Hubert ohne Staller - Season 9

Barbara Hansen is the first to notice it in disgust: the bone her singing teacher Schilling's standard poodle is chewing on. After Hubert takes a closer look, it becomes clear that it is a human femur.

The detectives and their boss, Sabine Kaiser, must assume that an entire skeleton lies at the site where the male bone was found. With the help of the dog, they begin searching and, after a few detours, are led to a grave at the Wolfratshausen cemetery. But no man is buried in that grave—and the discovered skeleton also shows signs of an accident. Now they must solve a crime that dates back 15 years.

But where should they begin their investigation? With the official owners of the grave plot, with the woman who fainted at the sight of the skeleton in the cemetery, or with the dog's owners?

There are plenty of possible leads, and at times Hubert is annoyed by the feeling that he has to pursue them all on his own. His colleagues Riedl, Bayer, and Girwidz have secretly been given a special assignment by Sabine Kaiser: to make Hubert's 35th service anniversary a very special day. The fact that the three of them are taking singing lessons from the dog's owner—so they can serenade their colleague—may unexpectedly prove helpful in solving the crime.

A routine patrol by Hubert and Girwidz comes to an abrupt end when a fallen branch blocks their path. As Hubert moves to clear it away, he discovers the body of physiotherapist Frank Albrecht. Apparently, Albrecht had fallen down an unpaved embankment with his bicycle.

Before Dr. Fuchs arrives, Girwidz is supposed to secure the initial evidence at the scene, but he twists his knee and ends up in the emergency room of the Wolfratshausen district hospital. He refuses to take sick leave and, despite his limited mobility and against Hubert's wishes, continues to take part in the investigation. During the autopsy, Dr. Fuchs determines that the fatal broken neck could not possibly have been caused by the fall.

The prime suspect in Albrecht's murder appears to be Joschi Breitenbichler, who had arranged to meet the victim at the time of the crime. In the Bavarian Oberland, he is known as the "bone breaker"—able to detect blockages and tension simply by touch. However, he has been legally prohibited from practicing his craft on people and allegedly now treats only horses and other livestock.

Had the victim discovered that the bone breaker was continuing to treat humans despite the court order? While Girwidz, with his injured knee, finds himself increasingly impressed by the bone breaker's healing skills, a second suspect unexpectedly emerges: Girwidz's own attending physician, the surgeon at the Wolfratshausen district hospital, Dr. Wilfried Söderling.

Riedl's service bicycle has been stolen. The son of stud farm owner Georg Dausinger is identified as the thief by Riedl's neighbor. While searching for the heavily intoxicated Jens Dausinger, Hubert and Girwidz discover the body of his father, Georg, in the hayloft of the stud farm. The murderer has impaled him against the wall with a pitchfork.

Jens quickly falls under suspicion of murder. One possible motive appears to be his unconventional hobby, which his father strongly criticized—just like the rest of Jens's life. Together with the disabled Jasmin Forchhammer, Jens teaches children and young women hobby horse riding. The activity, known as "horsing" in Finland, allows children from low-income families to practice equestrian sport without owning a real horse.

As the noose slowly tightens around Jens Dausinger, Dr. Fuchs discovers during the autopsy that the victim had sexual intercourse shortly before his death. Armed with saliva test kits, Hubert and Girwidz pursue the trail of what may be a crime of passion—and once again stumble upon Jens Dausinger's co-trainer in hobby horse riding, Jasmin Forchhammer…

The rampaging boar Kurt is wreaking havoc in Wolfratshausen, throwing residents into fear and panic. Hubert and Girwidz are tasked with stopping the animal—by force if necessary. But despite not holding back on ammunition, the culprit escapes into the forest.

While searching for it, Hubert and Girwidz stumble upon the body of district forester Ulf Gröschel, with a gunshot wound in his back. Police Councillor Kaiser concludes that Hubert and Girwidz must have shot the forester during their wild boar hunt and promptly confiscates their service weapons. Although it turns out that the forester was already dead before the officers found him, Hubert and Girwidz are still ordered to undergo firearms training.

The first lead points to farmer Xaver Vogel, who had been seriously at odds with the forester. The problem: instead of controlling the wild boar population and maintaining the forest fences, the forester preferred to feed the animals—who were causing extensive crop damage. But Resi Gröschel, the victim's wife, also comes under scrutiny.

Meanwhile, Kaiser decides to take down the troublesome boar herself. Just as Hubert and Girwidz are close to solving the murder, they are suddenly shot at from ambush. The gunman escapes. Courageously, Hubert and Girwidz give chase—without considering that the suspect is armed, while they themselves are left with empty holsters.

Hubert and Girwidz originally just want to settle a dispute between bathers at the lake, when a passerby calls them over after discovering the body of a cyclist. Even at the scene, Dr. Fuchs realizes that the cyclist did not die from the fall alone—he had also been beaten.

For Chief Inspector Kaiser, who has just taken delivery of a new electric patrol car for the precinct, the case is particularly sensitive. For months, an unknown individual has been terrorizing cyclists at Lake Starnberg.

While Riedl and his colleague Christina visit some of the previous victims to learn more about the suspect, Hubert and Girwidz face a very different problem. During a test drive with the new electric vehicle in the station parking lot, Girwidz damaged the charging station—a mishap he does not want to confess to the boss, especially since he was not even allowed behind the wheel without a driver's license.

When the two finally return to collect the victim's bicycle from the scene and take it in for forensic examination, they discover that it has been stolen—except for the front wheel, which was still chained up. A lead eventually points to young Patricia Wagner, who had lost her unborn child some time ago after colliding with a pizza delivery cyclist.

Hubert and Girwidz are initially just supposed to disperse a group of young people gathered in front of the property of a certain Peter Weber. But upon arrival, the officers discover that the youths are masked and making rather bizarre demands. Then a fire breaks out—and in the ruins, the fire brigade discovers a body, apparently that of the homeowner, Peter Weber.

Back at the station, Christina Bayer fills them in: Peter Weber was an eccentric internet personality who dressed up as the fairy-tale King Ludwig II and streamed daily cooking sessions online, strongly polarizing his audience. In fact, most of his viewers were "haters" who tuned in mainly to mock him. For Hubert and Girwidz, this is unfamiliar territory, so Christina is sent out with Hubert to take a closer look at the late "Kini's" fans.

Meanwhile, Riedl has to step into the role of the deceased internet cook and produce replacement content so that the audience—and potentially the killer—doesn't drift away. It soon becomes clear that someone hiding behind the alias "Freiherr von Lutz" had been particularly aggressive in inciting hostility against Peter Weber…