With the connection between the suspects and murders still unclear, Ellie and Gedeon must push themselves past their breaking points to crack the case. In German.

A mysterious man surrenders himself without revealing his name during a police operation in the woods and they have to find out if he has a connection to the murders. Gedeon gathers his remaining strength to find Koschlick.

An apparent motorcycle accident on a mountain pass road leads Ellie and Gedeon to a ritualistic spot in the woods and they find out more about the legend of Schinder Jackl. Turek makes a confession to Ellie.

When the burnt corpse of a woman is found in Austria, a new colleague is appointed as liaison officer for the German-Austrian special unit instead of Ellie.

A string of mysterious murders on both sides of the Germany-Austria border shocks the region, but former partners German detective Ellie Stocker and Austrian investigator Gedeon Winter have become bitter enemies. While Gedeon sets out to find his childhood tormentor, Ellie is still trying to uncover the truth about the murder of her colleague.