From the highest rating to "What a shit": Extreme reactions to the Munich "crime scene" - fans celebrate the balcony gag
Created: 12/27/2022, 10:05 am
By: Armin T. Linder
Unusual episode, extreme opinions: The Munich "crime scene" entitled "Murder under mistletoes" polarized powerfully.
And has unusual gags ready.
Munich - A special "crime scene" on a special day: The episode "Mord unter Misteln" ran on December 26 and amazed the audience.
Because the majority of the episode took place in England in 1922, where Franz Leitmayr (Udo Wachtveitl) and Ivo Batic (Miroslav Nemec) as Lightmyer and Partridge investigate a murder case: who killed the butler?
"Murder under mistletoe": Munich "crime scene" takes place in England in 1922
Background: Assistant Kalli (Ferdinand Hofer) has invited to the pre-Christmas get-together.
The inspectors only find out that this is a crime dinner when they are already there and it is therefore too late.
From there, the circuit is catapulted a hundred years into the past.
So the murder doesn't happen in Munich, but within the murder mystery dinner.
Where most of the "Tatort" episode takes place.
Chief Inspector Francis Lightmyer (Udo Wachtveitl, front left) and Constable Ivor Partridge (Miroslav Nemec, front right) examine Arthur in the fireplace room.
Lady Bantam (Sunnyi Melles), Charles (Ferdinand Hofer) and Dr.
Mallard (Alexander Hörbe, back right) is watching them.
© BR/Bavaria Fiction GmbH/Hendrik Heiden
Leitmayr becomes Inspector Francis Lightmyer, Batic becomes Constable Ivor Partridge - an unusual power imbalance that Batic (aka Partridge) does not like at all.
They now have to find out why the butler is lying dead on the oriental carpet in front of the Christmas tree, uncovering the raunchy past of the housemaid and an even more scandalous one of the lady of the house.
"Murder under mistletoes": Munich "crime scene" splits critics and fans
Sounds weird?
It is.
And it provoked extreme reactions from numerous viewers.
In a negative or in a positive sense, because the "Tatort" episode polarized powerfully.
In the run-up to it, it was received differently by the critics.
Spiegel.de
gives only 4/10 points in a quick check and writes: "This attempt at a Meta-Miss-Marple thriller no longer tears the audience out of the comfortable sedation of Boxing Day.".
The portal
wiewardertort.de
, on the other hand, gives it a smooth 10/10 and says: "In the 52 years of Tatort history there has never been such an enchanting crime dinner experiment that was successful across the board - and that's why the 90th case of the veteran Munich inspectors deserves it Despite the minimal smears and prominent templates as a crime scene milestone, it even got the highest rating on our rating scale.” And
stuttgarter-zeitung.de
writes: “The experiment was a success” – with a grade of 2 for logic and 4 for suspense.
The episode was also hotly debated on Twitter.
"I've really tried twice now with the crime scene today - but what the heck is that crap?
Totally wasted airtime,” one person moans.
Another user switched off prematurely: "Can only judge the first 15 minutes.
After that I finished the tensionless construct.”
"Pretty perfect Christmas entertainment," writes another user, who also saw lengths.
Another says: "Really a beautiful, bizarre Christmas crime scene, everything fit, actors, music, costumes, dialogues.
I felt well entertained." A user goes even further and writes: "Smooth 1!
Clever, ironic, meta and humorous - what a charming, great 'crime scene'.
I laughed a lot.
And Kalli is just great!”
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Lying down: Arthur Rogers (Christoph Mory);
Seated, from left: Detective Constable Ivor Partridge (Miroslav Nemec), Lady Mona Bantam (Sunnyi Melles), Detective Chief Inspector Francis Lightmyer (Udo Wachtveitl) and Kitty (Katharina Schlothauer), standing: Reverend Teal (Joshua Seelenbinder), Heather (Marie Rathschek), Dr.
Mallard (Alexander Hörbe) and Charles "Charlie" Bantam (Ferdinand Hofer).
© BR/Bavaria Fiction GmbH/Hendrik Heiden
"Murder under mistletoe": Munich "crime scene" has a "police call" gag ready in the balcony scene
Another simply doesn't want any experiments at Christmas and demands: "Maybe in 2023 it will work again with a completely normal 'crime scene'.
Shootout, death, investigation.
Without costume and psychopathic screenwriters.
What shit.
Zack and switched.”
Some references to other thrillers made for laughs on closer listening.
The sentence "We're not on the Orient Express here" is just one of them.
After 43 minutes, Partridge (Nemec) sits down at the piano and seems to play the "crime scene" melody.
Even more bizarre: the balcony scene in a short thriller dinner break.
Batic (Nemec) accompanies guest Katrin (Katharina Schlothauer) to smoke.
She asks him: "Do you know 'Sherlock'?
The BBC series?” Batic replies, “Uh, I don't really watch crime fiction.
At most 'crime scene' ... maybe 'police call'."
A slap on the thigh for some fans, as shown on Twitter.
"Now it happened.
Batic just said 'police call' in the 'crime scene',” marveled one.
"Something scary" is that, says another.
More quote from the dialogue with laughing emojis.
"Murder under mistletoes": Munich "crime scene" addresses possible Leitmayer farewell - which vanishes into thin air
The basis of the unusual episode is a background story between the inspectors: Leitmayr and Batic, the dream duo of Sunday crime novels for more than 30 years, have in their 90th case a crisis, an existential one even.
Leitmayr found out in a roundabout way that Batic had inquired about a possible early retirement.
Leitmayr without Batic?
A truly unimaginable scenario.
Leitmayr is not only angry that his long-time colleague hasn't said anything to him, but also deeply hurt and sad, although of course he would be the last to admit it.
Kalli also arranged the dinner because he wanted to reconcile his two bosses.
The fans don't have to fear that the "Tatort" investigator duo will take their hat off.
That was already clear in the run-up to the Christmas episode.
"An immediate exit is not planned," emphasized the responsible BR editor Cornelius Conrad.
And Nemec underlines that in an interview with
derwesten.de
: The discussion only plays a role in "Mord unter Misteln", according to the actor, "but after that we shot three more films that will be broadcast next year.
And for next year there are three more shoots.
You can play a numbers game.
'Mord unter Mistelen' is our 90th crime scene, but we've done 93 and we shoot three a year.
99 would be a great number, but you can also make 111, or 222 or 333 or 999. That would then be 300 years.” “Tatort” star Udo Wachtveitl recently made headlines with neighborhood disputes.
(lin with material from dpa)
