TKKG 188. The blue sheep of Artelsbach

TKKG make Holiday cottages and have quickly with Xavier, the son of peasant Butzmann, befriended. On the day before the sheep are sheared, the four tents near the barn. But at night they hear suspicious noises and discover that all the flock were sprayed blue wool is useless. But in the village several residents seem to have a motive, so that TKKG have to work with Xavier by much Dorfgetratsche ...

For usual TKKG identify in the metropolis unspecified, but result in 188 it comes in a unfamiliar environment, the rural village still offers a lot of potential and not only a crime, as it turns out in the course of the action. But what seems overloaded bit also ensures the entertainment value of the blue sheep of Artelsbach that are well taken many disgruntled residents of the village and perhaps a little cliché-laden, but entertaining gossiping. Here TKKG identify with Xaver and have different suspects, always discover new motives and relationships. The confrontation with the villagers at the local tavern is skillfully with bawdy humor and the rumored stubborn and credibly staged. However, the situations in which the detectives watching from a hiding place and then, of course, but discovered not only too often installed to still act really exciting, but also resolved to easy. Due to the successful representation of village life, the interesting characters and the surprising and unexpected resolution a thoroughly listenable installment in the series.

Stefan Pater can be heard here as a farmer Butzbach, he can with matching Bavarian dialect and loud, rumbling presence delivers a convincing performance. His son Xaver is spoken by Philip Drager, who precisely towards the end still has upward potential, but overall seems quite credible. Kornelia Lüdorff can be heard as a harsh mistress and can equip the village veteran with a certain character. Other speakers include Pat Murphy, Stephen Schwartz and Martin Krah.

In terms of production was very much emphasis on a diverse soundscape, so that each scene was underlaid with the right sounds. Be it various animal sounds, clatter of plates or Türknarzen, the scenes are so much more alive. The music occurs significantly in the background, but as always unanimously selected.

The night scene in the sheepfold is also shown on the cover, TKKG just discovering the sprayed flock and look pretty scared of that. The gloomy scene is transposed atmospheric, the faces seem to me, however, unnatural, especially Tim looks strange bargain. The successful design of the newspaper clippings come here again to advantage.

Conclusion: The mood of the small village is represented skillfully, especially the quite complex relationships between the residents and the village gossip are well represented. This helps to forgive the small weaknesses in the script, even if the end but seems a bit implausible. Overall, however, a solid and entertaining episode of the series.