[2] The series premiere on 16 January 1990 drew 17.82 million ZDF viewers during prime time.

[3] A married couple, Max and Lisa Lindemann, run the Hotel Paradies as a family business on the Spanish island of Mallorca, which accommodates primarily German vacationers.

Their two sons, Frank, paraplegic since a serious accident, and Michael, a motorcycle enthusiast and heartthrob, assist their parents at the reception, and Grandpa Lindemann also makes himself useful.

Under the false name of Harald Kuhn, Feller now runs a car rental business and repair shop on Mallorca.

Klaus then leaves for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with his new partner Isabel and sells Max Lindemann his car rental business.

In the course of the conversation with the detective inspector Ramirez, it comes out that Hartmann has taken out a life insurance policy in favor of Renate.