Overview
- Tatort: Wenn man nur einen retten könnte is scheduled to air Sunday, January 25 at 20:15 on Das Erste.
- The story opens with law student Annalena Höpken found dead outside a nightclub, using her fate to examine financial strain, housing costs, performance pressure and pill use.
- After an early injury, Linda Selb continues the investigation from her hospital bed while Liv Moormann leads fieldwork with support from KDD colleague Patrice Schipper.
- Investigators learn the victim came from a once-wealthy family that lost everything, with the narrative extending to her mother and teenage sister.
- Reviews highlight the episode’s social critique but question the credibility of the victim’s shared flat, while noting direction by Ziska Riemann and a script by Elisabeth Herrmann and Dr. Christine Otto.