Episode list

Textile shipping firm boss Peer Schmidt boarded under a false name, and is single but shy around women, even two friends who initially plan to seduce him for the single. Anita Hork plots to let her daughter Maria, who didn't even dig a cruise, get to like her charming new lover Martin Schober before coming clean about engagement plans. A weird passenger puzzles and annoys staff with endless jogging and questions about the ship's length. A senior couple boarded to her taste, he carries a book on shipwrecks.

Cayman Islands.

Contractor Ulrich Möbius is obsessed with card games, notably 'hearts', so he and his playmates practically ignore the cruise-specific options, including his wife, whose flirtation he doesn't even notice her most serious admirer, Peter Böhmke. Young honeymooner Harald Horn from Münich overestimates his cards skills, losing his and bride Barbara's holiday budget. Aging singer-illusionist Eliane Roth, a former opera star, is accompanied by bitterly-nostalgic pianist Hans Plattner. Eliane dreads performing in front of passenger director Pieter van Kraan, who is writing his memoirs, but he resolves to restore her self-image. Werner Hansen unfortunately has to share his cabin with ingrate, boorish eccentric Herrn Gerold, who imposes his will and abuses Gerold's generosity but the gloves are off when both have a crush on passenger Anette.

Ellen and Eva talk about their lover and husband, respectively, not knowing he is one and the same; Markus invents ailments to get close to his beloved assistant doctor; widower Robert finds consolation in helping blind Renate enjoy Kenya.

Workaholic businessman Herbert Kullmann neglects his younger wife Susanne -who finds her ex Klaus Behringer running the cruise shop- even aboard, but gets eye-opening health troubles trumping even his firm's major crisis. Self-made Hamburg fish seller Amanda Gruber wants to enjoy her fortune, so she advertised for a companion aboard to educate her boorish ignorance, but the private tutor expected kids and needs nudging to accept, eventually ganging up with her against haughty posh crones. Frustrated that ship shop clerk Rose turned him down, the ship baker gets drunk in Puerto Rico's capital San Juan port and wakes up aboard with a street mutt which followed him, against the rules, so he dumps at back on land, but an influential passenger orders the captain to retrieve it.

Pitt juggles alternate dates with his ex-flame and his fiancee; an old couple conceal from each other that both are seriously ill; attractive twins fool everybody by constantly switching identities and get the tables turned against them.

Wedding swindler Balduin Glöckner is recognized after boarding by former victim Agnes Beck, but the captain dryly replies he served his jail term and her husband Arthur grumbles she shouldn't spoil the cruise wining over the past again. Two single Americans find his crime irresistible, hence offer him an alternative deal, but he can't resists flirting and stealing another widow's necklace. Steward Roland and his rich fiancee Linda Schliemann plan for him to charm her picky mother Charlotte while waiting on them before announcing their relationship, which works too well as madam also gets a crush on him. Passenger Mangold asked chief steward Victor to keep kids away from him, yet Mrs. Lipke's impish daughter Ulrike can't be daunted and resolves to 'unfreeze the weird man'.

Neighbors / Daughter of the Chief / The False Player (Brazil).

Thailand.

Studly cruise ship M/S Berlin sailor Stefan systematically acts as gallant white knight for passengers and even other tourists, but often pays a personal price, such as a three years contract. Grandpa Freytag raised doting darling orphan Daniel (12), a fellow jazz fan. On this cruise to New Orleans however, Daniel learns that his pa Rick is alive, a trumpeter in the French Quarter, who left the boy for career prospects and now hopes Daniel will choose him over grandpa. Old Walter finally stands up against his much younger mistress's excessive demands when his bossy ex offers him sanctuary aboard.

International concert pianist Hendrik Vandervoort interrupted his career to spend his dying preteen son Kai's last days on a dream cruise to Disneyland, with a flask at the ready to try making the best of the worst. Max Bomberg refuses to propose to his true love Julia Kirsch for fear of an immature, doomed marriage like his parents', but a lonely singing star's sad story makes him reconsider. Greek kitchen-boy Nikos's stowaway piglet is discovered, yet his touching intentions made to come true during the New year's Eve party.

While performing aboard the cruise ship M/S Berlin to Cape Good Hope, concert pianist René Manier finds as passenger his former teacher Eleonore Stoll, who brought her pre-teen fatherless son, Moritz. The boy refuses to share her on the luxury cross-country train, so he remains with the cruise-director in Zululand. Fishery captain Söhnke Christiansen doubted if life could get better then traveling aboard such a majestic ship, but it this when he's invited to full in for suddenly ill captain Hansen. Banker Georg booked a cabin with his unsuspecting secretary Vera, but his wife Doreen found out, booked a single cabin and claims her place in his double, however with devious twists.

The shipping company plans to dump old staff, notably captain Hansen and engineer Max, now the cruise ship is docked in Dubai due to mechanical trouble they warned for. Crew technician Wolf Riekmann risks his job by visiting his lover, overprotective Holger Philipp's daughter Jesscia, on deck, but can redeem himself by finding the ship bug. Rich gambler passengers's wives resolve to attract their attention by spending more then their stakes, eccentric outfits etc.

Captain Hansen and his crew worry about a secret quality inspector, just now the cruise director is indisposed, and in fact a fraudster plays the part brilliantly. Tycoon Roederer lured his ever-rivaling sons on the cruise by pretending he's resigning after marrying his trusted secretary, who is to take over daily management, hoping they'll join forces.

On the M/S Berlin' cruise to Tasmania, Carpenter Robert Ladewig is aboard to repair some cabins, but pretends to be a wealthy sheep-breeder to impress a guest, in fact a shop clerk playing the boutique owner to impress him. Dr. Erwin Runge boarded incognito, even swore his ex on staff to secrecy, but when the ship's surgeon is incapacitated, must perform on urgent operation.

