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Over two million followers online want to see how the "Paleo Girl" brings the Stone Age back to life on Lake Constance. When Katrin Baumann, as Paleo Girl is actually called, tries to push a prehistoric boat into the lake one morning, she is drugged from behind and kidnapped. Julia and Jakob are able to reconstruct this from the evidence after they have discovered the abandoned boat on the lake and, with Mechthild's help, the crime scene. The investigation leads them into a world where the website is constantly busy, clicks and followers are all that matters. Katrin's boyfriend, the nerdy Luka, seems to be more interested in his online profile than in the fate of his girlfriend. He is frightened by the thought that Paleo Girl's big competitor, Janko Reinert, could now gain more fans. With a trick, Jakob is able to expose the true identity of the Paleo hater "Rulaman 666". He had made massive threats to the beautiful Stone Age researcher online. But Fabian Krause has an alibi for the time of the crime. Then events take a turn: While trying to match a tire track, Julia is attacked - and finds herself tied up in a cellar side by side with Katrin. Nele and Paul do not miss how personally Jakob suddenly takes the case. During the investigation, Julia and Jakob grow closer, but they remain professional. While Jakob risks everything on his own, Julia enables Katrin to be freed. The happy ending seems close. But then someone turns out to be a big liar and two others discover their feelings.

A radio message from Paul tears Julia and Jakob away from their lovemaking on the Bodan. The body of a competitive rower who died during training has disappeared from the funeral home. The young widow Leni Senger is stunned. The undertaker Lotte Reichelberger is under a terrible suspicion when Nele discovers that her deceased husband was dealing in body parts... Nele has gently forced her son to do an internship with the police because she is annoyed by his apparent inactivity. But he is anything but enthusiastic about his "mandatory internship". Nele's mood doesn't improve when she catches Julia and Jakob throwing paper balls in the office instead of continuing to investigate the missing body. When the two finally arrive at the funeral home, they witness an argument between the owner and Manfred Lindner. He has not only lost his son in a motorcycle accident. He is also a veteran rowing coach who is being begged by the rower Gesa Gutmann to help her with her last chance to qualify for the Olympics. A wide field opens up for the WaPo Bodensee investigation, and they are in for a big surprise. And Niklas can also score points at the police station with his drone flying skills. Only the lovers experience an unpleasant surprise.

Paul takes part in an open water swim. In the middle of the lake, a swimmer next to him gets into trouble and dies. The dead man is the businessman Max Behringer, who has made many enemies with a wind farm project on the Swiss Seerücken. The island of Reichenau directly opposite is therefore in danger of losing its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with corresponding consequences for tourism. Nele and Julia ask around on Reichenau and become aware of Behringer's sister Tina Leiner. She runs a hotel and would be particularly affected by the indirect effects of the wind farm. But Behringer's business partner Urs Thaler and his partner Jan Hermann also have their reasons for murder. Paul and Jakob are investigating Behringer's Swiss environment. They are assisted by the brittle Swiss colleague Ladina Brugger, who has her own qualities. Julia and Jakob, on the other hand, show few qualities. After Nele discovers their relationship and gives them an ultimatum, the lightness no longer really sets in. Julia believes that she will make Jakob unhappy, and after a conversation with Mechthild, he makes a momentous decision. Mechthild tells her lodger Jakob that she has only ever regretted the things in life that she did not do.

"Not even two weeks," is Mechthild's prediction for the future of the WaPo lovers Julia and Jakob. In fact, the first frictions between the two arise when solving the Kaltenbrunner case. In the process, they have to solve the terrible death of Max Dohm. The working student was locked in his employer Jürgen Kaltenbrunner's yacht, which sank with the "Bodenseeperle" early in the morning and is now being rescued by divers from a depth of 18 meters. Anne Kaltenbrunner and her daughter Celina seem surprised when they hear of Max's death. And Jürgen Kaltenbrunner thinks he remembers that the popular Max had a serious argument with Dominik Peschel. Dominik is secretly in love with Celina... But then it turns out that Celina's mother had an affair with Max and the cards are reshuffled, alibis crumble, and false trails are laid. And while Paul is already talking to a potential successor to Jakob at WaPo Bodensee, things are heading towards a dramatic finale on the lake that no one would have expected.

