Rex Resolution 44: Ein moerderischer Plan

Alles Liebe zum Valentinstag!

This is the last but one episode with Tobias Moretti as Moser.

When violent offender Nowak is released from prison, he is a little upset to find that his ex-wife has remarried and had a child. Unable to contain his anger, he threatens to kill the new husband, who meanwhile is acting rather strangely. Chased off by a neighbour, he spots his love rival returning home and, shortly afterwards, the husband takes a dive out of his third floor window.

Looks like an open and shut case and when Nowak returns to his ex-wife's flat with a bunch of flowers, Rex chases him down. Unfortunately for Moser and team, life is not that simple. The victim managed to scratch his murderer and Dr. Graf has isolated the murderer's skin under the victim's nails. Different blood group to Nowak and so the hunt resumes.

Moser has a particular knack of taking two and two and making six and it doesn't take him long to turn his attention to the victim's company, where had been a driver on security runs. From very little detail, Moser manages to work out that senior management had planned to hold up one of their trucks and discovers that they had disabled the victim's gun. Swapping places with the armoured truck drivers, Boeck and Moser unleash a surprise on the would-be robbers and round them up before they get their mitts on the money.

Other players include Eva Herzig , above, as Eva Muench, Thomas Enzinger, above, not listed with IMDB for this episode and Christian Berkel, above, not listed with IMDB for this episode.

Recycled Rexers Johannes Krisch, above, here as Josef Nowak, later as Marco Kolb in Strahlen der Rache (2001), Cornelia Lippert, above, not listed with IMDB for this episode or for her role in the earlier episode 'Der Duft des Todes', and Toni Slama, not listed with IMDB for this episode but listed for his earlier role as Paul Steger in 'Toedliche Teddys'.

Tomorrow, it's 'auf wiedersehen, Moser'. Hankies at the ready (again).

Rex Resolution 24: Der Duft des Todes

I thought I'd start off with a Klimt as this episode is about love (and betrayal) and I sighted a Klimt somewhere along the way.

Romance can be a killer as a woman discovers when her lover's caress turns into strangulation. The deed kills off Moser's romantic moments as Stocki calls him to attend the murder scene, leaving a rather disgrunted Sonja in bed. There's a sense her patience is wearing thin...she has something she wants to 'discuss', always an ominous phrase.

At the scene, there's little for Moser in terms of clues until Rex starts sneezing and alerts Dr. Graf to the presence of Musk. The trail of Musk allows Moser to determine that a rather unusual (and ugly) ring belonging to the woman has been removed from the apartment.

Meanwhile, the perpetrator is off bedding and breaking up with another woman. Having sucked money out of her, he's planning on moving on. A reasonable plan except he doesn't bargain on this woman taking it badly and throwing herself out of the window. When news of her suicide attempt is reported in the press, eagle-eyed Stocki spots her sporting an identical ring to the one taken from the apartment of the murder victim.

This heralds the return of 'Don't call me Sissi' as she beds down in the shared hospital ward with the suicide patient in order to get more information. Sissi is able to alert Moser when the woman ducks out of hospital for a rendez-vous with her lover in room 427 at the Palais Hotel (in case you're interested). Rex soon smells out the love rat and, although he has just left, he is apprehended before leaving the hotel.

With little hard evidence, Moser has no choice but to let him go but then has a brain wave and gets Rex to demonstrate his powerful sense of smell to the judge.

Once again, Rex saves the day!

Interesting, or not so interesting fact, one of the intended victims is named Brandtner.

Other players include Bruno Eyron, above, not listed with IMDB for this episode, Gabriela Benesch, above, as Sylvia Lunz, Cornelia Lippert, above, not listed with IMDB for this episode, Sabine Petzl, above, back as Sissi, Levin Lang, not listed in IMDB, Rremi Brandner, above, not listed in IMDB and Daniela Gaets, above.

No true Recyclers this episode.