Stromberg (TV Series) / Episode List
This list of Stromberg episodes contains all episodes of the German television series Stromberg , sorted by first broadcast . The series has five seasons with 46 episodes. The shortest seasons are seasons 1 and 3 with eight episodes each, the longest 2, 4 and 5 with ten episodes each.
Overview
| Season | Number of episodes | First broadcast | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | ||
| 1 | 8th | October 11, 2004 | December 20, 2004 |
| 2 | 10 | September 11, 2005 | November 13, 2005 |
| 3 | 8th | March 5, 2007 | April 30, 2007 |
| 4th | 10 | November 3, 2009 | December 29, 2009 |
| 5 | 10 | November 8, 2011 | January 31, 2012 |
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast D | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The car park | Oct 11, 2004 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| The Capitol Insurance is the location of a TV documentary. A camera team follows the day-to-day office work of the claims settlement department M to Z, which is headed by Bernd Stromberg, with the camera. Stromberg, of course, wants his team to always be shown from the best side, especially since his supervisor, Ms. Berkel, tells him that his team is under special observation as part of a restructuring of the claims settlement departments. But Stromberg rarely succeeds in putting the department in a good light. An obscene drawing by Tanja Seifert, a clerk, is discovered on the toilet. Berthold Heisterkamp, who is always called Ernie by his colleagues, takes on the search for perpetrators by asking colleagues questions about the course of events and having drawings of the same motif drawn on a flipchart. Stromberg is trying to get a better parking space on the company's premises. During a conversation, Stromberg offers his colleague Hilpers, who is responsible for the company parking lot, a cigar - to influence his decision - although he knows that he suffers from severe asthma . “Röchel-Hilpers” ends up in the hospital and dies. Stromberg, who is accused by Hilpers' wife of having rammed her car, takes care of the poor woman, but he also makes her an immoral proposal during the conversation. A video from a surveillance camera shows that Stromberg actually rammed Ms. Hilpers' car. He pays the damage to the widow in cash. When Stromberg wants to draw an organizational chart for the department on the flipchart in the presence of Ms. Berkel, the collected drawings of the colleagues that Ernie had made come to light. Tanja is deeply hurt and angry. Due to the distinctive shape of the “j”, Stromberg is ultimately exposed as the author of the drawing by Tanja in the toilet. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Fire alarm | Oct 18, 2004 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Aglef Püschel |
| Stromberg's colleague and strongest competitor in the fight for the overall management of the claims adjustment department, Sinan Turçulu, has passed professional training with a top result and is highly praised by Ms. Berkel for this. Stromberg's department, however, again attracts negative attention during a fire alarm when Ms. Berkel discovers that Stromberg has apparently still not appointed a fire protection officer, although she had pointed this out to him a few months earlier. Stromberg spontaneously decides that Ulf Steinke will take over this position with immediate effect. However, Ulf is reluctant to accept this decision. In order to be able to leave a good impression on Ms. Berkel again, Stromberg plans to give her a special present for her birthday. However, his idea to give her a massage chair goes completely wrong. Mrs. Berkel discovers the armchair in Stromberg's office and asks him to remove it from the office immediately. Still looking for a present, Stromberg gets wind that Turçulu is bidding on tickets for a Robbie Williams concert on the internet auction platform eBay . He doesn't want to miss this top gift. He found the offer on the Internet, and when there were only a few seconds left to bid, he manipulated the fire alarm in his office with a lighter so that another fire alarm was triggered. Ulf works as a fire protection officer and gathers the whole team - except for Stromberg - in front of the company. Stromberg remains in his office and quietly makes the last and successful bid for the concert tickets. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | mobbing | Nov 8, 2004 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & David von Felten |
| The canteen chef exposes Stromberg to his colleagues and, even worse, to his competitor Turçulu. Stromberg can't let that sit on him. He urges his team to boycott the canteen for the next few days. Ernie feels bullied by his colleagues. Stromberg goes to the Italian restaurant with Tanja. Ernie comes up and tells him about the bullying. Stromberg calls the kitchen and pretends to be an employee of the health department. He orders mice, which is discovered by Berkel. | |||||
| 4th | 4th | The birthday | Nov 15, 2004 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann, David von Felten |
| As a wheelchair user, Mr. Fritsche is entitled to Stromberg's new parking lot on E2. Stromberg, on the other hand, sticks to his parking lot so much that Mr. Fritsche hands the matter over to the works council. It's Ulf's birthday. Sabine Buhrer from the works council urges Ulf to register for the training in good time. At the same time, Stromberg Ulf is hoping for a promotion. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | The good deed | Nov 22, 2004 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Turçulu attracts attention through the integration of two disabled people in his department. Stromberg wants to keep up and therefore tries to get more social engagement in his department. Ina, Erika's sponsored child, is used by Stromberg as the “foster child of the department” for a newspaper article. | |||||
