Behind bars / Season 3

Season 3 of Behind Bars - Der Frauenknast
Episodes	28
Country of production	Germany
First broadcast	August 24, 1998 - April 26, 1999 on RTL
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This article contains all episodes of the third season of the German television series Hinter Gittern , sorted according to the first broadcast . They were broadcast from August 24, 1998 to April 26, 1999 on the German broadcaster RTL .

Episodes

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Original title	Summary	First broadcast D
45	1	In good faith	After Katrin and Richard's escape, Jutta returns to Reutliz. Gitting tries to shift the blame on to Silke, but Jutta is behind Silke. The pregnant Walter confides in Silke.	Aug 24, 1998
46	2	Vivi's temptation	Mona Suttner is brought to Reutlitz and makes the women an offer to work for her call girl ring. Vivi expresses interest because she is afraid that she will not be able to look after Walter and the child.	Sep 7 1998
47	3	infidelity	Lollo learns that Daniel has a lover. Vivi does not manage to break free from Mona's clutches. She asks Walter for help.	Sep 14 1998
48	4th	eye to eye	After an argument with Mona, Walter has a miscarriage. Walter swears revenge, but Uschi proposes an internal court hearing. But Mona doesn't want to accept that.	28 Sep 1998
49	5	The application	Thomas proposes to Susanne. She is torn and finally refuses. Ilse speculates on Jeanette's money.	Oct 5, 1998
50	6th	Sissi's letters	In order to get money, Ilse forges a letter from Empress Sissi and sells it to Katharina.	Oct 12, 1998
51	7th	Jutta's big day	Jutta's service anniversary is coming up. She hopes to finally become the official director of Reutlitz, but she is disappointed. At the same time she gets to know her neighbor Ulrich.	Nov 2, 1998
52	8th	The temptation	Lollo falls in love with Maximilian. There is a kiss that Lollo has high hopes for.	Nov 9, 1998
53	9	The seduction	Mona lost all of her money. Walter doesn't believe her and brutally beats her up. Vivi is horrified by Walter's action.	Nov 16, 1998
54	10	The attack	A murder attempt is carried out on Thomas Maybach. Since Susanne saw the perpetrator, she is in great danger.	Nov 23, 1998
55	11	Nice prospects	There are rapprochements between Vivi and the electrician Mattias.	Nov 30, 1998
56	12	Remorse	Conny fakes Gitting's rape. Vivi finds out that Conny has injured herself. Jutta makes Vivi a tempting offer.	Dec 7, 1998
57	13	Bird free	Vivi was exposed as a spy and is harassed. Walter saves her life at the last second. Vivi is relocated.	Dec 14, 1998
58	14th	The fake	Jeanette puts pressure on Ilse to forge more letters. But then the truth comes out.	Dec 28, 1998
59	15th	Great plans	Ulrich asks Jutta to move to Spain with him. Susanne befriends the new prisoner Benita.	Jan. 4, 1999
60	16	Deadly error	Benita confuses Lollo with Susanne and stabs her. Gitting returns to Reutlitz.	Jan. 18, 1999
61	17th	Big things	Mona wants to smuggle drugs to Reutlitz and hides them in vibrators. Blondie is admitted to Reutlitz.	Jan 25, 1999
62	18th	Wrong diagnosis	Blondie learns she doesn't have leukemia. Jutta refuses Susanne visits to Thomas.	Feb. 1, 1999
63	19th	Dangerous greed	Gitting secretly installs a camera in Blondie and Ilse's cell.	Feb 15, 1999
64	20th	The visitor	Uschi receives a visit from Hagen Kayser. Mona switches from drug business to phone sex.	Feb 22, 1999
65	21st	Bitter victory	Susanne's trial is pending. Shortly after Susanne's imprisonment was reduced to five years, Thomas dies as a result of the attack.	1st Mar 1999
66	22nd	Rooster in the basket	Walter swaps roles with her brother Andreas in order to reconcile with Vivi.	March 8 1999
67	23	Partner for life	Out of consideration for her mother, Jutta decides not to move in with Ulrich and not to marry him either. After her release from the bunker, Walter seduces Blondie, which Gitting overhears through the hidden camera.	15th Mar 1999
68	24	Hidden Camera	Jutta finds out that Gitting has hidden a video camera in Blondie's cell.	22 Mar 1999
69	25th	False friends	Jutta is filling the doctor's position again. Mutz thinks Hagen Kayser is evil and tries to prevent contact between him and Uschi.	29 Mar 1999
70	26th	Suspected of murder	Walter is suspected of having murdered Uschi's husband.	Apr 12, 1999
71	27	Blondie attacks	Blondie tries to find Dr. Seducing stone. The inmates defend themselves against Jutta's harassment with the help of Pastor Ahrens.	Apr 19, 1999
72	28	Burned out	Conny can't stand being locked in anymore and asks Pastor Ahrens for help. An escape attempt, organized by Kittler, fails and Conny blames Pastor Ahrens, who is then terminated.	Apr 26, 1999

occupation

The cast of Behind Bars made its appearance in season three as follows:

