Behind bars / Season 6

Season 6 of Behind Bars
Episodes	26th
Country of production	Germany
First broadcast	July 24, 2000 - February 12, 2001 on RTL
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This article contains all episodes of the sixth season of the German television series Hinter Gittern , sorted according to the first broadcast . They were broadcast from July 24, 2000 to February 12, 2001 on the German broadcaster RTL .

Episodes

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Original title	Summary	First broadcast D
125	1	play with the fire	Mona seduces Tom, but is caught by Peter who, out of jealousy, wants to betray Tom to the prison management. But both manage to prevent this through blackmail. Ilse is exposed in the kitchen while smuggling drugs and transferred to the nursery. Jan finds out about Elke's drug trade and leaves her disappointed.	July 24, 2000
126	2	decisions	Elke learns of her pregnancy, but has the baby aborted against Jan's will. Sofia Monetti, who shares a past with Mona, comes to Reutlitz.	July 31, 2000
127	3	In the spider's web	Sofia wants revenge on Mona and therefore uses Ilse for her own purposes. Mona, in turn, takes revenge on Sofia after a failed murder attempt by pretending that Sofia's son is dead. At an exit, Walter meets Bea, who, as it later turns out, begins as a turnkey in Reutlitz.	August 7, 2000
128	4th	The dream of flying	When Melanie finds a bird in the nursery and raises it, Conny wants to take advantage of this. Walter finds it difficult to deal with Bea as a turnkey.	August 14, 2000
129	5	Blocked	Walter wants under all circumstances to oust Bea as a turnkey from Reutlitz so that he does not have to admit his feelings for Bea. Bea is very disappointed.	August 21, 2000
130	6th	From woman to woman	Jule begins to have feelings for Uschi, which damages their close friendship. Tom aggressively flirts with Elke. Mona broadcasts an adult webcam show from prison.	August 28, 2000
131	7th	Cardsharps	Sofia learns that Ilse and Mona are behind the fake fax that led to the murder of their son, and now swears revenge.	September 4, 2000
132	8th	Family ties	Ilse fakes Mona's murder so that Sofia can be exposed as the murderer. She is then taken to Prekow. Jule also does a test after Tina's HIV infection, but it turns out to be negative.	September 11, 2000
133	9	Familiar enemy	With the help of Ms. Mohr and Bea, Ilse manages to convince the prison management to be allowed to visit Mutz in Bad Hersfeld. In order to be able to flee together with Conny, Jule starts an intrigue against Conny and Olli, which is however discovered when the prisoners of the men's prison do work in the women's yard.	September 18, 2000
134	10	The heartbreaker	Tom manages to win the bet between him and Elke when he sleeps with Anna. Christoph is attacked by HIV-infected Tina with her syringe, whereupon Christoph now fears that he has contracted the HI virus.	September 25, 2000
135	11	Diagnosis positive	Christoph gets the certainty that he is now infected with HIV and then questions his profession.	October 9, 2000
136	12	Confused feelings	Uschi reveals the relationship between Jule and Nadja to the prison management, but notices a short time later that she made a big mistake and only wanted to protect Jule because she sees her as a replacement for her daughter. Uschi finally apologizes to Jule.	October 16, 2000
137	13	Sky striker	Conny and Oli manage to escape from Reutlitz with the help of a hot air balloon during a concert. At the concert there was a spark between Walter and Bea for the first time in a long time.	October 23, 2000
138	14th	Prohibited games	Walter and Bea sleep together for the first time. Anna gets too involved in her relationship with Tom. When Jule learns that Nadja has prevented her escape, she ensures that the prison management finds out about her affair, whereupon Nadja is fired.	October 30, 2000
139	15th	Anna strikes back	Anna learns of Elke's cunning game and then wants to poison Elke, but Tom involuntarily becomes a victim of the attack. Mona persuades Kittler to make a sex tape with her. Dr. Stein has returned from vacation and already clashes with Eva on the first day.	November 6, 2000
140	16	Stone attacks	Stein begins to take care of an occupational disability insurance. Tina dies in the bunker from AIDS. Mona has a good chance of being released from prison, but Peter destroys it. Eva then approaches Mona with a tempting offer to play an informer for an early release. Conny and Olli contact Jule, who then comes to the hiding place of the key.	November 13, 2000
141	17th	Cruel freedom	To be released, Mona betrays her own daughter to the prison management, whereupon Jule has to go to the bunker and Mona is released. Walter takes care of Elke's money affairs while she is in Prekow.	November 20, 2000
142	18th	Checkmate	Jutta finds out about Bea's and Walter's affair and Bea resigns with immediate effect. Walter blackmailed Jutta with her stolen lottery win, so Bea was hired again. The figure skater Denise Hartung is brought to the prison and does not make friends on the first day.	December 4, 2000
143	19th	Master morality	A homeless person is imprisoned, but she seems pretty familiar to some. Melanie harasses Denise and abuses her as a slave before Walter puts an end to this at Bea's request. Eva finds out about Christoph's HIV secret.	December 11, 2000
144	20th	Moment of truth	Dr. Stein comes out as HIV-positive, which leads to Eva inciting Melanie to incite the inmates against him. However, she has no success with this. In an attack on Dr. Stein injures Melanie seriously. Bea learns the real reasons why she was hired again and is therefore disappointed with Walter. Jeanette learns that the homeless person is Katharina von Preiss. She is instructed by her nephew not to reveal Katharina's identity.	December 18, 2000
145	21st	The rebirth	While Ilse tries to explain her real identity to Katharina, Jeanette works against it in the hope of getting money from Katharina's nephew. Finally, Katharina's memory comes back. Elke's release from Prekow means that Anna is confronted again with Tom and Elke's love.	January 15, 2001
146	22nd	Wanderlust	Walter blackmails Jutta with a leave disguised as a hospital stay in order to spend time with Bea, but carrots, which Walter meets on the street, thwart their plans. Thanks to Ilse, Katharina's identity can be proven. Katharina is allowed to leave Reutlitz and is indebted to Ilse forever.	January 21, 2001
147	23	Eva's world	Jutta's vacation and Birgit's illness mean that Eva takes over the management of the institution during this time. The tone changes in Reutlitz and the inmates are harassed and have to accept numerous sanctions. Sofia comes back to Reutlitz from Prekow to find a better relationship with Jule.	January 29, 2001
148	24	On a knife edge	Jule is persuaded by Sofia to kill Eva, which she notices and blackmails Jule to fix her. This leads to Jule betraying her grandmother, who turns away from her and comes back to Prekow. Eva also portrays Jule as a traitor to the inmates.	February 5, 2001
149	25th	Jules fate	Jule commits suicide and the inmates learn that Eva is to blame for it. Uschi calls for a boycott against Ms. Baal. They accidentally pass out Birgit and demand that Eva be exchanged for Birgit.	February 12, 2001
150	26th	The riot	Melanie takes advantage of the uprising to enable her own escape and places a bomb on Bea. So that Bea can continue to live, Walter finally prevents Melanie, Uschi and Elke from escaping.	February 12, 2001

