

Season 46 • Episode 15
LatestSOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.
Acting
Gerd Silberbauer carried 25+ years like a Bavarian oak tree.
Production
Munich locations so pristine you'll suspect tax fraud.
Writing
46 seasons of 'whodunit' — formula perfected, then fossilized.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
SOKO spawned an entire franchise — SOKO Leipzig, SOKO Köln, SOKO Stuttgart — becoming Germany's answer to Law & Order.
The 2018 finale after 40 years made national news; Germans treated it like losing a particularly reliable uncle.