As family Kelling boards "dream ship" MS Berlin for the cruise to Sydney, kids Moritz and Susu ignore Peter and Ulrike plan to divorce. Finding out, they run away, as stowaways aboard the sailing ship of a former German TV star who takes them under his wing during the race. Blind ship masseur Andreas is delighted to find the new ship photographer is his longtime buddy Christian, who never told him having caused the blinding car accident, which driving girlfriend Lisa took the blame for. She's also aboard and sneaks into the jeep as the men set out on his dream voyages along the aboriginal tracks, only to get stuck in a river, desperate to reach any habitation in the vast bush.

Singapur.

Gerda Müller treats unconvinced granddaughter Nadja to a Hawaii cruise as graduation present, without disclosing it's to meet Gerda's long lost son Bernd, her 'dead' father, who seeks revenge on the man whose false testimony cost him 15 years in jail. It's actually the ship's first engineer Michael Stolze, whom Nadja falls in love with. Michael blamed his mother for dumping his father for Bernd and after her fatal fall, head on a rock, jealously blamed his stepfather Bernd. Captain Hansen gets the men to talk it through and look ahead, with Nadja. New ship boutique concessionary Eva Reimann falls at fist glance leaving the air port for Frank Deubner, whom she finds at the beach and is the cruise ship's executive officer. Passenger Werner Steincke is living proof of her past as call-girl to work off debts, with him as client, whose unwitting 'busiess proposal' enrages Frank, who risks a trial and dismissal after a fist stroke. Workaholic Werner's neglected wife Margit makes him back off by divorce threat. Ingo Büchner finds his teen daughter Jacky a poor choice to stand in for her sick mother with tickets booked, jealously posing as his wife to sabotage potential romance with single Verena Schade. Jacky's own romance with hunky surf instructor Steve suffers his revenge in kind.

Seasoned 'retired' master thief Walter Buchner teaches his naively eager nephew Sven the ropes of society high life and jewel theft, but the knave is more interested in their wine waitress and the suspicious captain proves a competent researcher. A father shows his son where his late mother died and overcomes his related diving phobia. The cruise's hired singer Patrick Lindner is fake, or not him at all.

Commissioner Lucas Kramer booked his first vacation after workaholic streak wrecked his marriage, but can't resist finding it why a passenger hides any detail about her life and ends up helping her with his detective skills. Ship photographer Klaus Vogler believes to recognize a female passenger from her honeymoon, is rebuked for meddling after her denial, but discovers the reason for the resemblance, which enriches two lives.

Crook Bernd tries to evade the law until his crimes become statute-barred on New Year's Eve of 1999; Bernhard is caught between his pregnant wife and his ex-lover; Alfred wants his estranged daughter to succeed him in his company.

Journalist Helma Matern boarded not for fun but a saucy scoop which celebrated novel author Heinz Schulz managed to keep from his audience: he uses the pseudonym Paula Pattini to publish bestseller romantic novels. Insider Rose Gervinius, his literary agent, duly mistrusts flirtatious Helma Matern, but Heinz ignores her warnings, getting obsessed with Helma. Rolf Hartmann hopes the cruise can patch things up with his wife Regine, who is infertile after three miscarriages. Captain Paulsen's godson Mickey Köhler isn't just a gifted prankster, but gets the Hartmanns to take him along on a local trip, posing as poor orphan, when a lunatic on the run confides 'her' stolen baby to Regine, who wants to keep it as she doesn't make it to the given meeting point, being arrested. In Auckland port, contractor Gerd Götze, who believes all is for sale, his much younger wife Stella and his best friend Benjamin Pohl rent a sailing yacht to explore a nearby island. Captain Paulsen spots their red emergency light and stops the ship to take them aboard, Gerd Götze allegedly having had a cardiac attack, but retired police detective Franz Engel soon smells a rat and helps work out the devious truth, requiring seeing through several false versions.

The cruiser heads for the South Sea archipelago Samoa from Sydney, Australia. Captain Paulsen learns in confidence that agent Gerd Finke is after master thief Volker Pohl, whose lover-accomplice is aboard, and meets him on an island trip, but gets jealous of his local bar maid, who turns nasty, yet Cupid strikes again. Udo Haas travels with his single-raised teen daughter, who has a hard d-time dealing with a potential stepmother. Doc Horst Schröder and chief hostess Beatrice chaperon culinary ravel guide authors Lydia Collani viz. Guido Weber, irreconcilable rivals finding themselves aboard after the same native cuisine, yet reaching more of an understanding than keeping quiet neither is an actual chef.

Captain Fred Paulsen eagerly heads to the sultanate of Oman, a home of the Arab dow-traders, whose sail ships essentially remain since the fourth century. Guest Thomas Müller and his wife hoped a romantic holiday would enable hem to get fertile, but his parents Dagmar and Herbert, who dream of grandchildren, booked the room next door as a surprise, which constantly sabotages their romance on board and on 'bedouin' excursion, her being a shameless meddler and he expecting help to cover up his cardiac-disastrous cigar-relapse. A brilliant geologist is eager to test his invention to cheaply explore desert land, surprised his ex is his counterpart in negotiations to sell it to an oil corporation, whose ruthless executive even hires local thugs to steal the results. A homewrecker, whose adulterous lover canceled his booking last minute, fearing his sick wife wouldn't survive divorce, turns suicidal, but her pathetic bottled message gets father and son Merbold, on whose retirement island it beached up, to board and preach the value of life.