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An emergency call from a yacht reaches the "Elbaue" on patrol. On board the drifting boat, the police find a woman with a bloody knife in her hand - the perpetrator of a violent crime? It quickly turns out that Rieke Malow is blind. She was on a company outing on board the yacht with her company boss Hartmut Weingärtner and her colleagues Sabine Bähr and Ludwig Petrovic. When Rieke woke up after a nap below deck, she was alone on board and everything was covered in blood. A robbery? The search for the company boss Weingärtner and Ludwig Petrovic remains fruitless. The colleague Sabine Bähr had left the ship early and pretended to know nothing. But then Weingärtner's body is found in the Elbe. Stabbed to death. A story about aggressive bosses, defensive women and "blind" love.

So-called "overbarrels" of hazardous waste keep floating in the Elbe. When little Henry (12) pulls one of these barrels onto land, the police are able to prevent something bad from happening at the last moment: In addition to other chemical substances, this barrel also contains a bottle of mercury, which forms a life-threatening neurotoxin when combined with water. As long as the background is not clear, swimming and fishing are prohibited on the Elbe: environmental alarm for the police. The investigation leads to Mila Ahlers' recycling center, which has fallen into financial difficulties, the shady gold prospector Mirko Bode and a closed pharmacy, where the supposed "artist" Freddy Bönisch is pursuing the implementation of a suspicious business idea. In the showdown, the police are able to prevent a mercury catastrophe in little Henry's play hiding place by a hair's breadth.

Sami witnesses Petra Meister being abused by two men on the banks of the Elbe in the evening. When Sami tries to protect the woman, a fight breaks out and he shoots one of the two attackers in self-defense. The other perpetrator initially escapes, but is arrested after a short manhunt. When confronted, however, the victim suddenly claims not to recognize the attacker and notorious petty criminal Boris Frennzel. Sami, who is plagued by severe feelings of guilt and trauma because of the fatal shot, becomes more and more entangled in the case. In the end, the WaPo investigation reveals that Petra Meister is a victim in two senses of the word and is prepared to do anything for the well-being of her ten-year-old daughter Romy in order to remove her from the dangerous influence of her father Ralf Steiger.