Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (season 4)
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| Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTL Television |
| Original release | October 1, 1998 – May 6, 1999 |
| Season chronology | |
The fourth season of German television series Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei aired between October 1, 1998, and May 6, 1999. It follows a two-man team of Autobahnpolizei (highway police) in the area of Berlin.
Cast[]
- Mark Keller as André Fux
- Erdoğan Atalay as Semir Gerkhan
Mark Keller departed the cast after the season finale.
Episodes[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 1 | "A Leopard Runs Amok" | Helmut Metzger | Andreas Föhr & Thomas Letocha | October 1, 1998 | |
| A tank is stolen from a barracks, and driven over everything that is in its way. André and Semir think that they know who the driver is, and where the tank is going: the driver wants to break into a prison and get the prisoner who killed his daughter. André and Semir have to find a way to stop the tank. | ||||||
| 33 | 2 | "The Last Chance" | Helmut Metzger | David Simmons & Matthias Herbert | October 8, 1998 | |
| Stunt driver Frank Zimmer was injured in a spectacular stunt, and needs an expensive operation in America. To pay for it, he becomes a getaway driver for bank robbers. Zimmer evades pursuit by André and Semir, but runs into trouble with the bank robbers when he tries to keep all of the money for himself. | ||||||
| 34 | 3 | "Deadly Sand" | Christoph Eichhorn | Birgit Grosz | October 15, 1998 | |
| André and Semir signal a van to stop but it is full of illegal construction-workers and the driver refuses. There is a chase and the van causes a collision, with the driver and workers fleeing the scene. André and Semir investigate Bartuschak, the leader of a building project, who has something much bigger planned. | ||||||
| 35 | 4 | "In The Crosshairs" | Diethard Küster | Raphael Sola-Ferrer | October 22, 1998 | |
| While driving, the tyre of André and Semir's car is shot and they have an accident. Not realizing the cause, they inspect the damage and André is shot in the leg. Semir receives a phone call from a kidnapper who has Semir's girlfriend Simone, and demands that he follow instructions. The kidnapper has Semir drive a Volkswagen, not realizing that there is a bomb in the car. | ||||||
| 36 | 5 | "Disappeared in the Fog" | Diethard Küster | Iris Anna Otto & Susanne Mischke | October 29, 1998 | |
| In a highway collision, a couple's baby disappears. André and Semir receive an anonymous call telling them that another person involved in the collision had been in a clinic for abusing a child. André and Semir arrest him. The mother then receives a phone call demanding 200,000 German mark for the baby's return. André and Semir have no idea who the criminal could be. | ||||||
| 37 | 6 | "The Hitchhiker" | Oren Schmuckler | Matthias Herbert & David Simmons | November 5, 1998 | |
| A murdered man is found in a forest near the highway; according to witnesses, he had been with hitch hiker Anna Terjung just before he was killed. She flees when André and Semir attempt to arrest her, and they discover that she was abused by her father when she was a child, and that she kills men in revenge. André goes to the place where she was abused, where Anna threatens him with a gun. | ||||||
| 38 | 7 | "The Dead Witness" | Oren Schmuckler | Benedikt Gollhardt | November 12, 1998 | |
| Urban explorers Florian and Olaf climb a high bridge to take pictures. They witness a murder, and the gangsters throw Florian off the bridge to his death. Olaf flees and tells the police, while the gangsters search his house for the camera. André and Semir don't find the camera either, nor any evidence of the alleged murders, and dismiss Olaf's story. Olaf decides to find the gangsters and get proof, putting himself in a dangerous situation. | ||||||
| 39 | 8 | "The Joker" | Diethard Küster | Matthias Herbert | November 19, 1998 | |
| During a highway chase, a gun is fired at a taxicab, killing its passenger. The assailant is captured and identified as international assassin "Der Joker". Semir goes undercover as the assassin to learn who ordered the killing, but several things go wrong and Semir is put under duress to kill an innocent man. | ||||||
| 40 | 9 | "Fuel" | Helmut Metzger | Gerhard Rekel & Alexander Hahn | March 18, 1999 | |
| A motorist's car explodes due to a highly volatile substance added to his fuel. André and Semir discover that the filling station he used is being blackmailed. After a failed payout, another car explodes. Surveillance cameras show a jerry can being filled with the fuel for use at a motorcross race. | ||||||
| 41 | 10 | "Deadly Landing" | Marc Herte | TOPAS Autorenpartnerschaft | March 25, 1999 | |
| A truck crashes on the highway and the driver dies. The truck was carrying illegal poisons, and an investigation determines that the chemicals react with each other at a temperature of 60 °C (140 °F), causing them to explode. André and Semir learn that another truck is on the highway with the same cargo, and must find the truck on the hot summer day. | ||||||
| 42 | 11 | "Burning Ambition" | Helmut Metzger | Enrico Jakob & Matthias Herbert | April 1, 1999 | |
| The body of a murdered prostitute is found in a burned-out truck. Her pimp Willi Schröder was in a quarrel with rival Miss Öhler, and André and Semir suspect this is related to the death. Another of Schröder's prostitutes is found murdered, leading André and Semir to a suspect who may actually be a witness. Meanwhile, Andrea starts her own investigation by going undercover as a prostitute, and falls into the hands of the murderer. | ||||||
| 43 | 12 | "Shadow Warrior" | Raoul W. Heimrich | Lorenz Stassen | April 8, 1999 | |
| While André is ill, Semir works with Rebecca, a Yakuza and karate specialist. Semir finds a severed hand between the wrecks from a collision, and identifies it as Alexander von Rohloff, who was working with a Japanese firm. His boss Funaki reacts strangely to Semir and Rebecca's questions, and they suspect that Rohloff was blackmailing him. When they leave, a mysterious car follows them. | ||||||
| 44 | 13 | "Taxi 541" | Christoph Eichhorn | Matthias Herbert | April 15, 1999 | |
| André and Semir's boss, Anna Engelhardt, takes a taxi when her car won't start, and the driver tries to kill her in a deserted place. Anna flees and calls André and Semir; they find the taxi and the body of its licensed driver, who is not the man that attacked Anna. André fixes Anna's car and she is about to start the engine when André notices that the ignition is connected to a bomb. | ||||||
| 45 | 14 | "The Judge" | Raoul W. Heimrich | Matthias Herbert | April 22, 1999 | |
| During a chase, Anna Engelhardt loses control of her car and drives into a garden, killing a mother and her baby. The father and husband Kemmer wants revenge on Anna, and has her put on trial but the judge finds her not guilty. Kemmer then tries to kill Anna's friend Thomas and his son Jonathan by sabotaging the brakes on their car. | ||||||
| 46 | 15 | "The Death of a Boy (Part 1)" | Helmut Metzger | Uli Tobinsky | April 29, 1999 | |
| André and Semir witness a gun being fired at a mother and son in their car on the highway. The highway police try to come to their aid but the mother is injured and the son killed. The mother is later murdered while under treatment at hospital. André and Semir discover that her husband is a dangerous criminal who lives on Mallorca, and they go to the Mediterranean island to investigate a possible connection. | ||||||
| 47 | 16 | "A Lone Victory (Part 2)" | Helmut Metzger | Uli Tobinsky | May 6, 1999 | |
| On Mallorca, André is held prisoner by Berger while Semir tries to find him. André recognizes one of Berger's friends as the highway shooter, and tells Berger, who reacts with shock. André uses the opportunity to escape and rejoin Semir. Together, they try to arrest Berger, chasing him on land and sea. But for André, the chase ends tragically. | ||||||
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- 1998 German television seasons
- 1999 German television seasons