Scene of the Crime — Season 31

01 Episode 1

Jan 2, 20001h 30m★ 7.0

02 Episode 2

Jan 9, 20001h 30m★ 8.0

03 Episode 3

Jan 16, 20001h 30m★ 10.0

04 The Millenium Murderer

Jan 30, 20001h 30m★ 6.5

In an open field on the edge of the Vienna Woods, a car burns out. The police discover the remains of a body inside the vehicle, around which a symbol has been carved into the earth. This unusual discovery presents Chief Inspector Eisner and his team of investigators with a baffling puzzle. The victim was the owner of a peep show. Is this ritualistic tableau the work of a psychopath, or is a killer from Vienna's pornographic underworld using this scenario to divert attention from their true motive?

05 Episode 5

Feb 13, 20001h 30m★ 8.0

06 Köln - Bitter Almonds

Mar 5, 20001h 30m★ 7.5

The body of wealthy real estate magnate Gerd Wesibach is found, his pores emanating a familiar odor: bitter almonds. At first his death is thought to be an assisted suicide, but it is soon discovered that he was poisoned. Ballauf and Schenk have a long list of suspects, and soon uncover a dubious euthanasia ring. Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach, 2000.

07 Episode 7

Mar 12, 20001h 30m★ 4.8

08 Episode 8

Mar 26, 20001h 30m★ 6.5

09 Episode 9

Apr 2, 20001h 30m★ 7.7

10 Episode 10

Apr 9, 20001h 30m★ 10.0

11 Episode 11

Apr 24, 20001h 30m★ 8.0

12 Episode 12

May 21, 20001h 30m★ 10.0

13 Episode 13

May 28, 20001h 30m★ 9.0

14 Episode 14

Jun 4, 20001h 30m★ 8.0

15 Episode 15

Jul 9, 20001h 30m★ 8.0

16 Köln - Deadly Inheritance

Jul 16, 20001h 30m★ 8.0

A blackmailer has been threatening the Kölsch brewery in Cologne. Concerned with his company's reputation, Belcher Sr. decides to pay the ransom in person, and is soon shot dead. But when the blackmailer demands a higher ransom and poisons the beer, Ballauf and Schenk suspect they're dealing with a copycat offender. Directed by Markus Fischer, 2000.

17 Passion

Jul 30, 20001h 30m★ 4.0

Viennese Inspector Moritz Eisner (Harald Krassnitzer) had envisioned his vacation in idyllic Tyrol quite differently. On the very day after his arrival, while out hiking, he stumbles upon a dead body. Hubert Egger (Gregor Seberg)—the son of Mayor Alois Egger (Dietmar Schönherr)—has been murdered in a manner as gruesome as it is symbolic. Someone has nailed the actor playing Jesus in the Passion Plays—traditionally performed by the small community every eight years—to the cross. The still-inexperienced Inspector Roxane Aschenwald (Sophie Rois) is assigned to solve the case.

18 Köln - Straight to the Heart

Aug 6, 20001h 30m★ 7.7

A man is shot dead in broad daylight in Cologne city center. The bullet was fired from 700 meters away and went straight to the heart. Chief Inspector Freddy Schenk believes he knows the murder weapon that can hit the target with pinpoint accuracy from such a great distance. The victim, Charly Hecker, was a successful businessman who apparently had never done anything wrong in life. During the interrogations of Hecker's young wife Franka, something happens to Inspector Ballauf that should not happen: He falls in love with the murdered man's widow and begins to meet her secretly.

19 Episode 19

Aug 13, 20001h 30m★ 7.0

20 Episode 20

Aug 20, 20001h 30m★ 10.0

21 Episode 21

Aug 27, 20001h 30m★ 8.0

22 Episode 22

Sep 3, 20001h 30m★ 7.0

23 Episode 23

Sep 10, 20001h 30m★ 10.0

24 Episode 24

Sep 24, 20001h 30m★ 10.0

25 Episode 25

Oct 15, 20001h 30m★ 5.0

26 Episode 26

Oct 30, 20001h 30m★ 7.0

27 Quartet in Leipzig

Nov 26, 20001h 30m★ 8.0

To mark the 30th anniversary of Tatort, there was to be a special anniversary crime thriller with this episode. The Cologne detectives Ballauf and Schenk investigate together with their East German colleagues Ehrlicher and Kain. The four have to solve two murders.

28 Episode 28

Dec 10, 20001h 30m★ 7.0

29 Köln - The Lady on the Train

Dec 17, 20001h 30m★ 8.0

On a family trip to Holland, Freddy finds himself suspected of drug smuggling and is forced to go on the run to clear his name. Directed by Martin Giesach, 2000.