The theme of the moment is couples, so let's take a look at four relationships....none of which have been thrown together suddenly to create a running theme for the show....
...actually I strongly suspect that some have been.
Vanessa & Christoph
We'll start off with the strongest couple. Christoph and a now-pregnant Vanessa are finally married. They've been through the soap-mill these two: abduction, ex-wife suicide, family intrigue. They remain, for me, one of the most sympathetic soap-couples to ever be born from an extra-marital affair.
photo: rtl.de
They get married in secret at a festival, exasperated at the glitz and glamour that Vanessa's wealthy parents want to throw at their big day. The festival gets called off by extreme weather, but the wedding still goes ahead - conducted by Vanessa's father Richard in their festival tent.
Once she gets over her hurt at not being invited, Vanessa's mother Simone throws money at the after-party instead - booking the festival headliners to perform (real life Metal band Ewing Oil).
photo: rtl.de
Nothing funny to see here. This was actually quite sweet.
Vocabulary
das Festival absagen - to cancel the festival
die Sonnenmilch - suntan lotion
die Sonne - sun
die Milch - milk
wasserfest - watertight
das Wasser - water
fest - firm, tight, fixed
das Unwetter - storm
das Wetter - weather
das Zelt - tent
die Zelte - tents
das Gewitter - thunderstorm
Marie & Leo
Vocabulary
die Polizei - the police
die Bullen - the cops
heimlich - secretly
Drogen verticken - to sell drugs
verticken - to sell, to flog
das Zeug - stuff (slang here for drugs)
Carmen & Ben
OK *deep breath*...Carmen's sister is married to Ben's Dad, Richard. Carmen has been struggling with her feelings for Richard for some time, and has confided in Ben on this matter.
One one occasion Carmen has blurted out that she has had a one-night stand with Ben; an un-truth that becomes reality (and then some) when she cuts her hand on a knife and ends up falling into bed with him...after a trip to the hospital and some stitches of course!
Vocabulary
das Krankenhaus - hospital
Hilfe! - help!
der Retter - rescuer, saver, saviour
eine heiße Nacht - a hot (steamy) night
eine Bombe - bomb (weapon), bombshell (person)
Deniz & Jenny
photo: rtl.de
Our most contrived couple of the moment - which is weird given the Ben & Carmen thing...
Deniz and Jenny have a long history of hating one another, but now they're having to work together to try to win the Young Manager Awards.
Jenny's lonely because her last two husbands didn't pan out so well - one died on their wedding day and the other she recently got banged up for his part in a family intrigue to which she was actually complicit.
photo: rtl.de
There's arguing, there's crying, there's self-pity and there are some very uncomfortable compliments whilst Jenny wrestles with her feelings for Deniz....the feelings that have come from NOWHERE! The culmination of all this being the *ahem* steamy kiss above.
Vocabulary
ehrgeizig - ambitious
zuverlässig - reliable
egoistisch - selfish
über Leichen gehen - to sell one's own grandmother
über - over
die Leichen - corpses, bodies
gehen - to go
der Kämpfer - fighter (male/neutral)
die Kämpferin - fighter (female)
Vocabulary
das Festival absagen - to cancel the festival
die Sonnenmilch - suntan lotion
die Sonne - sun
die Milch - milk
wasserfest - watertight
das Wasser - water
fest - firm, tight, fixed
das Unwetter - storm
das Wetter - weather
das Zelt - tent
die Zelte - tents
das Gewitter - thunderstorm
Marie & Leo
photo: rtl.de
Leo (above) is the kind of scumbag that cheats on a girl (Marie, below) with her worst enemy and then gets her accidentally involved in a drugs bust.
An unfortunately-worded text message is what lands Marie in trouble when her concurrent in love and on the ice (Michelle) hears of Leo's dealing and reports it to the police. Seemingly Michelle's not at all bitter that her relationship with Leo is only casual or that he's only selling drugs to make the money to bugger off to America as quickly as possible.
Marie's arrest comes at a particularly bad time though - just hours before she's due to audition for a place at a prestigious Academy.
photo: rtl.de
Vocabulary
die Polizei - the police
die Bullen - the cops
heimlich - secretly
Drogen verticken - to sell drugs
verticken - to sell, to flog
das Zeug - stuff (slang here for drugs)
Carmen & Ben
OK *deep breath*...Carmen's sister is married to Ben's Dad, Richard. Carmen has been struggling with her feelings for Richard for some time, and has confided in Ben on this matter.
One one occasion Carmen has blurted out that she has had a one-night stand with Ben; an un-truth that becomes reality (and then some) when she cuts her hand on a knife and ends up falling into bed with him...after a trip to the hospital and some stitches of course!
photo: rtl.de
Vocabulary
das Krankenhaus - hospital
Hilfe! - help!
der Retter - rescuer, saver, saviour
eine heiße Nacht - a hot (steamy) night
eine Bombe - bomb (weapon), bombshell (person)
Deniz & Jenny
Our most contrived couple of the moment - which is weird given the Ben & Carmen thing...
Deniz and Jenny have a long history of hating one another, but now they're having to work together to try to win the Young Manager Awards.
Jenny's lonely because her last two husbands didn't pan out so well - one died on their wedding day and the other she recently got banged up for his part in a family intrigue to which she was actually complicit.
There's arguing, there's crying, there's self-pity and there are some very uncomfortable compliments whilst Jenny wrestles with her feelings for Deniz....the feelings that have come from NOWHERE! The culmination of all this being the *ahem* steamy kiss above.
Vocabulary
ehrgeizig - ambitious
zuverlässig - reliable
egoistisch - selfish
über Leichen gehen - to sell one's own grandmother
über - over
die Leichen - corpses, bodies
gehen - to go
der Kämpfer - fighter (male/neutral)
die Kämpferin - fighter (female)
