Overview
- The episode, titled Die Erfindung des Rades, premieres on ARD on Sunday, December 7 at 20:15.
- Mechthild Großmann makes her final appearance as Staatsanwältin Wilhelmine Klemm, concluding a run that began in 2002 after announcing her departure in August 2024.
- Thiel and Boerne probe a case launched by a deep‑frozen body found where a celebrated “First Bike” was to be unveiled, alongside a playful claim that a modern bicycle design originated in Münster in 1882.
- Early reviews describe a light, entertaining Münster entry that favors humor over high tension, with Berliner Morgenpost giving it three stars.
- The series plans continue with Lou Strenger as interim prosecutor Nikola König, whose first Münster case, working title Maskerade, has already been filmed.