Episodes
1. Episode 1
January 2, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Jürgen Heinrich, Nadeshda Brennicke, Roman Knižka, Annekathrin Bürger, Hannes Hellmann
2. Episode 2
7.0
January 9, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Manfred Krug, Charles Brauer, Siemen Rühaak, Ferdinand Dux, Inge Meysel
3. Episode 3
January 16, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Markus Majowski, Gudrun Landgrebe, Saskia Vester, Hans-Jörg Assmann, Thomas Thieme
4. Episode 4
6.0
January 30, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Gundula Rapsch, Michael Novotny, Michael Schottenberg, Ludwig Hirsch, Gregor Seberg
5. Episode 5
8.0
February 13, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Hans Peter Korff, Katrin Sass, André Hennicke, Oliver Hasenfratz, Stefan Jürgens
6. Köln - Bitter Almonds
6.0
March 5, 2000
90 min
The body of wealthy real estate magnate Gerd Wesibach is found, his pores emanating a familiar odor: bitter almonds. At first his death is thought to be an assisted suicide, but it is soon discovered that he was poisoned. Ballauf and Schenk have a long list of suspects, and soon uncover a dubious euthanasia ring. Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach, 2000.
7. Episode 7
3.8
March 12, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Michael Fitz, Sissy Höfferer, Carin C. Tietze, Erich Hallhuber, Michael Degen
8. Episode 8
6.0
March 26, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Dietz-Werner Steck, Rita Russek, Christian Berkel, Walter Kreye, Elert Bode
9. Episode 9
6.5
April 2, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Andreas Hoppe, Ulrike Folkerts, Gila von Weitershausen, Max Tidof, Ottfried Fischer
10. Episode 10
April 9, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
László I. Kish, Katja Studt, Sabina Schneebeli, Markus Hering, Friederike Wagner
11. Episode 11
April 24, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Ralph Herforth, Annekathrin Bürger, Barbara Magdalena Ahren, Jenny Deimling, Stefanie Schmid
12. Episode 12
May 21, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Andreas Hoppe, Ulrike Folkerts, Peter Lohmeyer, Eva Mattes, Hans-Günter Martens
13. Episode 13
9.0
May 28, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Manfred Krug, Charles Brauer, Dirk Martens, Alexander May, Walter Kreye
14. Episode 14
8.0
June 4, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Wolf-Dietrich Berg, Ernst-Georg Schwill, Olaf Rauschenbach, Stefan Jürgens, Catherine Flemming
15. Episode 15
July 9, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Stefan Jürgens, Wolfram Teufel, Kai Scheve, Lars Gärtner, Tom Wlaschiha
16. Köln - Deadly Inheritance
6.0
July 16, 2000
90 min
A blackmailer has been threatening the Kölsch brewery in Cologne. Concerned with his company's reputation, Belcher Sr. decides to pay the ransom in person, and is soon shot dead. But when the blackmailer demands a higher ransom and poisons the beer, Ballauf and Schenk suspect they're dealing with a copycat offender. Directed by Markus Fischer, 2000.
17. Episode 17
2.7
July 30, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Sophie Rois, Dietmar Schönherr, Nina Proll, Gregor Seberg, Simon Schwarz
18. Köln - Straight to the Heart
7.0
August 6, 2000
90 min
A man is shot dead in broad daylight in Cologne city center. The bullet was fired from 700 meters away and went straight to the heart. Chief Inspector Freddy Schenk believes he knows the murder weapon that can hit the target with pinpoint accuracy from such a great distance. The victim, Charly Hecker, was a successful businessman who apparently had never done anything wrong in life. During the interrogations of Hecker's young wife Franka, something happens to Inspector Ballauf that should not happen: He falls in love with the murdered man's widow and begins to meet her secretly.
19. Episode 19
August 13, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Tilo Prückner, Karin Baal, Martin Feifel, Klaus Barner, Susanna Simon
20. Episode 20
August 20, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Axel Milberg, Katharina Schüttler, Stefan Jürgens, Christian Grashof, Niels-Bruno Schmidt
21. Episode 21
August 27, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Andreas Hoppe, Ulrike Folkerts, Daniel Brühl, Ulrich Pleitgen, Katja Riemann
22. Episode 22
September 3, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Ulrike Folkerts, Michael Fitz, Burghart Klaußner, Pablo Ben-Yakov, Siegfried Terpoorten
23. Episode 23
September 10, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Martin May, Cornelia Froboess, Lukas Ammann, Jany Tempel, Frank Stieren
24. Episode 24
September 24, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Helmut Zierl, Ilja Richter, Dieter Kirchlechner, Monica Bleibtreu, Martin Armknecht
25. Episode 25
3.5
October 15, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Manfred Krug, Charles Brauer, Andrea Sawatzki, Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Gottfried Vollmer
26. Episode 26
October 30, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Michael Fitz, Alexander Duda, Dennis Grabosch, Leonore Capell, Luise Helm
27. Quartet in Leipzig
7.5
November 26, 2000
90 min
To mark the 30th anniversary of Tatort, there was to be a special anniversary crime thriller with this episode. The Cologne detectives Ballauf and Schenk investigate together with their East German colleagues Ehrlicher and Kain. The four have to solve two murders.
Guest Stars:
Anna Loos, Vadim Glowna, Dirk Martens, Annekathrin Bürger, Walter Nickel
28. Episode 28
December 10, 2000
90 min
Guest Stars:
Dietz-Werner Steck, Rita Russek, Günther Maria Halmer, Maren Kroymann, Franziska Walser
29. Köln - The Lady on the Train
6.0
December 17, 2000
90 min
On a family trip to Holland, Freddy finds himself suspected of drug smuggling and is forced to go on the run to clear his name. Directed by Martin Giesach, 2000.
Guest Stars:
Tessa Mittelstaedt, Christian Tasche, Ina Rudolph, Paul Faßnacht, Patrick Elias
