In Dortmund, detectives Peter Faber (Jörg Hartmann), Martina Bönisch (Anna Schudt), Nora Dalay (Aylin Tezel) and Daniel Kossik (Stefan Konarske) investigate. They have to solve the death of a young parachutist. His screen had obviously been tampered with. He won't survive. Leo Janek is in the intensive care unit, on artificial respiration. Previously, someone had dumped the young, seriously injured family man in front of the clinic. Inspectors Peter Faber and Martina Bönisch search for clues in Janek's personal environment. There have often been tensions here recently: in his job at a bank, with his wife Klara (Inez Bjørg David) and son Martin Janek, as well as with brother-in-law Frank (Constantin von Jascheroff), for whom he had given a loan.
The adventurous Leo Janek saw all of this as a one-way street. He got his kick from skydiving. Commissioners Nora Dalay and Daniel Kossik are investigating undercover in his ski jumping club. There they find out that Leo Janek was part of a base jumper scene where skydiving off tall buildings is the ultimate challenge. Did he die in such a daring jump? Nora Dalay is also taking full risk: She has aroused the interest of the attractive parachute instructor Jules Lanke (Albrecht Schuch) –