
Der letzte Bulle is a German television series that was first aired in 2010. The series is about a cop from the 1980s put into a modern police department in Essen.
StatusReturning Series
TypeScripted
Original LanguageGerman
Network

Season 1 of Der letzte Bulle premiered on April 12, 2010
Mick Brisgau, a tough cop of the old school, is shot in the 1980s and only wakes up after 20 years in a coma. Cell phones, computers, and the internet are foreign to him.

Season 2 of Der letzte Bulle premiered on March 14, 2011
In season 2 of “ The Last Cop ,” Mick Brisgau continues to struggle with the changes in the modern world after his coma, while his unorthodox methods increasingly cause friction with his boss.

Season 3 of Der letzte Bulle premiered on February 6, 2012
In season 3 of “ The Last Cop ,” Mick Brisgau must continue to cope with the changed world after his 20-year coma and solve cases alongside his partner Andreas, while also deepening his new relationship and experiencing personal setbacks.

Season 4 of Der letzte Bulle premiered on January 21, 2013
In season 4 of “ The Last Cop ,” Mick Brisgau returns from a period of exile from the police force in a forest cabin after learning that the gun that once shot him into a coma was used in a murder, reawakening his “cop instincts.”

Season 5 of Der letzte Bulle premiered on April 24, 2014
After a botched operation, Mick Brisgau is demoted to patrol officer, while Andreas Kringge encounters skepticism and mistrust at the LKA and attempts to uncover a case from Mick's past with an inflammatory police file.

Season 6 of Der letzte Bulle premiered on November 24, 2025
Those presumed dead live longer. This is especially true for Mick Brisgau. For exactly 11 years, 3 months, and 8 days, “The Last Cop” was missing and even declared dead. Now he suddenly reappears in his Essen precinct. And gets caught up in a murder case. Where was Mick all this time? How did he escape? And how will the shrewd Ruhrpott cop get out of this mess and get rid of the handcuffs?

Henning Baum
Mick Brisgau

Maximilian Grill
Andreas Kringge

Peri Baumeister
Carolin Berger

Torben Liebrecht
Ralf Berger

Helmfried von Lüttichau
Martin Ferchert
Lauri Kröck
Karl Kringge

Tatjana Clasing
Uschi Nowatzki