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Dr. Kroll (Pinkas Braun) is to be released from the asylum for the criminally insane after a mere 5 years, much to the dismay of his ex-wife Anna (Reinhild Solf), who pretty much got him there after he tried to strangle her and was thus diagnosed with schizophrenia. So she asks inspector Derrick (Horst Tappert), who arrested Dr. Kroll back when, for help. Derrick and his assistant Harry (Fritz Wepper) look into this, and on the surface everything seems to be quite alright, Dr. Kroll isn't just released onto the public but is to stay as guest with Dr. Kraus (Wolf Roth), the very psychiatrist who has treated him, and who will see to it that Dr. Kroll re-integrates into society. Thing is, Kroll tries to get in touch with Anna time and again, at first he claims to apologize to her, but his behaviour gets more and more obsessive, much to the dismay of Anna, her new husband, bookstore owner Kerwien (Günter Mack), and Kerwien's brother Erich (Michael Hinz). Still, there's little Derrick can do, as nothing has really happened - and then something does happen, Erich turns up dead. Derrick questions Kroll, but it's actually Kroll's very weak alibi that gets him off the hook. It's questioning Dr. Kraus that finally gets Derrick on the right track, as Kraus seems to have taken on Kroll's views a bit too willingly, including Kroll's conviction that Anna has re-married below her worth. So to catch the murderer red-handed, Derrick has Anna agree to a meeting with Kroll while her husband is to wait at the bookstore. But actually, Derrick is quick to drive Kroll to the precinct and has Harry with Kerwien in the bookstore - and lo and behold, Kraus shows up to kill him, as he's come so much under the influence of his own patient over the years that he has become his creature of evil ...

The first of eleven episodes directed by the series' star, Horst Tappert - but there's little to distinguish this one from most other episodes, of a crime show that's long past its heyday (even if it went on for another 12 years) and has pretty much run out of steam. There's actually even at least a couple of scenes where Tappert seems to want to break the fourth wall and wink to the audience - but that might be a figment of my imagination to be honest. However, Derrick was always mostly the series of his writer, Herbert Reinecker, and to be quite frank, for this episode he has concocted a particularly silly story, one about obsession and projection that takes its dear liberties with the findings of psychology, while not really giving much heed to backstory and the like. In that respect, this episode's almost funny - if for all the wrong reasons.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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