Overview
- Das Erste broadcasts the SWR-produced episode “Überlebe wenigstens bis morgen” tonight at 20:15.
- Investigators Thorsten Lannert and Sebastian Bootz discover Nelly Schlüter’s decomposed body after months without a missing-person report.
- Director Milena Aboyan shapes a calm, reflective investigation that emphasizes character over procedure.
- Screenwriter Katrin Bühlig calls loneliness hard to dramatize in a crime format and introduces a second narrative thread to maintain a Tatort structure.
- The story cites Bertelsmann-Stiftung research showing high loneliness among young adults, especially ages 19–22 and people with migration backgrounds, and notes that some exploit isolation for profit.