Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Changed line(s) 27,28 (click to see context) from:
* Luna gets hit on several times by suspects she's interrogating.
* Samir Amari, a young, fresh-faced detective on his first assignment out of the academy, is made the face of a police recruiting poster in season 4, [[PlayedForLaughs much to his chagrin]]. Henschel puts the poster up in the squad room.
* Samir Amari, a young, fresh-faced detective on his first assignment out of the academy, is made the face of a police recruiting poster in season 4, [[PlayedForLaughs much to his chagrin]]. Henschel puts the poster up in the squad room.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11,14 (click to see context) from:
''SOKO Potsdam'' is a {{detective|Drama}} {{dramedy}} series that [[SpinOff spun off]] from ''Series/SOKOMunchen'' in 2018 to become the tenth series in the ''Series/{{SOKO}}'' franchise. The series originally aired on Creator/{{ZDF}}.
The series revolves around the daily work of the German ''Sonderkommission''[[note]]special investigative team[[/note]] led by ''[[DaChief Kriminalrat]]'' Bernhard Henschel (Creator/MichaelLott), who investigate major crimes in the city of Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}. There is particular focus on Chief Inspectors Sophie Pohlmann (Creator/KatrinJaehne) and Luna Kunath (Creator/CarolineErikson). Luna and Sophie are very close friends ([[HeterosexualLifePartners to the point of easily being confused for lovers if you don't know them well]]) and act rather like the series' LovelyAngels: both have a tendency to be {{Cowboy Cop}}s to Henschel's perpetual aggravation. Also on the squad are Criminal Superintendents David Grünbaum (Creator/OmarElSaeidi) and Christoph Westermann (Creator/HendrikVonBultzingslowen), as well as [[TheCoroner coroner]] Werner Wense (Creator/BerndStegemann) and forensic tech Thomas Brandner (Creator/YungNgo).
The series revolves around the daily work of the German ''Sonderkommission''[[note]]special investigative team[[/note]] led by ''[[DaChief Kriminalrat]]'' Bernhard Henschel (Creator/MichaelLott), who investigate major crimes in the city of Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}. There is particular focus on Chief Inspectors Sophie Pohlmann (Creator/KatrinJaehne) and Luna Kunath (Creator/CarolineErikson). Luna and Sophie are very close friends ([[HeterosexualLifePartners to the point of easily being confused for lovers if you don't know them well]]) and act rather like the series' LovelyAngels: both have a tendency to be {{Cowboy Cop}}s to Henschel's perpetual aggravation. Also on the squad are Criminal Superintendents David Grünbaum (Creator/OmarElSaeidi) and Christoph Westermann (Creator/HendrikVonBultzingslowen), as well as [[TheCoroner coroner]] Werner Wense (Creator/BerndStegemann) and forensic tech Thomas Brandner (Creator/YungNgo).
to:
''SOKO Potsdam'' is a German {{detective|Drama}} {{dramedy}} series that [[SpinOff spun off]] from ''Series/SOKOMunchen'' in 2018 to become the tenth series in the ''Series/{{SOKO}}'' franchise. The series originally aired on Creator/{{ZDF}}.
The series revolves around the daily work of theGerman ''Sonderkommission''[[note]]special investigative team[[/note]] led by ''[[DaChief Kriminalrat]]'' Bernhard Henschel (Creator/MichaelLott), who investigate major crimes in the city of Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}. There is particular focus on Chief Inspectors Sophie Pohlmann (Creator/KatrinJaehne) and Luna Kunath (Creator/CarolineErikson). Luna and Sophie are very close friends ([[HeterosexualLifePartners to the point of easily being confused for lovers if you don't know them well]]) and act rather like the series' LovelyAngels: both have a tendency to be {{Cowboy Cop}}s to Henschel's perpetual aggravation. Also on the squad are Criminal Superintendents David Grünbaum (Creator/OmarElSaeidi) and Christoph Westermann (Creator/HendrikVonBultzingslowen), as well as [[TheCoroner coroner]] Werner Wense (Creator/BerndStegemann) and forensic tech Thomas Brandner (Creator/YungNgo).
