Overview
- The episode “Der Spion” premiered on Das Erste on Nov. 20 at 20:15.
- Former Stasi agent Anne Fuchs investigates a suspected Verfassungsschutz leak feeding Russian intelligence, setting off a case tied to two murders.
- A drowned BfV officer’s widow and daughter say they knew nothing of his work, while counterintelligence chief Manfred Backner comes under pressure from aide Larissa Hollig.
- Fuchs keeps the mission from partner Youssef El Kilali at first, who is drawn in after surveilling a young woman later found strangled.
- Reviews praise Lina Wendel’s lead performance and note a dense plot, as the relaunch moves the story from Düsseldorf to Cologne with new creative leads and a follow-up film, “Rachespiel,” slated for Nov. 27.