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The Best Episodes of Scene of the Crime Season 42

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    S42:E7

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    Director:Nils Willbrandt
    Writer:Nils Willbrandt

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  2. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 8 - Vienna - Retribution
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    S42:E8

    Eisner teams up with a new partner to investigate a series of murders of young people.

    Director:Wolfgang Murnberger
    Writer:Uli Brée

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  3. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 11 - Episode 11
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S42:E11

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    Director:Florian Froschmayer
    Writers:Dinah Marte Golch, Gerhard Rekel

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  4. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 12 - Hunting Season
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S42:E12

    The 32-year-old Tini Bürger only knows one boss: the devil alcohol. Since her husband Lassnik died in a car accident two years ago, she has been alone with her daughter Nessi. Depression keeps her in front of the television. Her 13-year-old daughter organizes the household, the cooking, and cares for her "alleged grandmother" for a few euros. Early one morning, Nessi witnesses a man being shot dead at a gas station. What exactly did Nessi see?

    Director:Peter Fratzscher
    Writer:Peter Probst

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  5. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 18 - Yesterday Never Happened
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S42:E18

    A normal weekday. The chief inspectors Ivo Batic and Franz Leitmayr are called to the outskirts of Munich. Max Lasinger is waiting excitedly in a glass shop behind the front building, where he confesses he had seen light and wanted to catch a "burglar". When he attacked, he lashed out, but was it self-defense? And will his dementia make his confession untrustworthy?

    Director:Christian Görlitz
    Writers:Pim Richter, Daniela Mohr

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  6. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 27 - Borowski and the Woman in the Window
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    S42:E27

    A young woman has disappeared without a trace and her boyfriend, a beat cop, is convinced she was murdered.

    Director:Stephan Wagner
    Writer:Sascha Arango

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  7. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 19 - Episode 19
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    S42:E19

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    Director:Johannes Grieser
    Writer:Andreas Knaup

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  8. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S42:E10

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    Director:Patrick Winczewski
    Writer:Dorothee Schön

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  9. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 15 - Episode 15
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    S42:E15

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    Director:Lars Kraume
    Writer:Lars Kraume

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  10. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 22 - Vienna - Payback Time
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    S42:E22

    Eisner is sent to Tyrol to track down a construction magnate's killer.

    Director:Erich Hörtnagl
    Writer:Felix Mitterer

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  11. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 32 - Episode 32
    6.3/10(6 votes)

    S42:E32

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    Director:Lars Kraume
    Writer:Lars Kraume

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  12. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 36 - Episode 36
    6.3/10(7 votes)

    S42:E36

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    Director:Lars Becker
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 31 - Borowski and the Cool Dog
    6.2/10(6 votes)

    S42:E31

    Two seemingly unrelated cases bring Germany and Sweden together to catch a serial killer. In Kiel, a man jumps into a bathing lake - and is impaled by bamboo sticks. For Borowski and Sarah Brandt, it is initially not clear whether it is the act of a madman who accidentally finds his victims. Or did someone want to punish the dead?

    Director:Christian Alvart
    Writer:Michael Proehl

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  14. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S42:E1

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    Director:Michael Schneider
    Writer:Andreas Schlüter

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  15. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 2 - Köln - Under Pressure
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    S42:E2

    Ballauf and Schenk investigate a publishing house after a young consultant is murdered.

    Director:Herwig Fischer
    Writer:Dagmar Gabler

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  16. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S42:E3

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    Director:René Heisig
    Writer:Susanne Schneider

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  17. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S42:E4

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    Director:Jochen Alexander Freydank
    Writers:Christian Heider, Christiane Hütter

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  18. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 5 - Bremen - Still Waters
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S42:E5

    A witness at the center of Lursen's investigation is in danger of becoming the next victim.

    Director:Thorsten Näter
    Writer:Thorsten Näter

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  19. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S42:E6

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    Director:Buddy Giovinazzo
    Writers:Clemens Schönborn, Meike Hauck

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  20. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 13 - Episode 13
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S42:E13

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    Director:Zoltan Spirandelli
    Writers:Jan Hinter, Stefan Cantz

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  21. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 16 - Episode 16
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S42:E16

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    Director:Florian Baxmeyer
    Writer:Christian Jeltsch

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  22. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 17 - Vienna - Wiped Out
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S42:E17

    Eisner and Fellner investigate when a naked man is found dead in a shopping cart.

    Director:Harald Sicheritz
    Writer:Uli Brée

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  23. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 24 - Episode 24
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S42:E24

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    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Thomas Freundner, Hans Gerd Müller-Welters

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  24. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 25 - Between the Ears
    6.0/10(5 votes)

    S42:E25

    A murder investigation leads Thiel and Boerne to a Münster tennis club.

    Director:Franziska Meletzky
    Writers:Thorsten Wettcke, Chris Silber

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  25. Scene of the Crime Season 42 Episode 28 - Episode 28
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S42:E28

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    Director:Nicolai Rohde
    Writers:Jürgen Pomorin, Birgit Grosz, Stephan Brüggenthies

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Season 42 Ratings Summary

"Episode 7" is the best rated episode of "Scene of the Crime" season 42. It scored 7.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Nils Willbrandt and written by Nils Willbrandt, it aired on 2/27/2011. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Vienna - Retribution".