Ivo has amnesia and is suspected of murdering a colleague.

Klara Blum and Kai Perlmann have been a well-rehearsed team for years, working well together and also getting along privately. It is all the more dreadful when Klara finds out that Perlmann unexpectedly finds himself in the crosshairs of the investigations involved in the murder of a young woman because he had met Constanza on the evening of her death.

Florian robs a gas station to get money for drugs: he needs the money to meet a dealer. The deal is supposed to take place in an abandoned warehouse - but a SEK unit is already waiting there, having received a tip. Everything goes wrong here: Florian escapes, a SEK officer is shot. During their investigations, Lena Odenthal and Mario Kopper encounter a wall of silence.

The police suspect revenge by an immigrant family when a skinhead gets targeted by a sniper. Directed by Hannes Stöhr, 2004.

A package with a severed finger leads Rubin and Karow to an art film eerily paralleling their investigation.

Ballauf and Schenk must solve a murder and urgently help their colleague. [Köln]

A dead body is found in the swimming pool of the "Schloss Hamberg" boarding school: Stephan appears to have committed suicide. Lovesickness may have driven the introverted son of a renowned banker and a celebrated actress to his death. However, an inconspicuous laundry button changes the entire scenario.

A witness at the center of Lursen's investigation is in danger of becoming the next victim.

A mummy is discovered in a local villa. [Münster]

The two inspectors Thorsten Lannert and Sebastian Bootz receive an order over the police radio: a woman with a Slavic accent has called for help. When the two inspectors arrive at the specified address - a luxurious apartment - a young woman lies dead in bed. Before Lannert and Bootz can react, they come under fire themselves.

A dead man on the subway calls inspectors Ritter and Stark into action. It is the building contractor Horst Baumann, who had already come to the fore in the past due to a spectacular company bankruptcy. After a long stay abroad, he returned to Berlin to renovate real estate with the help of his attractive wife Alissa and his opaque partner Alsfeld. The investigations quickly bring the inspectors on the trail of the craftsman Rothe, who was ruined by the bankruptcy at the time. Had he wanted revenge on Baumann?

The suicide of medical student Rojin Lewald poses a number of puzzles for chief inspector Inga Lürsen and her colleague Stedefreund. The young woman, who comes from a Turkish family, wanted to divorce her German husband. She leaves behind a two-year-old daughter. Her wealthy parents are successful and respected citizens of Bremen, open-minded but devout.

Boris Blaschke's body lies on the garbage amid leftovers and packaging that could have come from the shops he worked for, because Blaschke was area manager at the discount chain Billy and responsible for three Ludwigshafen branches. When Lena Odenthal and Kopper inspect his apartment, they realize that there was practically nothing else for Blaschke besides work.

A professional was at work here. Police officer Gerd Samland was murdered in a brothel with two well-placed shots. Was Max Ballauf's friend and colleague actually a regular at this establishment? To ensure that nothing is swept under the rug, the "Internal Investigations" department intervenes: Samland, who worked for the motorway police, was involved in illegal dealings with the underworld, claims Detective Inspector Brauer. He takes over the case from the homicide squad.

Frankfurt Commissioners Hamza Kulina and Maryam Azadi encounter unexplained murders in the archives of old police cases and discover links to a former serial killer who led a seemingly normal life.

A shooting at a political demonstration thrusts Freddy and Max into a web of international conspiracy and intrigue. Directed by Martin Eigler, 2006.

The day in Bayreuth begins like any other. But then a murder occurs. A Bayreuth lawyer shoots a judge during a trial. Shortly before the crime, he looks at his watch and waits for the full hour. Then he flees. Exactly one hour later, a university employee dies.

Lena Odenthal gets a call: a witness wants to testify something important about a murder, but when Lena Odenthal arrives at the meeting point, the witness is dead. The case she wanted to testify about was twelve years ago, the murderer confessed and has served his sentence. So what else did Michaela Bäuerle want to share?

Thorsten Lannert and Sebastian Bootz are investigating the case of a man who was found shot dead in the Filder near Stuttgart Airport. The murdered man appeared to have lived beyond his means, but apparently had no apparent enemies. However, Lannert and Bootz come across unforeseen connections in the professional environment of the dead man, who worked as a customs officer at the airport.

The city of Kiel goes on lockdown after a sniper shoots a man on the Hörn Bridge.

En route to work, Eisner suddenly stumbles upon a police operation—a double suicide has occurred. It is nothing out of the ordinary for Inspector Weiler, the slightly indifferent colleague investigating at the crime scene. A man has apparently shot his wife and then himself. A clear-cut case—but not for Moritz Eisner. He spots suspicious traces, suggesting that a third party must have been present in the apartment.

Schenk walks into a bloody bank heist involving a kidnapped senior citizen strapped with explosives. Directed by Thomas Stiller, 2003.

A desperate call alerted the Kiel police emergency number: "He's in my apartment. He just comes through the wall." But for Carmen Kessler, any help comes too late. The young woman is found brutally murdered in her apartment.