The series revolves around the daily work of the
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 10,11 (click to see context) from:
[[caption-width-right:350:Also known as ''Luna and Sophie'' after these two LovelyAngels.]]''SOKO Potsdam'' is a {{detective|Drama}} {{dramedy}} series that [[SpinOff spun off]] from ''Series/SOKOMunchen'' in 2018 to become the tenth series in the ''Series/{{SOKO}}'' franchise. The series originally aired on Creator/{{ZDF}}.
to:
''SOKO Potsdam'' is a {{detective|Drama}} {{dramedy}} series that [[SpinOff spun off]] from ''Series/SOKOMunchen'' in 2018 to become the tenth series in the ''Series/{{SOKO}}'' franchise. The series originally aired on Creator/{{ZDF}}.
Added DiffLines:
* DaChief: ''Kriminalrat'' (Detective Superintendent) Bernhard Henschel, the long-suffering and occasionally eccentric commander of the detective squad who is stuck riding herd on Luna and Sophie.
Added DiffLines:
* FairCop:
* Luna gets hit on several times by suspects she's interrogating.
* Samir Amari, a young, fresh-faced detective on his first assignment out of the academy, is made the face of a police recruiting poster in season 4, [[PlayedForLaughs much to his chagrin]]. Henschel puts the poster up in the squad room.
* Luna gets hit on several times by suspects she's interrogating.
* Samir Amari, a young, fresh-faced detective on his first assignment out of the academy, is made the face of a police recruiting poster in season 4, [[PlayedForLaughs much to his chagrin]]. Henschel puts the poster up in the squad room.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Comment added
Added DiffLines:
%%
%% As of Feb 2024, the only official English translation is as "Luna and Sophie", but as this translation doesn't cover the full work (both characters leave midway through the run), and the title isn't consistent with the franchise, the page remains under "SOKO Potsdam", as discussed on Translation Policy thread and referenced in its initial Crowner.
%%
%% See https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16611200060A72114700&page=3#comment-74
%%
%% This can be revisited if the situation changes.
%%
%% As of Feb 2024, the only official English translation is as "Luna and Sophie", but as this translation doesn't cover the full work (both characters leave midway through the run), and the title isn't consistent with the franchise, the page remains under "SOKO Potsdam", as discussed on Translation Policy thread and referenced in its initial Crowner.
%%
%% See https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16611200060A72114700&page=3#comment-74
%%
%% This can be revisited if the situation changes.
%%
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ChekhovsGunman: In "Let Live", Luna goes to get lunch from a university cafeteria while she and Tamara wait for the security office to download CCTV footage for them, and interacts with a cafeteria worker named Paul with obvious signs of Down syndrome. [[spoiler:He's the brother of the killer, who was trying to stop her coworker/girlfriend from selling their research to a company interested in making DesignerBabies because it would likely mean people like her brother would be edited out of the population.]]
Added DiffLines:
* DesignerBabies: {{Discussed}} in "Let Live": the BodyOfTheWeek was a researcher working on CRISPR gene-editing, which could be used to customize human embryos. Samir mentions the possibility of editing out genetic disabilities, which annoys Luna. [[spoiler:Which turns out to be {{foreshadowing}}: the murder was motivated by the victim's attempt to sell the research to a company interested in designer human embryos, enraging her girlfriend and coworker, who has a brother with Down syndrome.]]
Added DiffLines:
* MedalOfDishonor: Played for laughs in "Let Live". A suspect does a runner and [[ContrivedCoincidence Henschel and Samir chase him past where an off-duty Luna happens to be waiting to meet a friend for a costume party]]. Luna trips him and then ties him up with the tail from her WesternAnimation/PinkPanther costume. Henschel turns up at the end of the episode with a gift for Luna: the costume tail, framed, as an award for "Arrest of the Year".
Added DiffLines:
* OpenRelationshipFailure: In "Let Live", the BodyOfTheWeek Sylvia's [[OfficeRomance coworker and girlfriend]] Mira tells Tamara that they were in an open relationship, but doesn't seem to be happy about it. Tamara suggests jealousy to Henschel as [[WomanScorned the motive for a crime of passion]], though when she suggests it to Mira, Mira says she'd accepted it as the price of being with Sylvia. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}: Mira ''is'' the killer, but turns out to be lying about Sylvia dating other people in order to send the detectives on a wild goose chase. The murder was motivated by a business dispute.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* NewMeat: Samir Amari comes in as a mid-season replacement for Christoph and David, who get [[PutOnABus poached by prosecutor Hagemann for a new unit]]. He's a brand-new detective and eager to please.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 20 (click to see context) from:
* NotBloodSiblings: One of the RedHerring suspects in the cold case in "Fallen from the Sky" is the victim's foster brother, whose semen was discovered on her bedsheets after her disappearance; he was suspected at the time of raping and murdering her but the police couldn't prove it. When questioned by SOKO, he confirms the relationship but insists, truthfully, that he had nothing to do with her death.
