All Episodes of Close to Home: Murder in the Coalfield
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When a grisly murder brings Detective Maik Briegand back to his small hometown, he finds himself dredging up bodies, clues and his own past traumas.
Season 1
6.6/10118 votesRope Teams
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/1/2022
Another body surfaces with a strange wolf symbol on it. Briegand sees eerie similarities between these cases and a childhood sweetheart who disappeared.
Director: Till Franzen
Writer: Frauke Hunfeld, Silke Zertz
6.5/10150 votesTreacherous Soil
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2022
A teenager turns up dead, and Maik Briegand unhappily returns to his hometown to investigate, where his past demons begin to catch up with him.
Director: Till Franzen
Writer: Frauke Hunfeld, Silke Zertz
6.5/10124 votesNew Lords
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/2022
Questioning Bartko yields another clue, but Gottknecht interferes. New evidence points Briegand toward another suspect: his ex-wife's new boyfriend.
Director: Till Franzen
Writer: Frauke Hunfeld, Silke Zertz
6.5/10113 votesEmpty Hands, Empty Hearts
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/2022
A fellow police officer is deeply entangled with Ramona's family. Gottknecht zeroes in on him, especially when Ramona's kid brother arrives at his door.
Director: Till Franzen
Writer: Frauke Hunfeld, Silke Zertz
6.4/10133 votesInto the Dark
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/2022
Some of the DNA found at the crime scene belongs to an unhoused person... Who happens to be one of Briegand's close childhood friends.
Director: Till Franzen
Writer: Frauke Hunfeld, Silke Zertz
6.4/10113 votesTheir Eyes On Us
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/1/2022
Gottknecht is now convinced this is the work of a serial killer, and they've already selected their next victim: Briegand's daughter Jackie.
Director: Till Franzen
Writer: Frauke Hunfeld, Silke Zertz