Jakob loses his temper. It's clear to him that Klara sacrificed herself for her boss to protect Viktoria Fildermann. He promises Klara's mother, Theresa Bogner, that he'll find the real culprit and lets himself get carried away into making an emotional outburst to the businesswoman. This has dire consequences for Jakob. But they pale in comparison to the bad news that's now coming in. A suicide in prison, a murder at Fildermann's villa, and Maxim Gönder and his girlfriend Thessa on the run toward Switzerland in a stolen boat—until they run out of gas and are cornered by the WaPo.

The undertakers are quite taken aback. In the middle of Lake Constance, they're ambushed while transporting the body of convict Charlie Maurer. The kidnappers make off with the coffin and its contents. Jakob and Paul are at a loss when, a short time later, they find the boat with the coffin but no body. It's the same question Nele and Julia are asking themselves: Who would kidnap a dead convict who had no social connections or relatives?

During their morning patrol, the WaPo receives a distress call: There's a body at the beach with an arrow stuck in its chest. The deceased is Jan Kastner, who had been spearfishing secretly along the shore with his friend Tobias Lehner. It quickly becomes clear that the fatal shot was not fired from Lehner's speargun. But Nele and Julia can't believe their eyes when they run into Kastner's wife, Lara, at her home. Lara Kastner is extremely tense and refuses to let the police officers into the house.