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It's carnival in Munich, and pretty much everybody's celebrating nonstop, with one masque segueing into the next - and as a result, both police and private detectives are swamped with missing person reports - private detectives like notorious womanizer "Monaco" Franz, who takes this as a perfect excuse to go partying round the clock as well. But all the partying takes its toll on Franz, and eventually he does down with the man flu - which is not only a bad thing, as exactly on the day he falls ill his wife Annette (Ruth-Maria Kubitschek) wanted to take him to a masque with her friends, friends that bore Franz to death. So instead Annette goes with an admirer of hers, Dr. Schoenferber (Alexander Hegarth) - who sees her husbandless evening as a chance for him to get her drunk and take advantage of the situation.

Though technically bed-ridden, Franz lets his best friend Manni (Karl Obermayr) persuade him to go out partying - at least a bit. Franz's mind is set though on returning home before midnight - if only to not be caught out of bed by his wife - until he crosses paths with Lilly (Michaela May), an old flame of his, who finally shows receptive and takes him home with her. But once at her place, Franz has to find out Lilly is with child now and wants Franz as her sugar daddy. Franz takes a powder, and ultimately returns home at the not so early hours of the morning, trying to find a good excuse for Annette - to learn she's not even home yet. And suddenly he's worried sick.

What has happened, after Dr. Schoenferber has gotten her drunk and she made a scene at the masque, she hijacked Schoenferber's car and gone to town to party the carnival away. She returns home only on Ash Wednesday, wearing another outfit and no clear idea where she's been or what she's done the last few days ...

Another fun episode, not only because of the rather hilarious and timeless brand of humour associated with the series but also it shows some narrative ingenuity, not only because the set-up with the missing spouses comes full circle with the last scene of Annette returning home, but also because there's a bit of a role reversal, with Annette ultimately outpartying Franz. And while Ruth-Maria Kubitschek is usually the straight person in the series, she's rather hilarious in a rare "funny"sequence.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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