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''Die Kommissarin'' (
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for "the inspectoress") is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from
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till 2006. The series, which takes place in
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, Germany, is notable as being the first, and as one of the most successful, German police detective series with a female lead character (others include
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and
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). The main character is Inspector Lea Sommer, played by
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. Sommer is divorced with custody of her teenage son, Daniel. She is looking forward to a new relationship with her new boyfriend, Jonathan. Although Lea and Jonathan telephone each other frequently, he is never seen or heard on screen (see
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). Sommer was originally paired with Nick Siegel (
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), but in a 1996 episode, Siegel was shot to death by an escaping criminal. His last words were ''"Lea, ich fühle mich so kalt"'' ("Lea, I feel so cold"). Sommer's current partner officer is Jan Orlop. ''Die Kommissarin'' airs on the German Language channel German Kino Plus in the United States. In
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it airs on
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under the title ''Etsivä Lea Sommer''. (Detective Lea Sommer)


See also

* ''
Der Kommissar (TV series) ''Der Kommissar'' (English ''The Police Inspector'') is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad (''Mordkommission''). All 97 episodes (55 minutes each), which were shot in black-and-white and first br ...
''


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