Rex Resolution 28: Stockis letzter Fall

Sob. The end of Rex as we know it (until now). Stockinger's off but the disappointment will be shortlived because, at the start of series 3, Rex gets a new plaything. der Boeck!

So, out with the old and in with the new. A common thing with Inspector Rex.

This episode starts with a good example of how not to complain. A man goes ballistic in the unemployment office but it seems venting is not sufficient and it's off to buy a good old-style cut-throat razor. You'd think his menacing countenance and testing of the knife on the paper wrap would alert the shop assistant to his unstable nature but, hey, then we'd have no story.

He certainly attracts interest when he next uses it to slash the throat of a judge. Moser and Stocki are immediately on the job, looking at all the cases the judge has been involved with. It seems like a hefty amount of work is required but then the perpetrator considerately slashes the throat of a doctor, allowing the team to isolate cases in which both the judge and the doctor were involved. When Dr. Graf also identifies that he must be a left-hander, the team are soon trailing the suspect.

Out for revenge against his ex-wife, who he feels neglected him in favour of their child, he locks up his mother in law in a cupboard (now how many people have always wanted to do that?) and sets out for the kindergarten to attack his wife when she shows to collect the kid.

Of course, the team turns up to save the day, although Stockinger almosts makes a much messier exit, when the cut throat blade narrowly misses him.

Servus Stockinger. We'll miss you.




Other players include Herbert Trattnig as Egon, Hilde Sochor , above, as Johanna Reichel, Isabella Muckenhuber, not listed with IMDB, and Susanne Draxler, above, not credited with IMDB for this episode.

Recycled Rexers Elisabeth Lanz, uncredited with IMDB for this episode but also appearing as Frau Stein in 'Lebendig begraben' (1998), Claudia Martini, uncredited with IMDB for this episode but appearing as Gerti in 'Blutspuren' (1995) and Hannes Fretzer, not credited for this episode with IMDB but also appearing in 'Tod im Museum' as Hubmann (1996).