While interrogating König, Rath loses control of the situation. Charlotte moonlights to make ends meet. An alter ego commits a betrayal.

The freight train arrives in Berlin. Tempers explode in Charlotte’s household. Aspiring inspector Jänicke makes use of a surprising skill.

In 1929, a freight train traveling from the Soviet Union is hijacked. Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Gereon Rath from Cologne pursues a mission in Berlin.

Litten faces a setback in appealing Greta’s conviction. Wendt talks economics with Gen. Seegers’s daughter. An unconscious Weintraub is forced to talk.

Nyssen finds a way to get his mother’s money. Rath learns who Helga’s benefactor is. Marie-Luise Seegers approaches Katelbach’s landlady with an offer.

Benda’s widow gives Wendt a piece of evidence. A crisis bonds Helga and Nyssen. Fingerprints are found on the knife, but Charlotte notices an oddity.

Benda’s widow gives Wendt a piece of evidence. A crisis bonds Helga and Nyssen. Fingerprints are found on the knife, but Charlotte notices an oddity.

Rath hits an unexpected snag while investigating the Benda case, and later tracks down the movie set gaffer. Charlotte is visited by her older sister.

Evidence from Krempin’s home reveals his and Rot’s interest. A neighbor gives Charlotte something her mother left. Gräf accesses the Benda case file.

Litten faces a setback in appealing Greta’s conviction. Wendt talks economics with Gen. Seegers’s daughter. An unconscious Weintraub is forced to talk.

Nyssen finds a way to get his mother’s money. Rath learns who Helga’s benefactor is. Marie-Luise Seegers approaches Katelbach’s landlady with an offer.

Rath hits an unexpected snag while investigating the Benda case, and later tracks down the movie set gaffer. Charlotte is visited by her older sister.

Evidence from Krempin’s home reveals his and Rot’s interest. A neighbor gives Charlotte something her mother left. Gräf accesses the Benda case file.

Jänicke spots a match that leads to two suspects in the Red Fortress massacre. Blackmail and bribes fuel a Soviet-German tug-of-war over the train.

A mass grave is found in the woods. Charlotte’s sister Toni makes a troubling discovery. A meeting with Homicide leads Rath to a dreadful realization.