Two shots were fired from Falke's weapon. He and his colleague Grosz come under suspicion and have to face internal investigations. But there are also others who had an interest in the young woman's death. Were Falke and Grosz used and should they now be made scapegoats or has their use actually gotten out of hand?

A case involving a missing seven-year-old resurfaces ten years later.

After a badly-beaten child is left unclaimed at the ER, Ballauf and Schenk discover a flawed system unable to prevent child abuse. Directed by Claudia Garder, 2001.

After a colleague’s long-time girlfriend is killed in the courtyard of a crowded apartment complex, Freddy and Max are frustrated when none of the residents admit to seeing or hearing a thing – and their frustration turns to bafflement when they discover that the victim was secretly pregnant. Who was the father of the child, and why was the victim planning a secret move to Hamburg? Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach, 1999.

Six years ago, three-year-old Viktoria Reiter and her father, Julian, vanished without a trace. When the investigation yielded no results after a year, the case was closed as a cold case with suspicion of murder-suicide. But Viktoria's mother, Anna Reiter, doubts this theory – and years later, she is still tirelessly searching for her child. Maryam Azadi, who investigated the case as a detective with the missing persons unit at the time, is also haunted by the mysterious case. When Anna, in her desperation, launches an appeal on social media, offering a reward for any information, no matter how small, leading to Viktoria's whereabouts, events take a dramatic turn: A homeless man claims Viktoria is still alive and asks Anna to meet him. Shortly afterward, Anna also disappears – and becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Together with her colleague Hamza Kulina, who is simultaneously conducting an internal investigation, Maryam takes up the case.

At a campsite in the German-Dutch border region near Emden, car dealer Joe Glauning vanishes without a trace. Since he left behind personal belongings such as his ID, keys, and cell phone, and traces of blood are found, investigators suspect a serious crime. Federal Police Chief Inspector Thorsten Falke takes on the case, which leads him to the Netherlands and confronts him with involvement in the illegal drug trade. He is assisted by cybercrime expert Mario Schmitt and Dutch police commissioner Lynn de Baer.

Years after a high-rise fire that claimed 13 lives, Detective Hamza Kulina is reunited with his ex-girlfriend Almila, who lost her mother in the blaze. Evidence pointing to improperly installed insulation leads him and his colleague Maryam Azadi to a building materials manager with political connections – and puts them in danger.

A confused woman is found on the Kiel Fjord. Her statements give reason to fear that the notorious murderer of women, Kai Korthals, has reappeared. Inspector Brandt informs her colleague Borowski about the serial killer, with whom she once had traumatic experiences. Borowski finds the new case highly inconvenient. He's in love and wants to get married. But when his bride disappears without a trace, he has to ask himself whether the murderer has returned because of him.

Faber gets an explosive surprise when he begins to investigate the murder of two officers.

The head of the Dortmund neo-Nazi scene is found murdered in a suspected act of vengeance.

Weimar's Sausage Queen goes missing and a surprising turn of events occurs when the police get a phone call.

A neighborhood watch leads to tension on the streets when a shop owner's son is shot dead. [Köln]

Freddy investigates after Max witnesses a crime. [Köln]

There is a point in every human being when they are lonely. Lisa Brenner knew that moment. When her body is found one gray morning in front of a high-rise building, having fallen from the 12th floor balcony, she leaves behind a number of men who adored and loved her. Lisa was so close and devoted to all of them that in the end nobody knew if he was really her favorite. A tricky case that also deeply shakes the trust between Leitmayr and Batic.

A series of arson attacks shocks the city of Köln.

Things get out of control after two police officers receive an emergency call on their nightly patrol.

A normal weekday. The chief inspectors Ivo Batic and Franz Leitmayr are called to the outskirts of Munich. Max Lasinger is waiting excitedly in a glass shop behind the front building, where he confesses he had seen light and wanted to catch a "burglar". When he attacked, he lashed out, but was it self-defense? And will his dementia make his confession untrustworthy?

Ballauf and Schenk investigate a publishing house after a young consultant is murdered.

A murder in the JVA Stadelheim prison serves as a distraction for a meticulously planned escape. The chief inspectors Batic and Leitmayr are on site when Hassan Adub flees. It soon becomes clear that the escape would not have been possible without help.

The death of Willy Schubert, over 80 years old, came as no surprise as he had been seriously ill for a long time. But an attentive medical officer discovers that Schubert's death was caused by drug poisoning. Thorsten Lannert and Sebastian Bootz now have to investigate within the grieving family.

A youth center burns down. The body of 40-year-old Ulf Meinert is found in the building. At first everything indicates that he started the fire, but then chief inspectors Eva Saalfeld and Andreas Keppler find a lead that leads to the owners of the land where the youth center was located. The Kleebergs want to sell it because their auction house is heavily in debt. So far, the project has failed due to resistance from the youth center operator. Did the Kleebergs order the arson to survive financially?

