A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.

Marcel, a discouraged paraplegic struggling with day-to-day challenges, is the only witness of an epileptic seizure and has to intervene on his own in order to help a stranger.