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When a German undercover cop's case leads him to Amsterdam, he soon finds himself investigating the highest levels of organised crime, politics and big business.

Prince Lassman wanders on the hunt. He curiously enters the castle spring there magically by fairy mother Cleo as another absurdly unselfish wish from Helene in desperate attempts to meet the impossible demands of her wicked ingrate stepmother Gertrud, who expects Helene to slave at all kinds of jobs. They picnic in the wood, fall in love at first sight and agree to meet back there. However the king insists Lassman should honor the promise made at a neighbor king's daughter Josephine's birth to conclude an alliance by marriage, which they heirs only learn now. Lassman risks being repudiated to seek his true love, but finds her gone and Gertrud lies she was killed by (imaginary) robbers. Heartbroken, Lassman accepts his political duty. Helene wanders off and disgusted by Gertrud and moves in with an old goat herd, who prospers with her self-reliant help, and gets famous enough as seamstress to be recruited for Josephine's wedding dress. Lassman spots her and goes for love.

After even years loyally serving a colonial wares merchant, gold-honest, gullible optimist Hans follows the call of the sea, back to his coastal home and gets paid generously by his master with a heavy gold nugget. Tiring of the load, he expresses envy of a squire on horse-back, who eagerly switches his mount for the gold. Thrown off by the horse, Hans delights a farmer by switching it for a cow, and when another farmer claims it's an old one out of milk, the bovine for his pig, which a passing journeyman suggests may be reported stolen yet happily switches for his goose. This Hans trades for a scissor-grinder's deprecated spare grindstone as 'dream job', only to dump it in a pit due to its weight. Thus he arrives at sea, penniless, at the same time as Elisabeth, the handsome, commercially gifted daughter of greedy merchant Knudsen, who had mixed feelings about his hedonistic welcoming of financially bad deals, ending up thanking God for his 'freedom'.

German North Sea beach fisherman Hein always was happy with his wife Islebill, despite their modest life and poor dwelling. When he spares a rod-caught speaking flounder's life, the grateful enchanted prince promises to grant his wish. Hearing this, Ilsebill urges him to ask for a decent house, which is granted instantly. While Hein generously shares their newfound wealth with neighbor Klaas's penniless family, his wife keeps getting jealous of people in higher stations, urging him against growing reluctance to ask the flounder to be be promoted country squire, king, eventually pope. But as Hein feared, she only transforms into a haughty, unhappy butch abusing even her 'mere husband', and each transformation takes a hefty toll on the marine environment, which ends up inhospitable, causing coast-dwellers to flee.

Popular joker, wheeler-dealer and heckler Till Eulenspiegel cleverly exposes the stupid greed of Lübeck burgomaster Klaas Wüllenwever, who vows to revenge the humiliation in order to restore his shaken authority in city council, as he plans to demand a plenipotentiary mandate to wage war on the main Hansa city's Baltic rivals, including the Danish realm and Dutch republic. As a trap, Klaas orders Till's patrician first ex Kathrin incarcerated, while his soldiers fail to hunt down elusive disguise-master Till. Kathrin sends to Till her cocky but resourceful kid daughter Marie, who escapes from the nunnery orphanage to commandeer Till as 'her helper' to free mother. After a daring plan to get Copernicus's master key invention, they return to Lübeck, where it's truth time, changing Till's and other lives forever.

In a drought-tormented peasant town, Andrees hopes to wed Maren, daughter of the richest valley landowner who sells rare water for dried-up hill pastures. He however refuses her hand to the son of a widow whose husband foolishly limited himself to hill cattle, hence is about to lose all, yet he jocularly promises to allow the wedding and scrap the debt as a wedding gift if the couple manages to end the drought by awaking the legendary rain fairy. The youngsters set out to find her, countered by the fire master, a demon who thrives in heat waves. They must combine their skills and improvise.

Ines Erdmann, a mathematics and physical education teacher at a high school in Cologne, is popular with her students and is happily married to the journalist Boris. The two have been married for 14 years. Luckily, the only thing they still lack is a child. Ines in particular makes this difficult to achieve. Despite the confidence of her gynecologist, self-doubt gnawed at her. When 16-year-old Clara joins her class, Ines can hardly believe her eyes: she is convinced that she recognizes the girl as her daughter, whom she gave up for adoption after the birth. Her insecure living situation was the reason for the step. For all these years she had suppressed this painful chapter of her life and never told Boris anything about it either. Her best friend Simone, the only person who knows about the story, urgently advises Ines to keep her distance from Clara and, if necessary, even to apply for a transfer. But Ines ignores all concerns and tries to get close to the young woman, who grew up as the child of a wealthy doctor couple and knows nothing about the adoption. Since the teenager has problems at school, the adoptive parents ask Ines of all people to tutor their daughter. Contrary to official regulations, according to which she is not allowed to give her students private lessons, she agrees - the desire to be close to her daughter outside of school outweighs all the threatening consequences. A trusting, friendly relationship quickly develops between the two. Clara finds understanding and the ease with her teacher that she misses so much in her overcautious parents. The longer Ines keeps up the game of hide-and-seek, the more complicated the situation becomes. While Boris suspects an affair in view of his wife's frequent absences, Clara's adoptive mother reacts incomprehensibly to the teacher's increasing interference in family upbringing issues. When Ines finally dares to take the decisive step and tells her daughter the truth, the girl's world collapses.