| 6th | 6th | theft | Nov 29, 2004 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Matthias Schmitt |
| Because employee thefts have increased, Stromberg should take a closer look at his department. During a one-on-one conversation with Erika, it turns out that she has stolen toner for the printer several times. Berkel calls on Stromberg to fire Erika. Stromberg needs them, however, in order not to lose an important customer. Stromberg then told his boss that Erika had breast cancer . | |||||
| 7th | 7th | The promotion | Dec 13, 2004 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Moritz Netenjakob |
| Stromberg is to organize a supporting program for the company party. In the claims settlement department, a source close to the works council leaked that a dismissal should be pending. Ernie becomes so nervous that his stress culminates in a circulatory collapse. Stromberg negotiates with Mr. Kitter, the manager of the pop singer Roland Kaiser ; However, the meeting is not successful because Stromberg considers the fee to be excessive. Ulf encourages Stromberg to act as an entertainer himself, which ultimately works very well. Stromberg fails to decide which of his employees from the department should be terminated. The decision is then taken from him. Finally, Stromberg signs a paper presented to him without looking closely, so that Erika should be terminated again. | |||||
| 8th | 8th | The last day | Dec 20, 2004 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Erika celebrates her strike. In the meantime, Stromberg is moving up in the application process for the overall management of his and Turçulus departments. After an assessment center , it is decided that the position for the overall management will be advertised again and given to an external employee. | |||||
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast D | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | Mr. Becker | Sep 11 2005 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Timo Becker appears as Stromberg's supervisor and new department head of the merged Capitol claims settlement. He finds Stromberg unsympathetic from the very first day. Stromberg's wife Birgit is also visiting the Capitol with his father-in-law, who has Alzheimer's disease. The father-in-law puts a large number of confidential K1 reports in the shredder. | |||||
| 10 | 2 | bowling | Sep 18 2005 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Erika successfully sued back to her old job in court. Mr. Becker is perceived by the department as personable, which causes Stromberg to want to be popular too. The claims department decides to go bowling. The department gets to see Ernie's friend Vanessa for the first time. Stromberg sees bowling as a duel between him and Mr. Becker and gets very drunk. | |||||
| 11 | 3 | The course | 25 Sep 2005 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Stromberg is about to divorce his wife Birgit. After the claims settlement has been restructured, introductory courses for a new software, which Mr. Becker helped develop, are now on the program. Kerstin Aumann teaches the course for the new software. At the end, the department should pass a test. Stromberg tries in vain to wiggle around the final test. After all, with Erika's help, he can just about pass the test; Erika had previously had major problems getting along with the new system herself. | |||||
| 12 | 4th | badminton | Oct 2, 2005 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Stromberg is newly divorced. He keeps claiming that Mr. Becker is gay, including in a women's group in the canteen. Here he also learns that you have a good chance of finding a partner in company badminton. Ernie should work out his ideas in a working group on the instructions of Mr. Becker. Stromberg goes to badminton with Sabine. Alexandra Klausen is violently attacked by him. After Mr. Becker learns of Stromberg's allegations about him, he sends him a warning. | |||||
| 13 | 5 | Male friendship | Oct 9, 2005 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann Idea: Moritz Netenjakob |
| After Stromberg has received a warning and Ernie is getting more and more skills in the department, Stromberg pretends to be a Schalke fan just like Mr. Becker. Ernie is having success with his workgroup. Mr. Becker even assigns him an online representation. Stromberg is supposed to look after a water damage, but completely neglects the task. The claims settlement department watches a game between Dortmund and Schalke in a pub. | |||||
| 14th | 6th | Theo | Oct 16, 2005 | Andreas Theurer | Ralf Husmann & Ron Markus |
| Stromberg is staying at the Capitol because he has still not found a new apartment. Theo Hölter, an old school friend of his, appears in the Capitol. He records Stromberg in his apartment for a short time. According to Mr. Becker, Ernie should work on his “social skills”. So he founds a lottery syndicate that even wins several hundred euros in the evening draw. Since Stromberg's tip was the right one, he claims the profit for himself, although it belongs to the entire syndicate. Theo is a promoter who provides the entire department with free tickets for a concert by the still unknown band “Hypernoise”. However, Ernie organized a lottery party that evening. Tanja kindly leaves her apartment to the band members of Hypernoise to spend the night, otherwise they would have no place to stay. Meanwhile, Tanja stays with a friend. The next day she finds out that the band members rioted in her apartment and left it dirty. She speaks of a loss of 3000 €. Since she is not insured against it, Stromberg offers her the lottery win as compensation. | |||||
