Overview
- The episode aired on 26 December 2025 at 20:15 on Das Erste and is listed as the 98th broadcast for the Munich team.
- During a performance of Chekhov’s The Seagull, rising actor Nora Nielsen collapses and dies, a suspected suicide that investigators identify as murder.
- Coverage reports Tilidin poisoning via a bottle used on stage, focusing the case on pressures, addiction and the dynamics inside the ensemble.
- The investigation probes affairs, rivalries and a previous onstage death at the same theatre, all contained within a single-location, chamber-play design.
- Critics praise the ensemble acting—frequently singling out Ursina Lardi—and note a theatrical, Agatha-Christie-style denouement, while BR confirms two already filmed final cases will conclude the duo’s run in 2026.