to:
* NotBloodSiblings: One of the RedHerring suspects in the cold case in "Fallen from the Sky" is the victim's foster then-foster brother, whose semen was discovered on her bedsheets after her disappearance; he was suspected at the time of raping and murdering her but the police couldn't prove it. When questioned by SOKO, he confirms the relationship but insists, truthfully, that he had nothing to do with her death.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
update
Deleted line(s) 9 (click to see context) :
* AmbiguouslyGay: Werner Wense is a chunky old man prone to wearing Hawaiian shirts and calling the detective squad various {{Affectionate Nickname}}s, but his sexual preferences haven't been directly addressed in the series.
Added DiffLines:
* CampStraight: Werner Wense is a chunky old man prone to wearing Hawaiian shirts and calling the detective squad various {{Affectionate Nickname}}s, but season 4 confirms he has a wife.
Added DiffLines:
* NotBloodSiblings: One of the RedHerring suspects in the cold case in "Fallen from the Sky" is the victim's foster brother, whose semen was discovered on her bedsheets after her disappearance; he was suspected at the time of raping and murdering her but the police couldn't prove it. When questioned by SOKO, he confirms the relationship but insists, truthfully, that he had nothing to do with her death.
Added DiffLines:
* RevisitingTheColdCase: "Fallen from the Sky" is set off by the discovery of the skeletal corpse of a teenage girl missing for the past 15 years.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
season 4 is out in English now, some factual corrections needed
Changed line(s) 6 (click to see context) from:
The first three seasons of the series were subtitled in English by Creator/WalterPresents and are available via Creator/{{PBS}} in the United States. For reasons unknown, Walter Presents chose to retitle the series ''Luna and Sophie'', [[ArtifactTitle which makes for odd viewing]] considering that [[PutOnABus both characters left the series after season three]], along with David and Christoph. Since then, the series has been fronted by Chief Inspectors Tamara Meurer (Creator/AnjaPahl) and Pauline Hobrecht (Creator/AgnesDecker) and Detective Inspector Samir Amari (Creator/SkandarAmini).
to:
The first three seasons of the series were was subtitled in English by Creator/WalterPresents and are is available via Creator/{{PBS}} in the United States. For reasons unknown, Walter Presents chose to retitle the series ''Luna and Sophie'', [[ArtifactTitle which makes for odd viewing]] considering that became an ArtifactTitle since [[PutOnABus both characters had left the series after by season three]], five]], along with David and Christoph. Since then, the series has been fronted by Chief Inspectors Tamara Meurer (Creator/AnjaPahl) and Pauline Hobrecht (Creator/AgnesDecker) and Detective Inspector Samir Amari (Creator/SkandarAmini).
* ArtifactTitle: The subbed title ''Luna and Sophie'' became one at the start of season 4 due to Sophie leaving the series; Luna in turn left before season 5.
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* LovelyAngels: Luna and Sophie are very effective detectives and virtually inseparable, but are also prone to being {{Cowboy Cop}}s who fire from the hip and keep secrets from the rest of the team. [[RedOniBlueOni Luna tends to be impulsive and emotional, while Sophie is more thoughtful and methodical.]]
to:
* LovelyAngels: Luna and Sophie are very effective detectives and virtually inseparable, but are also prone to being {{Cowboy Cop}}s who fire from the hip and sometimes keep secrets from the rest of the team. [[RedOniBlueOni Luna tends to be impulsive and emotional, while Sophie is more thoughtful and methodical.]]
Changed line(s) 20 (click to see context) from:
* PutOnABus: All four of the series' detectives, plus Sophie's husband Robert, leave the series after season three.
to:
* PutOnABus: All four PutOnABus:
** At the start of season 4, Sophie has left the force: Luna tells her SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Tamara that Sophie got tired of theseries' detectives, plus Sophie's husband Robert, job and is now studying psychology in Munich.
