise. Although he stays on the road to success with Marie, he is increasingly distancing himself from the lovable dreamer that he actually is. Above all, Jakob does not see who is really good for him.
- The notorious "Angel of St. Pauli" is back. For Chief Inspector Jan Fabel there is no doubt who is behind the gruesome murder of a 48-year-old journalist. The act is like an unexplained series of crimes that occurred ten years ago and Fabel has no rest: Somebody cut the throats of nine men, all of them sex offenders, pimps and beating husbands, and castrated them alive - as if they were for their violence should atone for women. The current victim, who has been charged with attempted rape, fits into the scheme. In order to understand the motive for revenge, Fabel does not ask the police psychologist Susanne, but his ex-girlfriend, who wrote a book about the "angel", for help. The commissioner soon realizes, however, that the case is more complex than expected: a murderess who killed in the same way before the "angel" has broken out of the closed psychiatric ward. Then, as now, she is ruled out as a perpetrator. When a second victim is found in the red-light district, Fabel's intuition sounds the alarm: Like the journalist, the murdered man had a connection to a recycling company that Simon Blohm runs with the support of his father-in-law. Is someone using the "angel" handwriting to distract from something else? Fabel has little time to find out what is really going on here.
- Unter dem Baumwipfelpfad innerhalb der Saarschleife wird die Leiche der jungen Putzfrau Camille Bartell gefunden. Kriminalkommissarin Judith Mohn und ihr Kollege Freddy Breyer verdächtigen schnell ihren Ehemann Eric Bartell, der etwas zu verheimlichen scheint. Im Zuge der Ermittlungen kommt es zu einer unverhofften Annäherung zwischen Judith und ihrer Mutter Karen Mohn, die Camille über das Putzen kannte. Karen kann Judith zwar nicht weiterhelfen, überrascht ihre entfremdete Tochter aber mit ungewohnter Energie und Lebenslust. Sie hat vor kurzem einen Mann kennen- und lieben gelernt - im Internet. Judith und Freddy fällt auf, dass Camille ausschließlich bei alleinstehenden Frauen geputzt hat. Und sie alle sind gerade todunglücklich, weil sich ihre neue Internetliebe nicht mehr bei ihnen meldet: ein Belgier, dem sie viel Geld und Vertrauen geschenkt haben, um mit ihm ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Hat dieser skrupellose Love-Scammer auch etwas mit dem Mord an Camille zu tun? Judith und Freddy müssen erkennen, dass es inzwischen nur noch eine aktiv bestehende Verbindung zu dem gesuchten Verdächtigen gibt: Karen. Führt die Spur über die vermeintliche neue Liebe von Judiths Mutter die Ermittler zum Täter?
- Jakob Stiller is an investigator at the LKA Hamburg, works in the archives of the evidence room and incidentally wrote his first crime novel there. This turns out to become his fate.
- An der Flensburger Förde wird die Leiche des aus Dänemark stammenden Christian Rommedahl angespült. In das Visier des neuen Ermittlerduos Svenja Rasmussen und Antoine Haller gerät zunächst der Freund und Arbeitskollege des Opfers, Lasse Jørgensen. Eine weitere Spur führt die Kommissarin und den Kommissar zum Flensburger Spirituosenhändler Philipp Schaaf. Zwischen ihm und dem Toten scheint es ebenfalls eine Verbindung zu geben. Denn auf dem Handy des Toten werden Fotos von Schaafs Tochter Lisa gefunden, und auch Lasse scheint involviert zu sein. [The body of Christian Rommedahl, from Denmark, washes up on the Flensburg Fjord. The victim's friend and work colleague, Lasse Jørgensen, is the target of the new investigator duo Svenja Rasmussen and Antoine Haller. Another lead leads the inspector to the Flensburg liquor dealer Philipp Schaaf. There also seems to be a connection between him and the dead. Because photos of Schaaf's daughter Lisa are found on the dead person's cell phone, and Lasse also seems to be involved.]
