Rath takes part in a risky experiment, brutal gang war breaks out in Berlin, Widow Behnke tries to help Katelbach and Toni finds herself in danger.
Tropes:
- Cane Fu: Goldstein uses his walking stick to knock out two racist Germans who attacked his Jewish relative Grun.
- Dress Hits Floor: Charlotte casually drops her underwear in front of Gereon and walks over to the bedroom to signal him that she is Ready for Lovemaking.
- Fiery Cover Up: Wendt burns the compromising negatives at his desk.
- Media Scrum: After the opening montage showing the gang war escalating in Berlin, a crowd of hysteric reporters pesters Gennat on his way to his office, demanding a statement about the security in Berlin.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Gereon delivers a brutal beatdown to his sparring partner after the effect of Anno's Psycho Serum kicks in.
- Out-Gambitted: A flashback shows how Weintraub anticipated Edgar's assassination attempt and sent his own men to gun down the assassins. Then he has the factory blown up in which Edgar hid.
- Punch a Wall: Nyssen is furious after Grun turned down his request to manufacture a fake "Blue Rothschild" and he hits his head and fist into the car window, breaking it in the process.
- The Reveal:
- Edgar did not die in the explosion at the factory. He reveals himself to Gereon and tries to strike a deal to get back at Weintraub.
- Nyssen's lawyer Wegener was the one who stole the Blue Rothschild.
