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Pawalk (Rick Okon, r.), Herzog (Stefanie Reinsperger) and Faber (Jörg Hartmann): Old wounds, new vices

Photo: Thomas Kost / WDR

The scenario:

Return to the north city. After a betting junkie is murdered in his apartment, Inspector Faber (Jörg Hartmann) meets his old acquaintance, the Turkish businessman Tarim Abakay (Adrian Can), who controls the restaurants, drug trading centers and betting shops in the north of Dortmund. Faber's colleague Pawlak (Rick Okon) also hangs out in one of the betting offices, trying to numb the pain of his missing drug addict wife and the child that was taken away from him by betting on football.

The highlight:

Old wounds, new vices. It's fantastic how those responsible manage to address the trauma that the investigation team suffered in older episodes. Faber's grief over the death of his colleague Bönisch is discussed here, as is Pawlak's derailed family life. The police officers' personal tragedies are never an end in themselves, but drive a plot rich in twists. It is acceptable that the issue of match-fixing and money laundering has now faded into the background. Pawlak has his last outing here and makes a few breathtaking turns in the last few meters.

The picture:

The inspector rummaging through the trash for food. After Faber questions the Nordstadt godfather Abakay in his restaurant, he fishes out a half-eaten kebab from his bodyguard out of the trash with his bum parka. It's about DNA traces. The waitress looks pitiful, Faber whistles: “Such a nice kebab, I’ll still eat it.”

The dialogue:

Faber meets Abakay at the football stadium, where he is watching the team he bought with his criminally acquired wealth.

Faber: »Great place here! All yours, right?”

Abakay: »Mh.«

Faber nods to the bodyguard: “And him? Your man for the rough, huh?”

Abakay: "Aslan is one of my employees."

Faber: “Ah, did he kill Mr. Becker?”

Abakay: “Which Mr. Becker?”

Faber: »Luke Becker. Young man, slim, works in one of your betting shops. Mutluluk!”

Abakay: "Aslan, did you kill anyone?"

Aslan shakes his head.

Faber with a fake Turkish accent: “Aslan, I believe you.”

The song:

“Respectfully Proceeding” by The Tacticians. The excited garage pop sounds when Inspector Faber hands his colleague Herzog (Stefanie Reinsperger) a baseball bat so that she can beat a junk car with it to relieve her frustration. Vandalism as self-cleaning.

The review:

9 out of 10 points. Deal it out, freak out, get out: This “crime scene” is a competently escalated farewell party that Rick Okon really deserves as the upright, battered Inspector Pawlak.

The analysis:

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