Bad Banks

One of the best shows I've seen in a long time. It not only deals with the complex procedures in banking and simplifies them so that everyone understands them. It also packs that into an exciting and mostly credible story. Above all, I like that the German language is played a lot here. You can hear all kinds of dialects. You can hear Luc speaking Alsatian ... I think. Fenger's Dutch accent. The English-German mix, but also the occasional switch to French. I like that, it reflects the reality of life in Germany. In season two, the motivation, the dialogues and also some events are unfortunately very unbelievable. Nevertheless, I can only recommend this show

I just don't know what to make of it. Maybe it's just that I rarely watch german movies and am simply not used to how fucking awkward dialogues feel in my native language (not sure if it's the language itself or if german stuff simply has horrible writing every time?!). Anyway. It looks neat, and I generally like watching stuff about rich people in suits but something just feels off. It felt like this series was trying to tell too many stories at once, trying to showcase (too) many facets of each character, making them relatable(?). Either way, it often left me with a feeling of, "Okay, what was the point of that, now?". It was just a bit painful for me to watch at times, but for some reason I watched the entire thing, stilll. Maybe to see when it would finally start making sense and feel less awkward. (It never did)