Rex Resolution 52: Rache

Peter Rogner, fresh out of jail, has only one thing on his mind. Revenge. It seems Brandtner and his former dog Arco arrested him for armed robbery of a bank. His girlfriend picks him up from jail in a van. In the back is a female German Shepherd. The plot is to kidnap Rex. The woman knows Brandtner's morning routine and, before long, she's got Brandtner and Rex looking for her car keys, dropped during her morning jog. Of course, it's all a ploy to lure Rex away. When Rex sees the bitch, the keys are forgotten.

It doesn't take Brandtner long to find out where Rex might be. The van gets traced back to a dog breeder, who finally tells Brandtner the name of the woman. This allows him to trace her to a location near the Prater. By the time he arrives, the pair have already left. Unknown to Alex, Rex is on his way home, having escaped the vehicle, bitten and disarmed Rogner. When Alex finds a pool of blood, he fears the worst.

Rogner and the girlfriend have headed in to the city, where Rogner steals a gun from a weapon shop.

With little to go on, Brandtner suspects Rogner may rob the same bank as before and guess what? He's correct. When Brandtner arrested Rogner previously, he walked him out of the bank in just his underwear. With Rogner holding hostages, Brandtner offers himself in exchange. A smart move as far as any Brandtner watchers go because, in a plot twist, Brandtner gets marched out the bank half-naked. Boxers or jocks? See above. That's probably one thing you never thought you'd learn from Rex.

Rex, by this time back at the scene, is not happy to see Alex half-undressed and with a gun to his head and leaps on Rogner, allowing Brandtner to escape. When a shoot out follows, Rogner escapes to a disco where he almosts nails a temporarily blinded Rex. Time for Alex to step in. With Boeck rounding up the girlfriend, all ends well.

Other players include Jochen Nickel as Peter Rogner and Teresa Harder, not credited with IMDB for this episode, both pictured above.

Recycled Rexers Herbert Pendl, not credited here but appearing in 'Ein feines Haus' (1994) as Doppler and in 'Der Fluch der Mumie' (2003) as Svoboda and a stint in Stockinger; William Mang, above, uncredited here with IMDB but appearing as Helmut Waltz in 'Ein Toter kehrt zurueck' (2000) and in 'Baby Rex- Der kleine Kommissar' (1997) and the late Hansi Lang, uncredited here with IMDB but also appearing as Rudolf Kraus in 'Mord in Gefaengnis' (2004).