German Soap Update: Alles Was Zählt

When I decided to dedicate this week to blogging where else was I going to start than with an update on my favourite guilty pleasure!

I am glad to report that since my last post no cast members have been killed off, though Ingo has not been doing too well so I fear that there may not be long left for him!  This is what you've missed in the past week or so:

Sugar Daddy

Christoph's a confused bunny right now.  Having surprised (überrascht) young-enough-to-be-his-daughter Vanessa to some extra-marital Titanic car sex whilst waiting for the German AA (der Pannendienst) he goes AWOL (haut ab).  Then, suddenly, he is back again (wieder da) to say he is sorry (es tut ihm Leid) declare how he has fallen in love (verliebt) and tell Vanessa how much he has missed (vermisst) her before rejecting her - again - and deciding to stay with his more age-appropriate wife (Frau) Sylvie who he does not want to leave (verlassen) or cheat on (betrügen).  He then proceeds to get mighty drunk (betrunken) and reminisce about bathrooms covered with blood...always a good combination.  I do believe that there might be a self-harm story line waiting in the wings here.

The Trap

(Erik and Richard before the fall...)

incarcerated Maximilian is still trying to prove (nachweisen) his innocence to half-sister Jenny by implicating her father, Richard as the culprit (der Täter) in the death (der Tod) of her husband Erik.  The plan is to write (schreiben) a letter (ein Brief) intended for Jenny from Maximilian and leave it in Richard's view "accidentally".  Upon reading (das Lesen) the letter Richard should destroy (vernichte, zerstöre) it if guilty (schuldig), but hand to her if innocent.  Not exactly fool-proof logic!  The letter does speak the truth (die Wahrheit), but the ruse does not work, and Maximilian is not set free (freigesprochen) - getting instead a prison sentence (die Gefängnisstrafe, die Haftstrafe) of at least 5 years (mindestens fünf Jahre).  He tries his best, though, to appeal to his mother Simone's conscience with a timely (rechtzeitig) - and risky - suicide attempt (der Suizidversuch) fuelled by sleeping pills (die Schlaftablette)

Jenny does find out the truth about her husband's death after the trial though - via the age-old foil of baby monitor!

The Bucket List

Unsurprisingly our crack-pot (bescheuert) comic relief comes once again from Bea an Ingo.  Bea decides that it would be a great idea to grant terminally ill Ingo a wish (der Wunsch) from his Bucket List - an hour with a call girl of the prostitute-y persuasion (die Prostituierte, die Nutte).  She then struggles with the idea of her man cheating(das Fremdgehen) on her an decides that this hurts her feelings (die Gefuhlen) a little too much and rushes home to find that...Ingo has decided against enjoying (das Genießen) this treat and has sent the call girl packing.

...What?!

Ridiculous story-line of the week, though, goes to Alexander who is sad about his dad going to prison and wonders if that makes him a bad person.  The short, responsible answer would be "yes", but mummy Lena and step-dad Marian instead tell young Alex that prison is basically a "naughty step" for adults, but with TV...like a hotel!  Alexander then goes to nursery and punches one of the kids because he wants to go to prison like Daddy....hero!