| 15th | 7th | The contract | Oct 23, 2005 | Andreas Theurer | Ralf Husmann |
| Hans Georg Althoff intends to insure his company with the Capitol. Mr. Becker reprimands Stromberg in front of the customer Althoff before he goes on a business trip. Contrary to Mr. Becker's instructions, Stromberg continues to negotiate with Mr. Althoff, so that he finally signs the contract. Stromberg and Althoff get on well because they share similar views on leadership. | |||||
| 16 | 8th | The cleaning lady | Oct 30, 2005 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Dietmar Jacobs |
| Due to a change in the cleaning company, the Capitol offices are now cleaned at the start of normal working hours. The cleaning lady Nyota N'yangasongwa is sexually molested by Stromberg. He tries in vain to get Ernie to give a false statement in order to exonerate himself. A committee is then formed, which consists mainly of female members of the HR department and the works council. The recordings made by the camera team, which document the processes in the office, are also evaluated. The sexual harassment can be seen more or less clearly on it. Stromberg is threatened with termination without notice. On the advice of Mr. Becker, Stromberg went to Ms. N'yangasongwa in her apartment to apologize to her. He is physically attacked by the cleaning woman's husband, which ultimately leads to the appearance of the police and the deportation of Ms. N'yangasongwa to her home country due to the lack of a residence permit. | |||||
| 17th | 9 | The termination | Nov 6, 2005 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann Idea: Lars Albaum |
| Stromberg is becoming increasingly frustrated by his employees and Mr. Becker. He is also excluded from the weekly conference of department heads. He then applied to Helios, a competitor to the Capitol. The interview goes well. Stromberg spreads the message in the Capitol that he has a new job and sends his resignation via the internal mail. After all, he makes himself particularly unpopular with the department and with Mr. Becker. Because Stromberg intentionally gave his age incorrectly, Helios later turned him down. Only by intercepting the in-house mail does his termination have almost no consequences. | |||||
| 18th | 10 | Open-door day | Nov 13, 2005 | Andreas Theurer | Ralf Husmann |
| To mark the company's 35th anniversary, the Capitol is holding an open day. At the request of Mr. Becker, the event manager, Mr. Pöhlmann, shows a video with the performance of a children's choir. Stromberg unknowingly insults Mr. Becker's daughter. He is then transferred to the Capitol archive, where Mr. Wuttke also works. Stromberg tries to escape the boredom in the archive and passes the time in other places. Ernie organizes an information booth at the open house, which he sees as a career building block, as he is taking on a bit of responsibility again. He later appears as a clown and therefore cannot appear on Vanessa's mother's birthday, which creates tension between the two. There is a small party in the office on the occasion of Tanja and Ulf's engagement. Stromberg pretends that Mr. Pöhlmann has achieved celebrity status through his television presence. Pöhlmann and Stromberg get into business. Stromberg is later seen in a car dealership, where he is giving a sparsely attended autograph session. | |||||
season 3
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast D | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th | 1 | Jennifer | 5th Mar 2007 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Since Stromberg has been representing Capitol in the media, he has enjoyed the protection of Mr. Wehmeyer, so that he has been transferred back to his old claims settlement department. Jennifer Schirrmann is returning to the department after a break with children for several years. Ernie mourns his late mother. Tanja and Ulf are looking for a common apartment and its furnishings. | |||||
| 20th | 2 | Nicole | March 12 2007 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann Idea: Fabian Wiemker |
| After Jennifer Schirrmann has rejected his advances, Stromberg begins a relationship with the rather inconspicuous clerk Nicole. Wehmeyer would like Stromberg to make a film about insurance and give a speech for some Capitol employees who are about to retire. Stromberg tells Wehmeyer that he has a new girlfriend. Wehmeyer suggests that he bring her. Stromberg wants to keep the relationship a secret. In the meantime, Ulf got new loudspeakers installed in his car. Stromberg catches Ulf and Tanja having sex in the car in the company parking lot. Stromberg keeps Nicole doing unnecessary work so that she doesn't have to take her to the company party. After the celebration, she appears, ends the affair with Stromberg in front of those present and lets herself be transferred to another department. | |||||
| 21st | 3 | carnival | 19 Mar 2007 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann Idea: Sonja Schönemann |
| During the carnival season, the pressure on the departments increases. In order to impress Wehmeyer, Stromberg claims that his department can also take over the entire accident consolidation, but underestimates how much work this actually means. Some employees want to inform the works council without first knowing that Stromberg himself is behind the idea. Mr. Becker is also not enthusiastic about it. Stromberg thinks he could lighten the mood with a carnival party in the department. Ernie takes antidepressants, so he's in a good mood for the first time since his mother's death. Stromberg is concerned that he might have skin cancer. | |||||
