Querschläger

As this episode opens Falke and Grosz are at a service station helping with routine lorry inspections. One vehicle drives through the checkpoint and as the police surround the vehicle a man lying in a nearby hill shoots at it... a ricochet hits and kills another driver. The identity of the killer isn't hidden from the viewer and we soon learn his motivation. There is still the question of why he targeted that particular vehicle and the family that own the haulage company.

I thought this was a pretty good episode; the opening scene was suitably exciting and set things up well. Knowing the identity of the shooter wasn't a problem; in fact knowing about him made him a sympathetic character whose motives are understandable even if they don't excuse his actions. The actions of the haulage company owner raise some questions and ultimately explain while they were targeted. There is some humour, largely coming from Falke observing that a fellow officer appear to like Grosz and trying to get them together. Overall a pretty good episode.

These comments are based on watching the episode in German with English subtitles.