Behind bars / Season 8

Season 8 of Behind Bars
Episodes	24
Country of production	Germany
First broadcast	September 17, 2001 - March 18, 2002 on RTL
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This article contains all episodes of the eighth season of the German television series Hinter Gittern , sorted according to the first broadcast . They were broadcast from September 17, 2001 to March 18, 2002 on the German broadcaster RTL .

Episodes

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Original title	Summary	First broadcast D
177	1	Walter lives	Walter and Bea are declared dead and the women hates Baumann, who is clearly a possible murderer of the two. In her grief, Uschi hopes that Walter may not be dead at all.	September 17, 2001
178	2	Family problems	Through Lilli, Simone and her son Alex have unwanted contact with each other again. At first Alex turns away from his mother, but a terrible accident welds both of them together. Ruth and Denise start a band with Vera and Melanie.	October 1, 2001
179	3	Happy too early	When the women found out that Jeanette wanted to protect Jörg as the murderer of Walter and Bea in order to be released early, Uschi and co. for Jeanette getting her just punishment.	October 8, 2001
180	4th	Dangerous recklessness	Pia's escape plan for the Vattkes gets out of hand.	October 15, 2001
181	5	Matriculation examination	Elena Drago is admitted to Reutlitz. Jörg wants to discover Tom and Elke's relationship.	October 22, 2001
182	6th	Of humans and mice	Elena and Mel start making friends. Elke fights for her probation with unfair means.	October 29, 2001
183	7th	The new	The new locker Karin Seefeld is the topic of conversation in the prison, as she looks very similar to Walter, who was believed to be dead. While Jutta is sure that it is a coincidence, Jörg believes in retribution. Elke is released early from prison.	November 12, 2001
184	8th	Angel of revenge	Tom quits and leaves town with Elke. Walter's attempt to murder Jörg fails and is dismissed for breach of duty of supervision.	November 19, 2001
185	9	Dead live longer	Elena dies, but in order for her lottery win to be valid, the women cover up her death. Walter tells Nina the truth about the attack and the prison break.	November 26, 2001
186	10	Hard hours	Walter hatches a second plan of revenge. Helmut dies in the hospital. The Vattkes and Jeanette learn that Melanie cheated on their money to give Elena a space burial. Martina learns that she is pregnant from Christoph, but not infected with HIV.	December 3, 2001
187	11	Reluctant flight	Christoph abducts the pregnant Martina from the prison against her will. Mareike is certain that Martina did not voluntarily flee alone.	December 10, 2001
188	12	fire and flame	Ruth is experiencing her first time with Denise. Walter's renewed attempt to kill Jörg fails.	December 17, 2001
189	13	Faith, love, hope	Uschi meets the new prison doctor Dr. Know ostrich. Lizzy Michalke is imprisoned. Ruth is lovesick.	January 7, 2002
190	14th	True friends	Uschi makes a great sacrifice and pretends to be crazy again to protect Walter's identity.	January 14, 2002
191	15th	The tunnel	Frank helps Lizzy to escape from prison for the time being to commit a robbery. Frank is shot in the process. The "JailBabes" are preparing for their first appearance.	January 21, 2002
192	16	The duel	Walter reveals her identity and wants to take revenge on Jörg. Various women manage to flee from Reutlitz. Believing that Jörg was the victim of her attack, Walter also leaves the prison, but Simone and Frank were buried by their attack.	January 28, 2002
193	17th	Discontinued	Thanks to Lizzy's help, Simone and Frank can be saved. Together with the two of them, Ilse is the only remaining prisoner in Ward B who has not escaped. Jörg survived the attack seriously injured. Dr. Kaltenbach demotes Jutta; Eva is her official successor.	February 4, 2002
194	18th	Russian roulette	Mareike has Christoph, Alex and Lilli in her power. When Lilli is able to free herself, she calls the police, which leads to Mareike using Christoph as a hostage. Christoph is shot in a hail of bullets; Whether the fatal shots were fired by the police or by Mareike Vattke could not be clarified in the end.	February 11, 2002
195	19th	Jail Babes Unplugged	Walter wants to warn the “JailBabes” that Fricke alerted the police at their first concert - in vain. Ruth and Melanie are arrested, while Denise and Vera escaped.	February 18, 2002
196	20th	Jutta's realization	Walter is arrested and Nina is remanded in custody for helping escape. Uschi knows her feelings about Dr. Strauss cannot be properly classified. Jutta fights like crazy for Jörg against everyone until Eva, of all people, sowed the first doubts in her.	February 25, 2002
197	21st	Jutta attacks	After Jutta found out about Jörg's murder, she unexpectedly gets help from the inmates to bring Walter down, Jörg. A world collapses for Ilse when Gregor separates from her because of her extended imprisonment.	March 4, 2002
198	22nd	Struggles for existence	Jörg forces Ilse to make a false statement, which leads to the fact that the investigation against Jörg is stopped.	March 11, 2002
199	23	Baby killer	3 months have passed: Martina secretly gives birth to her child and hides it from Mareike, who wants to murder it in cold blood. Mareike finally manages to kidnap the baby and tries to murder it.	March 18, 2002
200	24	Gold rush	Martina has to separate from her baby. Frank manages to hand over part of the gold to Voronin. Jutta leaves Reutlitz with one crying and one laughing eye. She has fraternized with Walter, who gave her a special farewell present.	March 18, 2002

