Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
6 episodes
E01
Das Verschwinden
In the summer of 1989, the sister of the Hamburg LKA boss Thomas Bethge disappeared without a trace from her house in Weesenburg. Two terrible double murders had recently occurred in a nearby forest. The Lower Saxony police seem overwhelmed. Only the young inspector Anne Bach, who recognizes her mentor in Thomas Bethge, believes that the crimes are connected.
E02
Die dunkle Kraft
LKA boss Bethge promises his worried mother that he will find his sister, who has disappeared without a trace. But the police in Weesenburg defend themselves against his alleged attempts to interfere and point out to the Hamburg police officer that he is not responsible. Instead, the Lower Saxony police officers initially suspect an act of revenge against the high-ranking Hamburg police officer and ultimately suspect Thomas Bethge's brother-in-law.
E03
Der Doppeldecker
There is still no trace of Barbara Neder. Her family is desperate and starts a search message on a TV show - without success. Thomas Bethge's mother attempts suicide. Theresa Neder - the daughter of the disappeared - is heavily burdened by suspicions against her father. After the young police officer Anne Bach has studied all the files again, everything points to the cemetery gardener Jürgen Becker. He gave the police a false alibi without being asked and was one of the last people seen at Barbara Neder's side.
E04
Das Versprechen
Anne Bach convinces the public prosecutor's office to agree to a search of the cemetery gardener Jürgen Becker's house. In the house there are weapons, handcuffs and other paraphernalia used to hold people captive. In the garden - in front of Thomas Bethge - the police dig up a buried car and the corpse-sniffing dogs arrive. But there is no trace of Barbara Neder. Jürgen Becker finds out about the police operation in his house and flees across Germany until an accident stops him.
E05
Das verbotene Zimmer
Together with a private team of investigators, the so-called core team, Bethge reopens his sister's case after his retirement, obtains all the files and manages to get into Becker's "secret" room again. There, even many years later, there were overlooked indications of a serious suspicion. Did his sister fall victim to a mysterious serial killer?
E06
Für immer und ewig
A new witness describes Jürgen Becker as a sadistic and unscrupulous seducer who tried to get money in every conceivable way. Anne Bach, together with Thomas Bethge, creates the image of a psychopathic serial killer who, since childhood, has tried to satisfy his experiences of powerlessness on his victims. Thomas Bethge once again looks at Jürgen Becker's farewell letters in search of the secret of his missing sister.
Cast
Matthias Brandt
as Thomas Bethge
Karoline Schuch
as Anne Bach
Silke Bodenbender
as Barbara Neder
August Wittgenstein
as Jan Gerke
Nicholas Ofczarek
as Robert Neder
Jenny Schily
as Marianne Bethge
Hildegard Schmahl
as Erika Bethge
Hanno Koffler
as Jürgen Becker