** Christoph and David are both offered a job on a new unit by prosecutor Hagemann and leave the seriesafter midway through season three.4, replaced by NewMeat inspector Samir Amari.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Like Sophie, Tamara Meurer is tall, slim, and blonde, and she has a similar personality and is a mom--though unlike Sophie, her son is 20 and she's been divorced twice.
** At the start of season 4, Sophie has left the force: Luna tells her SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Tamara that Sophie got tired of the
** Christoph and David are both offered a job on a new unit by prosecutor Hagemann and leave the series
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Like Sophie, Tamara Meurer is tall, slim, and blonde, and she has a similar personality and is a mom--though unlike Sophie, her son is 20 and she's been divorced twice.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
added example(s), crosswicking
Added DiffLines:
* CheaterGetsCheatedOn: Sophie impulsively has sex with her coworker David while working overtime on a case, and only admits to it to her husband Robert after he fesses up to an affair of his own. He seemed to expect her to forgive the affair but moves out instead. However, eventually they make up and he moves back in.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* NameAndName: The English title ''Luna and Sophie'', after the series' LovelyAngels whom the show mostly focuses on for the first three seasons ([[ArtifactTitle before they both left the series]]).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 15 (click to see context) from:
* LovelyAngels: Luna and Sophie are very effective detectives and virtually inseparable, but are also prone to being {{Cowboy Cop}}s who fire from the hip and keep secrets from the rest of the team.
to:
* LovelyAngels: Luna and Sophie are very effective detectives and virtually inseparable, but are also prone to being {{Cowboy Cop}}s who fire from the hip and keep secrets from the rest of the team. [[RedOniBlueOni Luna tends to be impulsive and emotional, while Sophie is more thoughtful and methodical.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 15 (click to see context) :
* KavorkaMan: Christoph is not traditionally attractive (tall and skinny with a big nose and glasses), and when the other detectives find out he has a girlfriend, they rib him a bit over what she might look like. When he brings her to a squad cookout, she turns out to be gorgeous to the point of stunning everyone else into silence for several seconds.
Added DiffLines:
* UglyGuyHotWife: Christoph is not traditionally attractive (tall and skinny with a big nose and glasses), and when the other detectives find out he has a girlfriend, they rib him a bit over what she might look like. When he brings her to a squad cookout, she turns out to be gorgeous to the point of stunning everyone else into silence for several seconds.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
typo
Changed line(s) 13 (click to see context) from:
* FriendAreChosenFamilyArent: Luna has a great relationship with the other members of the detective squad, especially Sophie. Her father is a bumbling ConMan who has been in and out of prison most of her life, and once inserts himself into an investigation with gossip he heard on the prison grapevine about their latest suspect before he was released.
to:
* FriendAreChosenFamilyArent: FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: Luna has a great relationship with the other members of the detective squad, especially Sophie. Her father is a bumbling ConMan who has been in and out of prison most of her life, and once inserts himself into an investigation with gossip he heard on the prison grapevine about their latest suspect before he was released.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9 (click to see context) from:
* AmbiguouslyGay: Werner Wense is a chunky old man prone to wearing Hawaiian shirts and calling the detective squad things like "my lovelies", but his sexual preferences haven't been directly addressed in the series.
to:
* AmbiguouslyGay: Werner Wense is a chunky old man prone to wearing Hawaiian shirts and calling the detective squad things like "my lovelies", various {{Affectionate Nickname}}s, but his sexual preferences haven't been directly addressed in the series.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* CartwrightCurse: Luna has terrible luck with romance: nearly everyone she hooks up with either falls prey to her CommitmentIssues or has such issues themselves. In the first season, she breaks up with her boyfriend after he asks her to move in with him, then in the second season she runs into a historically flighty OldFlame at a tattoo parlor and hooks back up with her, only for her to try to make a SneakyDeparture in the season finale just as Luna gets back from work.
Added DiffLines:
* FriendAreChosenFamilyArent: Luna has a great relationship with the other members of the detective squad, especially Sophie. Her father is a bumbling ConMan who has been in and out of prison most of her life, and once inserts himself into an investigation with gossip he heard on the prison grapevine about their latest suspect before he was released.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/soko_potsdam_luna_and_sophie.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Also known as ''Luna and Sophie'' after these two LovelyAngels.]]''SOKO Potsdam'' is a {{detective|Drama}} {{dramedy}} series that [[SpinOff spun off]] from ''Series/SOKOMunchen'' in 2018 to become the tenth series in the ''Series/{{SOKO}}'' franchise. The series originally aired on Creator/{{ZDF}}.