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Inmates

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 6
Tina Stein	Martina Baumann	125-150	26 episodes	Small role
Agnes Herrmann	Dagmar Bertram	125-150	26 episodes	Small role
Melanie "Mel" Schmidt	Sigrid Schnückel	125-130, 133-136, 139-150	22 episodes	Blood enemy of Walter.
Julia "Jule" Neumann †	Anke Rähm	125-127, 129-142, 147-149	20 episodes	Daughter of Mona. Granddaughter of Sofia. Nadja's ex-girlfriend. Conny's best friend. Escape with the help of Conny fails because she was betrayed by Mona. In desperation, commits suicide after Eva portrayed her as a traitor in front of the inmates.
Ilse Wünsche born. Brahms	Christiane Reiff	125-128, 131-138, 140, 145-150	19 episodes	Kitchen help in the prison. Wife of Gregor Wünsche. Suffers from the distance to her husband.
Anna Talberg	Bettina Kramer	125-126, 129-135, 137-140, 143-146, 149-150	19 episode	Mother of Jan and Lilli. Falls in love with Tom Weber.
Christine "Walter" Walter	Katy Karrenbauer	125-132, 137-138, 141-146, 149-150	18 episodes	Ring leader in the prison, begins an affair with the turnkey Bea.
Jeanette Bergdorfer	Christine Schuberth	129-136, 141-150	18 episodes	Cleaner in the prison.
Ursula "Uschi" König	Barbara Freier	127-136, 139-142, 145, 149-150	17 episodes	Jule's best friend. Tries to escape with Melanie and Elke.
Mona Suttner	Anja Beatrice Kaul	125-136, 139-141	15 episodes	Mother of Jule. Betrays her own daughter for early release.
Elke Meier	Monika Guthmann	125-126, 129-134, 139, 145-150	15 episodes	Change of cast after this season Ends relationship with Jan. Drives off her pregnancy. Comes to Preekow for a short time.
Cornelia "Conny" Starck	Kristin Lenhardt	125-137, 140	14 episodes	Jule's best friend, Oli's friend, flees with him in a hot air balloon from Reutlitz towards America. Later tried to help Jule to escape by sending her a harmless looking postcard on which her phone number was hidden. Jule later explained the escape plan and the hiding place of the key and where she was waiting for her in a phone call.
Denise Hartung	Edina Robinson	142-150	9 episodes	Figure skating professional. Continued to train for the Olympics while in custody.
Sofia Monetti	Gudrun Gundelach	126-127, 131-132, 147-148	6 episodes	Runs crooked business at the Mafia. Former mother-in-law of Mona. Grandmother of Jule. Relocated to Preekow.
Tina Hünseler †	Ina Halmagyi	131-132, 134-135, 139-140	6 episodes	HIV positive junkie who likes Dr. Stein infected with HIV. Dies as a result of her illness.
Katharina von Preiss	Christine Wodetzky	143-146, 148	5 episodes	Nobles. Suffers from amnesia and due to an intrigue, Marion Müller is brought to Reutlitz as a homeless person. With the help of Ilse, he manages to prove her innocence and is released.

