A relatively weak offering compared to the first two seasons. Feels superficial and contrived on all levels with little or development of the what feels like 100s of side-storylines and characters. A few genuinely funny moments (Sylvester Groth is great as always) and the odd moment of tension but mostly the lame tale of Martin trying to chase down his evil auntie all over Europe. Leaves you feeling like they really could have done so much more with this pivotal, explosive moment in German/European history. And the script writers obviously just called it in. The dialogue is so stilted at times, it feels like a high school play. A shout-out in particular to Lavinia Wilson who delivered a performance that, though barely possible, was even worse than the script. I thought my eyes would never be the same again, having rolled so often at her attempts at playing the femme fatale. Grauenhaft.
Review of Deutschland 89
