The latest “crime scene” from Dortmund convinced on Sunday evening (April 23) across the board. 8.87 million people tuned in to the “Love is pain” case. According to the official AGF figures, this is a market share of 29.7 percent. There have already been cases from Dortmund that drew more viewers in front of the screens – but measured by market share, according to the industry portal “Meedia”, “Love is pain” with Peter Faber (Jörg Hartmann, 53), Rosa Herzog (Stefanie Reinsperger, 35) and Jan Pawlak (Rick Okon, 34) the best of all Dortmund “crime scenes” so far.
A case that “Love is pain” could not overtake in terms of viewership: the last case with Anna Schudt (49) aka Martina Bönisch “Love Me” was followed by 9.7 million viewers in February 2022. There have already been eleven “crime scenes” from Dortmund, which had more than nine million viewers.
When Peter Faber joins Jan Pawlak and Rosa Herzog in the early morning, the forensics team is almost done with their work. Tram driver Hamza Arkadas (Mehmet Daloglu, b. 1996) was stabbed while working the night shift. There are no witnesses, but the images from the surveillance camera show how Arkadas was first provoked and then attacked by a young passenger.
The perpetrator pointed his face aggressively at the camera before fleeing, but the recordings are of little help at first. He does not seem to be known to the police, and public prosecutor Matuschek (Moritz Führmann, 44) does not want to go public with the pictures yet.
Rosa Herzog, who took over the acting management of the homicide squad in Faber’s absence, gets support from police officer Beate Gräske (Sar Adina Scheer, born 1994). She is a “Super Recognizer” with the special ability to recognize faces. With the help of surveillance cameras, she sets out to track down the perpetrator…
