The WORST episodes of Homicide Hills
Every episode of Homicide Hills ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Homicide Hills!
Sophie Haas had actually been looking forward to finally being promoted to head of Cologne's homicide squad. But instead, she is unexpectedly transferred to the fictitious provincial town of Hengasch, where murder and manslaughter are nowhere in sight. At least that's how it seems at first glance. However, behind the perfect façade of the sleepy Eifel village, abysses soon open up that provide the ambitious city detective with enough food for thought to prevent her from becoming bogged down behind a desk in her job. Together with her rather staid police colleagues Dietmar Schäffer and Bärbel Schmied, she goes on the hunt for criminals in the rural environment. The series lives from its lovingly drawn quirky characters and their very special humour.
#1 - Clean Finish
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/12/2022
Before leaving for Cologne, Marie tackles one final case: the death of horse farm owner Alwin Lippes. Heino, eager for promotion, takes charge, chasing a lead on intern Jonas. Meanwhile, Marie looks into eccentric breeder Ortlinde Deinert and her elite, internationally sold foals.
#2 - Deadly subject matter
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/10/2010
Sophie is surprised – and Bärbel explains to her: The reason why Heike and Dietmar have been so distracted lately is the giftedness of their son Kevin. And since he has problems with the "normal" school thanks to his oversized IQ, he is supposed to move into the elite boarding school Lobberich, which is very close to Hengash. Even before Kevin is accepted there as a scholarship holder, his future teacher Dr. Kroy stupidly drops dead: heart attack – at least says Dr. Bechermann, the gynecologist of the district, who is all too often active in the emergency service. However, the autopsy reveals that it is not a natural death, because Kroy's teaching staff contains a huge amount of cocaine, which was apparently not taken consciously. So murder after all. Since Kroy enjoyed great unpopularity, there are also plenty of students and colleagues who could have been trusted with the deed.
#3 - Mikado
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/17/2010
Sophie feels increasingly lonely in Hengasch and seriously considers retiring from the police service and returning to Cologne. However, she is somewhat distracted from her gloomy thoughts by another murder case: DIY store owner Pfaff is shot dead while Nordic walking in front of his wife and an employee. Pfaff ran his hardware store with an iron fist, and some recent incidents indicate that he had enemies – but is the perpetrator really to be found in the wider environment? Because the best motives for the crime actually have the people who were present at the murder. But how could they have done it?
#4 - After six at the zoo
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/24/2010
The young zoo employee Sonja is abandoned by her friend and colleague Jens. The mentally unstable woman freaks out. She adores Jens and in her exaggerated jealousy she fears that he wants to return to his ex-girlfriend Conny, who is paralyzed after an accident. She threatens to kill herself and the baby collared bear Gustav, who is in her care, if Jens doesn't change his mind. Can Sophie, Bärbel and Dietmar persuade Sonja, who is determined to do anything, to give up?
#5 - The seed of evil
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/2012
Little Timmi is gone and all of Hengasch is helping to look for the baby. Above all, his mother Nicole and his father Bauer Ludwig Jaschke are devastated and cannot explain who should have kidnapped the little one. Although Ludwig had various enemies, e.g. B. Beekeeper Petri, whose bee colonies died because of Jaschke's genetic maize. But the deeper Sophie, Dietmar and Bärbel delve into the case, the clearer it becomes that the Jaschkes are guarding a family secret, because apparently Nicole and her brother-in-law have become very close in the past - which also raises the question of who the biological father is is from Timmi and therefore might have a reason for a kidnapping.
#6 - Death on the 18th hole
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/2012
It's "slaughter week" at the Gasthof Aubach and because Sophie forgot to go shopping, she pays a visit to the restaurant. There she meets golf instructor Gerard. And because she's been through a long dry spell when it comes to men, she takes Gerard home with her for dessert, so to speak - Hannes is still in Poland with Danuta. The next day, Sophie is blown away when she learns that Gerard is dead at the 18th hole of the golf club near Liebernich.
#7 - That's called camping...
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/2012
When Sophie hears about the sudden death of the pensioner Vostell, she immediately senses a crime, because the circumstances of the death make no sense to her. Since the Vostell case is not her responsibility, but that of her colleagues from Bad Münstereifel, who absolutely don't want to know anything about a crime, Sophie has to start the investigation on her own - undercover: on a campsite, together with Dietmar Schäffer – disguised as a married couple ...
#8 - A crumbly dog
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/2012
There was a break-in at Arthur Brandt's house, an influential Hengasher who, among other things, is a sponsor of the volunteer fire brigade and whom the whole of Hengasch bows down to. He was allegedly surprised and knocked out by the burglar. Sophie doesn't believe him, but suspects an insurance scam and doesn't have any problems messing with the influential man.
#9 - The application
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/2012
Sophie is invited to dinner at Jochen Kauth's and is amazed at the exaggerated effort that he has made for a seemingly ordinary mid-week dinner. For Kauth, however, it is no ordinary dinner: he solemnly proposes to Sophie! Sophie responds with a resolute "Yes," which slightly annoys Kauth. That's not all, there is actually only one person who had a motive for the murder of animal healer Junk: And the person's name is Jochen Kauth!