Prison staff

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 6
Tom Weber	Marcus Grüsser	125-139, 145-146, 149-150	19 episodes	Closer of the prison. Elke's affair. Anna's ex-boyfriend. One-night stand by Mona and Denise.
Beate "Bea" Hansen	Sonia Farke	127-134, 136-138, 141-146, 149-150	19 episodes	Turnkey. Friend of Walter.
Peter Kittler	Egon Hofmann	125-130, 133-134, 137-142, 147-150	18 episodes	Normally open.
Eva Baal	Karen Bohne	125-126, 131-136, 139-140, 143-144, 147-150	16 episodes	Sadistic turnkey; temporarily takes over the institution management; leads Jule Neumann to suicide.
Dr. Christopher Columbus stone	Atto Suttarp	126, 131-135, 139-146, 149-150	16 episodes	Prison doctor; becomes infected with HIV.
Jutta Adler	Claudia Loerding	127-132, 137-138, 141-146, 149-150	16 episodes	Institution director, Elke and Walter robbed her of their lottery winnings.
Sybille "Möhrchen" Mohr	Heidi Weigelt	127, 131-138, 142, 145-150	16 episodes	Secretary to the prison management. Is temporarily terminated by Eva Baal.
Birgit Schnoor	Uta Prelle	127-128, 133-134, 137-144, 147, 149-150	15 episodes	Head of the ward and deputy head of the facility, if she is unable to attend for a long time due to illness, she is kidnapped by the inmates in the season finale.
Horst Dahnke	Thomas Engel	125, 131-132, 135-136, 141-144	9 episodes	Normally open.
Dr. Nadja Feldmann	Yvonne Burbach	135-138	4 episodes	Doctor on the infirmary in the practical year. Childhood friend of Jule. Will be terminated.
Leo Meinecke	Joey Zimmermann	125, 135, 142	3 episodes	Institution cook
Dr. Evelyn Kaltenbach	Franziska Matthus	146, 148	2 episodes	Works in the Ministry of Justice. Come to Reutlitz on various occasions.
Jörg Johannes Baumann	Armin Dallapiccola	149-150	2 episodes	New closer in Reutlitz.

Relatives

Role name	actor	consequences	number	Notes and role development in season 6
Jan Talberg	Benjamin Quaiser	125-126, 129-131, 138-139	7 episodes	Son of Anna. Brother of Lilli. Elke's ex-boyfriend.
Oliver "Oli" Papnitz	Eric Benz	133, 135-137, 140	5 episodes	2. Actor in the role of Jutta's nephew; Friend of Conny; flees with Conny towards America.
Burkard von Preiss	Markus Kiepe	144-146	3 episodes	Nephew of Katharina von Preiss.
Lilli Talberg	Anna Herrmann	131, 138	2 episodes	Daughter of Anna. Sister of Jan.
Nina Teubner	Julia Mallwitz	137-138	2 episodes	Character is only in season 6 not embodied by Marie-Ernestine Worch Walter's foster daughter. Starts an internship with Karsten Fricke's music management.
Karsten Fricke	Andreas Wrosch	137-138	2 episodes	Katja Werker's music manager. Attacks on Nina Teubner.
Vivien "Vivi" Andraschek	Annette Frier	127	1 episode	Former inmate. Walter's ex-girlfriend. Meets with them during a free walk.
Commissioner Wilms	Peter Zintner	127	1 episode	Renaming of the role. Detective inspector.
Margarethe "Mutz" Korsch	Brigitte Renner	133	1 episode	Former inmate of the prison. Is visited by Ilse, Ms. Mohr and Bea in their old people's home in Bad Hersfeld.
Gerhard "Gina" Röderer	Dieter Rita Scholl	139	1 episode	Transvestite; good friend of Elke.
Dr. Gregor wishes	Santiago Ziesmer	148	1 episode	Ilse's husband.

Relay deaths

episode	person	Kind of death	action
131	Stefano Monetti	Shot	Sofia's son and Jules' father Stefano Monetti is shot dead by the police when he tries to visit his mother in the hospital.
140	Tina Hünseler	HIV	Tina Hünseler dies in the bunker of an AIDS infection.
149	Jule Neumann	suicide	Jule Neumann hangs herself in the laundry after admitting that her life was no longer worth anything.

Web links

• Season 6 in the Internet Movie Database (English)