'Vienna Blood' Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: "The Lost Child, Part 1"
The final mystery of Vienna Blood starts with a cold open of a young man in a military uniform, running through a forest. It's short-lived, as the series cuts back to the Liebermann household, who have gathered to celebrate patriarch Mendel's birthday. Max is there, sans Clara, raising eyebrows around the table. But his mother, Rachel, and sister, Leah, don't have much time to process when Max admits Clara has called the engagement off. Daniel (Luis Aue), Leah's son, is home from his boarding school, St Florian's, and his quiet presence suddenly bursts across the house as he takes a knife and slices his wrist open.
Amelia: There's an article in a journal; love is just a chemical.
When Leah takes her son upstairs, she discovers more. Daniel is covered with bruises like a gang beat him. The family is horrified, but they have a guess what may have happened. Daniel's father died a few years ago, and once Daniel was old enough, Leah sent him to St Florian's, a prestigious military academy, in hopes of him making the right connections in life. He's a sensitive, artistic, fatherless kid, and he's Jewish. The obvious answer is Daniel's probably being bullied, and the school is hiding it. With his family's blessing, Max asks Oskar to go with him to the school and open an inquiry.