The Berlin meat king Hans Merklinger is found dead in the cold store of his factory. The dead man had been missing for several days, but was only reported missing by his lover Kathi. When Ritter and Stark enter the meat factory, there are no workers to be found. The boss's son, Maximilian, treats the commissioners with cool arrogance, as he is currently in contract negotiations with the Ukrainian Litvin brothers. They want to join the Merklinger company and aren't bothered by the fact that the company was involved in a rotten meat scandal years ago.

A male body is found in the Weser. For chief inspector Inga Lürsen and her colleague Stedefreund, it quickly becomes clear that the dead man is a student who met men for money. Are Lürsen and Stedefreund dealing with a serial offender? The inspectors try to reconstruct the last few days before the murder and keep coming across the name of Leon Hartwig, a young electrician who was always exactly where the victim was. Coincidence?

Eva Saalfeld and Andreas Keppler are confronted with the excesses of the modern job market. Temporary work and illegal employment seem to encourage abuse of people. A young manager Armin Lohmann is found dead in his apartment. The first suspicion falls on his wife Katrin, but chief inspectors Saalfeld and Keppler find bloody footprints at the scene of the crime, which indicate the presence of a strange woman on the night of the crime.

In his 15th case, inspector Fritz Dellwo has to investigate on his own because his colleague Charlotte Sänger is undergoing further training. But Dellwo is ripe for a vacation and decides to take some time off - a forty-year-old detective in midlife crisis. He visits his old love Katrin and subjects his life to a thorough examination. But even in the supposed idyll, crime catches up with him.

A murder without a motive? - Inconceivably. And yet the murder of the 48-year-old senior physician Hermann Johns seems completely unfounded. The renowned physician, who worked in the maternity ward of a Cologne clinic, seems to have been popular with patients and hospital staff alike.

When a truck is robbed, one of the drivers is killed and another is seriously injured. The investigations always lead Lena Odenthal and Mario Kopper back to the shipping company, because it quickly becomes apparent that there was an informant within the company. When Lena and Kopper find out about the shipping company's payment difficulties, the perpetrator seems to have been identified. But then a second murder occurs and the two detectives have to start their investigation all over again.

A blackmailer has been threatening the Kölsch brewery in Cologne. Concerned with his company's reputation, Belcher Sr. decides to pay the ransom in person, and is soon shot dead. But when the blackmailer demands a higher ransom and poisons the beer, Ballauf and Schenk suspect they're dealing with a copycat offender. Directed by Markus Fischer, 2000.

The body of wealthy real estate magnate Gerd Wesibach is found, his pores emanating a familiar odor: bitter almonds. At first his death is thought to be an assisted suicide, but it is soon discovered that he was poisoned. Ballauf and Schenk have a long list of suspects, and soon uncover a dubious euthanasia ring. Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach, 2000.

Flemming and his team are dealing with the murder of a woman believed to be mentally ill and irregularities in a clinic.

Joest is kidnapped after a rendezvous with his lover Ute Vonhoff; his driver is killed in the attack. A kidnapper likes to humiliate Joest. A renewed attempt to blackmail the family convinces the inspector that Joest is keeping a secret.

A bright Sunday morning - Schimanski and Thanner are having fun ice skating. During a daring maneuver, Schimanski breaks through and comes across the body of a little girl. The forensic pathologist determines that the child was raped and died of internal injuries. Since there is no missing person report, the police only manage to find the girl's mother after a few detours.

A murder in connection with illegal art trading leads - shortly after the fall of the Wall - to the first East-West contacts in the field of crime. Schimanski and Thanner investigate together with their popular colleagues Fuchs and Grawe from East Berlin: paintings owned by the GDR, which were extorted from museums and private individuals in the course of obtaining foreign currency, were put aside by former Stasi employees after the fall of the Wall and are now to be sold to the West via the old channels. The police suspect the Düsseldorf-based art dealer Schrader to be the key figure.

A dead man lies in a Duisburg bus - apparently the accidental victim of a stabbing. The murdered man was the owner of a dance studio that he ran together with his wife, Manuela Prinz. The investigation reveals that the perpetrator is a Thai. But when the detectives track him down, they find another body. Everything indicates that the Thai committed suicide. Schimanski suspects that the aloof Manuela is not telling him everything she knows. But suddenly it is she who asks him for help: her husband's "business friends" have contacted her and threatened her life if she is not willing to secure further "deliveries".

Schimanski seeks relaxation on the soccer field. And there, a man is beaten to death, apparently the victim of the increasingly brutal brawls between soccer fans. Is the dead man really the victim of the fans, or did he have something to do with the illegal recruitment of foreign workers, or did he perhaps want to monetize his knowledge and was therefore eliminated?

Faber and his team investigate when a teenage girl is found dead.

A nighttime emergency call from a moving car alerts the police in Carinthia: "Eisner, BKA Vienna, service number 318-12-58. Need support!" A short time later, Lieutenant Colonel Moritz Eisner is found seriously wounded by a shot to the head and motionless behind the wheel of his car in a quarry. When he wakes up in the intensive care unit, he has no idea what has happened. He suffers from "retrograde amnesia", which blocks out the traumatic experience itself. A fatal consequence of the gunshot wound.

