S3 • E16 Mar 5, 2014 45m
9.2
Hubert hates birthday parties, especially when it's his own. Sabrina Rattlinger persuades him to celebrate his birthday in a bar. When Hubert wakes up the next morning in a strange apartment, he is more than horrified: the body of a young woman is lying next to him. And it gets even worse - everything looks like the woman was murdered. Hubert assures his colleagues that he doesn't know the victim and has absolutely nothing to do with the crime. The only big problem is: he can't remember what happened the night before. All the evidence points against him: The knife, which can be clearly identified as the murder weapon, was firmly in his hand when he woke up. The ashtray in the dead woman's hand, in turn, exactly matches the wound on Hubert's head. And the patrol car is still parked in front of the house. Pathologist Anja Licht finds it difficult to admit that her ex-husband could be the perpetrator. Given the compelling evidence, Police Commissioner Girwidz feels compelled to place Hubert under arrest. All investigations are expected to proceed flawlessly, as reporter Nadine Scholz has already gotten wind of the murder and prepared the corresponding scandalous headlines. Girwidz and Staller get to work with full commitment: They reconstruct Hubert's evening, while colleague Sonja Wirth investigates the deceased's surroundings. Police Sergeant Riedl is assigned to look after Hubert - a task as thankless as it is impossible, given how he is suffering under the murder accusation. Hubert is desperate to know what happened that evening. And so he flees the station to investigate on his own. In the meantime, Girwidz and Staller have learned that Hubert was indeed partying the previous evening with a woman.