Inmates

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 3
Christine "Walter" Walter	Katy Karrenbauer	45-60, 63-72	26 episodes	loses her child; separates from Vivi; starts a love affair with Blondie.
Susanne Teubner	Cheryl Shepard	45-65, 69-72	25 episodes	Engaged to Thomas; wins her resumption process; suffers a nervous breakdown after Thomas' death.
Mona Suttner	Anja Beatrice Kaul	46-49, 52-58, 60-72	24 episodes	Pulls up a phone sex ring in Reutlitz.
Ursula "Uschi" König	Barbara Freier	45-50, 52-60, 63-66, 69-72	23 episodes	Is visited by Hagen Keyser, who pulls her more and more under his spell.
Jeanette Bergdorfer	Christine Schuberth	45-52, 54-62, 65-68	21 episodes	Prison spy; rebellious cleaner; uses the forged Sissi letters to get her money back from Ilse.
Use Brahms	Christiane Reiff	46-52, 57-70	21 episodes	Kitchen Help; forges letters from Empress Sissi for Katharina von Preiss.
Margarethe "Mutz" Korsch	Brigitte Renner	45-46, 51-52, 57-60, 64-72	17 episodes	Oldest inmate; gardener
Vivien "Vivi" Andraschek	Annette Frier	45-57, 65-66	15 episodes	is left by Walter; gets to know and love Mathias Frowein while doing a repair job; spits to be released early and incurs the displeasure of inmates; after her release she supports Susanne with her trial.
Cornelia "Conny" Starck	Kristin Lenhardt	55-60, 62-64, 67-68, 70-72	14 episodes	Walter's ex-affair; starts many attempts to escape from Reutlitz.
Illona "Lollo" Fox †	Isabella Schmid	46-54, 57-60	13 episodes	defeated her breast cancer; separates from Daniel; is mistaken for Susanne by Benita Wolf and stabbed to death.
Barbara "Blondie" Koschinski	Victoria Madincea	61-71	11 episodes	innocent in prison to exonerate her sister; begins a love affair with Walter and falls in love with Dr. Stone.
Katharina von Preiss	Christine Wodetzky	49-55, 57-59	10 episodes	rich nobles; is betrayed by Ilse behind bars; will be released.
Vera Eichholz	Maria Schuster	62-64	3 episodes	Drug addicts.
Benita Wolf	Nana Kruger	59-60	2 episodes	is hired by the mafia to kill Susanne; is moved after accidentally murdering Lollo

Prison staff

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 3
Jutta Adler	Claudia Loerding	45-46, 48-62, 65-72	25 episodes	acting head of the institution; becomes engaged to Ulrich; breaks the engagement in favor of her mother.
Silke Jakoby	Judith von Radetzky	45-48, 51-53, 55, 57-72	24 episodes	Turnkey. Good friend of Jutta.
Birgit Schnoor	Uta Prelle	45-48, 50, 53-64, 67-69, 71-72	22 episodes	Turnkey.
Peter Kittler	Egon Hofmann	45-46, 49-57, 59-62, 64-65, 67-72	22 episodes	works with Mona and commits abuse of office.
Frank Gitting	Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit	45-49, 51, 53-56, 60-64, 67-72	21 episodes	Station manager; takes over the management of the institution during Jutta's vacation; falls in love with Blondie.
Maximilian Ahrens	Franz Mey	45-49, 51-52, 54, 56, 59-62, 65, 67-72	20 episodes	New pastor; falls in love with Lollo Fuchs.
Horst Dahnke	Thomas Engel	45, 49-53, 57-61, 63-64, 66-72	17 episodes	Normally open. Good friend of Horst.
Sybille "Möhrchen" Mohr	Heidi Weigelt	45-46, 49, 51-52, 54-55, 57-62, 65, 67, 71	16 episodes	Secretary to the prison management.
Dr. Bernd Beck	Dirk Mierau	53, 56-57, 61-62	5 episodes	is terminated by Jutta for abuse of office.
Dr. Christopher Columbus stone	Atto Suttarp	69-72	4 episodes	Dr. Beck's successor as prison doctor.
Dr. Evelyn Kaltenbach	Franziska Matthus	45, 51, 67	3 episodes	former director of the institution; visits Reutlitz because of her position in the Ministry of Justice.
Leo Meinecke	Joey Zimmermann	71	1 episode	Institution cook.

