Scene of the Crime

1Episode 1

90 minJan 24, 1988

2Episode 2

90 minFeb 28, 1988

3Episode 3

90 minApr 4, 1988

4Episode 4

90 minApr 17, 1988

5Broken blossoms

90 minMay 1, 1988★ 6.0

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".

6Episode 6

90 minMay 23, 1988

7Episode 7

90 minJul 10, 1988

8Episode 8

90 minAug 7, 1988

9Solitary confinement

90 minAug 21, 1988★ 5.5

Thanner is annoyed: While he has to do the dirty work for the police - he has to identify the body of a prostitute - Schimanski is reopening a case that he, Thanner, closed long ago. And Thanner knows why: Ilona Vogtländer, daughter of Rolf Vogtländer, who is accused of murdering his wife Eva, is far too beautiful for Schimanski to resist.

10Episode 10

90 minSep 4, 1988

11Episode 11

90 minOct 2, 1988

12Episode 12

90 minNov 13, 1988

13Episode 13

90 minDec 11, 1988

14Schimanski - Moltke

90 minDec 28, 1988

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.