Shortly before her death, a young policewoman tried to reach her former lecturer from the police academy: Susanne Bonard (Corinna Harfouch) used to head the homicide squad. In this case, the 62-year-old returns to work and, together with Chief Inspector Robert Karow (Mark Waschke), quickly realizes that things are in trouble in the Berlin police force. In the course of their investigation, the two come across a secret network.
With this episode, a great actress celebrates her debut as a “Tatort” commissioner. Corinna Harfouch has often played supporting roles in the crime series, now she is stepping into the limelight as an investigator. And embodies a female character who stands out in a pleasant way from her predecessor: Susanne Bonard is a highly respected, competent lecturer at the police academy, who is returning to the LKA at the age of 62. She works in a structured way and also has her private life completely under control. Crashes and affairs, like her predecessor Nina Rubin (Meret Becker), are not to be expected from her – but full concentration on the case.
The screenwriters Stefan Kolditz and Katja Wenzel have big plans for this double episode, which will be broadcast on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Too much. Because right in the first 90 minutes, the viewer is overloaded with a wealth of topics and time levels. Is this about a murder or corrupt police officers? A right-wing network in Berlin or racism in the police force in general? The answer is: a little bit of everything. At the same time, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution gets involved – and a new investigator is introduced. If you get up for a moment after all the information to refill your glass of wine, you could quickly miss the connection.
It takes 37 minutes for Commissioner Karow and Susanne Bonard to speak to each other for the first time, initially only on the phone. Another ten minutes later, the two future investigators of the Berlin “crime scene” finally face each other. And you notice right away: the chemistry is right – because the characters complement each other perfectly. While life-damaged Karow and Nina Rubin (Meret Becker) pulled each other down, the structured Bonard forms an attractive contrast to the first-person shooter played by Mark Waschke.
Of course you can spend two evenings trying to make sense of the complex case at the “crime scene”. Maybe you prefer to sail relaxed on the “Traumschiff” (ZDF) on Sunday to end the long weekend on Easter Monday with Audrey Hepburn in “Ein Herz und ein Krone” (Arte).
The sequel “Tatort: ??Nothing but the truth (2)” will be broadcast on Easter Monday at 8:15 p.m. on the first.
