When are abusive insults protected under free speech, and when do they constitute criminal behavior? Using satire, this episode of the heute-show examines the obstacles that arise when it comes to preventing hate speech online.

Wiebke tells Schotty about her life with Gerold and how their marriage has changed over the years… and then Schotty discovers something that shatters her understanding of her relationship.

The heute-show is Germany's answer to the The Daily Show in the US. German comedian and journalist Oliver Welke discusses the issue of hate speech and online harassment, and how it's not being handled adequately in Germany.

Due to a some serious side effects caused by its coronavirus vaccine, AstraZeneca’s public image has suffered significantly. Here, heute-show TV host Lutz van der Horst and branding expert Arnd Zschiesche brainstorm ways to regain the public’s trust.

As part of a segment for the heute-show, a late-night satirical TV program, presenter and comedian Lutz van der Horst visits an anti-vaxxer demonstration in Hamburg to find out why these parents do not want to have their children vaccinated against preventable diseases.

Schotty and Wiebke start digging deeper into their past relationship. When they both recall an argument that was one of the triggers for their breakup, things get very emotional…

For this heute-show segment, Swiss-American comedian Hazel Brugger visits an expo for schoolteachers and expresses her own wish to change careers. Can life as a teacher be more exciting than a career in comedy?

Schotty tries to find out why Wiebke left him back in the day – and why she lied to him about where she had spent time after their breakup.

Crime-scene cleaner Schotty shows up at the house of a distraught woman who’s allegedly been attacked by a “pig.” But is she talking about a piggish man — or an actual pig?

After Schotty finishes cleaning up the professor’s grisly remains, he goes to ask out the friendly receptionist – but then he suddenly has a revelation about what actually transpired at the lab.

E.M.M.A. proves to be an excellent listener. With a few very focused questions, she gets Schotty rambling about human emotions in general, and his relationships in particular.

While Schotty cleans up the crime scene, E.M.M.A. gets him talking.... and laughing! She cleverly engages him in a conversation about his exes.

When Professor Lütting is called away for an operation involving currywurst, Schotte has a moment to flirt with the receptionist and then spend some time alone with female robot E.M.M.A. 206. But he’s also afraid of causing another accident…

Here, Schotte — who is on day three of his women-fast — learns about the advantages of the robot woman E.M.M.A. He’s tempted to start saving up to buy his own — but then he learns how Professor Handke actually died.

Bees are rapidly dying off – a major environmental problem – and there are numerous causes. The weekly political satire show extra 3, which is produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Northern German Broadcasting), investigates colony collapse by sassily redubbing an old episode of Maya the Honey Bee, a 1970s Japanese TV series based on a German book.

In this episode of the heute-show, a satirical late-night TV program, host Oliver Welke takes a deeper look at why Germany is suddenly dealing with a drought—and how that’s impacting everyday life for people in the country. Comedian Martin Klempnow also makes an appearance as a teacher tasked with explaining to children how to save water for the future.

NICHTLUSTIG is a cartoon by Joscha Sauer known for its crass and irreverent humor. In Part 3, an unexpected power outage leads to all kinds of confusion in the various households.

In Part 2 of Joscha Sauer’s irreverent animated short, Poodle is annoyed when an unexpected visitor shows up just as he and Death are about to have breakfast, the Lemming dad chatters away with an unusually quiet homeowner, and the scientists hatch a plan to recover their toilet.

Jan finds Milla’s mother just in time, and makes sure that she is taken to hospital. But where’s Milla? Emma and Nina go looking for her. With everything resolved, it’s time for the new team of Peppercorns to take the oath.

The Peppercorns finally find out why Nina was bullied at her old school. Meanwhile, Emma has a guilty conscience about having lied on Milla’s behalf — did she do the right thing? Jan heads over the next day to try to sort things out with Milla and her mother in person.

Nina gets in trouble with her father when he finds out she was the one who damaged the headmistress’s car. Meanwhile, Leila’s ex-partner Mark shows up to help Milla clean their filthy apartment.

With the help of crowdfunding, German cartoonist Joscha Sauer produced NICHTLUSTIG (NOTFUNNY), an animated series starring his distinctive zany characters. NICHTLUSTIG—which centers on the Lemming Family—examines everyday and extraordinary situations with sarcasm, irony, and cynicism.

Max confronts Dragan about the money Dragan is demanding from Max's grandmother... then finds himself in a bad situation.

In Part 2 of this episode, Oliver discusses the problems that schools face as they begin to reopen in Germany — and also looks at the implications for summer vacation plans.