Behind bars / Season 4

Season 4 of Behind Bars - Der Frauenknast
Episodes	26th
Country of production	Germany
First broadcast	May 3, 1999 - November 8, 1999 on RTL
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This article contains all episodes of the fourth season of the German television series Hinter Gittern , sorted according to the first broadcast . They were broadcast from May 3, 1999 to November 8, 1999 on the German broadcaster RTL .

Episodes

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Original title	Summary	First broadcast D
73	1	The rat nest	Conny finds refuge with Pastor Ahrens in the church after her arson attack. There, however, he is bitten by a rat and suffers from blood poisoning. So Conny has to face.	May 3, 1999
74	2	Devilish coincidences	Mutz has to learn about the death of her grandson. Hagen Keyser wants to drive Uschi to suicide.	May 10, 1999
75	3	The own goal	Walter makes contact with Nina for the first time. Mutz mourns her grandson very much and blames Hagen Keyser, who no longer contacts Uschi. Gitting learns about the affair between Blondie and Dr. Stein and wants Dr. Let the stone blow up - but in doing so it cuts its own flesh.	May 17, 1999
76	4th	Palpitations	Elke Meier is brought to the prison because she ran over Mutz's grandchild while drunk. However, she hides this at first. Susanne and Walter begin to fall in love with each other.	May 31, 1999
77	5	Crime and Punishment	Susanne confesses her love for Walter, but she has difficulty telling Nina. The women find out about Elke's murder of Mutz's grandson and punish her until Elke attempts suicide.	June 7, 1999
78	6th	Baby on board	Susanne learns that she is pregnant, but Jutta wants to urge her to abort her baby. Hagen Keyser becomes the new psychologist in Reutlitz.	June 14, 1999
79	7th	Judgment Day	Uschi is supposed to poison everyone in the prison for Hagen Keyser. However, through Mutz and Maximilian Ahrens, Jutta can be convinced that behind Hagen Keyser there is a fraudster named Dr. Aloys van Meeren acts. The attack can still be stopped and Uschi kills Hagen Keyser with lethal injection. Uschi is then taken to a psychiatric hospital.	June 21, 1999
80	8th	Love games	Dr. After Hagen Keyser's attack, Kaltenbach checks Reutlitz and decides to keep Jutta on duty, but if she hires Pastor Ahrens again. Ilse receives a marriage proposal from Gregor. Christoph is deeply disappointed with Blondie, who stole from him.	June 28, 1999
81	9	Couples	Silke's half-sister, a right-wing extremist, is admitted to Reutlitz. Silke is shocked how much Renate has changed. Ilse and Gregor get married. Nina learns about Susanne's homosexuality.	July 5, 1999
82	10	The right way	Renate incites the other inmates on fellow prisoner Ayshe. Silke now realizes that her sister can no longer be helped.	July 12, 1999
83	11	Merciless	Renate is to be taken to a maximum security prison. Before that, however, she takes Jutta hostage, whom she then exchanges with her sister Silke. The situation is coming to a head. Before Renate can shoot her sister, Renate is shot by snipers.	July 19, 1999
84	12	Tooth for tooth	Elke decides to devote herself fully to the drug business after taking revenge on Clemens. Mona threatens to kill Walter Susanne's baby if she continues to interfere in her drug affairs. Susanne's time of open execution begins.	July 26, 1999
