Overview
- The episode airs Sunday at 20:15 on ARD, with a live stream and on-demand in the ARD Mediathek, and a same-night repeat on ONE.
- Detectives Leonie Winkler and Peter Michael Schnabel investigate together following team departures that have left Schnabel under strain.
- After fleeing the youth home with her boyfriend, 16-year-old Lilly-Marie is found dead near a lake, while 17-year-old Pascal disappears and is sought by police.
- A second death — youth welfare official Torsten Hess — turns the investigation into two homicide inquiries.
- The drama shows a polished youth home where traumatized teens are medicated, underscoring shortages of staff and funding that also hinder the police.