Scene of the Crime (Season 31)

Episode 1 (Episode 1)

Air date: 2000-01-02

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 2 (Episode 2) 7.0

Air date: 2000-01-09

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 3 (Episode 3)

Air date: 2000-01-16

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 4 (Episode 4) 6.0

Air date: 2000-01-30

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 5 (Episode 5) 8.0

Air date: 2000-02-13

Runtime: 90 min

Köln - Bitter Almonds (Episode 6) 6.0

Air date: 2000-03-05

Runtime: 90 min

Overview: The body of wealthy real estate magnate Gerd Wesibach is found, his pores emanating a familiar odor: bitter almonds. At first his death is thought to be an assisted suicide, but it is soon discovered that he was poisoned. Ballauf and Schenk have a long list of suspects, and soon uncover a dubious euthanasia ring. Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach, 2000.

Episode 7 (Episode 7) 3.8

Air date: 2000-03-12

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 8 (Episode 8) 6.0

Air date: 2000-03-26

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 9 (Episode 9) 6.5

Air date: 2000-04-02

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 10 (Episode 10)

Air date: 2000-04-09

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 11 (Episode 11)

Air date: 2000-04-24

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 12 (Episode 12)

Air date: 2000-05-21

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 13 (Episode 13) 9.0

Air date: 2000-05-28

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 14 (Episode 14) 8.0

Air date: 2000-06-04

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 15 (Episode 15)

Air date: 2000-07-09

Runtime: 90 min

Köln - Deadly Inheritance (Episode 16) 6.0

Air date: 2000-07-16

Runtime: 90 min

Overview: A blackmailer has been threatening the Kölsch brewery in Cologne. Concerned with his company's reputation, Belcher Sr. decides to pay the ransom in person, and is soon shot dead. But when the blackmailer demands a higher ransom and poisons the beer, Ballauf and Schenk suspect they're dealing with a copycat offender. Directed by Markus Fischer, 2000.

Episode 17 (Episode 17) 2.7

Air date: 2000-07-30

Runtime: 90 min

Köln - Straight to the Heart (Episode 18) 7.0

Writer: Wolfgang Panzer

Air date: 2000-08-06

Runtime: 90 min

Overview: A man is shot dead in broad daylight in Cologne city center. The bullet was fired from 700 meters away and went straight to the heart. Chief Inspector Freddy Schenk believes he knows the murder weapon that can hit the target with pinpoint accuracy from such a great distance. The victim, Charly Hecker, was a successful businessman who apparently had never done anything wrong in life. During the interrogations of Hecker's young wife Franka, something happens to Inspector Ballauf that should not happen: He falls in love with the murdered man's widow and begins to meet her secretly.

Episode 19 (Episode 19)

Air date: 2000-08-13

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 20 (Episode 20)

Air date: 2000-08-20

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 21 (Episode 21)

Air date: 2000-08-27

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 22 (Episode 22)

Air date: 2000-09-03

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 23 (Episode 23)

Air date: 2000-09-10

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 24 (Episode 24)

Air date: 2000-09-24

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 25 (Episode 25) 3.5

Air date: 2000-10-15

Runtime: 90 min

Episode 26 (Episode 26)

Air date: 2000-10-30

Runtime: 90 min

Quartet in Leipzig (Episode 27) 7.5

Writer: Fred Breinersdorfer

Air date: 2000-11-26

Runtime: 90 min

Overview: To mark the 30th anniversary of Tatort, there was to be a special anniversary crime thriller with this episode. The Cologne detectives Ballauf and Schenk investigate together with their East German colleagues Ehrlicher and Kain. The four have to solve two murders.

Episode 28 (Episode 28)

Air date: 2000-12-10

Runtime: 90 min

Köln - The Lady on the Train (Episode 29) 6.0

Writer: Martin Gies

Air date: 2000-12-17

Runtime: 90 min

Overview: On a family trip to Holland, Freddy finds himself suspected of drug smuggling and is forced to go on the run to clear his name. Directed by Martin Giesach, 2000.