Overview

• Detectives Isabelle Grandjean and Tessa Ott investigate the body of Vanessa Tomasi found hanging from a tree with one side of her hair shaved.
• Their inquiry leads to an international trade in human hair for wigs, focusing on Rudolf and Bettina von Landegg’s enterprise.
• Writer Adrian Illien weaves elements of the Rapunzel fairy tale into themes of beauty standards and the dignity restored by wigs for medical or religious needs.
• Critics praised the episode’s thematic originality but criticized its overcomplex narrative and unclear character motivations.
• Viewers on social media expressed polarized reactions, with some applauding the novel premise and others faulting the execution and the lead investigators’ portrayal.