Scene of the Crime

1Episode 1

90 minJan 22, 1989

2Episode 2

90 minFeb 19, 1989

3The Pott

90 minApr 9, 1989

A pot of half a million marks - donations for workers who want to prevent the closure of their factory by occupying the factory - disappears after a brutal robbery; and shortly afterwards one of them, the union official Broegger, is murdered. The atmosphere in Duisburg is heated, speculation is spreading. Schimanski knows that the case must be solved as quickly as possible. But now, of all times, his friend and colleague Thanner has left him; he has gone to Bonn, to a branch of the BKA.

4Episode 4

94 minMay 14, 1989

5Episode 5

90 minMay 28, 1989

6Episode 6

90 minJul 9, 1989

7Episode 7

90 minJul 30, 1989

8Blood trail

86 minAug 20, 1989

Two Polish truck drivers are brutally murdered by an Arab hit squad at a scrap yard in Duisburg. At the same time, the exiled Pole Leczek, scrapyard owner and pimp, is apparently to be executed. But the attack fails. Schimanski and Thanner, who both witness the attack, can't believe their eyes.

9Episode 9

90 minOct 1, 1989

10The New One

90 minOct 29, 1989

A brutal serial rapist has plunged Ludwigshafen into a state of terror. Young Detective Lena Odenthal of the Vice Squad faces her first major case, focusing her investigation on three men with prior convictions. When one of the attacks ends fatally - and Lena unexpectedly takes charge of the Homicide Division - she decides to set a trap for the perpetrator, unaware that in doing so, she is putting her own life at risk…

11Schimanski - Katja's Silence

90 minDec 3, 1989

When a policeman is killed, Schimanski's investigation gets personal.

12Episode 12

90 minDec 27, 1989