When Blochin’s colleague, Dankwart, tries to blackmail him, the situation escalates. New evidence in the Garbo case puts Dominik in a sticky situation. Blochin continues to work on solving David Simon’s murder case, suspecting the involvement of the Russian oligarch and head of the company Turobin Shukshin, who is mixed up in the Afghanistan-Bundeswehr drug smuggling operation.
Meanwhile, Inka is withdrawing to the commune by the lake more and more often. But can she imagine a life without Blochin? Katrin has started her new job at the Ministry of Defense but isn’t sure which side she is on and whether or not she is being taken advantage of. She tries to shed light on a murky situation.