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One evening, Bofinger (Hans Moellinger) gets shot dead right in front of his house, and in front of quite a few eye witnesses as well. But when inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and his men (Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm) investigate they find all the eye witnesses seem to have forgotten what they've seen, or claim they haven't seen anything at all, even if that's not physically possible. Still, Keller and company do find out that before his murder, Bofinger spent a few hours at a bar down the road - one of these bars where the criminals meet that is. And indeed, the clientele of the bar seem to patrol the street to see that nobody gets too wise and gives anything about the murder away. They succeed rather admirably, too, but one of the witnesses, Galusch (Bruno Hübner) decides to use the murder for his own advantage and do a little blackmailing at the bar - to later turn up beaten to death. Somehow, everything that goes on in the bar is controlled by a certain Schenk (Kurt Beck), everything and everyone but his own wife (Gisela Dreyer), who ultimately confesses to have murdered Bofinder herself ...

Now this is by no means good krimi TV, as its plot seems to be as far-fetched as it's forced, with the killer ultimately been pulled out of the hat rather than worked towards, while all the characters seem to be rathger empty due to writer Herbert Reinecker's failed attempt at social commentary, and of course, the series' trademark stilted dialogue gets in the way of everything - and for all of this, combined with a strong nostalgic tint of course, this episode is rather fun to watch. It's just not a good cop show.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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