Overview
- The new WDR episode, which aired Sunday at 8:15 p.m. on ARD, opens with a cameraman found dead in a burned car and takes Ballauf and Schenk behind the set of the cult kids program Sachen und Lachen.
- Evidence from the scene includes fibers from a tapir costume, and the victim’s records show heavy gambling debts and a sudden pay raise that point to financial pressure inside the production.
- Max Giermann plays host Frank Anders as warm on camera and volatile off it, a performance many reviewers call the standout of the night.
- Critics and viewers fault the frequent split‑screen shots as distracting, noting moments where both detectives appear in separate frames even while sitting next to each other.
- The film marks Isabell Šuba’s Tatort directing debut from a script by Arne Nolting and Jan Martin Scharf, adding to the series’ tradition of pulling back the curtain on media workplaces.