Overview
- The episode aired on January 18 on Das Erste and is available to stream in the ARD‑Mediathek.
- It opens with a black SUV pulled from the Neckar, where a young daughter is found dead and her brother is missing as apparent ransom notes surface.
- Critics describe a deliberate turn from conventional investigation to an examination of a former It‑girl’s collapse after losing public attention.
- Thorsten Lannert and Sebastian Bootz largely serve as observers and interlocutors rather than active sleuths.
- Kim Riedle’s portrayal draws broad acclaim, while reviewers fault long dialogue passages, pacing, and the reduced procedural drive under writer Wolfgang Stauch and director Friederike Jehn.