Scene of the Crime

1Episode 1

90 minJan 2, 2000

2Episode 2

90 minJan 9, 2000

3Episode 3

90 minJan 16, 2000

4The Millenium Murderer

90 minJan 30, 2000

In an open field on the edge of the Vienna Woods, a car burns out. The police discover the remains of a body inside the vehicle, around which a symbol has been carved into the earth. This unusual discovery presents Chief Inspector Eisner and his team of investigators with a baffling puzzle. The victim was the owner of a peep show. Is this ritualistic tableau the work of a psychopath, or is a killer from Vienna's pornographic underworld using this scenario to divert attention from their true motive?

5Episode 5

90 minFeb 13, 2000

6Köln - Bitter Almonds

90 minMar 5, 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.

7Episode 7

90 minMar 12, 2000

8Episode 8

90 minMar 26, 2000

9Episode 9

90 minApr 2, 2000

10Episode 10

90 minApr 9, 2000

11Episode 11

90 minApr 24, 2000

12Episode 12

90 minMay 21, 2000

13Episode 13

90 minMay 28, 2000

14Episode 14

90 minJun 4, 2000

15Episode 15

90 minJul 9, 2000

16Köln - Deadly Inheritance

90 minJul 16, 2000

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.

17Passion

90 minJul 30, 2000

Viennese Inspector Moritz Eisner (Harald Krassnitzer) had envisioned his vacation in idyllic Tyrol quite differently. On the very day after his arrival, while out hiking, he stumbles upon a dead body. Hubert Egger (Gregor Seberg)—the son of Mayor Alois Egger (Dietmar Schönherr)—has been murdered in a manner as gruesome as it is symbolic. Someone has nailed the actor playing Jesus in the Passion Plays—traditionally performed by the small community every eight years—to the cross. The still-inexperienced Inspector Roxane Aschenwald (Sophie Rois) is assigned to solve the case.

18Köln - Straight to the Heart

90 minAug 6, 2000

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.

19Episode 19

90 minAug 13, 2000

20Episode 20

90 minAug 20, 2000

21Episode 21

90 minAug 27, 2000

22Episode 22

90 minSep 3, 2000

23Episode 23

90 minSep 10, 2000

24Episode 24

90 minSep 24, 2000

25Episode 25

90 minOct 15, 2000

26Episode 26

90 minOct 30, 2000

27Quartet in Leipzig

90 minNov 26, 2000

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.

28Episode 28

90 minDec 10, 2000

29Köln - The Lady on the Train

90 minDec 17, 2000

On a family trip to Holland, Freddy finds himself suspected of drug smuggling and is forced to go on the run to clear his name. Directed by Martin Giesach, 2000.