Catching a giant catfish holds an unpleasant surprise for two anglers. Inside the fish's stomach, they find a severed woman's finger with a wedding ring. The search for the woman to whom the finger belongs proves difficult for the WaPo.

Julia and Jakob weren't prepared for this situation: They have to ask their boss, Nele, to hand over their badge and gun. During a botched arrest, she shot Kevin Krause, a petty criminal and junkie.

Just a moment ago, the happy bride Sandra felt as if she were still in heaven. But now, a single short sentence shatters all her dreams: "Tim is dead." Her mother, Roswitha, can only comfort her daughter by holding her close. That morning, Nele and her colleague Paul had fished Tim Kreindel's body out of Lake Constance. All hopes rested on the talented young chef to restore the once-renowned restaurant "Fischerhütte"—run by Roswitha—to its former glory. Sandra's brother Stefan, whose down-to-earth cuisine had led to the restaurant's decline, was a guest at the fatal bachelor party. But is his demotion to assistant chef motive enough to murder Tim? And what about Urs Holtmann, who is discovered by Jakob and Julia sleeping on a park bench not far from the crime scene, shirtless and with a blood alcohol level of 1.4 per mille? He gives Jakob a black eye as a greeting and gives Julia a huge scare. She used to date Urs and quickly finds herself in a dilemma. Urs claims to have a blackout and quickly becomes the number one murder suspect.