Faber stumbles upon a murder case that connects to a 14-year-old missing person investigation.

Ben Schröder is stabbed by a stranger while walking with his family in broad daylight, before the eyes of his wife Ayumi (Luka Omoto), his six-year-old son Taro, and numerous witnesses. During the interrogations, Batic and Leitmayr found a confusing multitude of truths, when the observations of the eyewitnesses contradict each other. The highly complex investigations drag on for several months without any results until the investigation is closed. Then a second victim is stabbed.

Ira Klasnić wants Rosa Herzog and Peter Faber to investigate a fatal hit-and-run. But it quickly becomes clear that there may be more to the story. The victim, Angela Herrig, is the ex-girlfriend of suspected clan member Lorik Duka. Did he have a score to settle with her? According to Dr. Greta Leitner's autopsy report, the driver must have hit her head-on at high speed. Suddenly, an old acquaintance appears on the scene: Ira Klasnić has called in Inspector Daniel Kossik from the State Criminal Police Office. Faber used to be his boss. The two clashed repeatedly and didn't part on good terms...

Freddy and Max investigate the death of a wealthy gynecologist who's found dead in his swimming pool. The doctor’s wife and son suspect a prominent Pro-Life group, but the search for the killer leads to a maze of half-truths and evasions. Soon, a number of possible killers emerge, each with a completely different motive. Directed by Wolfgang Panzer, 1999.

A young woman has disappeared without a trace and her boyfriend, a beat cop, is convinced she was murdered.

After a law student is shot on a college campus, Max suspects her hot-tempered ex-fiancé - but Freddy senses something more sinister. Directed by Christiane Balthasar, 2001.

A boy is found dead in a school bathroom, and Max goes undercover to investigate. He discovers an ongoing war between gangs of German and Turkish teenagers, and an unemployed right-wing radical who claims he protects children from foreign drug dealers. Directed by Ben Verbong, 1999.

A headless male body is recovered from the Spree, whose identity is difficult to establish. A little later, Nina Rubin is being followed by a young woman. Julie Bolshakov tells the detective that she witnessed a murder and asks Rubin for police protection. However, contact with Julie puts Rubin in a dilemma, because from now on she has to keep Karow out of the investigation so as not to endanger the young woman. Karow investigates the identity of the dead man, but senses more and more that his colleague is hiding things from him. Trust has been a thorny issue between the two from the start, and Rubin's behavior hurts Karow - especially since they've also become closer privately. All the more the old problem breaks out again. In her latest case, will Nina Rubin be able to free Julie from the clutches of her crime family?

A murderer remains at the scene of the crime and demands to speak with Peter Faber.

Sebastian Bootz is among the guests at a film premiere in Stuttgart when the screen suddenly goes black and a man and a woman threaten the audience with guns. Panic breaks out, several people manage to flee, shots are fired - and a security guard lies dead on the ground. When Sebastian Bootz grabs his gun to stop the hostage takers, he is threatened and shoots the man. But the perpetrators are not deterred. Bootz is disarmed and, along with the remaining guests, becomes hostage of the two unknown men. Because he managed to contact Thorsten Lannert unnoticed, he is one of the first to start work in the operations center. He and the members of the crisis team are working feverishly to find out who the hostage takers are, how they can be stopped and further deaths prevented. Much depends on the cooperation between the two inspectors and this must now prove itself from a distance.

The opportunity of a lifetime comes to André Stamm out of nowhere. A comrade from his army days offers him a promising job at the investment company “Concreta”. Rocko Andersen made a lot of money from the company. A fancy car and an apartment above the rooftops of the city: André will soon be able to afford all of this. All he has to do is do what company founder Christopher Komann demands of his team: sell, sell, sell! Andre is ready for this. His wife Anja is currently expecting their first child. He wants to offer his family a prosperous life. And in fact: he wins new customers straight away on the job and earns big commissions. But a short time later, things at “Concreta” get completely out of control...

A body is found in a Leipzig canal. The chief inspectors Eva Saalfeld and Andreas Keppler manage to find out the identity of the man: it is Peter Schneider, a successful Leipzig entrepreneur and family man.

A gruesome sexual murder shocks Münster. The victim, a young law student, was found strangled in her apartment. “Do we all have to be afraid now?” is the headline in the local press. But there is not much to suggest that a serial killer was actually at work here. However, the victim's ex-boyfriend André Pütz, a freelance photographer who mainly travels to crisis areas around the world, is an urgent suspect. Recently he had repeatedly stalked the young woman. When Inspector Thiel and Prof. Boerne surprise him at home, he flees headlong. And yet Thiel resists drawing hasty conclusions. He discovers parallels between the crime and other cases. Above all, the extremely attractive bank employee Anna Schäfer, whose apartment was recently broken into, won't let him go. But at first he meets her very aloofly.

