Rick Okon left the Duisburg "crime scene" on Sunday after six years as Inspector Jan Pawlak. In his farewell performance, he was initially seen as a washed-up cop who tried to numb the pain of his broken family with football bets in a betting shop.

But in a spectacular twist in the last third of the film, this turned out to be a cover. A first “crime scene” with Dortmund newcomer Alessija Lause in the now permanent role of Commissioner Ira Klasnić has already been filmed.