#10 - The Shame Tree
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/2012
Sophie is busy with her wedding preparations, although the Hengascher bourgeois rituals really get on her nerves. Grateful for every distraction, she runs after the fleeing jewel thief “Marilyn” in the middle of the wedding dress fitting. Sophie is also suspicious of the archaic May Festival rituals, in which May Queens are auctioned off to the “highest bidder”. Lo and behold, the head of the May Committee, Josten, is found dead. He appears to have died of a heart attack just before he was about to hang himself. But Sophie doesn't quite believe in a natural cause. Finally, last year, the unsympathetic bought May Queen Tine, girlfriend of May Committee member Sascha. Tine stubbornly keeps quiet about exactly what happened back then.
#11 - Hengasch, Liebernich
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/8/2022
When Cologne's chief detective Marie Gabler arrives in Hengash, she looks into astonished faces. Nobody expected them! As the new service group leader, she is supposed to turn the sleepy precinct into an orderly and functioning criminal police station. What her transfer and the separation from her husband Klaus have to do with it, she prefers to keep to herself. Marie is astonished to discover that her village colleagues like it rather cozy: Police Chief Heino Fuss loves club life and, with the help of childminder Heike Schäffer, takes care of his son Otmar as a single father. And commissioner candidate Jennifer Dickel prefers to train with her service horse for the equestrian squadron.
#12 - Potato king
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/8/2022
As Marie settles into her new home, friends help her furnish it, while messages from her estranged husband provide minor distractions. When a body is found at Herkulfels, Marie suspects foul play, despite others’ doubts. Influential landowner Friedrich Vettweiß tries to block the investigation.
#13 - Burn, Hengasch!
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/15/2022
As the Cake Crown contest nears, Marie secretly enters Mehmet’s “Appeltaat,” unaware Heike fiercely defends her title. During the tasting, a mummified body is found in a grain silo. Marie suspects murder, and panic spreads when the flour for the cakes is revealed to come from that silo.
#14 - Hackestüpp
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/2022
Marie narrowly avoids being shot when Kappes mistakes her for a wolf. While she checks for rabies, Kappes and other villagers blame the mythical “Hackestüpp” werewolf, convinced it’s pig farmer Gisbert Cremer. On St. John’s Eve, they chase after him to stop the supposed curse.
#15 - The last of their kind
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/5/2022
Marie’s meddling hippie parents visit unexpectedly, then mysteriously disappear. Tracking them, she finds a hidden forest commune where they plan to stay. When a dead body linked to the group turns up, Marie suspects the commune hides darker secrets.
#16 - Waltzing Mathilde
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/3/2010
For a change, it's not just any violent offender, but veterinarian Kauth who puts a gun to Sophie's chest: He wants to turn their affair into a tangible relationship, yes, even move in with her. Before Sophie decides, she first solves the mystery of the seriously injured electrician Poppelrath, who lies in the garden of the housewife Kafka with an inexplicable head injury and a heart attack. Is the blame for this, as many in the village think, really the newly arrived man from East Germany, who – at least in the eyes of the Hengasch people – behaves highly suspiciously? Or does the victim's pathologically jealous wife have a hand in it? And is there a crime at all?
#17 - Fear and Horror
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/16/2024
Stuck in Hengasch, Marie faces tension at work, housing troubles, and a new case when a tenant is found dead. The situation escalates when an auditor from Cologne threatens to close the station, putting both Marie and the village in turmoil.
#18 - Maypole Massacre
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/23/2024
As Hengasch revives its Maypole tradition, a body is found in Jenny’s yard amid gifts from numerous admirers. Marie investigates the suitors while shielding Jenny, but a song on the radio shifts the case. Meanwhile, Gisbert woos Marie, and Heike seethes over Heino’s neglect.
#19 - The Corruptibles
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/30/2024
Marie investigates the murder of referee and farmer Albert Appel, uncovering rival soccer clubs run by a feuding ex-couple. When Barisa, a scared Bulgarian woman, appears at Gisbert’s farm, both the case and Marie’s relationship with Gisbert grow more complicated.
#20 - The Process
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/7/2024
As Marie braces for a visit from her sister Rosi, now with her ex-husband Klaus, Heike handles a bizarre case of a frozen pet turtle. The seemingly small dispute escalates, unearthing past tensions, while Jenny seeks Marie’s advice, which Marie dismisses as trivial.
#21 - Operation Holy Cow
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/14/2024
When Ragulan is poisoned, Marie shuts down Mehmet’s grill and investigates, uncovering tensions involving Ragulan’s community. While juggling jealousy over Barisa and divorce issues with Rosi, Marie also helps Jenny improve her mounted police application.
#22 - Hengasch incident
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/21/2024
After three friends claim to see a UFO, panic grips Hengasch. Marie doubts the story until she sees the strange object herself. When Marvin from Cologne intervenes, she suspects he’s hiding something while trying to make sense of the villagers’ bizarre behavior.
#23 - File Raccoon
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/28/2024
A hit-and-run victim dressed in a fur suit draws Marie’s team into the secretive world of cuddle parties. Undercover, they uncover jealousy, rivalry, and a connection to suspect Paul Schönfelder, while Marie keeps her distance from Gisbert romantically.
#24 - Marie Runs
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/3/2024
Marie hesitates to confess her love to Gisbert, who storms off and is soon caught in a tragic accident. Trapped in a time loop, Marie must relive events and find a way to break free to save him.
#25 - Murder Game
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/10/2024
When organizer Irene Kübel is found murdered during a church mystery game, Marie investigates the participants. Everyone had reason to dislike Kübel, but Marie’s questioning reveals hidden past secrets linked to the former pastor.