Behind bars / Season 5

Season 5 of Behind Bars
Episodes	26th
Country of production	Germany
First broadcast	November 15, 1999 - July 17, 2000 on RTL
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This article contains all episodes of the fifth season of the German television series Hinter Gittern , sorted according to the first broadcast . They were broadcast from November 15, 1999 to July 17, 2000 on the German broadcaster RTL .

Episodes

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Original title	Summary	First broadcast D
99	1	The confession	Anna confesses the murder of her husband and is sentenced to 8 years imprisonment, which she has to serve in Reutlitz from now on. Mona provides discounts for her daughter Jule.	November 15, 1999
100	2	Rocky path	Jutta appoints Birgit as deputy director of the institution. Jutta has to find out that her mother has a brain tumor. Elisabeth asks her to give up her job in order to take care of her. Blondie gets jealous when Dr. Stein hires Anna as a doctor's assistant and begins an intrigue. Elke tries to expand her crooked business.	November 22, 1999
101	3	Innocent	Blondie receives a visit from journalist Bine Sanders, who wants to reopen her case. At the same time, Blondie learns that her sister was only faking her death. Jutta takes care of her terminally ill mother. Nina is banned from visiting Marlies, whereupon she decides to turn her back on her grandmother.	December 6, 1999
102	4th	rude awakening	The situation around the hostility of Walter and Elke against Mona is coming to a head. When Mona orders Vera to kill Walter, Jule begins to switch sides, warns Walter and, disappointed, betrays her mother to Jutta. Mona then turns away from her daughter.	December 13, 1999
103	5	Struggle for freedom	Doris tries to get her sister to flee before the court hearing so as not to be incriminated. But at the last second, Blondie recognizes Doris' slyness and testifies in court. She is then acquitted.	December 20, 1999
104	6th	Lost	Eva Baal begins her service in Reutlitz. Ilse regrets having to share the cell with Conny from now on. Lilly suffers from the conflict between Anna and Jan.	December 27, 1999
105	7th	Locked in	When Conny's attempt to escape fails and she is locked in the truck, Jule is involuntarily involved in Conny's escape. Trapped in the truck, Conny suffers a ruptured appendix and can be saved at the last second. Jeanette and Dahnke contact each other in a chat room without knowing that they know each other in real life.	January 3, 2000
106	8th	Blind date	At a meeting, Horst and Jenatte are disappointed to find out who is behind the two internet pseudonyms. Walter makes Birgit insecure with her rallies that Eva Baal is a lesbian when Eva wants to meet Birgit privately. Jutta is at the end of her tether taking care of her mother.	January 17, 2000
107	9	Your last will	Elisabeth wants her daughter to help euthanasia. Jutta initially refuses, but dreams of it that same night. When Jutta finds her mother lifeless the next morning, she initially assumes that she murdered her, but forensic medicine then confirms that Elisabeth killed herself with ant poison.	January 24, 2000
108	10	Mona's mesh	Thanks to Mona's contacts, she ensures that Walter is relocated to Prekow, but thanks to Elke, Walter finds suitable arguments against a relocation. Sabine Sanders has herself taken to Reutlitz to start a report in prison. But Conny discovers her secret and blackmails her. In an argument, Vera injures Mona so much that she loses her left eye.	January 31, 2000
109	11	Seeds of violence	After Jan has made sure that Anna loses her job with Christoph in the infirmary, he takes a step towards his mother for the first time and understands her actions. Mona can't stand being treated like a disabled person. Eva Baal shows her real self for the first time and harasses and abuses Conny with sadistic methods in the gardening shop.	February 7, 2000
110	12	The trap	Sabine learns of Conny's abuse and shoots evidence with her camera, which is found by Eva Baal. She finally puts drugs under her and makes sure that the photos disappear and Sabine comes into the bunker. Mona suffers from the harassment of her fellow prisoners.	February 14, 2000
111	13	Angel in Reutlitz	Ilse learns that Gregor is leaving Germany because of a job offer. When Jeanette also pretends to be a false angel from Reutlitz, Ilse is upset on the floor. The child that was saved by Ilse, however, exposes Jeanette as a con man. Melanie Schmidt is the new inmate who messes with Walter on the first day.	February 21, 2000
112	14th	In the abyss	Mona is at the end of her strength and is bullied by all women. Elke begins to take over the drug business in Reutlitz.	February 28, 2000
113	15th	It's a nightmare	Bine is bullied by Eva until Bine decides to let Eva win and to withdraw her appeal from the court.	March 6, 2000
114	16	Chain reaction	Elke gets to know Anna's son Jan on a day out. It turns out that Mel killed Susanne, but there is no evidence of this. Walter comes into the bunker after an attack, but she breaks out there and wants revenge on Melanie. Anna can prevent the worst, but when Walter stops killing Mel, Walter is attacked with a knife. Her life is in danger.	March 13, 2000
115	17th	The only witness	Anna is put under pressure by Mel. But Anna testifies against Mel and risks her life. After long hours of uncertainty about her health, Walter wakes up in the hospital. Jan notices that his flirtation is Elke Anna's roommate in the prison.	March 20, 2000
116	18th	The power of music	After Jan donated the CD to the prison, he can now make personal contact with Elke. Both "float on cloud nine". Mona learns of Jutta's lottery win and wants to instigate a marriage swindler on her.	March 27, 2000
117	19th	Good friends	Dieter gets in contact with Jutta, because Mona has asked him to get Jutta's lottery win. Elke and Jan's relationship is put to the test. Surprisingly, Olli turns up again in Reutlitz.	April 10, 2000
118	20th	Waterloo	Pastor Ahrens begins to investigate why Bine suddenly stopped her revision. To the horror of the inmates, Melanie comes back to Ward B. During a delegation evening with Swedish guests, the women put on an ABBA playback show. Conny uses the hustle and bustle to flee, but Dr. Kaltenbach recognized. Olli is then arrested for helping to escape and taken to the men's prison.	April 17, 2000
119	21st	The last resort	Eva puts Sabine under pressure to accuse Pastor Ahrens of abuse. As a result, Sabine sees no further way out than to take her own life; Pastor Ahrens discovered it just in time. Elke spends her day outdoors with Jan.	May 8, 2000
120	22nd	Blinded by love	When Anna found out almost at the same time that Elke was dealing with drugs and had a relationship with her son Jan, she wanted to prevent Jan from continuing to have contact with Elke at all costs. She reveals Elke to Jutta, so that although Elke's drugs are not found, Elke's cell phone is found. As a punishment Elke gets a curfew. Jan takes this very badly at his mother.	May 15, 2000
121	23	Money or love	Jutta learns of the lie that Dieter played to her together with Mona. Walter comes back to the ward and initially looks like a changed personality. When Dr. Stein hires a new doctor for the practical year, Jule meets her childhood sweetheart Nadja.	May 22, 2000
122	24	Who once lies	Mona learns of Jules' relationship with Nadja and selfishly wants to take advantage of this for her financial concerns. Mutz tries to help Bine attempt to escape when Eva Baal discovers her, Bine tries to help her, but Mutz injures himself badly.	June 19, 2000
123	25th	The last victim	After her accident, Mutz is moved to a retirement home. The inmates find it difficult to say goodbye to the senior citizen. Conny and Bine attempt to murder Eva Baal. When Eva finds out, she wants to punish Bine again. When Bine struggles, a fire breaks out in the prison. Pastor Ahrens rescues the unconscious Baal from the cell, but then succumbs to the flames and dies.	June 26, 2000
124	26th	Eva's truth	Before Bine can testify against Eva, Eva kidnaps Bine to freedom and makes it seem like an escape. During the kidnapping, Bine learns why Eva has sadistic tendencies. Eventually Bine hitchhiked to France. Tom Weber manages to convince Jutta to hire him as the new turnkey. Mona comes out of the hospital with a deceptively real glass eye.	July 17, 2000

