 The main characters are the profiler Dr. Dominik Born and a policewoman of the BKA, who co-ordinates the necessary steps to be taken by the local police authorities.The pilot was a ninety-minute telefilm broadcast on March 10, 1998, which was more than eighteen months before the regular first season in November 1999.On 30 April 2003 the series came to an end after the fifth season.