85	13	The fragrance of women	Ilse pretends to be her doppelganger, a rich countess, when she is outdoors, but she is kidnapped. Jutta learns about the affair between Blondie and Dr. Stone. Thereupon Dr. Stein as a doctor in Reutlitz. The former fixer Jule Neumann comes to Reutlitz. Mona is busy getting Jule back on the needle.	Aug 2, 1999
86	14th	The wrong countess	With the help of Gregor, Ilse is able to free herself from the kidnapper's captors and is finally invited to her accommodation by the right countess. Mona fixes Juliet again so that she becomes dependent again.	Aug 9, 1999
87	15th	Sold	While Jule is buying something for Mona to finance her addiction, Pastor Ahrens learns that Mona is Jule's birth mother.	Aug 16, 1999
88	16	Alone among women	Conny sneaks Olli's trust in order to try to escape from Reutlitz again, but Olli prevents this and receives praise from Jutta. Uschi comes back to Reutlitz from psychiatry and is treated like a leper by the inmates. Only Jule treats her normally. Jutta learns about Mona's phone sex business through Conny.	23 Aug 1999
89	17th	Shadow of the past	Mona learns that she is Julie's mother. She has a guilty conscience and now wants to prevent any contact with drugs. Walter doesn't really know how to deal with the fact that Susanne will soon be free.	Aug 30, 1999
90	18th	Love on the run	Oli helps Conny to escape from Reutlitz, but Jutta finds out about it, but helps to escape so as not to endanger her job as a manager. However, they find out about gitting. Mona writes to her daughter Jule under the pseudonym Nora in order to establish contact as a mother.	6 Sep 1999
91	19th	Gitting's triumph	Gitting brings Conny back to Reutlitz and blackmailed Jutta, so that he was told by Dr. Kaltenbach is appointed as the new head of the institution. Katrin deliberately allows herself to be caught by the police in order to look for diamonds in Reutlitz.	13 Sep 1999
92	20th	farewell	Due to Gitting, Silke resigns as head of the institution. Susanne is released, but Walter and Susanne have a big argument beforehand.	Sep 20 1999
93	21st	New life	Katrin finds the diamonds and is supposed to be brought out of the prison by Richard disguised as a paramedic. However, Susanne's contractions in the visitor room intervene, so Richard has to play obstetrician and Katrin's escape plans are discarded.	27 Sep 1999
94	22nd	Diamond fever	Walter finds Katrin's pill, which simulates rigor mortis, and instead of Katrin, smuggles himself into freedom. Katrin can also be freed when Richard takes her out of prison in a helicopter.	Oct. 4, 1999
95	23	Sex, lies and video	Dr. Stein learns that Gitting blackmailed Blondie into sex. Jeanette sells the diamond and treats herself to various luxury items, but this becomes fatal for her.	Oct 11, 1999
96	24	A second chance	Jule finds out who her birth mother is. Christoph rejects Blondie's proposal of marriage. Mona has Gitting in hand with the sex tape, so Gitting is planning an attack on Mona. When a fire breaks out in the sewing room, Jule saves her mother.	Oct 18, 1999
97	25th	Gitting's case	Walter is free to ensure that Katrin and Richard share their booty with her. Gitting takes Blondie hostage when Jutta and Dr. Kaltenbach got behind his machinations. Gitting shoots himself in his office and dies. Thereupon Jutta is appointed as the new head of the institution.	Nov 1, 1999
98	26th	Goodbye forever	Susanne dies in a bank robbery. Therefore, Katrin and Richard leave Germany without the grieving Walter. At the funeral, Walter is caught by Jutta. Walter is now Nina's only remaining caregiver. Christoph meets his old friend Anna again, who is involved in a murder trial.	Nov 8, 1999

