Mord mit Aussicht

We are watching this on MHz using the English subtitles and thoroughly enjoying it . We love th characters .. Sofia has a very mobile face that communicates her constant bewilderment of life in the " sticks". If I wanted to bribe Dietmar to get out of a speeding ticket I think cookies would do the trick. Dietmar's wife is a scream, " bulldozer" is far too mild a term ...bold and obtuse. We are looking forward to the rest of the series . Our preference is to buy DVDs and watch them at our leisure but I am unable to find DVDs with subtitles .. MHz has stopped selling DVDs perhaps the takeover by Kino Lorber I'll change this .

Ambitious police woman from the big city Sophie Haas gets sent to a country side police station, rather than getting promoted to the vacant higher position she has hoped for.

This police comedy lives from the characters and the clash between city dweller Haas and the life and culture of the country side.

Haas is single at heart, enjoys driving fast and fashionable clothes. Besides that she can connect the dots and solve the crimes with the help of her new colleagues. Colleage Dietmar Schäffer is a rather meek and homely character, married to his wife Heike, who is well connected, very nosy and unlike her husband quite feisty. Young colleague Bärbel Schmied is naive, but enthusiastic with her heart in the right spot. Both colleagues address their pensioned ex-boss as boss when he happens to drop by at the police station to announce his prejudiced insights - and that happens often. There is the gynecologist, who always certifies a death to be a heart attack.

Eine ambitionierte und kompetente Kriminal-Kommissarin Sophie Haas wird , anstatt auf eine höhere freie Stelle in Köln befördert zu werden, in ein Polizeikommissariat auf dem platten Land in der Eifel versetzt.

Die Serie lebt von den Charakteren und dem ungebremsten Aufprall des Stadtkindes Haas auf das klischeehaft zelebrierte Landleben. Die beiden neuen Untergebenen sind der biedere Dietmar Schäffer - verheiratet mit der resoluten und immer bestens informierten und neugierigen Hausfrau Heike, die die Hosen anhat - und die naiv-enthusiastische junge Bärbel Schmied. Alle Charaktere haben ihre Eigenarten. Auch die Nebenfiguren sind witzig - der sich immer einmischende pensionierte Ex-Chef mit seinen schnellen Vorurteilen, der Gynäkologe, der immer Herzinfarkt attestiert und und und.

I came across this gem of a tv series a number of years ago on "ARD Mediathek". Because I'm bilingual I've been able to watch things in German on places like "Das Erste" which produces this. The setting is a rural town called "Hengasch". It's a play on words...in German it almost sounds like "Hänge-arsch" which is a real concept. (Flabby/saggy bottom, basically). It's deliberate because the main character, Sophie, says "Hengasch" sometimes in a way where it really sounds like 'Hängearsch". The characters are all caricatures, but once in a while there are more serious moments as well. It can be a bit corny, but I think that's its charm in a way. It's pretty light viewing as far as murder mysteries go... Might be interesting to see if an English-language based streaming service might pick it up some day. Compared with Brit series, I'd say it's something like a cross between a little more cynical Vicar of Dibley and a more rural Midsomer Murders. Each episode is under 1 hour.

Well one thing is for sure: she didn't write it. And either she gravitated towards it or the murder gravitated towards her. Well that is something you could say or at least conclude. Of course this is a comedy show, so while there is murder, the overall theme and mood is rather funny.

As are the characters and the storylines. Having to move to a small town (or is it a village? I forget when you call what something - population wise), after being rejected a position she was aiming for and at - well it isn't the best start of a new relationship. But it is perfect for a show, with the known fish out of water formula. Or the stranger comes to town. In this case the female stranger ... but one that will learn to live and love that new life eventually ... or will she? Well I reckon there are things that can not be called surprises here.

The humor is spot on, if you like the way it is presented and do not mind dry and weird humor of course. 3 seasons full of mayhem and strangeness ... and a movie that followed after it ... and while the show might have a somewhat satisfying ending for some, the movie does give it all the extra edge. But more on that, on the movies page itself.

It's funny to watch but there are better series than that. But it's okay. I like Schäffer.