Chief Inspector Karoline Joost reconnects with an old friend at a karaoke bar after more than 20 years. But their happiness on this shared evening doesn’t last long. Luise Ahrens has been appointed professor at the University of Wismar, and is celebrating her appointment with Karoline. But pushy and overbearing Carsten Schubert takes all the fun out of the evening for the exuberant academic. Did he also take her life on her way home?