Freddy puts his grandmother in a nursing home and investigates a murder there in the same week. Directed by Manfred Stelzer, 2004.

Franz Leitmayr leaves town for Oktoberfest because he can't stand it, but is called back because his fingerprints are on a dead man's wallet. The victim appeared drunk but has almost no blood alcohol level. His GHB level is another story, and shutting down the beer tent where he obtained his tainted alcohol is a problem during Oktoberfest. And the victims continue to pile up.

Eisner and Fellner investigate when the head of the police academy is found dead.

Falke teams up with BKA investigator Julia Grosz on a murder case.

A group of high school girls close ranks over a hit-and-run.

The abused body of a young woman is found on a wasteland near a popular Kiel club. The video surveillance of the club will soon provide Klaus Borowski (Axel Milberg) and Mila Sahin (Almila Bagriacik) with a suspect: Mario Lohse (Joseph Bundschuh). The shy-looking outsider regularly watches women's contemptuous videos in the internet forum of the so-called „ Pick-Up Artist “ Hank Massmann (Arnd Klawitter). Since Lohse has no valid alibi, Borowski and Sahin decide to temporarily arrest him.

The Dortmund homicide squad investigates a conflict in the criminal rocker scene.

Falke and Lorenz investigate after a suspect is killed in police custody.

Max Ballauf and Freddy Schenk have to solve the murder of a young homeless man. Apparently the young drug addict Andi Lechner was poisoned. The bottle of wine he last drank was laced with antifreeze. Was it a targeted attack on him? Or was it a coincidence? Their investigations lead the detectives into the world of people on the fringes of society.

The murder of the successful lawyer Mohr leads Ritter and Stark into the world of big city singles. Mohr was a regular guest at various speed dating establishments, although he had an affair with his attractive colleague Nina (Aglaia Szyskowitz). Was jealousy involved? Because there is also Kirsten (Elena Uhlig), whom Mohr met during speed dating and with whom he began a relationship. Both women have a motive; and Kirsten, the impulsive saleswoman in a boutique, had also learned through an indiscretion that Mohr's law firm was not averse to tax fraud. Kirsten runs away when she realizes that the police are on her trail. But her older brother Paul (Timo Dierkes), who has an extremely close relationship with his sister, also comes under suspicion of murder.

After a snowstorm, a forester finds the very young Stefanie Thaller on the edge of an industrial park in the north of Munich: half naked and explored. Rarely have detective inspectors Franz Leitmayr and Ivo Batic faced a murder case with such poor information, and the father of the murdered man, Ludwig Thaller, a traveling salesman, is constantly breathing down the investigators' necks.

A hospital worker is murdered right after an anonymous woman leaves a newborn in the baby drop-off. Directed by Züli Aladag, 2003.

Schimanski and Thanner are confronted with a case that happened a long time ago and that they were unable to solve: in 1978, one of the perpetrators was seriously injured during a bank robbery and was then executed in the bank by the leader of the gang. The perpetrators managed to escape - except for the Pole Zbiginiew Pawlak, who waited next to his dead brother until the police arrived. During the subsequent investigation, Pawlak was unable to say a word. The press then nicknamed him "Moltke", which he kept even during his prison sentence because he remained stubbornly silent.

A man is thrown from a bridge and run over by a lorry. Investigations show that he was dead before falling. Cologne DIs Ballauf and Schenk proceed to investigate the neighbourhood where the man had lived. The neighbours have all kinds of relationships: quarrel over a boundary, fathership of another's daughter... but where is a motive for murder? [Köln]

A young woman named Azra (played by Mariam Hage) becomes the key figure in an organized crime case. She has been working as a police informant for some time and is tasked—serving as a confidential informant for the Economic Crimes Division—with gathering evidence within the orbit of the Datviani clan, a criminal organization that has grown dangerously powerful. When the clan leader's brother is shot dead outside one of his clubs, the BKA takes over the investigation, and Moritz Eisner (Harald Krassnitzer) and Bibi Fellner (Adele Neuhauser) arrive at the crime scene. It quickly becomes clear that the case is more complex than anticipated.

After discovering he has two days to live, Lupo takes the police chief hostage to force Dorn and Lessing to hand over his murderer. [Weimar]

Faber investigates the death of a local pimp and drug dealer who was the right-hand man of a shady businessman.

Eisner and Fellner are caught in a PR nightmare when a kidnapper harnesses the power of social media to rail against the prevailing social system.

They vow to each other not to be shot in their final case – a cliché Franz Leitmayr and Ivo Batic are determined to avoid after 35 years of service. But their farewell case turns out to be extremely dangerous: deep beneath the city, an unidentified woman's body is discovered. From just a few clues, the investigators piece together a perpetrator profile – everything points to a phantom who roams Munich apartments, targeting young women. Together with Kalli Hammermann, they build up the evidence against a suspect, but he always seems to be one step ahead. When they themselves become the targets, the finale raises the question of whether they can keep their promise.

