Season 5

E1. The Hit List

Jan 28, 1999 · 45m

Sales manager Fuchs is said to have sexually harassed his employee Ricarda. Secretary Brigitte confirms the accusation. When Fuchs loses his job, he wants revenge. His first victim is Brigitte. Brandtner and Rex must prevent worse.

E2. The Horrible Truth

Feb 4, 1999 · 45m

Employee Eva Kordes is seriously injured in a robbery at a Viennese jewelry store. The second clerk is shot. Inspector Brandtner and Böck discover that the jeweler's alibi is not watertight. He tries to escape.

E3. A Priest In Danger

Feb 11, 1999 · 45m

A truck driver involved in illegal business is gunned down. Just before he dies, he makes a confession. Inspector Brandtner cannot persuade the priest to break the seal of confession, even though he is in danger.

E4. The Loser

Feb 18, 1999 · 45m

The highly indebted former drug addict Anton robs a bank. He shoots a man. Brandtner, Böck and Rex observe the events from the air as they are flying in a hot air balloon. After landing, Anton disappeared without a trace.

E5. Treacherous Love

Feb 25, 1999 · 45m

Günther Sikora and Susanne Konsel, both married, are lovers. During an argument, Günther falls down a slope. Susanne's husband, a doctor, can only declare death. dr However, Graf's autopsy shows that the man was killed.

E6. Rex's Revenge

Mar 4, 1999 · 45m

A puzzling case for Brandtner: A youth was allegedly bitten to death by a representative of a long-extinct species of wolf. Shortly thereafter, another attack occurs in the park. And Peter Höllerer leaves the team to take over his parents' restaurant.

E7. Blind Rage

Mar 11, 1999 · 45m

Hotelier's daughter Sandra kills Thomas Reisch, one of her father's employees, because he turned her down. The investigation turns out to be a real test for Fritz Kunz, the new colleague in the homicide squad. He is smuggled into the hotel as a kitchen hand.

E8. Poison Gas

Mar 18, 1999 · 45m

The homeless Edi Salzer died at a loading station. It turns out that he died from the nerve agent sarin, which was transported in one of the train cars. Brandtner fears an attack with the deadly poison.

E9. Deadly Secrets

Mar 25, 1999 · 45m

Student Sybille does not return from a bike ride. Her boyfriend reports her missing. Rex eventually finds the girl murdered. Sybille's friends have a terrible suspicion. They dig up a coffin in the cemetery at night.

E10. The Will

Apr 1, 1999 · 45m

When examining the estate of the rich Mr. Stift, antiques dealer Zehrer finds an amendment to his will. The beneficiary is the nun Tanja. Zehrer blackmails the supposed sole heir, Stift's son Walter.

E11. Killer Toys

Apr 8, 1999 · 45m

Crime writer Jochen Horn falls victim to an attack. Shortly thereafter, Brandtner and Rex can save Horn's editor at the last second. Does the key to solving the case lie in an unpublished manuscript? Then a third attack could follow.

E12. The Hunt

Apr 15, 1999 · 45m

The manager of a supermarket is shot dead during a robbery. Moritz Hollub, who has been released from prison, comes under suspicion. Brandtner believes in Hollub's innocence. But the young man's neighbors have already decided to take the law into their own hands.

E13. Sisi

Apr 22, 1999 · 45m

A coachman is stabbed in his Fiacre. Rex finds a piece of jewelry at the crime scene. Soon there are indications of a young woman who resembles Empress Sissi in terms of clothing and appearance and who is out and about in Vienna at night.