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Third season is finally among us! Put your hand in mine!

Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link

thought this show was pretty awful tbh

groovemaaan, Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link

weeeeeeeee so glad it’s back just finished ep 1

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 March 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link

I have always loved how everyone in this show (except the very wealthy obv) all look tired & unwell, kinda sweaty, bags under the eyes, hair unwashed

The details are very good

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 March 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link

The nephew gives me strong Augustus Gloomp vibes

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 1 March 2020 23:02 (four years ago) link

every time i watch this show, i get 2 episodes in & think hmm maybe i want to learn german

maybe i want to learn german, u guys

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 1 March 2020 23:19 (four years ago) link

Do it! I'm close to finishing my rewatch, and while I still love it and am pumped for season 3,there are some major plot points that I'm finding irksome the second time around.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 1 March 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link

Loved this at the time, when does Season 3 drop on Now TV?

Matt DC, Monday, 2 March 2020 08:56 (four years ago) link

Yes !
Love this show !
And indeed the attention to details is fantastic, especially in the poorer parts of the population.
It all FEELS so bleak and dirty. And the tension and rising menace in the whole society is so well done.
I barely speak German but can understand the simple parts and enjoy so much hearing them talk, especially Lotte (who is amazing ** SPOILER ** I was genuinely sad/shocked when she died in s2 and actually considered stopping the show !).

AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 2 March 2020 11:25 (four years ago) link

And that song/sequence in s1 is arguably one of the best musical sequences EVER in a TV show !

AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 2 March 2020 11:26 (four years ago) link

The song is in my head which is quite an achievement given I haven't watched it in 18 months or so.

Matt DC, Monday, 2 March 2020 11:42 (four years ago) link

I had forgotten that Bryan Ferry randomly shows up to do a musical number in season 2

officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 2 March 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link

Yup and he was the curator for the soundtrack iirc ( which is also part of the greatness of this show).

AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 2 March 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link

Some of these plot lines in season 3 are ludicrous but I'm enthralled. Two more episodes to go.

officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 16:23 (four years ago) link

No spoiler please ! (but I'm glad to know it's still good !)

AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link

This show has been all about ludicrous plot lines from the beginning, and I'm here for it. I just finished my re-watch of the first to seasons, and the season 2 finale really piled on the absurdities.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 17:14 (four years ago) link

I need a refresher on a bunch of the characters for season 3! Who's the guy with the birthmark? Didn't Gereon bust up Moki Efta last season?

<3 <3 Lotte.

Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link

Birthmark guy is the heir to Nyssen AG, supporter of secret re-armament, sometime lover of Sorokin.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:14 (four years ago) link

There was a big shootout in Moki Efta, but it's still running strong.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link

S3 is absurdity city; kerazy ott so far

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link

OK this is a decent rundown of the first two seasons: https://www.vulture.com/2018/02/babylon-berlin-netflix-how-it-ends.html

Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 22:07 (four years ago) link

I want to discuss all the ridiculousness, at least for the first 2 seasons, but I'm not sure if this is a spoiler friendly zone or not.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link

can we talk about how beautiful & mesmerizing the credit sequence is

also i love that this season includes movie making & ~the occult~

it really is very good

but i fear my boy Rath is going to be 2 hollowed out eye sockets by the time this shit is done, dude looking deeply unwell now

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 05:56 (four years ago) link

Charlotte's sister went through a bizarre growth spurt in just a few months.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 05:58 (four years ago) link

I was wondering who her new friend was in the first episode!

Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link

I didn't realize season 3 has 12 episodes.. assumed it was 10 and was all mad when I realized I wasn't done and had to go to bed at 10:30 last night

officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 19:52 (four years ago) link

It kind of sucks to be a patsy in Weimar Germany, huh?

Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Saturday, 7 March 2020 00:43 (four years ago) link

I could never figure out how they danced like that to music with no beat

Bnad, Saturday, 7 March 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link

fuuuck that was a brutal depressing ending.

i had to watch the end twice, i was so high on cold meds i *didnt* see the dragon the first time lol

Overall theme of this show =
Berlin to Rath: take a beating?
Rath: don’t mind if I do

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 9 March 2020 00:29 (four years ago) link

Katelbach, you knob! Shut up and eat your goulash!

Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Friday, 13 March 2020 02:21 (four years ago) link

Season 3 seemed to dial back the insane plots and lowered the stakes a bit, which didn't completely work for me, but was still fairly entertaining.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 13 March 2020 02:41 (four years ago) link

yeah I did kinda miss CRAZY TRAIN vibes but i wasnt mad.

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 13 March 2020 03:07 (four years ago) link

It's funny because everything about the train was insanely over the top, but that was part of the appeal.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 13 March 2020 03:47 (four years ago) link

it is a high bar to keep in place once you go there

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 13 March 2020 05:25 (four years ago) link

I enjoyed the hell out of the first season and started on the second season a few months ago. The plane flight episode got ridiculous toward the end and really took me out of it. When you guys say "over the top", are you talking about stuff like that? I've always regretted not finishing, but at the same time don't want to punish myself.

☮️ (peace, man), Friday, 13 March 2020 12:01 (four years ago) link

Just watched the first two episodes and really enjoyed them. Intrigued and excited to see how it goes “over the top” because at the moment it’s still a pretty straight (if epic) procedurally

Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 13 March 2020 12:55 (four years ago) link

*procedural

Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 13 March 2020 12:56 (four years ago) link

I still haven't watched s3 (not available in France yet) but the OTT aspect never really bothered me in this show (ok, maybe the "insane"/hallucinations etc moments got a bit on my nerves after a while).
S the train, plane and other dramatic moments (the second Severija song for instance), although not the best parts obviously, were fine.

AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 13 March 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Season 3 not really bag, it turns out. :(

Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Friday, 27 March 2020 22:10 (four years ago) link

Is "not really bag" a German expression?

☮️ (peace, man), Sunday, 29 March 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link

NEIN!

Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Monday, 30 March 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link

ES IST HIER! ES IST HIER! ES IST HIER!

☮️ (peace, man), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 14:59 (four years ago) link

two years pass...

I think season 4 aired in Germany last year, so maybe Netflix US will get it sometime this year?

Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Friday, 6 January 2023 01:56 (two years ago) link

There was speculation it was coming late last year, but still no confirmation.

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 6 January 2023 02:24 (two years ago) link

i demand another season goddammit

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 January 2023 02:39 (two years ago) link

The nephew gives me strong Augustus Gloomp vibes

AUTOGUS GLOOMPS FOR PRESIDETN.

Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Friday, 6 January 2023 02:46 (two years ago) link

Since there's no knowing when s4 is coming to Netflix, I'm starting up KLEO, which is basically BB: 90s edition.

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 6 January 2023 04:33 (two years ago) link

one year passes...

So this is being dropped from Netflix at the end of the month, don't know if that is good news or bad. I hope it means another streaming service will pick it up and air the final 2 seasons.

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 5 February 2024 20:13 (eleven months ago) link

fingers crossed

really would love to see those final 2 seasons for sure

it’s too good to just be lost to the ether

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 5 February 2024 21:06 (eleven months ago) link

I've pondered getting a multi-region DVD player just so I can watch s4

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 5 February 2024 21:11 (eleven months ago) link

four months pass...

for people in the US, season 4 is available on MHz Choice, which has a free 1 month trial

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 18:09 (six months ago) link

I see a 1-week trial.

Decam'ron (Leee), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 18:22 (six months ago) link

https://mhzchoice.com/freemonth/

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 18:28 (six months ago) link

Woah, thanks!

Decam'ron (Leee), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 19:33 (six months ago) link

ooh thx

werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 20:33 (six months ago) link

Looked into this more, the free trial is for a week, the free month is when you sign up for a year. Also, only 2 episodes are currently available, they are rolling out 2 per week through the end of July.

That said, I still signed up and watched the first episode and it's dark as fuck. Seems like everyone is letting Charlotte down.

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 27 June 2024 01:11 (six months ago) link


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