The BEST episodes of Close to Home: Murder in the Coalfield

Every episode of Close to Home: Murder in the Coalfield ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Close to Home: Murder in the Coalfield!

A mysterious murder of a girl brings Maik Briegand (Mišel Matičević), who, like his father and brother, became a police officer in GDR times, back to the place of his childhood: Lauchhammer. Together with the LKA investigator Annalena Gottknecht (Odine Johne), Briegand begins to remove the secrets of the past, layer by layer, which confront him with the trauma of his youth.

Last Updated: 12/3/2024Network: ArteStatus: Continuing
Their Eyes On Us
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7.54
26 votes

#1 - Their Eyes On Us

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/2022

Gottknecht is now convinced this is the work of a serial killer, and they've already selected their next victim: Briegand's daughter Jackie.

Directors: Till Franzen
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Rope Teams
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7.48
25 votes

#2 - Rope Teams

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/2022

Another body surfaces with a strange wolf symbol on it. Briegand sees eerie similarities between these cases and a childhood sweetheart who disappeared.

Directors: Till Franzen
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New Lords
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7.03
31 votes

#3 - New Lords

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2022

Questioning Bartko yields another clue, but Gottknecht interferes. New evidence points Briegand toward another suspect: his ex-wife's new boyfriend.

Directors: Till Franzen
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Empty Hands, Empty Hearts
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7.00
26 votes

#4 - Empty Hands, Empty Hearts

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2022

A fellow police officer is deeply entangled with Ramona's family. Gottknecht zeroes in on him, especially when Ramona's kid brother arrives at his door.

Directors: Till Franzen
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Treacherous Soil
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6.59
39 votes

#5 - Treacherous Soil

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/2022

A teenager turns up dead, and Maik Briegand unhappily returns to his hometown to investigate, where his past demons begin to catch up with him.

Directors: Till Franzen
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Into the Dark
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6.55
31 votes

#6 - Into the Dark

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/2022

Some of the DNA found at the crime scene belongs to an unhoused person... Who happens to be one of Briegand's close childhood friends.

Directors: Till Franzen
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