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Helen Dorn Marks 25th Case With Mafia-Tinged Family Drama on ZDF

A prison attack pulls the detective into her Mafia-linked family past.

Overview

  • A fight in a women’s prison leaves one inmate dead and another in a coma, and the survivor is revealed as Helen Dorn’s half-sister, Luisa Vizzante.
  • Luisa is tied to the Vizzante clan and says she knows the insiders and rivals angling to fill the power gap in Hamburg after boss Toni Vizzante’s death.
  • Police arrange a confidential deal to free Luisa under strict conditions and place her under Helen’s supervision to use her knowledge of contacts and crimes.
  • A teenager named Tamara appears at Helen’s estate, is identified as Luisa’s daughter, and later goes missing, turning the investigation into a family rescue.
  • The episode is written and directed by Grimme Award winner Friedemann Fromm, streams on ZDF’s portal, and Episode 20 is recommended for backstory on Helen’s Sicilian father.