| 22nd | 4th | The protest | 26th Mar 2007 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann Idea: Moritz Netenjakob |
| The pregnant Maja Decker should not be employed after her maternity leave due to some mistakes . Stromberg reports to Mr. Wehmeyer about it, so that Mr. Becker is forced to reverse the termination. After Stromberg even got a special permit for Ernie's sandwich toaster, he is now called Lurchi in the claims settlement . Claims settlement should get additional work without wage compensation. Stromberg wants to hold a demonstration in Wehmeyer's office, but it fails completely. Finally, Jennifer Schirrmann is to be released because Maja is now allowed to stay. Ernie makes himself popular in the department by handing out sandwiches for free. | |||||
| 23 | 5 | Yokes | Apr 2, 2007 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann Idea: Frank Schmeißer |
| In order to attract Mr. Wehmeyer's attention, Stromberg starts an action “Discrimination - without me”, which is directed against the discrimination of minorities in the Capitol. Jochen Schüller, the photo reporter for the in-house newspaper Capitol Intern, flirts with Stromberg as a homosexual without the latter suspecting of his intentions. Erika is ensnared by the sales representative, Mr Wiebrecht, and is supposed to help him correct a serious error in the accounting. Mr. Wiebrecht invites Erika to dinner, but she does not appear. Her colleagues had previously convinced her that he was only interested in her so that she could iron out his accounting error. Stromberg reveals to Wehmeyer that Jochen is gay. | |||||
| 24 | 6th | Lulu | Apr 16, 2007 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann Idea: Tankred Lerch |
| Mr. Becker has personal problems. His wife wants to separate from him because he works too much. For this reason, he will initially transfer the management of the department back to Stromberg. A visit from the headquarters is announced. Ernie brings "Lulu", his late mother's dog, into the office. Because Ulf has already given notice of his own apartment but has not yet found a flat with Tanja, he is moving his private property into the department's premises. As a member of the internal auditing department, Rudi Wippermann from head office checks the individual departments to see whether everything is being done according to regulations. Compared to other departments, however, he notices the settlement of claims. Before Wippermann's visit, Stromberg found out that he would not tolerate dogs in the office, so he simply gave Lulu away without asking Ernie. | |||||
| 25th | 7th | Mr. Loermann | Apr 23, 2007 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Dietmar Jacobs |
| Erika wants to run for the works council because she no longer wants to tolerate Stromberg's behavior. Walter Loermann is urged by Stromberg to run for the works council against Erika. Because Stromberg tells in the canteen that Loermann is depressed and will possibly hang himself if he is not elected, he receives more votes. Erika loses the candidacy and at the end of the episode is hospitalized with a heart attack. Tanja and Ulf have a move-in party in their new apartment. | |||||
| 26th | 8th | Erika | Apr 30, 2007 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Some colleagues visit Erika in the hospital. When they come to visit again, they find out that Erika has passed away. | |||||
Season 4
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast D | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | Relationships | Nov 3, 2009 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Stromberg has meanwhile worked with Wehmeyer and Dr. Nübel, a manager from the human resources department, was made popular. He beckoned to be promoted to overall manager, as Becker is also promoted. The feeling of an imminent promotion inspires Stromberg. Once again he promises Ulf that he will be able to take over his position and campaigns for him at Wehmeyer. A party is thrown in the department after Stromberg's promotion. Ulf is already planning how he will redesign Stromberg's office when he takes over his position. Jennifer Schirrmann is caught having oral sex with Stromberg in the office . Stromberg continues to insult the canteen cook, for which he was previously warned by Wehmeyer. The cook then complains to the company's board of directors. Since the cook's cousin is on the board of directors of the Capitol, Stromberg is demoted and transferred to Finsdorf, a desolate village nearby. There he is to take over the management of a branch office with two employees. Becker is again temporarily forwarding the department and offers Tanja to succeed Stromberg, which Ulf visibly shakes. In parallel to Stromberg's fate, Ernie alias Berthold Heisterkamp is being followed, who is becoming more and more depressed and apathetic. | |||||