- A young police officer leaves for overseas training for about three months, right after his wife has their baby, and his wife must take care of herself and their baby alone. The day before her husband is to return, she finds the baby dead of SIDS, and the trauma leads the devastated mother to spontaneous activities that amplify the tragedy.
- What hurts more: losing the wife to her younger lover after 21 years of marriage or having to share a lottery win with her after the breakup? The parcel carrier Henry doesn't want to give up half of his unexpected wealth because of the divorce. While his wife Ellen wants to make a clean break with the new beginning, he tries to save the long-hopeful marriage, but only on paper. The disappointment hurts too much to share the cash fairly. Neither his own daughter, who needs money for a journalism school, nor his best friend Mehmet know about the new fortune. His "favorite colleague" Mona either doesn't like the fact that Henry doesn't tell her the truth. She doesn't really recognize Henry anymore, with whom she has fallen in love. Ellen is also surprised that Henry, who is chronically exhausted, can afford an expensive racing horse. But there's a reason for the secrecy, because Henry wants to make his dream come true to win the Grand Prix of Germany. His maxim: Believe in losers too.
- Even before her first day at work in the homicide division Hamburg, Inspector Katharina Tempel is given an unusual case by her new superior DCI Georg König: The Leitermanns, a married couple, both doctors, have disappeared.
- Jantjes und Stefans "Malibu"-Pläne sind ein weiteres Mal in Gefahr, als Philine Schilling eine bedrohte Tierart auf dem Campingplatz entdeckt. Mit dem Fund der seltenen Kröte durchkreuzt die Biologielehrerin Jantjes und Stefans Vision, eine neue Wiese auf "Malibu" zu erschließen. Was Jantje aber fast mehr Sorgen macht, ist der Umstand, dass Stefan Freundschaft mit Jacob schließt. Eine vom Aussterben bedrohte Kröte haust zufrieden im Uferschilf, genau an der idyllischen Wiese, die Jantje und Stefan ausbauen möchten. Philine setzt mit ihrer ganzen Energie vor allem den vom Amt zuständigen Jacob unter Druck, um den Lebensraum der Kröte zu schützen - was Jantje wiederum in eine persönliche Krise stürzt. Denn nicht nur bringt sie Jacobs frisches Liebesglück mit seiner Kollegin Sonja aus der Balance - mit der Sperrung der Wiese hat auch der Platz keine wirtschaftliche Zukunft. Jantje versucht mit allen Mitteln, Philine von ihrem Vorhaben abzuhalten. Aber auch Philine steckt in einer Lebenskrise - die sie sich selbst nicht eingestehen will. Ohne es bewusst zu forcieren, entwickelt sich zwischen ihr und dem über 20 Jahre jüngeren Campingplatznachbar Cosmo eine Anziehung, die beide zwingt, sich mit ihrer Haltung zum Leben, ihren Gefühlen und ihrer Zukunft auseinanderzusetzen.
- The Berlin writer Agnes Berg receives a literary prize for her new novel, in which she writes sensitively about dying. But then the unbelievable happens: Her only daughter Johanna, who has settled in Mallorca, her adopted home with her Spanish husband and two children, is killed in a car accident. Agnes is shaken because the painful argument that had divided mother and daughter for 15 years can no longer be resolved. Agnes travels to Spain with her best friend Katharina, where a frosty reception awaits them. The grandchildren Natascha and Enrico have never seen their German grandmother and are dismissive. The housekeeper Inez, the gardener Pablo and Maria, the Spanish mother of her son-in-law, let Agnes know that she is not welcome. Only Katharina and Richard Gutmann, lawyer and long-time friend of the family, encourage her. Step by step, Agnes wins the trust of the two grandchildren, who soon take their grandmother into their hearts. But suddenly Agnes 'publisher appears with supposedly good news: An American media company wants to market her books and is inviting the German author on a month-long reading tour. Agnes faces a difficult decision.