Bomb alert on Lake Constance. An unexploded bomb from the Second World War has washed up and must be rendered harmless. Under the command of Matthias Krämer, the defusing of the dangerous anchor mine begins. Paul is also on site. He and his friend Matthias know each other from their time together in Afghanistan, where they were involved in setting up the local police force. The young explosives expert Sven Sailer is to defuse the mine. Matthias, Paul and Sven's colleagues Alexandra Schulz and Hadi Bozkurt remain connected to the young man via radio and GoPro video transmission. When Sven takes a closer look at the mine, the unthinkable happens: It explodes. Sven has no chance. His death is a shock for everyone. A tragic accident? But then Paul and the forensic team find evidence that the apparent industrial accident was an assassination attempt: someone deliberately detonated the mine remotely using modern explosives. When Julia brings the news to Sven's wife Steffi, the pregnant woman collapses. Nele and Paul discover that the explosives come from the weapons depot of the bomb disposal service in Friedrichshafen. When Paul confronts Matthias, who is responsible for the depot, he admits that 40 kilos of explosives and 15 high-precision detonators were recently stolen from the depot. Is the thief also responsible for Sven's death? And who is the mysterious Afghan woman with whom Paul apparently has a very personal history and who now urgently needs his help?

Mechthild lets Nele and the almost bald Jakob take part in her training to become a tour guide. She describes the story of the Gnadensee particularly vividly. In the Middle Ages, those sentenced to death were pushed from the boat into the lake after ringing a bell - with the chance of saving themselves by swimming... Franziska Grünwald, the owner of the Magellan sailing school, reports Lea Klein missing. When Julia and Jakob find one of Lea's sneakers in the lake and shortly afterwards her dinghy, their suspicions seem to be confirmed. Lea must have capsized during the night. But Julia has doubts, because the night was windless and Lea is an experienced sailor. Lea's single father, Robert Klein, is shocked. The skipper, who works all over the world, blames himself greatly for always having too little time for his daughter. His anger is directed at Nicole and Milena. The three girls were best friends and spent every summer at the Magellan sailing school. Robert believes Milena and Nicole incited Lea to do something stupid. Nicole and Milena claim that Lea suddenly disappeared during the night, but Nele doubts this. Then it turns out that Franziska Grünwald was robbed. 60,000 euros have disappeared. Money that Robert also knew about. Was there an argument between Lea and Franziska? What did Nicole and Milena know about it? It has long been clear that hurt feelings also play a role. Paul gives the case a decisive twist when he demonstrates an old sailor's trick. Buried feelings awaken in him because he meets Amira again for the first time in years. After fleeing Afghanistan, she needs a place to stay and something to eat. Paul begins a solo tour under Nele's suspicious gaze.

Two boats are racing across Lake Constance early in the morning. One of the boats overlooks an unsuspecting swimmer. The emergency doctor can only confirm his death. There is no trace of the driver. While Paul is more concerned with Amira than his job, Julia is able to locate the boat that caused the accident. It belongs to Stefan Lang, a local politician. The boat had been reported stolen shortly before. The only strange thing is that its lock is undamaged. Suspicion soon falls on Noah, Lang's son, who lives with his divorced mother. During questioning, Noah denies the crime. But he can't fool his parents. They advise Noah - not entirely selflessly - to keep quiet... Meanwhile, Paul is pulling out all the stops to get Amira papers and a place to stay. He fears that she is going astray to secure her livelihood when he catches her at a photo shoot. But his wife Christina is on to him, catching the two in flagrante delicto on their boat. So Nele is amazed when she finds Paul sleeping in the police station cell in the morning. His wife has thrown him out. Then a blackmail letter turns up at Lang's house about the alleged cover-up of the accident. Lang deposits 75,000 euros on the lake using a buoy - and suddenly disappears... Now Jakob's presence of mind is needed.

