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Berlin Tatort Premieres 'Erika Mustermann,' a Murder Case Entangled With the Bundesdruckerei

The broadcast doubles as Corinna Harfouch’s penultimate case as Berlin’s Kommissarin Bonard.

Overview

  • ARD aired the new Berlin Tatort episode on November 2 with simultaneous livestream, and it is now available in the ARD Mediathek, with a late‑night repeat scheduled for November 4.
  • The case opens with bicycle courier Tomás Rey dying in a street collision that investigators quickly identify as a targeted killing.
  • Rey, his brother, and a friend are portrayed as Venezuelan migrants living in Berlin under false identities and informally sharing delivery shifts for a fictional service.
  • Detectives Susanne Bonard and Robert Karow probe links to Germany’s state printing authority after learning Rey had a relationship with a Bundesdruckerei security employee, though no internal breach is established.
  • Early reviews highlight timely themes around migration and institutional security, praising the tense setup while faulting the investigation’s later focus as diffuse, and note this as the detectives’ second‑to‑last joint outing.