Episodes
Episode 1
January 2, 2000
Episode 2
January 9, 2000
Episode 3
January 16, 2000
The Millenium Murderer
January 30, 2000
In an open field on the edge of the Vienna Woods, a car burns out. The police discover the remains of a body inside the vehicle, around which a symbol has been carved into the earth. This unusual discovery presents Chief Inspector Eisner and his team of investigators with a baffling puzzle. The victim was the owner of a peep show. Is this ritualistic tableau the work of a psychopath, or is a killer from Vienna's pornographic underworld using this scenario to divert attention from their true motive?
Episode 5
February 13, 2000
Köln - Bitter Almonds
March 5, 2000
The body of wealthy real estate magnate Gerd Wesibach is found, his pores emanating a familiar odor: bitter almonds. At first his death is thought to be an assisted suicide, but it is soon discovered that he was poisoned. Ballauf and Schenk have a long list of suspects, and soon uncover a dubious euthanasia ring. Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach, 2000.
Episode 7
March 12, 2000
Episode 8
March 26, 2000
Episode 9
April 2, 2000
Episode 10
April 9, 2000
Episode 11
April 24, 2000
Episode 12
May 21, 2000
Episode 13
May 28, 2000
Episode 14
June 4, 2000
Episode 15
July 9, 2000
Köln - Deadly Inheritance
July 16, 2000
A blackmailer has been threatening the Kölsch brewery in Cologne. Concerned with his company's reputation, Belcher Sr. decides to pay the ransom in person, and is soon shot dead. But when the blackmailer demands a higher ransom and poisons the beer, Ballauf and Schenk suspect they're dealing with a copycat offender. Directed by Markus Fischer, 2000.
Passion
July 30, 2000
Viennese Inspector Moritz Eisner (Harald Krassnitzer) had envisioned his vacation in idyllic Tyrol quite differently. On the very day after his arrival, while out hiking, he stumbles upon a dead body. Hubert Egger (Gregor Seberg)—the son of Mayor Alois Egger (Dietmar Schönherr)—has been murdered in a manner as gruesome as it is symbolic. Someone has nailed the actor playing Jesus in the Passion Plays—traditionally performed by the small community every eight years—to the cross. The still-inexperienced Inspector Roxane Aschenwald (Sophie Rois) is assigned to solve the case.
Köln - Straight to the Heart
August 6, 2000
A man is shot dead in broad daylight in Cologne city center. The bullet was fired from 700 meters away and went straight to the heart. Chief Inspector Freddy Schenk believes he knows the murder weapon that can hit the target with pinpoint accuracy from such a great distance. The victim, Charly Hecker, was a successful businessman who apparently had never done anything wrong in life. During the interrogations of Hecker's young wife Franka, something happens to Inspector Ballauf that should not happen: He falls in love with the murdered man's widow and begins to meet her secretly.
Episode 19
August 13, 2000
Episode 20
August 20, 2000
Episode 21
August 27, 2000
Episode 22
September 3, 2000
Episode 23
September 10, 2000
Episode 24
September 24, 2000
Episode 25
October 15, 2000
Episode 26
October 30, 2000
Quartet in Leipzig
November 26, 2000
To mark the 30th anniversary of Tatort, there was to be a special anniversary crime thriller with this episode. The Cologne detectives Ballauf and Schenk investigate together with their East German colleagues Ehrlicher and Kain. The four have to solve two murders.
Episode 28
December 10, 2000
Köln - The Lady on the Train
December 17, 2000
On a family trip to Holland, Freddy finds himself suspected of drug smuggling and is forced to go on the run to clear his name. Directed by Martin Giesach, 2000.
