Tom Kranich

Senior inspector Thōmâs Tom Kranich, played by René Steinke, became Semir' s third partner in 1999 after the disappearance of his predecessor André Fux in the Mediterranean sea. While he is more of an outcoming person of the forces, Semir is being serious and responsible. Tom has a forgiving personality and being slightly clumsy, as shown that he forgave a female driver despite that she wrecked his mountain bike in an accident while on his way to the police station, on the first day at work in the episode Hell on A4. He left the department after his girlfriend and future wife Elena Krüger died in a car explosion by a planted bomb which was actually intended for him, it shocked Tom very badly. Because of this, he tried to avenge her death by going on a path to kill the drug courier Leon Zürs that held a grudge against Tom when he severely injured him while on a car chase in the episode Shadows of the past. In the episode Resignation, he finally managed to capture him and get revenge for the death of his lover. Later, he had a talk with Semir by saying that he was going to leave the forces. Tom then took some moments with him in his departure, he took a taxi cab and drove off from the police station. His replacement was Jan Richter in the following episode. During the 1.5-year gap, he started a new life working as a go-kart instructor, but he was always late. He was the witness when a mysterious terrorist called "Mister Black" blew up a building and supposedly himself but that was proven to be wrong. When Mister Black wanted to activate the detonator and blow up half of the street. Semir evacuated the drivers in time. Just as he was about to activate the detonator, Tom shoots him in the shoulder with his pistol. He said that he will only help Semir with one case he works on and will go back working as an instructor at the raceway but he then later changed his mind and returned to be a cop, he became Semir's partner once again afterwards. During his second time as a detective, his personality becomes closer to Semir's: being serious and willing to get the job done. They became close friends while working together. He eventually dies in the episode Matter of life & death while attempting to save a smuggled vietnamese girl from a group of human traffickers, he collapses after being brutally shot in the neck and bleeds to death. Later, Semir arrived along with his boss Anna Engelhardt, Horzt and Dieter, but it was apparently too late to save him. His service pistol is a Walter P88. Tom has driven a Mercedes Benz C.L.K. W208, the same that André had used and then, during his second time, the Mercedes Benz C.L.K. W209, that was initially driven by Jan.
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