 Being a star for the media he is allowed to return to his old job at the homicide department.As an old-school macho-cop, he doesn't know about modern technology (e.g., cellphones, computers, modern investigation methods) and deals with modern world homicide cases in his 1980s-style manner, thus making him a unique officer in Essen police headquarters in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.While spectators might find resemblances with "Life on Mars", it is actually doing the inverse; the rough style of the main character (portrayed by Henning Baum) is complemented by his prudent partner Andreas Kringge (portrayed by Maximilian Grill).