A death in the family draws forensic scientist Dr. Viktoria Wex back from Berlin to her childhood home in Poland. But this is not the only reason for her return: Haunted by the recent murder of her husband Felix, Victoria is determined to find out who killed him and why.
La mayoría de los residentes de un pequeño pueblo de montaña ya han emigrado. Debido a que todas las personas restantes se conocen, la mayoría de los asuntos se manejan entre ellos. Después de que uno de los cazadores locales muere al caer de un puesto de ciervos, el policía Georg Treichel y la mujer policía Martina Schober creen en un trágico accidente. Pero luego resulta que uno de los peldaños de la escalera fue manipulado, y todo apunta a un asesinato.
The unemployed taxi driver Klaus, the gay dog sitter Uwe and the strict nurse Inge did not have an easy childhood. Her mother died too early, the father then gave her home. Now the old man has died and for the hated Kurbjuweits is the Notarbesuch on. Klaus, Uwe, Inge and their daughter Jule now hope to inherit money and real estate - but they are surprised by an unusual testament. They have to scatter the ashes of the dead in places in their East Prussian homeland, which were important to the father. Together with the young Polish notary Krzysztow, who is supposed to supervise the proper implementation, they are leaving for good or ill. It takes them almost to Polish prison and soon to a wedding, where they understand better not only the father, but also himself better.
Ulrich Becker se jubila. Al volver a casa, su mujer le dice que uno de sus hijos no es suyo justo antes de morir. Ahora el único objetivo de la Uli es averiguar cuál de los tres no es hijo suyo.
Karl está a punto de cerrar su pequeña empresa de reformas si no consigue un buen contrato. De repente conoce a Wanda, una camarera polaca con problemas con el fisco, a la que contrata de niñera.
Eleven years ago, an 8-year-old girl disappeared from a small German town on the German-Czech border. Although her body was never found, nor were there any traces of blood or DNA evidence, a mentally-disabled man was coerced to confess to the crime. Even though he withdrew his admission of guilt two days later, the forced confession was enough to convince the ruling judge. The responsible investigator Altendorf was discharged so that the investigation could be sped along by another colleague.