occupation

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

Inmates

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 4
Agnes Herrmann	Dagmar Bertram	73-98	26 episodes	Small role
Tina Stein	Martina Baumann	73-96, 98	25 episodes	Small role
Christine "Walter" Walter	Katy Karrenbauer	73-84, 87-94, 97-98	22 episodes	Begins a relationship with Susanne, who dies at the end of the season. Breaks out of prison, but is caught at Susanne's funeral. Get to know Nina and become an important caregiver for her and, after Susanne's death, her foster mother.
Jeanette Bergdorfer	Christine Schuberth	73-86, 89-90, 92-95, 97-98	22 episodes	Tries to get rich on Katrin's booty.
Mona Suttner	Anja Beatrice Kaul	73-74, 76-90, 92, 95-98	22 episodes	Mother of Jule.
Barbara "Blondie" Koschinski	Victoria Madincea	73-82, 85-88, 93-98	20 episodes	Is forced to have sex by gitting.
Susanne Teubner †	Cheryl Shepard	73-84, 87-93	19 episodes	If a relationship begins with Walter, Thomas is pregnant, is released early and a short time later shot in a bank robbery.
Ilse Wünsche born. Brahms	Christiane Reiff	73-82, 85-88, 91-92, 97-98	18 episodes	Marries Gregor Wünsche.
Cornelia "Conny" Starck	Kristin Lenhardt	73-82, 85, 87-91, 97-98	18 episodes	Briefly meets Oli Papnitz, with whom she makes several attempts to escape
Ursula "Uschi" König	Barbara Freier	73-79, 88-90, 92-98	17 episodes	Is hypnotized by Hagen Keyser and wants to kill everyone, ends up in psychiatry, comes back and takes care of Jule Neumann.
Elke Meier	Monika Guthmann	76-84, 89-96	17 episodes	Arrested for being responsible for the death of Mutz's grandson. Shy at first, but quickly develops into a tough business woman.
Margarethe "Mutz" Korsch	Brigitte Renner	73-80, 86, 91-94	13 episodes	Mourns her dead grandson.
Julia "Jule" Neumann	Anke Rähm	85-90, 92, 94-98	12 episodes	Mona's daughter; goes through a withdrawal in the prison.
Katrin Tornow	Tanya Neufeldt	91-94, 97-98	6 episodes	Deliberately snapped to look for diamonds in Reutlitz. Richard takes him out in a helicopter and disappears abroad with him.
Renate Keller †	Marion Reuter	81-83	3 episodes	Right-wing extremist sister of Silke; Shot by a sniper while attempting to escape with hostage-taking.
Ayse Manculi	Lale Karci	81-83	3 episodes	Inmate with a migration background at war with Renate; is transferred to another ward after a fight with Renate.
Vera Eichholz	Maria Schuster	84, 87, 89	3 episodes	Drug addict and Mona's henchman.

Prison staff

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 4
Jutta Adler	Claudia Loerding	73-92, 97-98	22 episodes	initially acting head of the institution; after Gitting's promotion turnkey again; after his suicide head of the institution.
Peter Kittler	Egon Hofmann	73-76, 79-86, 88-89, 91-97	22 episodes	in the meantime ward and deputy head of the institution; gets involved in illegal dealings with Mona. Friend of Horst.
Birgit Schnoor	Uta Prelle	73-80, 83-84, 86-92, 96-98	20 episodes	Closer, friend of Jutta.
Horst Dahnke	Thomas Engel	73-82, 85-88, 91-92, 95-98	20 episodes	Closer, friend of Peter.
Frank Gitting †	Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit	73-75, 77-80, 85-97	20 episodes	Station manager; becomes head of the institution and later commits suicide by shooting.
Silke Jakoby	Judith von Radetzky	73-86, 90-92	17 episodes	Closer and station manager for a short time, sister of Renate; quits when Gitting becomes head of the institution.
Dr. Christopher Columbus stone	Atto Suttarp	73-81, 85-86, 93-98	17 episodes	Prison doctor; Blondie's affair; will be terminated for a short time.
Sybille "Möhrchen" Mohr	Heidi Weigelt	74-75, 79-80, 83-86, 90-91, 94, 97-98	13 episodes	Secretary to the prison management.
Maximilian Ahrens	Franz Mey	73, 79-83, 86-90, 98	12 episodes	Priest; will be terminated for a short time.
Oliver Papnitz	Antonio Wannek	87-92	6 episodes	Nephew of Jutta; leaves town after his attempt to escape with Conny has failed.
Dr. Evelyn Kaltenbach	Franziska Matthus	80, 91, 97	3 episodes	former director of the institution; Comes to Reutlitz to check the prison after various incidents; appoints the prison management.
Hagen Keyser †	Klaus Hoser	74, 78-79	3 episodes	Psychopath who pretends to be a psychologist and wants to poison with the help of Uschi Reutlitz; is killed by Uschi with lethal injection.
Leo Meinecke	Joey Zimmermann	79	1 episode	Institution cook.