- They are actually a mother-daughter team that could hardly be more harmonious: the respected Hamburg pediatrician Claudia Kayser and her almost 17-year-old daughter Carolin. Since the tragic death of her beloved father, the two have become even closer - at that time the girl helped her grieving mother to overcome a difficult emotional depression. In the meantime, Claudia has her life under control again and has found a new life partner in the sympathetic family lawyer Thomas. Meanwhile, Carolin is toying with the idea of following in her mum's professional footsteps, so she does an internship at her mum's hospital. The shock is all the greater when the teenager finds out on her 17th birthday that she was adopted as a baby. Disappointed and deeply hurt, she blames her mother for never telling her the truth over the years. She now wants to find out on her own who her birth parents are. With the help of the youth welfare office, she finds what she is looking for: her mother's name is Chantal, she is in her mid-30s, chronically broke, but always in a good mood. She leads an easy-going life without family obligations and keeps her head above water as a beautician in a small hairdressing salon in Hamburg's Kiez. Carolin is fascinated and impressed by Chantal's carefree manner, as she is so completely different from Claudia, who is buttoned up in a Hanseatic way and always keeps her feelings under wraps. The attempt to get to know each other better at a mother-daughter dinner ends in a scandal due to Claudia's jealous taunts. Nevertheless - or precisely because of this - the relationship between Carolin and her biological mother is becoming ever more intimate. Finally, after a heated argument, the girl leaves her parents' house and moves in with Chantal in her tiny neighborhood apartment. However, it doesn't take long for Chantal to admit that she's still not up to the responsibilities of being a mother. Hurt and once again deeply disappointed, Carolin feels abandoned by her two mothers and runs away.
- Stefan freut sich riesig auf das Wochenende mit seinen Studienfreunden Cengiz und Olli. Um Jantje weiter unterstützen zu können, hat Stefan die Jungs auf den Campingplatz eingeladen. Doch die Idee geht leider nach hinten los. Stefan fühlt sich zwischen allen Stühlen. Eigentlich würde er gern mitfeiern und auch mal über die Stränge schlagen. Doch gleichzeitig hat er für die Einhaltung der Platzregeln zu sorgen und merkt, dass Jantje Stress hat. Jantje geht es ähnlich. Sie gönnt Stefan sein "freies" Wochenende, doch die Aufgaben auf dem Campingplatz drohen ihr über den Kopf zu wachsen. Zudem bemerkt sie, dass Stefans Freund Olli ernste gesundheitliche Probleme hat, die er verdrängt. Sie kann nicht anders, als ihn darauf anzusprechen, und macht die Situation erst mal nur schlimmer.
- Jantje und Stefan möchten "Malibu" zum besten Campingplatz Deutschlands machen. Als Jantjes Schwester, Unternehmensberaterin Merle, zu Besuch kommt, scheint die perfekte Hilfe gefunden. Denn für ihren Bankkredit benötigen Jantje und Stefan einen Bürgen. Sie sind zuversichtlich, denn Merle sagt ihnen ihre Unterstützung zu. Doch dabei verschweigt sie, dass sie sich nur von ihren eigenen Problemen ablenkt. Allerdings will Merle erst ihre Unterschrift unter die Bürgschaft setzen, wenn sie den Campingplatz einer Business-Analyse unterzogen hat. Jantje hat überhaupt keine Lust, sich von ihrer besserwisserischen Schwester erzählen zu lassen, wie sie den Campingplatz führen soll, aber sie hat keine andere Wahl. Was niemand weiß: Merle wurde gerade fristlos gekündigt. Umso enthusiastischer stürzt sie sich in ihre selbst gewählte Aufgabe und bringt dabei das "Malibu"-Gefüge ziemlich durcheinander. Die Dauercamper malen sich die schlimmsten Szenarien aus, welche Sparmaßnahmen Merle vorschlagen könnte. Auch Jantje und Stefan befinden sich plötzlich in Konkurrenz, denn Merle will entscheiden, welches ihrer Konzepte für den Campingplatz das Rennen machen wird. Als der wahre Grund für Merles Kündigung bekannt wird, können sich die ungleichen Schwestern auf Augenhöhe begegnen: Jetzt ist es Jantje, die ihrer Schwester helfen kann.
