Season 31
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, 2000Now viewing
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.
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