occupation

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

Inmates

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 5
Agnes Herrmann	Dagmar Bertram	99-124	26 episodes	Small role
Christine "Walter" Walter	Katy Karrenbauer	99-116, 121-124	22 episodes	Ring leader in the prison, is attacked by Mel and is temporarily in mortal danger.
Tina Stein	Martina Baumann	99-110, 115-124	22 episodes	Small role
Julia "Jule" Neumann	Anke Rähm	99-100, 102, 104-112, 115-126	22 episodes	Daughter of Mona; meets her childhood sweetheart Nadja again. Befriends Conny
Elke Meier	Monika Guthmann	99-100, 102-108, 111-122	21 episodes	Starts crooked business in Reutlitz. Falls in love with Anna's son Jan.
Cornelia "Conny" Starck	Kristin Lenhardt	99-112, 117-120, 123-124	20 episodes	Friend of Oli; is mistreated by Eva Baal and makes further attempts to escape. Makes friends with Jule over the course of the season.
Anna Talberg	Bettina Kramer	99-104, 108-110, 113-122	19 episodes	Mother of Jan and Lilli. In custody for the murder of her husband.
Mona Suttner	Anja Beatrice Kaul	99-100, 102, 107-112, 115-122, 124	18 episodes	Loses her eye, suffers from the harassment of her fellow inmates.
Jeanette Bergdorfer	Christine Schuberth	102-112, 115-118, 123-124	17 episodes	Cleaner in the prison.
Ilse Wünsche born. Brahms	Christiane Reiff	101-104, 109-114, 117-118, 121-124	16 episodes	Kitchen help in the prison. Wife of Gregor Wünsche.
Ursula "Uschi" König	Barbara Freier	101-102, 105-106, 109-116, 119-120, 123-124	16 episodes	moves into a cell with Walter at the end of the season and becomes their best friend.
Sabine "Bine" Sanders	Anette Hellwig	101-103, 108-110, 113-114, 117-120, 122-124	15 episodes	Journalist. Initially fighting for Blondie's innocence. Consigns to do undercover research. Is mistreated sadistically by Eva. Flees against her will towards France.
Margarethe "Mutz" Korsch	Brigitte Renner	102, 105, 107, 109-110, 113, 117-123	13 episodes	Longest serving inmate in the prison. After an accident with Bine, she was moved to a retirement home in Bad Hersfeld due to her limited liability.
Melanie "Mel" Schmidt	Sigrid Schnückel	111-115, 118-124	12 episodes	Susanne's murderer.
Barbara "Blondie" Koschinski	Victoria Madincea	99-103	5 episodes	Dismissed after proven innocence.
Vera Eichholz	Maria Schuster	102, 107-108, 112, 121	5 episodes	Drug addicts. Mona sticks out her eye.

