Defying Benda's orders, Rath and Charlotte race to intercept the train. Helga speaks her mind at a memorial. Greta participates in a vengeful plot.

Greatly outnumbered, Rath, Henning and Czerwinski use their wits to fight their foes. Svetlana is tracked down. Dr. Schmidt forces a truth to be seen.

A radio announcement makes Rath realize what the Black Reichswehr is planning. Charlotte stumbles upon a find that she hopes will save her life.

Jänicke spots a match that leads to two suspects in the Red Fortress massacre. Blackmail and bribes fuel a Soviet-German tug-of-war over the train.

The ballistics report in a police officer's murder casts suspicion on two colleagues. While her employers are out, Greta steals a moment with Fritz.

Trochin transacts his deal with Benda. Moritz snoops in Wolter's cellar. Rath and photographer Gräf gather proof of a secret air force base in Lipetsk.

Greta witnesses a horrifying scene. In police custody, the Black Reichswehr leaders are visited by a collaborator. Charlotte fights for survival.

A mass grave is found in the woods. Charlotte's sister Toni makes a troubling discovery. A meeting with Homicide leads Rath to a dreadful realization.

While interrogating König, Rath loses control of the situation. Charlotte moonlights to make ends meet. An alter ego commits a betrayal.

As an SA squad marches through town, Charlotte is called to a crime scene; Nyssen throws a huge party with Helga and makes an important announcement.

Malu Seegers and Dr Völcker pursue a deadly plan; Charlotte makes a terrible discovery; Helga tries to escape from her kidnappers.

Despite Gennat's doubts, Rath organises a meeting with all of the wrestling club bosses; Malu rethinks her plan; Esther looks for work as a musician.

The SA and SS face each other in the Stennes Putsch; Wendt wants the police to intervene; Toni meets an ally.

In 1929, a freight train traveling from the Soviet Union is hijacked. Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Gereon Rath from Cologne pursues a mission in Berlin.

Weintraub investigates boxing match betting fraud; Rath confesses to Charlotte, who asks him to find out more about Benni's death.

Kardakow realizes his first instinct was correct. A photo enlargement yields two leads. Rath and Charlotte get key intel from a colorful character.

Rath's pharmacist gets shady instructions. Rath learns who's behind the train smuggling operation and why, and recalls the last time he saw his brother.

As Rath takes part in a risky experiment, a brutal gang war breaks out in Berlin; widow Behnke tries to help Katelbach; Toni finds herself in danger.

Widow Behnke kicks off her high-stakes rescue plan; Stennes instigates a hall battle in the Moka Efti; Charlotte makes a secret observation.

As a dead man on a park bench in the Tiergarten grabs the attention of the homicide squad; Toni gets caught; Charlotte makes a terrible decision.

Rath brings Moritz to the castle; Charlotte tells a lawyer about the deaths among street children; Goldstein takes drastic measures.

Rath is celebrated for his supposed coup; Charlotte meets a boxer; Stennes plots a coup against Hitler; Goldstein learns the truth about the diamond.

The freight train arrives in Berlin. Tempers explode in Charlotte's household. Aspiring inspector Jänicke makes use of a surprising skill.

Abraham Goldstein arrives in Berlin as the secret organisation White Hand passes a verdict on a criminal; Rath investigates a boxing match.

An associate of the Armenian is released from prison. An act of sabotage kills an actress during filming. Helga secretly visits a doctor, as does Rath.