When an investigative journalist is found dead in Amsterdam's port, Alex and Bram are determined to bring to light what the victim had found out.

Someone kidnapped the son of Alex's neighbour, who will be dead unless Alex kills his colleague Bram. Short of time, the cops devise a risky plan.

The young Belarusian Laila has a nasty surprise when she arrives in Amsterdam: instead of being able to work as a seasonal waitress in the restaurant industry, she ends up in the clutches of brutal pimps. At nightclub owner Jos Zwolsman's brothel, Laila has to "work off her debts" for the "job agency" to get her passport back. When she spontaneously tries to escape, the courageous woman arouses the interest of the Amsterdam police. Inspector Bram de Groot and his German colleague Alex Pollack, who have been observing the establishment for a long time without success, recruit her as an informant. However, they are not just concerned with Zwolsman, but above all with his internationally sought-after backer: the "gardener", who has so far been a phantom for the police. However, Pollack has to be particularly careful, because Laila's son Yuri, who is with her mother in Belarus, could also be in danger if exposed. Laila also knows that she cannot rely on anyone - not even Pollack's promise of security. Trusting only in herself, Laila begins a double game.

Alex Pollack slips into the role of an undercover investigator in order to break up drug lord Ramirov's cleverly disguised dealership ring. The German police officer based in Amsterdam is hired by the shipping company owner Heesters, who smuggles large quantities of cocaine with his fish deliveries. Pollack and Inspector de Groot plot to blow up the entire gang when they hand over a multi-million dollar drug shipment. However, when the gangsters discover the dead body of an Indonesian sailor among the frozen fish, they change their plan at the last second and let the raid come to nothing. By failing, Pollack and de Groot realize there is much more at stake than drugs. One witness, the submerged seaman Joyo, has a cell phone video showing the murder of an SNF inspector on the high seas. In addition to the investigators, an activist group is also interested in Joyo's inside information. With their commitment, Ocean Leaks boss Dick and his colleague Elise are also putting themselves in danger, because Heesters and Ramirov have no scruples. Now Pollack not only has to solve the case, but also protect the activists.

Alex Pollack (Hannes Jaenicke) arbeitet als Security-Mann in einem alteingesessenen Diamantenunternehmen in Amsterdam, das nach vagen Indizien in den illegalen Handel mit Blutdiamanten verwickelt sein könnte. Und tatsächlich findet Alex Hinweise, dass in dem Traditionsunternehmen nicht alles mit rechten Dingen zugeht. Alex gelingt es, das Vertrauen der Firmenchefin Rebecca Abrabanel (Sarah Melis) zu gewinnen, die das Geschäft mit großer Leidenschaft und Seriösität führt. Doch dann überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Alex' Kollege Hermann van Blomen (Waldemar Torenstra) wird bei dem Versuch, das Traditionhaus auszurauben, erschossen - allem Anschein nach von Alex. Alex muss untertauchen und versucht, unterstützt von Bram de Groot (Fedja van Huêt), seine Unschuld zu beweisen.

Illegale Müllverschiffung und Drogenhandel stehen im Zentrum des siebten Amsterdam-Krimis: Hannes Jaenicke taucht als Undercover-Experte Alex Pollack in die zynischen Machenschaften eines gehypten, vermeintlich nachhaltigen Entsorgungsunternehmens ein. Drehbuchautorin Britta Stöckle nutzt das Social Washing, die Tarnung verbrecherischer Geschäfte durch gesellschaftliches Engagement, als Kontext für eine hochaktuelle Kriminalgeschichte. Die mehrfach preisgekrönte Regisseurin Almut Getto führt bei ihrer ersten Regiearbeit für den Amsterdam-Krimi, der mit rund sechs Millionen Zuschauern regelmäßig Topquoten erzielt, in die moralischen Abgründe der schillernden Grachtenmetropole. Kommissar Bram de Groot und seinem Team wird ein verstörendes Video zugespielt: Auf einer Mülldeponie in Malaysia liegt der tote Körper eines kleinen Jungen zwischen hochgiftigem Sondermüll aus Europa. Die Spur führt zu dem renommierten, in Amsterdam ansässigen Recyclingunternehmen "Golden Wings Logistics", dessen Eigentümerin Laura Lee eine wegen ihres sozialen Engagements hochgeachtete Persönlichkeit ist. Ein Vorgehen gegen Lee kann nur mit äußerster Sensibilität erfolgen. Bram de Groot schleust Alex Pollack, seinen Spezialisten für Undercover-Aktionen, in das Unternehmen ein. Ein Drahtseilakt für den erfahrenen Polizisten, der während seiner Aktion immer tiefer in die kriminellen Machenschaften gezogen wird. Er findet Hinweise auf illegale Müllverschiebung und Drogenschmuggel. Eine Razzia scheitert - wurde sie durchgestochen? Gibt es einen Verräter in Brams Team? Die Lage spitzt sich zu, als Alex plötzlich spurlos verschwunden ist.