| 28 | 2 | Finsdorf | Nov 3, 2009 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Stromberg first wants to prove himself in Finsdorf and boost the number of deals, but soon has to adjust the expectations downwards again. At the same time, he tries to use Tanja Seifert's initial difficulties in her new position in his favor: Ulf does not accept Tanja as boss; by telling a colleague that he “just screwed away” the new seating plan, he undermines her authority. Some other employees don't take Tanja as a manager very seriously either and want to swap places. Ulf plays office ball with his colleagues. In the hustle and bustle, Tanja’s nerves are soon bare and during lunch in the canteen she also offends Jennifer Schirrmann by alluding to her affair with Stromberg. Stromberg does field sales with Ms. Prellwitz and receives more schnapps than interest in the insurance offers submitted from Bauer Overbeck, since the farmer has previously found cheaper insurance on the Internet. Bernd visits Jennifer and his former subordinates, where he tries to take advantage of the situation in his favor. He incites Ulf and Jennifer and causes the two to complain to Becker about Tanja. When Becker arrives “by chance”, he sees through Stromberg's transparent intentions and assures that Tanja will get support from him. Meanwhile, Ernie and his mental health problems are getting worse and worse, including a suicide attempt in the car, which Stromberg accidentally discovered and thwarted. With this, Bernd Stromberg sees the upper water again, and when farmer Overbeck finally concludes several policies with the Capitol, the situation for Stromberg seems to be developing better and better. | |||||
| 29 | 3 | Pastoral care | Nov 10, 2009 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Dietmar Jacobs |
| Since everyday work in Finsdorf is not as stressful as it is in the city, Joachim invites one of his colleagues from the volunteer fire department to the office. Stromberg doesn't like that at all, he initially insults him as a “village nose”. The situation is brought under control by Joachim and Stromberg then drives to the Capitol to meet his old colleagues. Ernie has now reached a point where he needs professional help, but instead Stromberg reluctantly takes him to Finsdorf to prove “that the department is important to him”. Ernie feels visibly more at home here, because Ms. Prellwitz and Joachim treat him like a work colleague and not like a problem child. Jennifer's mood improves as Ernie is actually feeling better with the change of job, and she agrees to meet Stromberg for dinner. Meanwhile, Mr. Becker has to gradually criticize Tanja because none of the employees is constantly at his workplace and cannot be reached that way. Ulf confirms this criticism by getting a projector for a romantic video evening despite Tanja's request to stay at work. To justify his absence, he claims in front of Mr. Becker that the projector was used internally, which is why the video evening has to take place in the office, which can be seen in the last scene. In the evening, Stromberg goes to an inn in Finsdorf, the "Ochsen", with Jennifer. Here he meets Joachim with his fire brigade regulars table, which includes Ernie and Joachim's friend, who was insulted by Stromberg that morning. Stromberg is asked very brutally to leave the bar, and out of anger about it, he pulls Ernie in front of the fire brigade regulars table and leaves no private detail out. Ernie runs away, and Jennifer's mood is now in the basement too. | |||||
| 30th | 4th | Helge | Nov 10, 2009 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann, Tankred Lerch & Christian Martin |
| Although Stromberg can't really do much with children and occasionally calls Helge disparagingly “fart knots” or “Helga”, he declares himself ready to take care of Helge for an afternoon in order to bail Jennifer out of a childcare facility that has been canceled at short notice and to prove to her that the well-being of other people is also important to him. Because Helge is interested in cars, Stromberg lets him drive a few laps himself in his car. Finally, the two end up in Finsdorf, where the Capitol employees all fail to explain the simplest fraction calculation to Helge. Stromberg then gives Helge a tip on how he can cheat on his upcoming math work. But Helge is promptly caught by the teacher, Jennifer's gratitude for the initially successful afternoon turns into anger and anger towards Stromberg. | |||||
| 31 | 5 | Couple evening | Nov 17, 2009 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Sonja Schönemann |
| Tanja receives an award for special achievement for a billing system she has proposed, which is endowed with 3000 €. Ulf, however, believes that Tanja is neglecting him in her new position. In the meantime, Stromberg tries to work on his relationship with Jennifer and sends her a package with erotic massage oil and a bikini that is accidentally opened by colleagues. Jennifer is visibly embarrassed about this; she finally gives the gift back to Stromberg. When tensions between Tanja and Ulf arise again, Stromberg - not entirely unselfishly - suggests a couple's evening to which he would also like to take Jennifer, who previously complained that she and Stromberg had no mutual friends. When Stromberg tries to confess his feelings to Jennifer in a bar, Tanja's cell phone rings and interrupts it. She is called to the office because Ernie attacked a cleaning lady who asked him late at night to stop his work so she can clean the office. The next day Stromberg wants to confess his feelings to Jennifer again. He persuaded a colleague to play the song I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder on a keyboard . When Stromberg falls on his knees to propose to her, Jennifer hurries out of the office. | |||||
| 32 | 6th | Sally | Nov 24, 2009 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Moritz Netenjakob |
