 The series presents a number of 1980s music and items, such as the main character driving an old Opel Diplomat V8.The setting includes his old partner from the 1980s, Martin Ferchert, who is now the chief of department, and his former wife, who has married the coroner Roland Meisner, who both serve in the same department.In some episodes his adult daughter, Isabelle, appears, whom he had known only as a baby.