The series revolves around the daily work of the German ''Sonderkommission''[[note]]special investigative team[[/note]] led by ''[[DaChief Kriminalrat]]'' Bernhard Henschel (Creator/MichaelLott), who investigate major crimes in the city of Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}. There is particular focus on Chief Inspectors Sophie Pohlmann (Creator/KatrinJaehne) and Luna Kunath (Creator/CarolineErikson). Luna and Sophie are very close friends ([[HeterosexualLifePartners to the point of easily being confused for lovers if you don't know them well]]) and act rather like the series' LovelyAngels: both have a tendency to be {{Cowboy Cop}}s to Henschel's perpetual aggravation. Also on the squad are Criminal Superintendents David Grünbaum (Creator/OmarElSaeidi) and Christoph Westermann (Creator/HendrikVonBultzingslowen), as well as [[TheCoroner coroner]] Werner Wense (Creator/BerndStegemann) and forensic tech Thomas Brandner (Creator/YungNgo).
The first three seasons of the series were subtitled in English by Creator/WalterPresents and are available via Creator/{{PBS}} in the United States. For reasons unknown, Walter Presents chose to retitle the series ''Luna and Sophie'', [[ArtifactTitle which makes for odd viewing]] considering that [[PutOnABus both characters left the series after season three]], along with David and Christoph. Since then, the series has been fronted by Chief Inspectors Tamara Meurer (Creator/AnjaPahl) and Pauline Hobrecht (Creator/AgnesDecker) and Detective Inspector Samir Amari (Creator/SkandarAmini).
----
!!Tropes:
* AmbiguouslyGay: Werner Wense is a chunky old man prone to wearing Hawaiian shirts and calling the detective squad things like "my lovelies", but his sexual preferences haven't been directly addressed in the series.
* CrazySurvivalist: The BodyOfTheWeek in one episode is a passenger train driver who owned an old bunker in the woods outside Potsdam and ruthlessly drilled his family to flee to it in advance of the apocalypse. [[spoiler:He turns out to have been murdered by his wife over the stress his survival drills were putting his family through.]]
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: [[spoiler:Max Henschel is closeted until the last episode of season 2, when a SWATTeam finds him being held prisoner by the father of his murdered boyfriend. He was apparently concerned his somewhat old-fashioned parents would have a problem with him being gay, but fortunately Bernhard just needs a few minutes to get used to the idea, and even lays flowers on the boyfriend's grave with him at the end of the episode.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Well, Luna is bi, but Sophie has a husband and young son. They've been best friends to the point of regularly sleeping over at each other's houses for decades, but despite occasional moments of seeming HomoeroticSubtext there's never any movement towards them becoming a couple.
* KavorkaMan: Christoph is not traditionally attractive (tall and skinny with a big nose and glasses), and when the other detectives find out he has a girlfriend, they rib him a bit over what she might look like. When he brings her to a squad cookout, she turns out to be gorgeous to the point of stunning everyone else into silence for several seconds.
* LovelyAngels: Luna and Sophie are very effective detectives and virtually inseparable, but are also prone to being {{Cowboy Cop}}s who fire from the hip and keep secrets from the rest of the team.
* MissingChild: Henschel's young adult son Max goes on a vacation to Croatia in the second half of season two, or so he claimed: Henschel loses contact with him, then learns he never got on his flight. [[spoiler:Max is discovered alive at the start of the next episode by a SWATTeam, chained up in the hideout of a bank robbery suspect outside Potsdam. He actually went to live with his previously unknown boyfriend, the suspect's son, and the suspect discovered Max standing over his son's body and kidnapped him demanding to know what happened (to no avail: Max had only discovered the body moments earlier).]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: David Grünbaum is a native-born German of unspecified Middle Eastern ancestry (the actor's family is originally from Egypt) and gets some guff from a white suspect in one episode who [[NoTrueScotsman thinks he isn't a "real" German]].
* PutOnABus: All four of the series' detectives, plus Sophie's husband Robert, leave the series after season three.
