Wilfried Haselbeck fell to his death from his sabotaged home balcony balustrade. Prime suspects are two handyman whose firms ail since his guide for Chiemgau rated them utterly incompetent, which they deny : sun screen installer Siegmund Reuter, and historical balcony restorer Stefanie Gundel, whom he repeatedly refused to pay for that very, allegedly shoddy balcony. The cops consult his former colleague, Alois Dumberger, who runs the competent commerce chamber, but fails to come clean about recent contacts and payments. Occupied elsewhere, chief Achtziger delegates to Marie and Stockl the urgent hiring of a new music academy janitor, but just after signing their handsome pick Josef Klinghammer discloses being a multiple ex-con.