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Adele Neuhauser as Bibi Fellner: From now on only live healthy?
Photo: Petro Domenigg / ORF / ARD Degeto
No croissants dipped greedily in the coffee.
No beer glasses fallen while standing.
No meat loaf rolled out of a fist.
And no grumpy heartburn on the inspector's face.
Yes, is this still the Vienna "crime scene"?
Where there used to be a swallowing woodpecker alarm, one glass of water after the other is now ostentatiously emptied.
The current Ösi asceticism is also noticeable because in the eight months before there were four Vienna cases in which the investigators dipped in fats and chemicals that were put in front of them.
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Doctor Rädler (Fabian Schiffkorn): The sports doctor whom politicians trust
Photo: Petro Domenigg / ORF / ARD Degeto
The fact that the frequency of the Vienna episodes was recently increased was due to the corona crisis and the related production problems of other "crime scene" areas.
At the moment it is being cut out what is halfway broadcastable.
It was less than two months ago that Inspector Fellner (Adele Neuhauser) found herself through a crack-and-narcotics Vienna, until she finally gasped at the hoses and equipment.
It's hard to believe that she's already jogging so nimble through the heat-shimmering countryside around the city, as can be seen at the beginning of the new episode.
Running track instead of back room
But let's not be bothered by these corona-related continuity maulers: The fact that Fellner makes it so quickly from the pill-addicted coma patient to the fitness cannon fits very well with the new case, which is about a plot of top sports-fanatic officials.
Right at the beginning, Fellner is overtaken while running by a head of department from the Ministry of the Interior - who a little later lies in a quarry with his body shattered.
The investigations lead Fellner and his colleague Eisner (Harald Krassnitzer) to the "Secure Future" association, where high-ranking government officials seem to be mumbling with the security industry.
They jointly pick off state funds and fight against each other for better maturities.
Jogger of horror.
When Eisner picks up on one of the pullers, he makes a phone call to ensure that the inspector has to hand in his ID card and weapon.
Later he should even go to the employment office.
Asks the clerk: "You quit after 35 years - what did you do?" The cop replies: "My job!"
Well, you won't find any ambivalences in this thriller.
Morally, all characters are clearly located, the plot has few surprises in store.
The malevolence literally drips out of the breathable clothing of the civil servants.
In return, scriptwriter Ivo Schneider and director Claudia Jüptner-Jonstorff succeed in giving the old genre of the political conspiracy thriller a perfidious, refreshed look: Where people used to smoke and drink while spinning intrigues in the government environment, today they go jogging and drink herbal tea.
Running track instead of back room: Corruption has recently become a fitness sport.
Rating:
7 out of 10 points
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