----
[[caption-width-right:350:Also known as ''Luna and Sophie'' after these two LovelyAngels.]]''SOKO Potsdam'' is a {{detective|Drama}} {{dramedy}} series that [[SpinOff spun off]] from ''Series/SOKOMunchen'' in 2018 to become the tenth series in the ''Series/{{SOKO}}'' franchise. The series originally aired on Creator/{{ZDF}}.
The series revolves around the daily work of the German ''Sonderkommission''[[note]]special investigative team[[/note]] led by ''[[DaChief Kriminalrat]]'' Bernhard Henschel (Creator/MichaelLott), who investigate major crimes in the city of Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}. There is particular focus on Chief Inspectors Sophie Pohlmann (Creator/KatrinJaehne) and Luna Kunath (Creator/CarolineErikson). Luna and Sophie are very close friends ([[HeterosexualLifePartners to the point of easily being confused for lovers if you don't know them well]]) and act rather like the series' LovelyAngels: both have a tendency to be {{Cowboy Cop}}s to Henschel's perpetual aggravation. Also on the squad are Criminal Superintendents David Grünbaum (Creator/OmarElSaeidi) and Christoph Westermann (Creator/HendrikVonBultzingslowen), as well as [[TheCoroner coroner]] Werner Wense (Creator/BerndStegemann) and forensic tech Thomas Brandner (Creator/YungNgo).
The first three seasons of the series were subtitled in English by Creator/WalterPresents and are available via Creator/{{PBS}} in the United States. For reasons unknown, Walter Presents chose to retitle the series ''Luna and Sophie'', [[ArtifactTitle which makes for odd viewing]] considering that [[PutOnABus both characters left the series after season three]], along with David and Christoph. Since then, the series has been fronted by Chief Inspectors Tamara Meurer (Creator/AnjaPahl) and Pauline Hobrecht (Creator/AgnesDecker) and Detective Inspector Samir Amari (Creator/SkandarAmini).
----
!!Tropes:
* AmbiguouslyGay: Werner Wense is a chunky old man prone to wearing Hawaiian shirts and calling the detective squad things like "my lovelies", but his sexual preferences haven't been directly addressed in the series.
* CrazySurvivalist: The BodyOfTheWeek in one episode is a passenger train driver who owned an old bunker in the woods outside Potsdam and ruthlessly drilled his family to flee to it in advance of the apocalypse. [[spoiler:He turns out to have been murdered by his wife over the stress his survival drills were putting his family through.]]
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: [[spoiler:Max Henschel is closeted until the last episode of season 2, when a SWATTeam finds him being held prisoner by the father of his murdered boyfriend. He was apparently concerned his somewhat old-fashioned parents would have a problem with him being gay, but fortunately Bernhard just needs a few minutes to get used to the idea, and even lays flowers on the boyfriend's grave with him at the end of the episode.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Well, Luna is bi, but Sophie has a husband and young son. They've been best friends to the point of regularly sleeping over at each other's houses for decades, but despite occasional moments of seeming HomoeroticSubtext there's never any movement towards them becoming a couple.
* KavorkaMan: Christoph is not traditionally attractive (tall and skinny with a big nose and glasses), and when the other detectives find out he has a girlfriend, they rib him a bit over what she might look like. When he brings her to a squad cookout, she turns out to be gorgeous to the point of stunning everyone else into silence for several seconds.
* LovelyAngels: Luna and Sophie are very effective detectives and virtually inseparable, but are also prone to being {{Cowboy Cop}}s who fire from the hip and keep secrets from the rest of the team.
* MissingChild: Henschel's young adult son Max goes on a vacation to Croatia in the second half of season two, or so he claimed: Henschel loses contact with him, then learns he never got on his flight. [[spoiler:Max is discovered alive at the start of the next episode by a SWATTeam, chained up in the hideout of a bank robbery suspect outside Potsdam. He actually went to live with his previously unknown boyfriend, the suspect's son, and the suspect discovered Max standing over his son's body and kidnapped him demanding to know what happened (to no avail: Max had only discovered the body moments earlier).]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: David Grünbaum is a native-born German of unspecified Middle Eastern ancestry (the actor's family is originally from Egypt) and gets some guff from a white suspect in one episode who [[NoTrueScotsman thinks he isn't a "real" German]].
* PutOnABus: All four of the series' detectives, plus Sophie's husband Robert, leave the series after season three.
----
