Always One Step Ahead (2/10)

Always One Step Ahead (2/10)

Gorsky and Lottner are observing the Baltic Sea café following a tip-off by the arrested Max Weber and promptly land in a raid by the Berlin Federal State Police Authority, the LKA. As the elite troupe storms the Baltic Sea, Gorsky and Lottner see a man running away. They take up the chase, capture the man and hand him over to their LKA colleagues.  

An operation with consequences. Sokolov, the arrested man, is able to escape during questioning. The head of the Organised Crime Squad, Nico Roeber, gives Gorsky and Lottner the job of recapturing Sokolov. This is their chance to escape their current jobs and finally be out there, policing right at the front.  

Gorsky goes to the Odessa restaurant to keep an ear open for Sokolov. Stella, Gorsky's sister, whose husband Mischa owns the restaurant, refuses angrily when her brother asks her for help. Mischa, his brother-in-law, knows why Gorsky has come to the Odessa and convinces his business partners Victor Lushin and Leonid Bondarenko not to fight Marek Gorsky but use him for their criminal organisation's own purposes. At the same time he reassures Sokolov, who is hiding out in the Odessa's cellar.  

Lenz, the haulage company owner, who has earned a great deal of money not only from smuggling but also the robbery of his own lorry, is meanwhile enjoying himself, together with his son, in his own particular way. Caviar, cocaine and several Russian girls in a hotel suite. Kolya the pimp has reserved Lenz the first night with the Ukrainian Jelena. It's no problem, therefore, when Jelena keeps her distance from the orgy in the hotel room, Lenz can wait. Svetlana, in contrast, learns the brutal side of this business on her first working day. Kolya the pimp beats her and demands the extra money she got from the client.   

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"500 minutes of suspense, in ten chock-full episodes, on a par with any big-budget blockbuster. (...) A gift to the audience and a piece of big-screen drama of the sort we need more of (...) The cast is stunning..." Frankfurter Allgemeine