Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch

I have never succumbed to the temptation of rating individual episodes of a TV series, but here there was no other choice. The option to rate the three-part series as a whole is missing; however, it is precisely the intersection of three perspectives - the perpetrators, the victims, and the investigators - that makes it a complex and powerful work in the docudrama genre. The miniseries allows the viewer to glimpse into the botched investigation of a series of murders of Turkish immigrants, while also mapping the functioning of the extremist far-right German scene. It hints at many things about the background of the series of deadly attacks, poses provocative questions, and unsettles with its suggested conclusions. I consider it a given that it is meant for TV, but its content is significantly above average. Overall impression: 90%. (24/10/2017)