| After the unsuccessful engagement application, Stromberg brings Jennifer to work. However, Jennifer is no longer interested in a relationship with Stromberg. In Finsdorf, Ms. Prellwitz made Stromberg aware of an insurance application from table dancer Ute (artist name Sally), who would like to insure her body in the event of a loss of work. At first Stromberg waves him off, but when Ms. Prellwitz shows him photos of Sally, he pays her a home visit to clarify insurance details. In the evening he visits Jennifer again at the Capitol and tells her about his new acquaintance in order to make her jealous. Ernie still has the impression that the entire department doesn't like him except for Tanja. Meanwhile, Ulf is planning his bachelor party. Stromberg also gets wind of it and suggests to Ulf that instead of organizing a bowling evening, it is better to celebrate in a strip bar called "Knusperhäuschen", where Sally also happens to work. In Finsdorf, Stromberg Sally offers term life insurance instead of insurance for her body, which, however, only pays in the event of an amputation. Sally strips in the Capitol for Ulf, which is not met with enthusiasm by Tanja, who comes later. Stromberg's plan to make Jennifer jealous with the attractive Sally fails: Out of pity, she goes out for a drink with Ernie in the evening and Stromberg is left alone. | |||||
| 33 | 7th | Gernot | Dec 1, 2009 | Franziska Meletzky | Ralf Husmann, Tankred Lerch & Christian Martin |
| Joachim introduces Stromberg to his cousin Gernot Graf, who is applying to succeed Joachim in Finsdorf. Gernot lacks an arm and he has very bad manners and poor skills. Stromberg rejects him. Meanwhile, there are dissatisfaction between Tanja, Ulf and Mr. Becker, as Mr. Becker asks Tanja to postpone her honeymoon with Ulf, because there is currently a lack of staff in the Capitol. Stromberg then suggests Gernot as a replacement, with the aim of weakening Tanja's department even more. Stromberg processes the application documents in such a way that they make Gernot appear in a somewhat better light. Gernot misbehaves in the department and doesn't stop at insulting his colleagues. Only with Ernie he gets along very well, plays darts with him and helps him to refresh his ego a little. Stromberg incites Gernot against the department on the one hand and the department against Gernot on the other. But when Gernot sexually harassed Jennifer by touching her, Stromberg is violent and fights him in the hallway. Due to this and a subsequent summary of his professional incompetence by Mr. Becker, the employment relationship between Gernot and the Capitol is terminated, to Ernie's regret. However, Jennifer is impressed that Stromberg has fought for her and kisses him. | |||||
| 34 | 8th | The return | Dec 15, 2009 | Franziska Meletzky | Ralf Husmann |
| Since there is still a shortage of staff in the Capitol, Mr. Becker allows Stromberg to be allowed back on a representative basis while Tanja and Ulf are still on their honeymoon. After a failed attempt to enter his old office, which is locked since it is now Tanja's office, he reluctantly gives himself up to sit down with the other employees. Here he tries very hard to get the seat next to Jennifer, but Ernie strictly refuses to let him have it. Ernie repeatedly quotes his psychologist as saying that he is "unique and valuable". After a short time, Jennifer's ex-husband suddenly appears in the office to pick up Helge. This leads to an argument between him and Stromberg, who wants to protect Jennifer and is then rewarded by her with a kiss. Ernie is obviously a little interested in Sabine from accounting and Jennifer promises to put in a good word for him if he leaves his place to Stromberg. After some time, Jennifer's ex-husband enters the office again, shows his sensible side and suggests a weekend for three with Helge. In contrast to Stromberg, she is taken with this idea. Because Ernie in a webcam acts conference between employees of the Capitol and the couple Steinke quite a panic Tanja ( "All find your new system doof", "Stromberg sitting here now and I on Ulf's place" ...), they break the honeymoon from and the next day they are both back in the office. While Ulf is pushing his limits emotionally, Mr. Becker and Tanja decide together to send Stromberg back to Finsdorf, and because of all the work that has accumulated during that time, Jennifer has to do without her weekend. Stromberg leaves the office furious and is now back in Finsdorf. | |||||
| 35 | 9 | Mr. Nehring | Dec 22, 2009 | Franziska Meletzky | Ralf Husmann & Moritz Netenjakob |
| Stromberg was able to report several insurance contracts to the head office and was given a bottle of wine out of gratitude. In an arrogant manner, however, he refuses to pay the damage to Mr. Nehring, who is known as an influential resident of Finsdorf. In solidarity with Mr. Nehring, many people from Finsdorf cancel their insurance, which puts Stromberg in dire straits. He feels compelled to get more involved in Finsdorf community life. He succeeds, partly threatening, partly pleading, in persuading Tanja to withdraw the rejection of Nehring's application after all - in violation of regulations. At the same time he suggests Jennifer to spend a nice evening with him again. When he explains to her that he wants to take part in a local council meeting in Finsdorf, she realizes the ulterior motive, but agrees to help him. The relationship between Tanja and Ulf continues to deteriorate, while Ernie has fallen in love with a young woman from the self-help group who finds him particularly attractive because of his depression. Stromberg informs Nehring that he has approved his application, takes part in the council meeting and steps in as a baritone in the community choir. With charm, jovial mood songs, fake Finsdorf patriotism and lots of alcohol, he manages to win back the hearts of some Finsdorfers. When Becker found out about the approval, he knocked Tanja down and regretted the decision to have promoted her. This then collapses and gets a crying fit. Stromberg falls coldly in the back and agrees with Becker. For this Jennifer despises him, who stands by Tanja in this matter. In the final scene, Ernie can be seen smooching with his new flame Mia. | |||||
