Max Liebermann, a student of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around the grand cafes and opera houses of 1900s Vienna.
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Oskar identifies suspects but is unable to connect them to Mephisto; Oskar finds himself in the middle of an assassination attempt when he arranges a rendezvous with Mephisto.
With Max in the hospital, Oskar believes he accidentally shot his friend. Another murder leads to a frame-up to steer the police in the wrong direction. Oskar calls upon the Liebermann family for help. A confrontation ends with murder.
Max's nephew suffers a breakdown after the drowning of a fellow cadet at a military academy. The police department refute suspicions but Max shows Oskar a pattern of violence and believes that they're looking at a murder investigation.
Max applies his neurological expertise to the case of a retired soldier, Captain Steiner, who is convinced that he is cursed and tortured by vengeful spirits.
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