The Best Episodes Written By Thomas Wittenburg

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Schimanski - Friend

   S17:E1212/28/1986

   Schimanski investigates the suspected leader of a cunning criminal gang.

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   Writer:Thomas Wittenburg

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #2 - A tooth for a tooth

   S18:E1212/27/1987

   Uproar in a factory housing project in Duisburg: it is scheduled for sale and demolition. Industrialist Grassmann regrets the fate of the residents, but he, too, is forced by economic necessity. One of those affected, Alf Krüger, first kills his family, then himself. What are the motives for the family tragedy? Despair over the forced eviction? But why did the meticulous accountant overlook his youngest child? And what was the humble man doing in Marseille shortly before his death?

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   Writer:Thomas Wittenburg

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   7.5/10(6 votes)

   #3 - Duisburg-Ruhrort

   S12:E76/28/1981

   The body of barge captain Heinz Petschek is found in the Duisburg inland port. He had been beaten and fatally stabbed. Chief Inspector Schimanski and his colleague Christian Thanner must solve this case.

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   Writer:Thomas Wittenburg

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   7.5/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Miriam

   S14:E34/3/1983

   Thanner moved in with Schimanski because his girlfriend Sylvia kicked him out due to his constant jealousy. He brings order to Schimanski's somewhat chaotic household, but his own soul is in considerable turmoil. He refuses to accept the breakup with Sylvia and tries to undo what happened. Everything else—including his job—is currently of secondary or tertiary importance to him; let Schimanski handle it. And Schimanski does. He investigates the murder of Daddel Virks, a small-time sleuth and assistant to private detective Scholl, who was once a colleague of Thanner and Schimanski.

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   Writer:Thomas Wittenburg

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Episode 15

   S30:E157/25/1999

   A mysterious blackmailer is terrorizing Berlin with bomb threats against post offices and demanding a ransom of two million marks. After a failed money handoff, the situation escalates when a young woman is killed in a bomb attack. Chief Detectives Till Ritter and Robert Hellmann take on the investigation in their first case together.

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   Writer:Thomas Wittenburg

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   6.4/10(5 votes)

   #6 - Episode 3

   S13:E33/7/1982

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