| 36 | 10 | The billing | Dec 29, 2009 | Franziska Meletzky | Ralf Husmann |
| When Stromberg had to put on a friend's foul-smelling rifle club jacket to pose for a photo for the Finsdorfer rifle club newspaper, a fuse blows for him. He decides to take back "his" department and staged a commemorative event there on the day of Erika's death, which he generously brought forward by a few days. Tanja is currently in a meeting. Stromberg pours a lot of alcohol and thus ensures that the entire department does not process the important figures for Tanja. Ulf thoughtlessly informed Stromberg beforehand that high managers would come to the department to see Tanja's Powerpoint presentation; afterwards Stromberg is unobserved in the presentation room with Tanja's computer for a few minutes. When Tanja sees the Erika memorial party, her collar bursts; she loudly refers the employees to their places and Stromberg of the department. Ernie receives a warning because he did not take the obligation to perform the job so seriously. Stromberg manages to portray Tanja as heartless towards Erika, and the department turns against Tanja. Ulf does not recognize Stromberg's tactics either and is disloyal to his wife. When Tanja calls a department meeting, Stromberg reappears to disturb her; She then calls the security service and Stromberg is taken out with the help of a security guard. At the same time, the newly arrived Becker yells at him and bans him from the house. Stromberg sneaks into the canteen and instigates a mutiny among the department employees. When the senior managers appear to see Tanja's presentation, Stromberg just shows up and ignores Becker's advice that he is banned from the house. In relation to the managers, he successfully represents the image of a competent and human manager, while Tanja fails grandly: someone must have interspersed her presentation with ridiculous images when she was not there. The episode ends with a shaken Tanja crying in Ulf's arms and a visibly satisfied Bernd Stromberg, who has taken over the management of the department. Ernie's relationship with Mia has solidified. | |||||
Season 5
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast D | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 1 | Malik | Nov 8, 2011 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Since Mr. Becker had alcohol problems through his divorce, Stromberg takes over the job interviews for the new trainees. In an interview with the Muslim Malik, Stromberg made an inappropriate statement, which is why he complained to Mr. Becker. Stromberg has in the meantime selected another candidate (Jonas) who cannot be accepted for the time being because Mr Becker makes it clear in an interview with Stromberg that Mr Nübel's daughter is married to a Tunisian and that the idea of integration is therefore very important to him. Stromberg then hires Malik, who, however, is not accepted by Ernie, as he is now active in a Catholic parish. It comes to an escalation, whereby Malik leaves again by himself and Stromberg's original candidate is reinstated. Stromberg informs Mr. Nübel that Mr. Becker has alcohol problems, whereupon he is temporarily suspended and Stromberg becomes provisional head of claims settlement. Meanwhile, Tanja tries to get pregnant, but does not succeed. a. also because Ulf tries to prevent this. Stromberg is planning a trip to Amsterdam with Jennifer. | |||||
| 38 | 2 | Mrs. Papenacker | Nov 15, 2011 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Stromberg has his first senior management meetings behind him as a representative for Becker. While in the first meeting he was still facing a sworn men's team, in the second meeting he knew how to score with food that he stole from Berthold. That is why Berthold - unaware of the perpetrators - installed an alarm system on the refrigerator. After Ms. Papenacker has brought down the tableware from the meeting, there is a loud protest from Ernie at the budget meeting. That is why Stromberg has to push Ulf as deputy against his will in order to avoid the consequences of his board member Tremmel. Nevertheless, Stromberg can hardly leave his old office and keeps the keys. | |||||
| 39 | 3 | Mrs. Wilhelmi | Nov 22, 2011 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| While Stromberg is moving into his new office, Ulf Steinke takes over the management of the claims settlement department. Stromberg makes sure that Jennifer takes over Ms. Papenacker's job due to an illness-related absence and that she stands by his side as a secretary in Stromberg's anteroom. As was to be expected, the department reacted with unrest to the personnel change and the new management by Ulf Steinke, who is grappling with authority problems and organizational uncertainties. Stromberg manages to convince the HR manager, Ms. Wilhelmi, that the Capitol does not adequately support single parents. His proposal to establish an internal kindergarten met with approval from the Tremmel board. However, Tremmel has heard that Stromberg has more than just a professional relationship with Jennifer, and he advises him not to have any external relationships with his secretary. | |||||
| 40 | 4th | The successor | Nov 29, 2011 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Sonja Schönemann |