occupation

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

Inmates

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 8
Agnes Herrmann	Dagmar Bertram	177-192, 194-199	22 episodes	Kleinrolle Flees the prison for a short time.
Tina Stein	Martina Baumann	177-179, 181-191, 194, 196-199	19 episodes	Kleinrolle Fled from prison for a short time.
Simone Bach	Susanne Schlenzig	177-180, 185-186, 189-200	18 episodes	Mother of Alex. Widow of Helmut.
Melanie "Mel" Schmidt	Sigrid Schnückel	177-178, 181-186, 189-192, 194-198	17 episodes	Founding member of the "JailBabes". Is immobilized with tablets.
Denise Hartung	Edina Robinson	177-184, 187-192, 194-195	16 episodes	Ex-figure skating professional. Founding member of the "JailBabes". Starts a relationship with Ruth. Flee together with Karsten Fricke after an appearance with the "JailBabes".
Mareike Vattke	Sanna Englund	177-182, 185-188, 193-194, 197-200	16 episodes	Sister of Martina. Aunt of Chris. Kill Christoph and assassinate her nephew Chris.
Ursula "Uschi" König	Barbara Freier	177-180, 182-190, 195-196, 199-200	16 episodes	Helps Walter get revenge on Baumann.
Ruth Bächtle	Katrein Frenzel	177-178, 183-184, 187-192, 195-200	16 episodes	Ex-nun. Founding member of the "JailBabes". Begins a relationship with Denise and gives up her religious affiliation.
Martina Vattke	Judith Sehrbrock	179-182, 185-188, 191-194, 197-200	16 episodes	Mareike's sister. Christoph is pregnant. Initially flees from Reutlitz involuntarily in order to start a new life with Christoph until he is shot by Mareike. Comes back to Reutlitz and gives birth to her son Chris.
Christine "Walter" Walter alias Karin Seefeldt	Katy Karrenbauer	183-192, 195-200	16 episodes	Ringleader in the prison. Friend of Bea. Survives Jörg Baumann's attack and comes to Reutlitz disguised as a doorman to avenge Bea's death. Is arrested again as an inmate after the failed murder attempt.
Ilse Wünsche born. Brahms	Christiane Reiff	179-182, 187-188, 191-194, 197-200	14 episodes	Kitchen help in the prison. Still-wife of Gregor Wünsche. Receives a longer term of imprisonment for helping to escape and is therefore abandoned by Gregor.
Jeanette Bergdorfer	Christine Schuberth	177-180, 183-186, 189-192, 197-198	14 episodes	Cleaner in the prison. Breaks out of prison for a short time and is found abroad and brought back.
Lizzy Michalke	Katja Schmitz	189-200	12 episodes	Sister of mike. Comes to Reutlitz after break-ins. Frank's ex-girlfriend.
Vera Eichholz	Maria Schuster	177-178, 182-184, 187, 189-192, 195	11 episodes	Founding member of the "JailBabes". Flee after an appearance with the "JailBabes".
Elke Meier	Maren Schumacher	177, 179-184	7 episodes	2. Actress (role was played by Monika Guthmann up to season 6 ) friend of Tom. Is released from prison and moves away with Tom.
Ariane May	Katharina Zapatka	199-200	2 episodes	Actress and new inmate in Reutlitz.
Peggy Grote	Nina Bott	199-200	2 episodes	New inmate in Reutlitz.