Prison staff

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 5
Birgit Schnoor	Uta Prelle	99-116, 118, 121-124	23 episodes	Head of ward and deputy head of the institution.
Jutta Adler	Claudia Loerding	99-108, 113-124	22 episodes	Director of the institution, loses her mother and is betrayed by a marriage fraud.
Dr. Christopher Columbus stone	Atto Suttarp	99-101, 103-105, 108-112, 115-116, 118-123	19 episodes	Prison doctor; meets his good friend Anna in prison.
Horst Dahnke	Thomas Engel	99-100, 105-116, 119-123	19 episodes	Normally open.
Eva Baal	Karen Bohne	104-114, 117-124	19 episodes	Sadistic turnkey; abuses Conny and Bine.
Peter Kittler	Egon Hofmann	99-102, 105, 107-112, 115-118, 122-124	18 episodes	Normally open.
Sybille "Möhrchen" Mohr	Heidi Weigelt	99-101, 105-108, 115-118, 120-124	16 episodes	Secretary to the prison management.
Maximilian Ahrens †	Franz Mey	105-108, 111-112, 115-119, 122-123	13 episodes	Priest; dies in a fire in the prison while trying to rescue Eva Baal from Bine's cell.
Dr. Evelyn Kaltenbach	Franziska Matthus	99, 111, 118	3 episodes	Works in the Ministry of Justice. Come to Reutlitz on various occasions.
Dr. Nadja Feldmann	Yvonne Burbach	121-122	2 episodes	Doctor on the infirmary in the practical year. Childhood friend of Jule.
Tom Weber	Marcus Grüsser	123-124	2 episodes	Temporary prison cook, later turnkey in the prison.
Leo Meinecke	Joey Zimmermann	101	1 episode	Institution cook, is later represented by Tom Weber.

Relatives

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 5
Jan Talberg	Benjamin Quaiser	99, 103-104, 109-110, 114-117, 119-120	11 episodes	Son of Anna. Brother of Lilli. Friend of Elke.
Lilli Talberg	Anna Herrmann	99, 103-104, 109, 114-116	7 episodes	Daughter of Anna. Sister of Jan.
Elisabeth Adler †	Hannelore Minkus	99-101, 105-107	6 episodes	Mother of Jutta; gets cancer and kills herself with ant venom because of her pain.
Gerhard "Gina" Röderer	Dieter Rita Scholl	100, 112, 114-116, 119	6 episodes	Transvestite; good friend of Elke.
Nina Teubner	Marie-Ernestine Worch	101, 103, 113-116	6 episodes	Worries for Walter's life.
Dieter Windisch	Horst Kotterba	116-117, 120-122	5 episodes	Good friend of Mona. Marriage swindler hired to get the money from Jutta's lottery win.
Commissioner Feldmann	Peter Zintner	102, 114-115	3 episodes	Detective inspector.
Dr. Gregor wishes	Santiago Ziesmer	110, 111	2 episodes	Ilse's husband. Moves abroad.
Oliver Papnitz	Eric Benz	117-118	2 episodes	2. Actor in the role of Jutta's nephew; Friend of Conny; is arrested by Conny while trying to escape and is taken to the men's prison.
Marlies Teubner	Imke Barnstedt	101	1 episode	Grandmother of Nina.
Susanne Teubner †	Cheryl Shepard	114	1 episode	Former inmate and ex-girlfriend of Walter. Appears in a memory from Nina, which shows the time when and by whom Susanne was shot.

Relay deaths

episode	person	Kind of death	action
107	Elisabeth Adler	suicide	When Elisabeth can no longer endure the pain of the brain tumor, she ingests ant poison to die.
123	Maximilian Ahrens	Fire	When a fire breaks out in Bine's cell, Pastor Ahrens rescues Eva from Bine's cell, but he is locked up there and burned alive.

Web links

• Season 5 in the Internet Movie Database (English)