The spectacular suicide of the Munich journalist Rainer Truss makes waves. Truss was known for solid front-line research when it came to exposing grievances or corruption. Reporter Ute Kropp senses her chance. act of desperation? Broken heart? Your newspaper pays a bonus for interesting private photos and relevant information. The usual smear campaign threatens. Even if the case is considered closed remarkably quickly from a higher authority, inconsistencies remain. Was Truss after a new explosive story? Which big company did he have in the line of fire this time? The Munich chief inspectors Ivo Batic and Franz Leitmayr do not want to let things go and determine his last interlocutors.
They come across popular union leader Leo Greedinger, who appears to have been in close contact with Truss. Chief inspector Ivo Batic contacted the man alone in the opera - without Leitmayr - and that has very personal reasons. Because Batic and Leo Greedinger have known each other since childhood. Can Batic remain factual under these circumstances? His personal relationship with the Greedinger family is not without emotion. Greedinger's father Hans, a staunch trade unionist of the old school, is still vigorous. "Saturdays is Daddy's Mine" is one of the early achievements he helped carry. He supports the activities of his now successful son in every respect.
Of course there are internal disputes and discussions about the different goals and especially about which can be the best way to reach the big goal? How do you achieve international solidarity in a globalized world in these times? Wall up the old rope teams. Chief Inspector Leitmayr is forced to pursue an investigative path that is independent of his colleague Batic. He is closely watching his friend's actions in this case. But Luca Panini, the temporary Italian specialist for organized crime, also comes to conclusions that help to shed new light on the journalist's death. Leo Greedinger scores in every respect on his career path. It's being made big by the shrewd strategist Max Stadler. Board elections are just around the corner and with someone like Stadler behind you,
But fulfilled by his mission, Leo overlooks the envious and schemers around him.