Overview
- The ZDF series begins its 50th-season run Friday, April 3, at 20:15, with eight episodes also streaming early in the Mediathek.
- Thomas Heinze leads the investigations as Chief Inspector Caspar Bergmann, with Stephanie Stumph back as Annabell Lorenz.
- New cases take on a true-crime podcast, deepfakes and AI, and the strain of eldercare.
- Stumph says she filmed until her eighth month of pregnancy, now brings her infant to set, and plans to keep working through motherhood.
- Guest star Helmfried von Lüttichau appears in two episodes as Professor Emerald Spindler, as the franchise heads toward its 50-year anniversary in 2027.