Rex Resolution 59: Truegerische Naehe

After a night of champagne and oysters, a couple fall out when the woman, Susanne, refuses to leave her husband for her lover, Guenther. Arguing at the side of the road, the man slips down an embankment, hitting his head on a rock. Panicking, thinking that he's dead, she calls her husband for help. When he confirms the bad news, he helps her remove all traces of her presence from the nearby house where the lovers had met.

With the body discovered and Graf on the scene, it becomes apparent that what was initially thought to be an accident is in fact a murder, thanks to a second head injury completely unrelated to the fall. When they check out the house, a caretaker informs them that Guenther had been using the house for secret trysts. Finding the take out trash in the bin, a quick call ascertains the presence of Susanne, who had paid with her credit card.

Guenther's wife is understandably upset. When Susanne and her husband are taken in for questioning and a crime scene re-enactment, Rex provides some pretty solid evidence that the pair were at the scene. It looks grim until some further evidence steers the investigation in an unexpected direction.

Brandtner asks Guenther's wife if she knew of the affair, she denies it but seems to show little emotion, even when told Susanne has been released without charge. It's just the calm before the storm. Shortly afterwards, she heads over to Susanne's with murderous intent. Under the guise of 'having to talk', she laces Susanne's drink with something nasty and types up a suicide note, before leaving her unconscious. Susanne recovers sufficiently to call emergency services and mutter 'Brandtner' before passing out again. Lucky for her because it's enough to bring the team, save her life and allow her to identify the culprit. Outed, Guenther's wife is arrested for his murder and the attempted murder of Susanne.



Other players include Michou Friesz, not credited for this episode (also appears in Stockinger) and Ruth Rieser as Susanne Konsel.

Many more Recycled Rexers in this episode with Eva Herzig, above, uncredited with IMDB for this episode, but also appearing in 'Ein moerderischer Plan' (1998) as Eva Muench, Andreas Patton, above, here as Guenther Sikora but also appearing in 'Jagd nach einer Toten', Max Herbrechter, above, here as Bernd and appearing in 'Der Bluff' (2001) as Paul Stollberg and Andrea Haendler, not credited for this episode, but also appearing as Claudia Redl in 'In letzter Sekunde' (2001) and as Iris Konrad in 'Happy Birthday' (2002).