Felix Murot and Magda Wächter are called to the parking garage of a casino in Wiesbaden in the morning where a dead man was found in a stairwell. While securing evidence, Murot discovers another body in the trunk of a car. He finds out that one of the dead had just won a large amount of money, but the money has disappeared. Was it really all about money or is there more to the murders? Then it happens: Ulrich Tukur himself is suspected of murder. A film within a film. Tukur, who plays Tukur, quickly realizes that there are no loyalties in the film industry. But he also poses other questions related to the nature of cinematic illusion and his own role in the hilarious game of genre contradictions, a self-reflective game in which the main character spins around himself in interesting turns. What is it actually like when you play a commissioner, while you are actually Ulrich Tukur, although you are only playing him here? "Who am I?"

A girl is found dead in a forest and Faber suspects someone close to the victim.

Eisner and Fellner investigate a bus driver's murder.

Köln. Ballauf and Schenk must solve an act of sabotage with deadly consequences.

A farm owner is at the center of an investigation into a child's death.

Ballauf and Schenk try to solve a murder with the help of teenagers living in a halfway house. Directed by Manfrew Stelzer, 2003.

Schenk discovers that a young man he helped convict and imprison may not have been guilty. Directed by Kaspar Heidelback, 2003.

One lonely evening, factory owner Martin Koenen takes a girl home with him. Irene Lersch was coming home from a nightclub and had missed the bus. She wasn't entirely unhappy about being picked up by an older man-Koenen, on the other hand, is insecure and uptight. He offers Irene a drink. Then he goes to the bathroom to take a shower. When he returns, the girl is dead. Koenen loses his nerve. Instead of calling the police, he takes the body away, simply dumping it in a park.

Hagen von Strelow is on a flight from South America to Frankfurt am Main. He is a wanted war criminal who is to be put on trial (belatedly) in Germany. Inspector Murot and his assistant Wächter are waiting for him there. Murot had been on his trail 30 years ago, but Hagen von Strelow managed to escape at the last moment. In 1944, von Strelow and Inspector Rother took part in a murder investigation in a small village. A British pilot who was in possession of explosive documents that were crucial to the war was murdered. During the course of the investigation, it turns out that the war-weary investigator Rother is doing everything he can to ensure that the documents do not fall into the hands of the Nazis, and is also protecting the Jew Else Weiß, who is in hiding in the village. With fatal consequences?

Supermarket cashier Peggy Stresemann looks curiously into the window of the neighboring house –. The couple Victoria and Thomas Dell are currently performing a joyful dance. Apparently they have become lottery millionaires! A world breaks down for Peggy: Why are she and her husband Micha never so lucky?! When the neighbors obviously take their time to redeem their profits, Peggy secretly gains access to their house and searches for the lottery ticket. She is surprised by the homeowner. When Commissioner Borowski and his colleague Mila Sahin enter the crime scene a little later, they have a picture like in a gangster film: Thomas Dell is covered in blood on the double bed.

Falke and Grosz are assigned to a right-wing activist's security detail.

Feline Wagner disappeared a year ago and a friend reported her missing. Now her body is found by chance in a burial forest during preparations for an urn burial. An argument at the site distracts Faber: It's hard to miss the fact that Commissioner Bönisch and the KTU member Sebastian Haller are already having their private dispute on duty again. Observing that Martina Bönisch's emotional life is putting a strain on herself and her work doesn't leave Faber unmoved. Rosa Herzog and Jan Pawlak contact the Ihle funeral home: The gravesite was reserved here, a few days after Feline Wagner disappeared. It was paid for in cash by a man who gave a false name. Another murder victim is rescued, just a few steps away from the first. There was a year between the two murders - and soon twelve months have passed again...

The findings of forensic doctor Prof. Karl-Friedrich Boerne were an open skull fracture. A man's body is discovered near Lake Aasee. The first indication for Commissioner Frank Thiel are tire tracks in the mud. But instead of finding the perpetrator, this clue leads the investigator duo Thiel and Boerne to the identity of the victim. The murdered Wolfram Baermann was an engineer and had successfully entered the wind turbine business with his long-time friend Klaus Weisberg. The young widow Rike Baermann, a physiotherapist, describes her husband as an extremely reserved person who sometimes withdrew for days. Wolfram Baermann suffered from depression since his childhood.

The geriatric nurse Sabrina Dobisch witnesses a traffic accident and bravely tries to save the life of the young pedestrian Christian van Meeren. She then accuses the driver Doris Ackermann of premeditated murder. While Sabrina is celebrated as a courageous rescuer and enjoys public attention, Inspector Borowski remains skeptical: Apart from the testimony, nothing indicates a capital crime. Until his colleague Sarah Brandt finds a gun in Doris Ackermann's glove compartment. Is there a connection between Christian van Meeren and Doris Ackermann? And what role does the piano teacher André Rosenthal play, who often spent time near the dead man?

