
Season 31
Episodes

1. Episode 1
2000-01-02
No overview available.

2. Episode 2
2000-01-09
No overview available.
3. Episode 3
2000-01-16
No overview available.
4. Episode 4
2000-01-30
No overview available.
5. Episode 5
2000-02-13
No overview available.

6. Köln - Bitter Almonds
2000-03-05
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
2000-03-12
No overview available.

8. Episode 8
2000-03-26
No overview available.
9. Episode 9
2000-04-02
No overview available.
10. Episode 10
2000-04-09
No overview available.
11. Episode 11
2000-04-24
No overview available.
12. Episode 12
2000-05-21
No overview available.

13. Episode 13
2000-05-28
No overview available.
14. Episode 14
2000-06-04
No overview available.
15. Episode 15
2000-07-09
No overview available.

16. Köln - Deadly Inheritance
2000-07-16
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
2000-07-30
No overview available.

18. Köln - Straight to the Heart
2000-08-06
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
2000-08-13
No overview available.
20. Episode 20
2000-08-20
No overview available.
21. Episode 21
2000-08-27
No overview available.

22. Episode 22
2000-09-03
No overview available.
23. Episode 23
2000-09-10
No overview available.
24. Episode 24
2000-09-24
No overview available.
25. Episode 25
2000-10-15
No overview available.

26. Episode 26
2000-10-30
No overview available.

27. Quartet in Leipzig
2000-11-26
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.

28. Episode 28
2000-12-10
No overview available.

29. Köln - The Lady on the Train
2000-12-17
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.