Season 31

1. Episode 1

2000-01-02 • 90 min

2. Episode 2

2000-01-09 • 90 min

3. Episode 3

2000-01-16 • 90 min

4. Episode 4

2000-01-30 • 90 min

5. Episode 5

2000-02-13 • 90 min

6. Köln - Bitter Almonds

The body of wealthy real estate magnate Gerd Wesibach is found, his pores emanating a familiar odor: bitter almonds. At first his death is thought to be an assisted suicide, but it is soon discovered that he was poisoned. Ballauf and Schenk have a long list of suspects, and soon uncover a dubious euthanasia ring. Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach, 2000.

2000-03-05 • 90 min

7. Episode 7

2000-03-12 • 90 min

8. Episode 8

2000-03-26 • 90 min

9. Episode 9

2000-04-02 • 90 min

10. Episode 10

2000-04-09 • 90 min

11. Episode 11

2000-04-24 • 90 min

12. Episode 12

2000-05-21 • 90 min

13. Episode 13

2000-05-28 • 90 min

14. Episode 14

2000-06-04 • 90 min

15. Episode 15

2000-07-09 • 90 min

16. Köln - Deadly Inheritance

A blackmailer has been threatening the Kölsch brewery in Cologne. Concerned with his company's reputation, Belcher Sr. decides to pay the ransom in person, and is soon shot dead. But when the blackmailer demands a higher ransom and poisons the beer, Ballauf and Schenk suspect they're dealing with a copycat offender. Directed by Markus Fischer, 2000.

2000-07-16 • 90 min

17. Episode 17

2000-07-30 • 90 min

18. Köln - Straight to the Heart

A man is shot dead in broad daylight in Cologne city center. The bullet was fired from 700 meters away and went straight to the heart. Chief Inspector Freddy Schenk believes he knows the murder weapon that can hit the target with pinpoint accuracy from such a great distance. The victim, Charly Hecker, was a successful businessman who apparently had never done anything wrong in life. During the interrogations of Hecker's young wife Franka, something happens to Inspector Ballauf that should not happen: He falls in love with the murdered man's widow and begins to meet her secretly.

2000-08-06 • 90 min

19. Episode 19

2000-08-13 • 90 min

20. Episode 20

2000-08-20 • 90 min

21. Episode 21

2000-08-27 • 90 min

22. Episode 22

2000-09-03 • 90 min

23. Episode 23

2000-09-10 • 90 min

24. Episode 24

2000-09-24 • 90 min

25. Episode 25

2000-10-15 • 90 min

26. Episode 26

2000-10-30 • 90 min

27. Quartet in Leipzig

To mark the 30th anniversary of Tatort, there was to be a special anniversary crime thriller with this episode. The Cologne detectives Ballauf and Schenk investigate together with their East German colleagues Ehrlicher and Kain. The four have to solve two murders.

2000-11-26 • 90 min

28. Episode 28

2000-12-10 • 90 min

29. Köln - The Lady on the Train

On a family trip to Holland, Freddy finds himself suspected of drug smuggling and is forced to go on the run to clear his name. Directed by Martin Giesach, 2000.

2000-12-17 • 90 min