Sebastian Fitzek’s Therapy – Season 1 Episode 1 “Without a Trace” Recap & Review

Without a Trace

In the first scene of Sebastian Fitzek’s Therapy Episode 1, we see the protagonist, Viktor Larenz, in a hospital’s waiting room. After that, he speaks to a woman whose name is Mutter for a little while. Then he approaches the receptionist and asks when his daughter Josephine will be returning.

The receptionist then informs him that his daughter is not currently seeing a doctor. Viktor then rushes out to look for his missing daughter in a state of panic. However, he is unable to find her.

The next scene introduces us to Isabell, Victor’s wife, who is distraught at the disappearance of their daughter. She and their lawyer, Wolfgang Riegger, are seen presenting a statement to the press.

We then leap forward in time by 2 years. The anniversary of Viktor’s daughter’s death is coming up. He and his dog pal Sinbad go to Parkum Island so he can get his mind off the tragedy. Additionally, it’s clear that Viktor and his wife Isabell are no longer together, supposedly owing to the grief caused after their daughters disappearance.

At his holiday house, things appear peculiar. His dog, for instance, reacts to noises he thinks are coming from the walls by barking. Nevertheless he overlooks it, convinced that it’s simply rodents in the walls.

In the present timeline, we also see flashes of the past. Josy, his daughter, expresses interest in getting her ears pierced. Viktor stops her from doing it at first by scaring her. However, once she becomes friends with a girl named Mila, she goes ahead and gets her ears pierced. Because of her young age, her parents are upset with her. Later though , Viktor asks her to make a deal with him to always tell the truth, and she does.

In Berlin, Dr. Martin Roth has taken over the role of psychiatric ward director that extends from the late Professor Merkt. Ines, who is said to be a loyalist in the division, has been assigned to him as an assistant as well.

The new director, Dr. Martin Roth, has been making life tough for everyone, but Frieder Jeschke in particular by poaching his clientele. Dr. Roth, when challenged by Frieder, defends his authority and puts an end to Frieder’s objections. He also avoids having any sort of conversation with Frieder or any of his coworkers unless they have an appointment with him.

The action then shifts to Anna Spiegel paying a visit to Viktor. Anna claims to have schizophrenia and asks to be treated by Viktor since they can relate to each other in their shared experience of loss. Anna’s reminder of his daughter’s disappearance triggers Viktor, and he asks her to leave.

Not long after that, Viktor goes to the supermarket. The receptionist there named Bentje tells Viktor about Anna inquiring about where he lives. Viktor is really befuddled. After this, he discusses it with his next-door neighbour, Halberstaedt, who tells him he needs to stop avoiding problems and begin resolving them.

Anna pays Viktor another visit later that day. She has asked for fifteen minutes of his time the second time around. He inquires about when her Schizophrenia manifested. She goes on to explain that it became apparent after she lost her friend. She then describes how she killed her imagery pet dog with a hammer.

As if to suggest that she had anticipated his daughter’s disappearance, she then tells Viktor that she authored a book about a child who vanishes from a hospital. Viktor is angered by this. However, he can’t focus because of the unusual sounds above. He gets up and heads upstairs to double-check. When he returns back Anna has left, and the episode comes to a close.

The Episode Review

In the premiere, a Berlin psychiatrist named Viktor Larenz is running away from the two-year anniversary of his little girl Josy’s disappearance. Anna Spiegel, who appears to have some insights regarding Josy’s whereabouts, discovers him there. Dr. Martin Roth is the new head of a specialised psychiatric clinic in Berlin. Both his approach and his ends appear murky.

The pilot is an excellent mixture of mystery and psychological thriller, and it does a great job of introducing us to the show’s premise. What’s more, we’re already invested in the show’s characters because of their demeanour, and given that, we want to know more about their motivations and predicaments.

The episode ends with Anna disappearing, so it will be intriguing to watch how the plot develops moving forward.