- Town doctor Georg Roth happily keeps the evil genie Mercurius in an enchanted glass container, but his clumsy apprentice Sophia accidentally breaks it, which released him after many year. He returns to his master and creator, grim lord of the mansion Veith, who immediately plots to reduce the townsfolk to his serfs again. Dr. Roth and his estranged sister, herbal healer and white witch Eda, must team up again, helped by redemption-desperate Sophia and intrepid henchman Jacob. A battle of wits, spells and potions ensues, with Mercurius and the people's free will at stake, as Veith commands all valuables to be delivered to him and everyone turned into stone.
- Prisoner Edmund Frank is offered a large amount of money by the editor of a magazine, to tell the real story of his crime and the hiding place of the one million Mark he stole from the bank he worked for.
- After receiving a dubious Phone call at work, Eva Konalsky, a typist working at a Steel Factory disappears without a trace. The Saarbrücken Police sends the two cops Liersdahl and Schäfermann to investigate. Both of them have a very different view of how police work should be done and they are not very fond of each other at first. When another person of the Steel Factory's personnel is murdered they both have to do their best to solve the case.
- The East German authorities are calling the West German Police for assistance on a case. The body of a boy was found at a Truck Stop near Leipzig. The boy wears shoes made in West Germany. Some time later the assistance call is withdrawn. Phoning his colleague in East Berlin, a man he worked together with in the past, investigator Paul Trimmel in Hamburg is told: "There is no work for you here." But Trimmel investigates on his own. He finds out that the wealthy Erich Landsberger is the illegitimate father of the dead kid. Landsberger and his other son have moved to Frankfurt. Trimmel pays him a visit there. The man is of no great help for him, but Trimmel gets an unexpected clue from Landsberger's little son. He has to go to Leipzig himself to find out more. So he leaves the Transit Route near the city, pretending his car broke down, takes a Taxi and goes looking for Eva Billsing, the dead boy's mother. She is not home when Trimmel arrives. The next day Trimmel encounters Eva's boyfriend Peter Klaus, who works for the East German Police, and talks him into letting him have a word with Eva. At least Klaus gives in to Trimmel and the things Eva tells him help solve the case.
- A dead woman found in the Donau, is the wife of a very important guest of the Austrian Government. Oberinspektor Marek is asked to investigate the case very gently.
- Brigitta Beerenberg calls the police to inform them she has killed her husband in self-defense. Trimmel wants her to be examined by a psychiatrist.
- Max Bergusson hijacks flight AE612 from Milaan to Beirut. His wife's murderer is on board and he demands the captain to fly to Hamburg instead. Before he boards the plane, he informs Hauptkommissar Trimmel through a curious message.
- After a few days away from home with his girlfriend constructor Breuke from Sieverstedt hurries home to convince his wife he is not having an affair. On the road home he hits a bicyclist, but drives on instead of calling an ambulance. Arriving at his house he deliberately hits the post of the driveway gate to disguise the damage of the accident. All the while he is unaware that his wife is watching him. Hauptkommissar Finke arrives in the village after the local police has taken Peter Reichert as a suspect. His assistant wants to investigate further. Meanwhile Breuke is being blackmailed by an unknown person. Then an actual murder takes place.
- In Frankfurt con man Johannes Stein is making easy money with his latest trick: He is selling "Gold" to unsuspecting people. He too talks the Wimper family into buying some, later to be stored in a Swiss bank. After seeing proof, Grandpa Wimper is eager to buy. Little does he know about that "Gold". When Stein tries to sell some more to a business tycoon, he gets busted and has to flee. It's now up to investigator Konrad to track down the swindler and to arrest him.
- Kressin is back in Cologne, where he works for the customs office. Soon he is ordered to a new case. A gang of bootleggers keep outwitting the customs authorities. Kressin's colleagues can't find any evidence of a crime. Everytime the suspicious trucks are checked at the border, their load is always correct, as declared. Kressin now has to find the liquor and the bootleggers' HQ.
- Customs officer Kressin is on holiday in Hamburg and sees the tour guide acting suspiciously. He ignores it, but the day after the guide is found dead in the water.