Bodensee. One of my favorite investigators, Fr. Blum, with her sidekick Herr Perlmann and the dogsbody Beckchen. Fr. Blum is a German triumph, as she is a 'matronly' older woman who never seems intimidated by criminals or embarassed at her own dowdiness. She has dignity. Perlmann is one of the better-looking guys in Tatort. Beckchen is 'keck', or was when I first started watching Tatort -- now her 'interesting' clothes and hair-dos are starting to make her look a bit 'mutton dressed as lamb'. But that is another German triumph: I doubt you'd see this type of person in an American show. A very unusual type.
The murder victim was Bodensee-rich and it was a pleasure to look at the design of his house. The costumer and set designer on this Tatort did an excellent job. Also, I was truly scared at parts of the show.
There was sort of a twist at the ending. The way Perlmann insinuated himself into the milieu was totally unbelieveable and they lost me a bit. The stupid side characters were a time-waste except for the wonderful scene in the boutique, where a customer complains that there is lipstick on one of the wares. "Let me get the 'Flecken-Schere' suggests the boutique owner. And cuts out the offending lipstick stain. The customer's reaction was overdone, but it was a wonderful moment in TV.
I dozed off a bit throughout the second half of the show until I roused myself and played Candy Crush at the same time to keep me awake. R.'s opinion was that the Tatort writers have t