Für Vera Schröder war Risikoanalyse bisher ihr Beruf und Game Theory eine akademische Disziplin, die im Schatten des Kalten Krieges entwickelt wurde. Doch als plötzlich ihre Tochter Elsa entführt wird, sind diese rationalen Methoden die einzigen Waffen, die der verzweifelten Mutter bleiben, um Elsa vor dem Tod zu bewahren.

In the interview room, detectives go head-to-head with suspects and try to get to the truth—even if it means breaking the rules and risking it all.

A family drama about a German teenager who leaves home totally unexpectedly to join the ranks of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in its armed struggle. When the boy's father and older brother set off on an adventurous journey to the Syrian border, they manage to find him and bring him back to Germany. However, back home, questions start being asked: did he return of his own free will, has he disassociated himself from the IS ideology, or is he in fact a 'sleeper' agent awaiting orders?