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Der letzte Bulle: Season 3

13 episodes Premiered Feb 6, 2012 Updated Oct 30, 2026

In the third season of the German television series Der letzte Bulle, the narrative continues to follow the experiences of Mick Brisgau, a police officer who awakens in a modern world after spending twenty years in a coma. As he navigates the complexities of contemporary life, Brisgau remains stationed at a police department in Essen. Throughout this season, he is tasked with solving various criminal cases while work

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Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Mick Brisgau is a police officer who spent twenty years in a coma before returning to active duty.
  • ⚡ The series is set in a modern police department located in Essen.
  • ⚡ Mick Brisgau works alongside his partner, Andreas, to solve criminal cases.
  • ⚡ The show centers on the challenges Brisgau faces while adjusting to a world that has changed since the 1980s.
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Season overview

In the third season of the German television series Der letzte Bulle, the narrative continues to follow the experiences of Mick Brisgau, a police officer who awakens in a modern world after spending twenty years in a coma. As he navigates the complexities of contemporary life, Brisgau remains stationed at a police department in Essen. Throughout this season, he is tasked with solving various criminal cases while working alongside his partner, Andreas. Beyond his professional duties, the season focuses on Brisgau’s personal life as he attempts to deepen a new relationship. These efforts are balanced against the challenges of ongoing personal setbacks, which test his ability to adapt to his surroundings. The series maintains its focus on the juxtaposition between Brisgau’s 1980s background and the demands of the modern police force. The season explores how he manages these dual pressures, highlighting his continued struggle to reconcile his past experiences with his current reality. By integrating procedural crime-solving elements with the development of his interpersonal connections, the season provides a look at Brisgau’s ongoing adjustment to a world that has significantly changed during his long absence.

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Season 3 Episodes

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S3·E1 Mytharc

A Real Hero

Feb 6, 2012 · 42 min

Mathias Herz is found beaten to death. Small glass shards in his head wound are puzzling. The victim's wife, Lara Herz, is shocked by her husband's death. According to her statemen

S3·E2 Core

And You're Out!

Feb 13, 2012 · 43 min

Fiona Mehring is found dead in a beach bar – she has been poisoned. The first clue leads Mick and Andreas to the Essen branch of a corporate group that helps companies throughout G

S3·E3 Core

All Good Things Come in Threes

Feb 20, 2012 · 44 min

Bestselling author Anja Friedrich is found dead – cause of death: poisoning! The first suspects are revealed by her unusual private life, as Anja Friedrich lived with not one, but

S3·E4 Core

Father Mother Child

Feb 27, 2012 · 44 min

Markus Rietz finds his wife Monika beaten to death in their home. For him, this is the second blow of fate within a short period of time: just a few days earlier, his wife had been

S3·E5 Mytharc

Nymphs and Don Juans

Mar 5, 2012 · 44 min

The inconspicuous librarian Karin Hentschel has been murdered. Mick and Andreas investigate and uncover her surprising secret: she was a sex addict!

S3·E6 Mytharc

Long Live the Sport

Mar 12, 2012 · 42 min

Dietmar Kuhlmann, Andreas' fencing coach from his youth, has been murdered. Not only the widow of the murdered man, who also knew Andreas as a young boy, mourns the dead man, but a

S3·E7 Core

No Money, No Fun

Mar 19, 2012 · 42 min

Mick's childhood idol Rudi Moos, German soccer legend and popular advertising icon, disappears without a trace from one minute to the next. Instead, his dead gardener Dragan Pali s

S3·E8 Core

The Killer Alphabet

Mar 26, 2012 · 44 min

At the adult education center in Essen, course instructor Carola Seehagen is found stabbed to death. Carola was the head of the beginner's course for illiterate people, which was a

S3·E9 Mytharc

All Traitors

Apr 2, 2012 · 43 min

Things get really tough for Mick and Andreas: a colleague from the criminal investigation department is brutally murdered – and Mick and the entire department are suspected of havi

S3·E10 Mytharc

Chicken Night

Apr 16, 2012 · 42 min

A nude cleaner appears at a wild bachelorette party. But during the show, he suddenly collapses and dies. A poison attack! Mick and Andreas take up the investigation.

S3·E11 Core

Death of a Butcher

Apr 23, 2012 · 42 min

A dead butcher named Schill is found in the forest. Meisner faces a problem: the dead man is completely drained of blood, and the wound on his neck does not match any weapon.

S3·E12 Mytharc

I Won't Tell Anyone

Apr 30, 2012 · 44 min

Schoolgirl Anja Cordt is found murdered in the foyer of Heinrich Heine High School. Shortly before, she had argued with her best friend Romy, but Romy insists she is innocent.

S3·E13 Mytharc

Those Who Can Forgive

May 7, 2012 · 44 min

Former prisoner Sven Lohmeyer is murdered shortly after his release from prison. Ten years ago, he and his girlfriend Jana Pacht committed a robbery and shot 16-year-old Juliane Ro

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