Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

In the narrow kitchen of a family home, two women in their fourties are chatting. Out of the blue, one of them kisses the other. But after their intimate moment, the reality of their lives kicks in. Both women are married, in fact one to the other's brother.

Refusing to die in the hospital, an old man gets on his scooter and heads to the mountain where, as a child, his grandfather used to take him to look for fossils. Reluctantly, his son sets off in pursuit.