A young man's disappearance in 1968 leads Eisner and Fellner to a present-day mystery on the Czech border.

Charlotte delves into the secrets of a man found murdered in the countryside.

A diamond heist turned deadly causes Ballauf and Schenk to protect the sister of one of the outlaws. Directed by Hendrik Handloegten, 2006.

Dr. Waldorf, a physician is found murdered in his office. Suspect is Baumgarten, the director of the waste recycling company on whose behalf several of the doctor's patients, had regularly shipped cargoes of toxic waste, is also killed. The motive seems clear: a cover-up of criminal environmental pollution on a large scale. But who were the perpetrators?

The 60-year-old alcoholic Onno Steinhaus is found dead in a working-class district of Kiel. Steinhaus had a criminal record for pedophilia and, as Borowski and Brandt quickly find out, lived in complete isolation. Ironically, however, a group of children seemed to have gone in and out of the dead man. Apparently they exploited the dead man's desires, but - as they claim at least - never complied with his wishes. The police officer responsible for the district, Thorsten Rausch, seems to have capitulated in view of the social neglect in his area. Sarah Brandt's investigations bring to light a video that shows a boy - Timo Scholz - in a catchy situation with Onno Steinhaus. Timo denies having been abused. Borowski has to observe that Sarah Brandt is conspicuously often trying to get close to her police colleague Rausch.

Faber and his team investigate a possible serial murder.

Two seemingly unrelated cases bring Germany and Sweden together to catch a serial killer. In Kiel, a man jumps into a bathing lake - and is impaled by bamboo sticks. For Borowski and Sarah Brandt, it is initially not clear whether it is the act of a madman who accidentally finds his victims. Or did someone want to punish the dead?

Jingle bells on the Kiel Fjord: while Commissioner Borowski and his colleague Sarah Brandt are celebrating Julklapp in the Presidium, a murderer is preparing a dark crime in neighboring Schleswig. At the Lucia Festival parade at a Danish school, a man suddenly caught fire. Kriminalrat Schladitz, who spent his childhood in this place, becomes an involuntary witness to the brutal attack. The dead man, Michael Eckart, was the headmaster here and is a member of the Danish minority. At first everything indicates that the murderer can be found in the immediate vicinity of the dead man.

Eisner and Fellner hunt for a serial killer.

The episode "Black Snow" picks up directly where the episode "A Good Day" left off.

The murder of a 90-year-old Berlin building tycoon appears to be politically motivated.

The severed head of a young man is found in Mundsforde, a small village near Kiel. Before his violent death, 20-year-old Mike was apparently addicted to the drug crystal meth. Inspectors Klaus Borowski and Sarah Brandt investigate the drug scene in Kiel. After a manhunt call, Rita, the girlfriend of the deceased, gets in touch. She tells the inspectors about her love for Mike, a story full of hope for a new life, intoxication and ecstasy. Although recently clean, Rita refuses to cooperate with the police. Rita reminds Borowski of his daughter Carla. He puts pressure on Rita and promises to protect her. In her distress, Rita accuses two dealers - and thereby puts herself in danger.

The death of Bibi's father leads the investigators to an unknown safe deposit box and a possible smuggling ring.

A child goes missing from a social housing development.

The puncture wound is deep: Prof. Julius Gann has lost a lot of blood. When he and his wife returned home from a charity gala, an unknown attacker stabbed them in the villa. While help came too late for Carmen Gann, Prof. Gann is now being treated in his own private clinic - and even in this situation he remains the boss.

When the body of the well-known investigative journalist Sandra Walch is found in the Danube on a foggy autumn morning in Linz, the alarm goes off in the Vienna Ministry of the Interior and Moritz Eisner is immediately dispatched as a special investigator. On the spot, Eisner learns that the reporter had been researching a red-hot story, which she surprisingly no longer wanted to publish.

Batic. „ A gmahde Wiesn “ means in Bavarian both „ a mowed meadow “ and colloquially „ a project that cannot go wrong “ - „ a surefire thing “. And „ die Wiesn “ is of course also the synonym for the Munich Oktoberfest, the largest folk festival in the world. As every year, showmen and Munich hosts are preparing for the race for the coveted places. The violent death of the influential city councilor Hubert Serner (Bruno Graf) is therefore an issue in the city: Serner's assistant Diana Aljescu (Anita Matija) found the lawyer in his garden pond.

The celebrated actress Araine Claasen is at the height of her career: she is beautiful and successful and will soon be awarded a television prize. But then the beautiful glow begins to crumble. First Ariane discovers that her husband and manager Roman cheats on her with the young pretty actress Pia Marshall, then her husband is suddenly shot in his villa under mysterious circumstances. Ariane himself is suspected of having killed her husband out of jealousy. How good that she has her sister Franziska at her side, who assists her, but probably knows more than she admits. Till Ritter and Felix Stark find it difficult to determine in the dazzling film world, especially since Ariane is at the center of a media mud battle.But soon her investigation will focus on the mysterious stalker Ricky, a psychopath who seems obsessed with Ariane.

