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It's change of the guard in Inspector Keller's (Erik Ode) office as Harry Klein (Fritz Wepper) leaves to serve under another inspector (the titular hero from the TV series Derrick, which debuted 7 months after this episode) and is replaced by his brother Erwin (Fritz Wepper's real life brother Elmar). Erwin and Keller bond almost immediately, when they both separately notice the victim of the latest murder they have to solve, Eva Thamm (Sabine Sinjen), had very small feet - a fact that otherwise doesn't factor in their investigation at all. Keller and Erwin investigate Eva's past and find out she was a country girl who has come to Munic because Rossmer (Peter Ehrlich) offered her a job at his boutique and room at his apartment, and she was such a big-hearted girl she became his lover almost naturally - but pretty as she was, she soon attracted the attention of photographer Mischa (Martin Lüttge) and became his lover. Enter shady businessman Arno Hess (Udo Vioff), who soon stole her from Mischa. But then Eva met a heroin addict, Mandy Stein (Christian Reiner), and she took it upon herself to take care of him, to help him kick the habit - but whoever was Mandy's supplier wouldn't want to let such a good customer go, and this conflict of interest apparently led to her murder.

Keller and his assistants, Erwin, Heines (Reinhard Glemnitz) and Grabert (Günther Schramm) are having a beer at the pub where Eva first met Mandy Stein, and they notice the landlord (Günther Neutze) acting mighty nervous, and when Mandy Stein arrives at the pub trying to score some smack rather publicly, they put two and two together and lay a trap that catches not only the landlord but also his accomplice, who turns out to be Arno's mother (Alice Treff).

The most interesting aspect of this episode is probaby the handover of the role of the inspector's assistant from brother to brother that also features an extended monologue by Keller about crime as such which is at least partially cringeworthy - but in a so-bad-it's-good way. Storywise, this episode isn't of too much interest, especially since its central figure, the girl who's pretty much everybody's lover and everybody's fascinated by her, seems to be rather contrived, as is the piece's resolution. But then again it's exactly this far-fetchedness, coupled with stilted dialogue, that makes Der Kommissar such a fun watch, something this episode ably demonstrates.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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