Overview
- The Freiburg-set episode aired Sunday at 20:15 on Das Erste and is available to stream in the ARD Mediathek.
- A murdered apothecary and a missing spouse give way to a crisis when Berg’s brother escapes a psychiatric clinic with two companions and the trio occupies the Berg family farm.
- Friedemann Berg is taken hostage on his own property, and Franziska Tobler is also captured after arriving to check on her colleague.
- With Tobler on a leadership course and Berg off the grid, junior investigator Ella Pauls shoulders much of the police work and grows into the role.
- Written by Bernd Lange and directed by Robert Thalheim, the film draws praise for Hans‑Jochen Wagner and Felician Hohnloser and its bleak atmosphere, while critics note plausibility issues and an intense ending with lasting character consequences.