Relatives

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 4
Nina Teubner	Marie-Ernestine Worch	75-78, 81, 89, 91-93, 98	10 episodes	Has to deal with her mother's death. Becomes Walter's foster daughter.
Elisabeth Adler	Hannelore Minkus	87-90, 92	5 episodes	Mother of Jutta; takes in her nephew Oli for a short time at home.
Dr. Gregor wishes	Santiago Ziesmer	80-81, 85-87	5 episodes	Marries Ilse.
Axel	Thomas best father	76, 78, 87, 89-90	5 episodes	Drug dealer; forces Jule to have sex.
Richard Stern	Martin Semmelrogge	93-94, 97-98	4 episodes	Helps Katrin escape.
Vivien "Vivi" Andraschek	Annette Frier	84, 91-92	3 episodes	Former inmates. Helps Susanne get used to freedom.
Marlies Teubner	Imke Barnstedt	81, 92, 98	3 episodes	Susanne's mother-in-law. Grandmother of Nina.
Kevin	Oliver Petszokat	81, 92-93	3 episodes	Friend of Nina.
Thorsten Kaiser	Martin Haberger	74, 76-77	3 episodes	Felix and Sebastian's stepfather.
Clemens Meier	Matthias Dittmer	76, 83-84	3 episodes	Elke's still-husband.
Felix Kaiser †	Raoul Brauner	74, 76	2 episodes	Grandson of Mutz; dies in a car accident caused by Elke.
Gerhard "Gina" Röderer	Dieter Rita Scholl	83, 95	2 episodes	Transvestite; helps Elke and Mona with their illegal business.
Sebastian Kaiser	Roman Brauner	76	1 episode	Twin brother of Felix
Commissioner Feldmann	Peter Zintner	79	1 episode	Detective inspector.
Sophie Frowein	Elodie Carstensen	84	1 episode	Daughter of Matthias.
Matthias Frowein	Nik Neureuther	84	1 episode	Friend of Vivi.
Fridolin Frowein	Sascha Wollenberg	84	1 episode	Son of Matthias.
Anna Talberg	Bettina Kramer	98	1 episode	Mother of Jan and Lilli.
Jan Talberg	Benjamin Quaiser	98	1 episode	Son of Anna.
Lilli Talberg	Anna Herrmann	98	1 episode	Daughter of Anna.

Relay deaths

episode	person	Kind of death	action
74	Felix Kaiser	car accident	Mutz's grandson Felix is ​​run over by the drunk Elke on the street with her car and dies.
79	Max (Conny's rat)	Lethal injection	Hagen Keyser tries his lethal injection on Conny's rat Max.
79	Aloys van Meeren (Hagen Keyser)	Lethal injection	Hagen Keyser is murdered by Uschi in a scuffle when she stabs his own lethal injection in the chest.
83	Heinz-Jürgen Stumpf	Shot	Renate's right-wing extremist friend Heinz-Jürgen dies when the police find him in his hiding place.
83	Renate Keller	Shot	During a hostage situation, Silke's sister was shot by snipers before Renate could kill Silke.
86	NN	Slay	Use's kidnapper kills the countess's chauffeur in order to slip into his role.
97	Frank Gitting	suicide	Gitting shoots himself in his office when everything seems hopeless to him.
98	Susanne Teubner	Shot	Susanne dies in a bank robbery shortly after she was released.
98	Lothar Talberg	Shot	Lothar is shot dead by his wife Anna in a scuffle.

Odds

An average of 4.58 million viewers saw the series. This corresponds to a market share of 16.88%.

Web links

• Season 4 in the Internet Movie Database (English)