Amira has been hired as a cleaner by a cleaning company. Her boss Alex Richmonder is not on good terms with her and threatens her over the phone while she is cleaning up blood residue on a yacht and finding a friend's gold chain. A short time later, Amira is dead. Paul is immediately taken off the ongoing investigation. But he cannot observe this case from a distance. The ex-policeman Richmonder is suspected of the crime. Paul investigates on his own and conceals important details, which not least puts a strain on his private life. When he takes Richmonder to Nele at night, she loses her temper and Mechthild has to perform unusual services. While Nele locks Richmonder up for sinking his gun in the lake, Jakob directs the investigation towards yacht owner Sascha Wiegler. He is having his boat steam cleaned while his dock neighbor Lara Mangold mocks him. But the two have more in common than it initially seems. For Paul, everything is now at stake: his marriage to Christina and his future as a police officer. It's good that Nele has a big heart.

The blind chef Tobias Schandau and his brother Frank have fulfilled their dream of having their own dark restaurant. The guests should enjoy food from his perspective. Taste without seeing... But when Frank is found dead, Tobias' dream threatens to burst. Because not only the chef Lena is keen on the restaurant, but also the real estate speculator Maria Reddemann. But who killed Frank? Tobias claims to have caught the alleged perpetrator red-handed. Julia reconstructs the crime with him. Frank was beaten to death with a rounded object. Tobias's cane? And then a fingerprint leads to the trail of the fired kitchen assistant Michael Radny. Paul catches the fleeing Radny after a chase across the lake. But it quickly becomes clear that the matter could be much more complicated. In addition, after a SUP tour together, Julia feels attracted to the charismatic blind chef. Jakob is jealous, even though the two are now just colleagues again. Or is there more between them than they would like to admit? Niklas notices that Mechthild keeps forgetting things. He tells his mother Nele. She knows that there is dementia in the family and asks Noah to secretly do a dementia test with Grandma.

The discovery of the body of physics professor Franziska Ernhardt leads investigators Nele Fehrenbach and Paul Schott to the University of Konstanz. Was the scientist the victim of a relationship dispute? Her affair with student Dirk Abmeyer, who is actually in a relationship with her young colleague Lenka Kurilova, suggests this. But both deny the crime. A break-in at Franziska's office leads the investigation in a new direction: the murdered woman was apparently gathering information that proves corruption on the part of the dean of the faculty, Luca Romero. Had Ernhardt blackmailed him with her knowledge in order to succeed him in his position? And how does the Austrian guest lecturer Hannah Havas fit into this picture? Romano had personally appointed her and wooed her at the university's expense. But then a 2000-year-old ring is found in the murdered woman's stomach. Had the professor swallowed the piece of jewelry as a message to the investigators? The officers soon become specialists in archaeology and find an exciting lead. But the new knowledge doesn't help them much. First, they are surprised by a hostage situation. The police must prevent the suspects from escaping at all costs.

Patrycja Sikora is found strangled to death on the shore of Lake Constance. When the autopsy shows that she had had sex immediately before the murder, but that rape can be ruled out, the police have a lot of evidence that it was a crime of passion. Ex-boyfriend Nico Nolte reports a consensual break in the relationship, but also that a mysterious stranger recently tried to tell him who Patrycja had an affair with in exchange for money. Paul and Jakob believe that Ralf Kräcker - husband of Patrycja's employer Ines Kräcker - could be the said affair. He could even be a possible murderer. But Ralf receives unexpected backing from his wife Ines. But she is playing her own game. Ines has had private investigator Elke Brandt shadow her husband for weeks. And this Elke is an old acquaintance of Nele. It was also at her instigation that Elke was expelled from the police academy in Hamburg 25 years ago. And Nele quickly realizes that she shouldn't be trusted too much now either. Elke meets with Ralf and makes demands. The police now have to act very quickly.