quick check
“Crime scene”
New madness from Münster: Is Boerne a conspiracy theorist?
Scene from the Münster “crime scene”: Karl-Friedrich Boerne (Jan Josef Liefers) and Commissioner Frank Thiel (Axel Prahl) are hiding in the basement of the police headquarters from the ominous LKA employees Mr. Muster and Mrs. Mann.
© WDR/Bavaria Fiction GmbH/Thomas Kost / ARD
A suicide bomber stumbling off the roof. People who believe in reptilians. And two constitutional protection officers named Mr. Muster and Ms. Mann: The new “crime scene” from Münster is turning the madness spiral again – this time maybe too much.
- 2 out of 5 points
- The Münster “crime scene” regularly dances on a thin line between amusing crime comedy and senseless slapstick. This time the limit has been clearly exceeded.
What’s the matter?
The new case from Münster begins dramatically: an apparently paranoid suicide bomber takes public prosecutor Klemm (Mechthild Großmann) and Commissioner Frank Thiel (Axel Prahl) hostage, but falls unhappily from the roof of the presidium. He was connected to a murder victim that the Münster investigators found four days earlier. During the autopsy, Professor Karl-Friedrich Boerne (Jan Josef Liefers) discovers a chip in the dead man’s neck.
The man apparently belonged to a group called “Sisundus”: a collection of conspiracy theorists who believe that aliens are among us and want to exterminate humanity. As if that weren’t crazy enough, two strange characters from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Mr. Muster and Ms. Mann, appear and suspect Boerne of being a member of Sisundus himself. Luckily, there is still Silke “Alberich” Haller (ChrisTine Urspuch), who keeps a cool head and provides the key clue to the clarification.
Why is this “crime scene” worthwhile?
The cases from Münster are known for having as little to do with reality as Professor Boerne had with the virtue of modesty. “Propheteus” is also set in a land of ridiculousness that only remotely has anything to do with real life. And that is perhaps its greatest strength at a time when many are overwhelmed by the terrible news and desperately need a break. This “crime scene” makes you forget the dreary present for 90 minutes.
What bothers?
There are actually people who believe in the existence of reptilians and spin the most adventurous theories, which they then believe to be the truth. Grateful material for satire. However, that would have required the fine blade. Unfortunately, the “Tatort” from Münster works humorously with a wooden hammer and prefers quick laughs to enigmatic unmasking.
The commissioners?
While Boerne can be chipped and is in dubious circles, Commissioner Thiel has come to the dogs: “Banana” is the name of his faithful companion, who will not leave his side in this episode.
Turn on or off?
Admittedly, it is bottomless nonsense that is being served to us from Münster. But maybe that’s the kind of entertainment we need right now. So feel free to tune in. But don’t expect too much.
Thiel and Boerne recently determined in these cases: