Director Max Färberböck and author Catharina Schuchmann have the crime scene from Franconia has often been brought to light. Brilliant dialogues, the inspectors Paula Ringelhahn (Dagmar Manzel) and Felix Voss (Fabian Hinrichs) fortunately still have no gossip, the investigative team also brings non-Franconian people into contact with the magic of Franconian. In an earlier episode, the brilliant Rrohrrreinichung was issued by the brilliant Spusi man Michael Schatz (Matthias Egersdörfer), this time the Lebbdobbdasche comes into its own. Elements from older episodes are absorbed effortlessly, for example, the story of investigator Voss with the honey woman is far from over. This time the two meet in the cinema, and Voss confirms to the secretly coveted honey woman what she has secretly recognized for a long time: “Life has a huge supply of terrible sentences.”
That’s the strength of the crime scene “Why”: dealing with language, with communication. A young IT specialist has been mutilated and murdered, his mother is waiting with dinner but she is waiting in vain. In conventional crime novels, the investigators get to work, with the support of the bereaved, depending on the circumstances. In this story it is worked out that the parents, in their bewilderment, are unable to cooperate with the police. Lukas’ parents Marie (Valentina Sauca) and Fritz Keller (Karl Markovics) died after the boy’s death, and the inspectors can’t reach them either.
Otherwise, other commissioners would have to deal with plots like the trade in fake medicines in Bulgaria
Conversely, people long for encounters and also search hard for words: “Can I tell you very quickly how happy I am?” says the honey lady to the commissioner, who for his part does not understand what it is supposed to mean when a suspect mumbles : “As far as I know, I can end this at any time.” Voss should have taken the man literally. When he realizes that, it’s too late.
The calmly told story keeps its measured tension for almost exactly one hour, then the trade in fake medicines in Bulgaria comes into focus. Inspector Falke regularly has to deal with plots of this type in northern Germany. But the Franks are strongest when they keep to themselves and show how painful it is to talk and live together. When the mother asks to be allowed to see the son again, Voss wants to spare her that, but his caring advice sounds like a slap in the hand: “If it’s at all possible for you, then remember him the way he was.” Yes, life has a huge supply of terrible sentences.
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