| Stromberg helps another manager avoid making a mistake. The latter returned the favor to Stromberg by advising him to pay more attention to the representative effect of his receptionist and, in particular, to her clothing. Stromberg gets Tanja to go shopping with Jennifer and to advise her. After Jennifer forgets to forward an important letter to the tax office, Stromberg wants to put her back into claims settlement. When she found out about this through a cover letter, she confronted Stromberg and told him in the course of this conversation that he was pregnant with her. In another storyline it turns out that Ulf is unable to procreate. | |||||
| 41 | 5 | The conference | Dec 6, 2011 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann Idea: Tankred Lerch & Ralf Betz |
| Stromberg goes unnoticed in Mr. Becker's name to the annual conference for German insurers. Despite his technical ignorance, he allows himself to be carried away by colleagues there to give a lecture in which he says that the Capitol is sticking to the old procedures regardless of a decisive judgment on the insurance industry. Back in the office, Stromberg learns what negative effects his speech had on the overall effect of the insurance and that the person responsible now has to bear the consequences. It turns out, however, that officially only Mr. Becker was present at the conference, who is not believed to be denying his alcoholism, which is why he is now on leave and Stromberg is to take over his post permanently. | |||||
| 42 | 6th | Mr. Rüther | Dec 13, 2011 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann Idea: Peter Güde |
| Since Jennifer wants to abort Stromberg's child, Stromberg volunteers to be transferred to the ship's hull, which urgently needs a motivating leader. While Stromberg tries to get the department up and running in his own style, Ernie goes out of his way to convince Jennifer of the merits of having a baby. Infected by the apparently happy married life of his new colleagues, Stromberg has mercy and the next day confesses his love to Jennifer. Jennifer forgives him and decides to keep the child. Due to Stromberg's report on the state of the ship's hull, the department is closed and all employees are laid off. Stromberg returns as head of claims settlement. | |||||
| 43 | 7th | Cheyenne | Jan. 10, 2012 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Dietmar Jacobs |
| Stromberg hires Maja Decker again without consulting and allows her to bring her little daughter with her. When the baby causes trouble and restlessness in the house - other mothers also ask to be allowed to bring their children to the company - Stromberg blames Ulf. He has an employee from the IT department delete the email correspondence in which he allowed Maja to bring the baby. In return, Stromberg is committed to promoting this employee. Ulf then receives a warning because the management must assume that he has provided false information. | |||||
| 44 | 8th | Jonas | Jan. 17, 2012 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann Idea: Moritz Netenjakob |
| The apprentice Jonas has to take an exam, but has enormous test anxiety. Jennifer feels sorry for him and asks Stromberg to help him prepare for the exam. Since this ultimately does not succeed (Stromberg gives Jonas too strong tranquilizers before the exam), Stromberg tries to persuade Ulf, as the direct superior of the trainee, to write a very good assessment so that he still passes the exam in this way. At the same time, Ernie appears in the office with his pastor. He tries to get Ulf and the other employees of the claims settlement to respect Ernie more. In addition, the pastor intends to contact the upper management level of the Capitol. Stromberg helps Ulf get rid of the pastor by showing him that Ernie has stored pornographic images on his computer. Ernie is no longer allowed to look after the youth group and is devastated. | |||||
| 45 | 9 | The Rodach bonus | Jan. 24, 2012 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann & Christian Martin |
| Ulf and Tanja plan to adopt a child. Ulf has problems after he has made excessive payments for the Rodach company and has received gifts in return; therefore he is threatened with dismissal. Jennifer accuses Stromberg of having character deficits and abandoning Ulf. In order to impress Jennifer, Stromberg then takes full responsibility for Ulf's misconduct without worrying about the consequences. When he loses the provisional overall management, there is a heated argument between Stromberg and Jennifer. To smooth things over again, Stromberg wants to rent a shared apartment. Just at the moment when Ernie speaks to the landlady on his behalf, it turns out that Jennifer has lost the child. | |||||
| 46 | 10 | The good bye | Jan. 31, 2012 | Arne Feldhusen | Ralf Husmann |
| Stromberg is summoned by management, who dismissed him because of many complaints and his misconduct. Ulf also has problems with Mr. Nübel - not only because of the allegations of bribery, but also because he physically attacked Lehnhoff. Nübel then appoints Berthold, alias Ernie, as deputy head of claims settlement, because according to the files he has the highest productivity in the department. Stromberg vacillates mentally between total despair and aggressiveness. In his last six weeks he wants to stir up the Capitol again and instigates another argument with the canteen cook by collecting signatures against him. Mr. Becker returns after his stay in the clinic and pretends to be dry. He offers Stromberg a "peace coffee" in the office, which Stromberg adds vodka, causing Becker to relapse. Tremmel meets the drunk Becker, and afterwards he also has sympathy for Stromberg's signature collection. He takes immediate action: Becker is on leave, Nübel is transferred to the "East" and Stromberg is again head of claims settlement. | |||||
Web links
- Episode list in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- List of episodes at Fernsehserien.de