Prison staff

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 8
Jörg Johannes Baumann	Armin Dallapiccola	177-179, 181-184, 187-188, 191-194, 196-200	18 episodes	Closer and deputy director. Still-husband of Jutta. Survived multiple assassinations by Walter.
Peter Kittler	Egon Hofmann	177-181, 183-190, 193-194, 199-200	17 episodes	Normally open.
Jutta Elisabeth Adler	Claudia Loerding	177, 179-184, 187-188, 193-200	17 episodes	Temporarily head of the institution, then turnkey. Still-wife of Jörg. Quits with the divorce from Jörg in Reutlitz.
Birgit Schnoor	Uta Prelle	179-182, 185, 187-188, 193-200	15 episodes	Turnkey. Pia's aunt. Jutta's best friend.
Frank Holtzendorff	Dierk Prawdzik	185-186, 189-200	14 episodes	Institution caretaker. Lizzy's ex-boyfriend. Former colleague of Helmut. Has problems with the Russian mafia.
Sybille "Möhrchen" Mohr	Heidi Weigelt	177-178, 181-186, 190, 193-194, 199-200	13 episodes	Secretary to the prison management.
Dr. Christopher Columbus Stone †	Atto Suttarp	177-178, 181, 183-188, 191-194	13 episodes	Prison doctor. HIV infected. Father of Chris. Friend of Martina. Helps Martina to escape from Reutlitz. Is shot by Mareike while being held hostage.
Andreas "Andy" Wagner	Stefan Puntigam	184-186, 189-198	13 episodes	Young and inexperienced turnkey in Reutlitz.
Tom Weber	Marcus Grüsser	177-184	8 episodes	Closer of the prison. Friend of Elke. Anna's ex-boyfriend. Denise's ex-affair. One night stand from Mona. Quits with Elke's release from prison.
Dr. Lorenz Strauss	Rainer Goernemann	189-190, 195-196, 198-200	7 episodes	Prison doctor. Initially as a substitute, then successor to Dr. Stone. Has a special relationship with Uschi.
Eva Baal	Karen Bohne	193-198	6 episodes	Come back to Reutlitz and take over the management of the institution.
Dr. Evelyn Kaltenbach	Franziska Matthus	177-178, 193	3 episodes	Works as State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice. Checks the murder attack on Bea and Walter in Reutlitz.
Leo Meinecke	Joey Zimmermann	191	1 episode	Institution cook.

Relatives

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 7
Alex Bach	Alexander Kasprik	177-180, 185-186, 189, 191-192, 194	10 episodes	Son of Simone and Helmut. Friend of Lilli. Is taken hostage by Mareike Vattke.
Nina Teubner	Marie-Ernestine Worch	177, 183, 185-186, 194-196	7 episodes	1. Actress of the role (was represented in season 6) Walter's foster daughter. Wants to flee with Walter and is in custody for a short time to help escape.
Lilli Talberg	Anna Herrmann	177-178, 187, 191-192, 194	6 episodes	Daughter of Anna. Jan's sister, Christoph's foster daughter. Friend of Alex.
Pia Schnoor	Katharina Dalichau	179-182	4 episodes	Birgit's niece. Sensational journalist.
Helmut Bach †	Christoph Hemrich	179-180, 185-186	4 episodes	Husband of Simone. Father of Alex. Dies in an accident at work.
Claudia Doysen	Sibylle Tormin	182-184	3 episodes	Helps Elke get an early discharge.
Beate "Bea" Hansen †	Sonia Farke	177, 183, 185	2 episodes	Former turnkey. Friend of Walter. In the season finale of the seventh season she is the victim of an assassination attempt by Jörg Baumann and appears in Uschi's and Walter's flashbacks.
Karsten Fricke	Andreas Wrosch	194-195	2 episodes	Music manager. Manager of the "JailBabes". Reveals the women to the police, but flees with Denise Hartung beforehand.
Lord Voronin	Oliver Wronka	196, 200	2 episodes	Russian mafioso. Puts Frank under pressure and demands his gold back.
Chris Vattke	Infant actor	199-200	2 episodes	Son of Martina and Christoph. Nephew of Mareike. Born in prison and almost killed by his aunt.
Mike Michalke	Tino Blazejewski	189	1 episode	Brother of Lizzy.
Dr. Gregor wishes	Santiago Ziesmer	197	1 episode	Ilse's ex-husband. Separates from Ilse when her prison term is extended.
Mrs. Gericke	Ulrike Frank	200	1 episode	Employee of the youth welfare office. Takes care of the whereabouts of Martina's son Chris.

Relay deaths

episode	person	Kind of death	action
185	Elena Drago	Cardiac arrest	After Elena found out that she had won the lottery, she died immediately of cardiac arrest.
186	Helmut Bach	Work accident	After a work accident caused by Frank Holtzendorff, Helmut dies in the hospital in the presence of his family.
194	neighbor	Shot	A neighbor of Christoph unintentionally witnesses Mareike's hostage situation and is therefore shot by Mareike.
194	policewoman	Shot	In a shootout with the police, a policewoman is shot by Mareike.
194	Dr. Christopher Columbus stone	Shot	Christoph is shot while being held hostage. It could not be determined whether the fatal shots were fired by the police or by Mareike.

Web links

• Season 8 in the Internet Movie Database (English)