TV tips: Mysterious motorcycle accident in the "Zurich thriller"

Thomas Borchert investigates in the "Zürich-Krimi" (Das Erste) after a mysterious motorcycle accident. In "Pitch Perfect 2" (VOX), the Bellas have a huge problem: ban on performance. Angelina Jolie fights against corrupt cops in "The Foreign Son" (ZDFneo).

8:15 p.m., Das Erste, The Zurich thriller: Borchert and the murderous greed, thriller

In the morning, lawyer Dominique Kuster (Ina Paule Klink) and her assistant Regula (Susi Banzhaf) find an answering call on the answering machine from a young man who asks the law firm for assistance. On the way to them Julian (Justus Czaja) is pushed aside and falls heavily on his motorcycle. When Borchert (Christian Kohlund) passes the scene of the accident shortly afterwards, the unconscious victim is being stabilized. Borchert, who lost his son in an accident, feels personally committed. The fact that the "lawyer without a license" has no written mandate does not bother him.

8:15 p.m., ZDF, It's not that easy to die, family drama

When Kurt Lehmann (Michael Gwisdek) suffers a heart attack in his adopted home Mallorca, his three daughters Lotte (Ursula Karven), Steffi (Anja Schiffel) and Rebecca (Sandra Borgmann) travel to the Balearic Island to say goodbye to their dying father – and last but not least, to take up the considerable legacy. Kurt's wife Renate (Michaela May) also wants to come to terms with her husband and ease her conscience: while Kurt is still in a coma, she confesses that her youngest child Rebecca is not his, but the daughter of another man.

8:15 p.m., VOX, Pitch Perfect 2, musical comedy

The "Bards Bellas" are back! The college graduation is imminent and Beca (Anna Kendrick), Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) and the other Bellas are worried about how to proceed. There they get a huge problem: After an extremely embarrassing performance, they are suspended and given a performance ban. Your only hope is the a cappella World Cup in Copenhagen. If they win, they are saved. But that will be anything but easy, because a group seems to be an overwhelming opponent. The Bellas can only sing to victory if they find a distinctive sound.

8:15 p.m., ZDFneo, The Foreign Son, drama

When Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) came home in March 1928, her nine-year-old son Walter disappeared without a trace. After months of searching, Police Captain J.J. Jones (Jeffrey Donovan) informed that Walter had been found alive and well. When the child (Devon Conti) is to be handed over to her at the train station, Christine claims that this is not her son. And when the desperate mother insists on her story, she is labeled insane.

11:15 p.m., ZDF, happiness is something for wimps, tragic comedy

Jessica (Ella Frey) is often mistaken for a boy and constantly has to fight her many strange ticks. She would like to trade with her pretty sister, who seems to have her life fully under control despite illness. But then Sabrina's (Emilia Bernsdorf) condition deteriorates. A plan has to be drawn up quickly. In an old book, the two come across a special ritual that is said to bring salvation. For this, however, Sabrina and Jessica have to find a boy who sleeps with Sabrina.

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