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5 Episodes 2026 - 2026
Episode 1
48 mins
The well-known businesswoman Viktoria Fildermann doesn't seem particularly distressed when she reports her husband's disappearance to the Water Police. Jakob, in particular, can't believe the brazenness with which the influential woman repeatedly bluffs the investigators. Her assistant, Klara Bogner, and her lawyer, Dr. Sven Leitmeyer, are at her side. Viktoria Fildermann makes no secret of her contempt for her stepson, Maxim. He only ever saw his father when he needed money for himself and his girlfriend, Thessa. Julia, Jakob, and Paul are puzzled by Nele's hesitant approach to the case. But their boss's thoughts are with her daughter Johanna, who unexpectedly shows up after two years and is clearly carrying a secret that goes beyond her declaration of love for the New Zealander, Josh. It's Mechthild who, with her worldly wisdom, quickly figures it out. Then, completely unexpectedly, someone confesses to the murder of Viktoria's husband.
Episode 2
48 mins
Jakob loses his temper. He's convinced Klara sacrificed herself for her boss, Viktoria Fildermann. He promises Klara's mother, Theresa Bogner, that he'll find the real culprit and lets himself be carried away with an emotional outburst to the businesswoman. This has dire consequences for Jakob. But these pale in comparison to the bad news that now arrives: a suicide in prison, a murder in Fildermann's villa, and Maxim Gönder and his Thessa fleeing to Switzerland in a stolen boat-until they run out of fuel and are caught by the water police. Then lawyer Leitmeyer shows up at Theresa Bogner's and gives her a concert ticket. Nele can't focus on the investigation because she fears losing her pregnant daughter. Tears flow when she spots Johanna in front of the police station. Johanna has managed to reach her boyfriend, Josh, in New Zealand. But he doesn't react as hoped, while Mechthild wonders whether great-grandmother or Great Grandma will be the better title for her.
Episode 3
48 mins
The undertakers are astonished. In the middle of Lake Constance, they are ambushed while transporting the body of convict Charlie Maurer. The kidnappers disappear with the coffin and its contents. Jakob and Paul are quite baffled when they later find the boat with the coffin, but without the body. The question that Nele and Julia are also asking themselves: Who would kidnap a dead convict who had no social contacts or relatives? The responsible corrections officer, Franz Kormann, states that he gave Maurer his daily thrombosis injection and found him dead shortly afterward. Social worker Josephine Peschko describes the deceased as a sick, elderly man who had a difficult life and occasionally spoke of a cognac bomber who had crashed into Lake Constance during the final days of the war and was now slumbering there along with 2,000 bottles of the finest cognac. Even Maurer's former cellmate, the Swiss tattoo artist Ludovic Tschanz, who gave the deceased several tattoos during his incarceration, can't offer any further information. When Maurer's body is found in Lake Constance, the case takes a new turn. The autopsy reveals that he died of an overdose of an anesthetic, ruling out natural causes. But the deeper the Water Police dig into this murky case, the more inconsistencies emerge. What role does the enigmatic nurse Ricarda Moniz play? Why did Peschko conceal her relationship to Kormann? Nele solves the puzzle in her own way. When a diving robot is stolen, a race against time begins. A treasure hunter is pursuing murderous goals... It's a good thing that Mechthild reveals the whole truth about the cognac bomber to Nele back home.
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