A body lies on a boat, a suspect runs away with the murder weapon in his hands, and there is evidence of robbery at the scene: Klara Blum's new case seems clear from the start. The prosecutor signs the arrest warrant without hesitation. With a confession from the suspect, the case would be complete. But Daniel Seefried denies the murder of the rich industrialist Wolfgang Reichert. He looks dazed and thinks he has been anesthetized. He himself did not know how he got into the ship and the knife. Difficult to believe and even more difficult to prove. Klara is suspicious of Seefried. But she is also irritated. Because in Seefried's telephone storage there is the number of Rita Fürmann, the wife of the public prosecutor.

Ballauf and Schenk find that the professional murder of a diplomat is linked to a massacre at an overseas embassy. Directed by Hans Noever, 2002.

To mark the 30th anniversary of Tatort, there was to be a special anniversary crime thriller with this episode. The Cologne detectives Ballauf and Schenk investigate together with their East German colleagues Ehrlicher and Kain. The four have to solve two murders.

A man is shot dead in broad daylight in Cologne city center. The bullet was fired from 700 meters away and went straight to the heart. Chief Inspector Freddy Schenk believes he knows the murder weapon that can hit the target with pinpoint accuracy from such a great distance. The victim, Charly Hecker, was a successful businessman who apparently had never done anything wrong in life. During the interrogations of Hecker's young wife Franka, something happens to Inspector Ballauf that should not happen: He falls in love with the murdered man's widow and begins to meet her secretly.

A dancer is found murdered near the grounds of a psychiatric hospital, and the prime suspect is a patient with a history of violence. But Ballauf and Schenk’s investigation opens up new possibilities: Is the patient merely a pawn in a devilish game? Directed by Claus-Michael Rhone, 1999.

The body of a banker is found in the woods near Cologne; next to his body is a pile of charred bank notes. Ballauf and Schenk investigate this mysterious murder, as protesters threaten violence over an exhibit of photos documenting Nazi atrocities. Directed by Niki Stein, 1998.

This time the crime scene is an Italian restaurant in Duisburg. Schimanski happens to witness an armed robbery of the landlord Giovanni Salvatore. He intervenes and experiences a fiasco: his girlfriend Renate is pushed into the line of fire by one of the gangsters and dies. Knowing that he has killed an innocent person, he puts down his weapon. Thanner joins the manhunt for the two perpetrators and pays dearly for it: Schimanski finds him unconscious, with serious injuries, after a car accident.

Having just arrived by plane from Istanbul, Kressin is waiting at the baggage carousel, keeping an eye on the charming Asian woman Lyn, who was sitting next to him on the plane. Instead of his suitcase, a corpse is wheeled up, and Lyn has suddenly disappeared. Since 350,000 marks were found on the dead man, Kressin searches for the murderer in the smuggling world and stumbles upon two chess pieces that cause a stir.

Alarm in Kiel: In an uprising in the forensic clinic, the woman killer Kai Korthals manages to escape from security custody. Korthals, who crept and killed numerous women in their homes, became Borowski's personal nightmare six years ago when he kidnapped his fiancée Frieda Jung.

A man falls from the top floor of a luxury hotel in Vienna. The Iranian diplomat and nuclear physicist Dr. Bansari apparently committed suicide. But why did he buy expensive opera tickets for the same evening? Moritz Eisner and his colleague Bibi Fellner want to investigate the matter, but the Iranian embassy and the Austrian Foreign Ministry immediately get involved. The case is subject to the strictest secrecy - the dead man's laptop and cell phone are confiscated. The two investigators are annoyed, but do not give up. The hotel's surveillance video leads them to the trail of the shady lobbyist Johannes Leopold Trachtenfels-Lissé. He has arranged a secret deal with Dr. Bansari. Eisner and Fellner find out that the case involves valves and pumps that are needed for nuclear reactors. A trainload of the high-quality components is to be sent to Iran via third countries. For the two investigators, a race against time begins - and against the Israeli secret service Mossad.

This episode begins with the trial of Markus Rapp for rape and murder. Munich Chief Inspectors Franz Leitmayr and Ivo Batic are in the dock as a defense attorney on her first case tears holes in the prosecution. The public becomes more interested in the trial with every passing day as Franz and Ivo's case begins to fall apart.

After running away from the youth home “Seven Sleepers”, 16-year-old Lilly is found dead in a lake. Her boyfriend Pascal is missing. Investigators Winkler and Schnabel are encountering conflicting statements in the home – and another crime is about to happen soon.

In broad daylight, a man is shot dead from a great distance by a sniper in the center of Berlin, near the Friedrichstrasse subway station. Susanne Bonard and Robert Karow are under pressure - and under observation: Preparations are underway for a major state visit to Berlin and the Senator for the Interior is worried about the murder. Public Prosecutor Taghavi demands that the matter be clarified as quickly as possible.

The team gets involved in the investigation of a seriously injured man found in front of a Dortmund clinic.