When it becomes clear that his nephew Henri can't stay on his boat, Jan brings him to Emma's father, Hannes. Emma, however, is not happy to find that a guest has taken over her space in the attic – which also serves as the Peppercorn headquarters.

Cettina reads Part 2 of "Das Aschenputtel," a fairy tale known in English as "Cinderella." (By the way, you'll notice that the German word for Cinderella is neuter – which means that "es/ihm" here translates to "she/her.")

Nina's first day at school really isn't going so well, but she rejects Emma's help and doesn't tell her father what happened. Meanwhile, Emma's dad settles into their new apartment.

Cettina reads Part 1 of "Das Aschenputtel," known in English as "Cinderella." By the way, you'll notice that the German word for Cinderella is neuter – which means that "es/ihm" here translates to "she/her."

When a wallet goes missing in the girls' locker room, the girls immediately blame Nina, who is new at the school. Luckily, Emma and Max are already on the case.

When Inge says that she's tired of doing the same thing every day, Max and Tarek help her book a trip along the Rhine River.

In the first episode of Season 9 of Die Pfefferkörner, Emma is the only one of the pre-teen detectives left at school. Will she be able to keep the group going?

Pepe needs a bit more time to convince Nico to come back to Spain with him, so he checks into a hotel for the night. Unfortunately, the machine can't process his credit card and he has to pay in cash.

Nico's older brother Pepe turns up at the celebration and demands that Nico fly back to Spain with him. Apparently, Nico's parents are quite worried.

Nico and his friends celebrate his move into Lisa, Nina, and Sebastian's shared apartment. Then an unexpected guest turns up...

Lisa knows that something's up with Nina – and she's right, because Nina has life-changing news.

Yara has a problem with a disrespectful neighbor who always puts his trash container in front of her shop. She tries to talk to her landlord about it, but he's reluctant to get involved.

As the whole precinct celebrates the safe return of the Miriam's baby, Dirk receives a surprising inheritance from Kutte...

With his parents reunited, Sascha makes one last wish – and Johannes and Marion are suddenly brought together, just in time for Christmas.

Dirk goes to wake Kutte, only to find a very sad scene. Meanwhile, Harry and Henning wrap things up with the stolen mail incident.