Overview

• The episode, titled 'Ein feiner Tag für den Bananenfisch,' follows detectives Cris Blohm and Dennis Eden as they protect drag queen witnesses to a murder in Munich’s Bahnhofsviertel.
• Advance reviews commend the production's respectful and nuanced depiction of queer and drag culture, supported by LGBTQ+ advisors and authentic casting.
• The narrative explores themes of trust and empathy as the detectives bond with the drag queens while hiding from the killers at a remote country hotel.
• Directed by Dror Zahavi with a screenplay by Günter Schütter, the episode draws symbolic inspiration from J.D. Salinger’s 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish.'
• The episode premieres on ARD’s Das Erste and streams in the ARD Mediathek on May 18 at 20:15, continuing the series’ tradition of blending crime with social commentary.