Relatives

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 3
Elisabeth Adler	Hannelore Minkus	49-52, 58-59, 67-68	8 episodes	Mother of Jutta
Ulrich Lohmann	Ulrich Anschütz	50-52, 58-59, 66-68	8 episodes	Ex-fiance of Jutta; moves away after a job offer and after separating from Jutta.
Nina Teubner	Marie-Ernestine Worch	49, 53-54, 61-62, 71-72	7 episodes	Daughter of Susanne; Granddaughter of Marlies; Sister of Martin; testifies in court about her father's sexual abuse in her mother's retrial; moves to Thomas Maybach after Marlies falls ill and moves to a youth home after his death; begins a relationship with Kevin for the first time.
Dr. Gregor wishes	Santiago Ziesmer	48, 50-51, 58, 69-70	6 episodes	Friend of Ilse Brahms
Dr. Thomas Maybach †	Burkhard Heyl	48-49, 53-54, 62, 64-65	6 episodes	Susanne's fiancé and lawyer, is shot and later dies of his injuries
Martin Teubner	Maximilian Seidenstücker	49, 53-54, 61-62	5 episodes	Susan's son; After Marlies fell ill, moved to Thomas Maybach and moved to a youth home after his death.
Sophie Frowein	Elodie Carstensen	55-57, 65	4 episodes	Daughter of Matthias.
Hagen Keyser	Klaus Hoser	64-66, 69-70, 72	6 episodes	Confidante of Uschi; tries to pull Uschi under his spell.
Marlies Teubner	Imke Barnstedt	49, 71-72	3 episodes	Mother-in-law of Susanne; has to go to rehab after a heart attack.
Matthias Frowein	Nik Neureuther	55-57	3 episodes	Friend of Vivi.
Fridolin Frowein	Sascha Wollenberg	55-57	3 episodes	Son of Matthias.
Andreas Walter	Katy Karrenbauer	65-66	2 episodes	Brother of Christine Walter; swaps roles in prison with Christine.
Daniel Fuchs	Rainer Frank	46-47	2 episodes	Husband of Lollo; is abandoned by Lollo after cheating on her.
Gerhard "Gina" Röderer	Dieter Rita Scholl	53, 64	2 episodes	Transvestite; Friend of Mona; helps her organize her business outside of prison.
Commissioner Feldmann	Peter Zintner	54, 70	2 episodes	Commissioner; determined in the case of Thomas Maybach and Horst-Wolfgang König.
Horst-Wolfgang König †	Klaus Wennemann	64, 70	2 episodes	Uschi's husband, found dead in the apartment after being persuaded to commit suicide by Hagen Keyser.
Felix Kaiser	Roman Brauner	69	1 episode	Grandson of Mutz; Twin brother of Sebastian.
Sebastian Kaiser	Raoul Brauner	69	1 episode	Grandson of Mutz; Twin brother of Felix.
Kevin	Oliver Petszokat	72	1 episode	Friend of Nina
Gaby Kaiser born Korsch	Silvia Rachor	69	1 episode	Daughter of Mutz

Relay deaths

episode	person	Kind of death	action
54	NN	Shot	Before the attempt on Thomas Maybach is carried out, the perpetrator shoots a police officer.
60	Lollo fox	Stabbed	Is mistaken for Susanne Teubner by Benita Wolf and dies from a stab in the spine.
63	Solveigh Knau	Drug overdose	When drug addict Solveigh overdoses in the bathtub, she suffers cardiac arrest and drowns in the bathtub.
65	Dr. Thomas Maybach	Assassination attempt	Some time after an attack was carried out on Thomas Maybach, he died of the consequences of this attack.
69	Horst-Wolfgang König	suicide	Horst-Wolfgang is persuaded by Hagen Keyser to kill himself in order to be closer to his daughter Sonja.

Odds

The third season of Hinter Gittern was shown on RTL from August 24, 1998 to April 26, 1999. An average of 4.7 million (15.69 percent) viewers opted to watch the series.

Web links

• Season 3 in the Internet Movie Database (English)