Overview
- The episode airs Sunday at 20:15 on Das Erste, with streaming available afterward in the ARD Mediathek.
- The story opens with a pharmacist’s killing, then pivots to a takeover of Friedemann Berg’s remote family farm by his escaped brother and two companions.
- Franziska Tobler is drawn into the standoff, while junior colleague Ella Pauls shoulders much of the formal police work back at the station.
- Director Robert Thalheim and writer Bernd Lange lean into a confined, character-driven home‑invasion setup that connects to earlier hints about Berg’s past.
- Critics praise Felician Hohnloser and Hans‑Jochen Wagner and the bleak atmosphere, while faulting reduced procedural depth, repetitive beats and some clichéd dialogue.