A Case for Two

- Season 9

(1989)

Successful novelist Horst Zoller commits suicide. His sister Dora asks Matula to find something wrong in his wife Tamara, who just inherited the whole heritage of her late brother, in order to contest his will. Tamara is represented by Dr. Franck, making this the first case in which he and Matula work on opposite directions, at least unless something unclear emerges.

Helma Soleg asks Dr. Franck for help for her brother Ralf, who sits in a wheelchair after having been hit by a car: although officially considered an accident due to drunk driving, the woman believes that it was a killing attempt ordered by someone who could strike again.

Young Oliver Lohmann is arrested after his girlfriend felt from her balcony: her neighbors found him on her apartment's door right afterwards. His grandmother asks Dr. Franck to defend him, being sure of his innocence. Matula investigates about the girl's ex husband, Ingo Kremmler, who owns a curious meditation school.

Karl Sander asks his lawyer Dr. Franck to manage the payment of the ransom for his kidnapped daughter without letting the police intervene. But the girl's mother Renate, Sander's ex wife, rushes to Dr. Franck's practice and demands to be involved in the dealing. Her presence will cause a lot of problems.

A young homeless is killed in a slum. Alcoholic Kurt Glanz, who had been his tutor at work, is accused for the murder after having been seen arguing with him shortly before. But his wife Hedda is sure of his innocence and asks Dr. Franck for help. To investigate, Matula has to move for some days in the slum, posing as a homeless.

Rich businessman Rüdiger Hillmann asks Matula to do a security service during his birthday party, in order to avoid his angry son Alexander to rush there and make a scene. Indeed when this happens, Matula manages to bring him out and to watch him at home until the party's end. But the day after, Hillmann is killed in an explosion and Alexander, obviously the main suspect, asks Matula for help to show his innocence.

Young postman Jochen Billiger is unwillingly involved in a robbery at the post office. When the two burglars give him a third of the loot, he is terrified by the consequences. Despite his money problems and his girlfriend's happiness for the amount of money obtained, he asks Dr. Franck to anonymously return it to the post office. But this move will lead to a series of troubles.

Young businessman Felix Hartwig spends the night in the home of just met Sonja Frey after two masked men attacked him in front of a club. The morning after he hears from the radio that his fiancee reported his missing after having found his damaged car, so he thinks that he could take advantage of the situation to really fake a kidnapping in order to get rid of some enemies and of his upcoming wedding. He asks help to his lawyer Dr. Franck, who refuses to cooperate. But the day after Hartwig is found killed and Rainer fears to be involved as being known of Hartwig's ...

Young farmer Anne Körner asks Dr. Franck for help: her boyfriend, sentenced for a jewelry robbery of whom the loot was never found, was awaited to come home from jail, but never came. A mysterious man is threatening her, demanding to know where her boyfriend is hiding.