This is another 'yawn' episode for me. What is it about truck drivers and Rex? No offence if you're reading this and happen to be a truck driver.....Anyway, a small disclaimer in that I think I dozed off somewhere in the middle of this episode (shame on me!) but I hope I have the story line mostly straight.
A truck driver gets stabbed to death while sleeping at a truck rest and his truck, with his body still on board, is stolen.
When the action cuts to Brandtner and team at a briefing about missing drivers and stolen loads of pharmaceuticals, the motive behind the attack on the man becomes clear. Not that Rex cares, he's far too busy tormenting Boeck with a laser pointer - and this, for me, is probably the best part of this episode.
The next step in the chain is for the group behind the scheme to get some unsuspecting individual to drive the stolen load across the border. All is well and good until the designated driver spots the corpse of the original driver in a car boot. Suddenly he wants out and the group are kind enough to grant him his wish, shooting him as he tries to leave. Thought to be dead, he is left in a car while the other body is disposed of and uses this opportunity to make good his escape on a garbage truck.
Falling off the truck as it arrives in the depot, he makes it to hospital and manages to survive long enough to confide in a priest the names of the men behind the scheme. Of course, this puts the priest in danger, hence the title of this episode. The priest refuses to break confidentiality and tell Brandtner what he knows, even though Brandtner tells him he is at considerable risk. When the priest starts warning other truckies of what's happening, it's not long before he's rounded up and taken prisoner. The boss of the gang seems particularly intent on making him talk to find out what he's said, the point of which is lost on me.
When Brandtner, Boeck and Rex arrive on the scene, Rex soon tracks down the priest while Brandtner and Boeck exchange shots with the gang members. The boss uses this as his opportunity to get away but Brandtner catches on and manages to disable available vehicles. When Rex catches a knife launched at Brandtner, it's all over for the bad guys yet again.
Other players include Werner Prinz as Josef Schuller, Witold Bielinski, not credited with IMDB for this episode, Miroslav Zbrojewicz, not credited for this episode, and Merab Ninidze as Jiri Borowjez.
A single Recycled Rexer Otto Tausig, uncredited with IMDB for this episode but also appearing in 'Sein letzter Sonntag' (2004) as Herr Watzek.
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