User Reviews

The screenwriters wanted to address current issues: conspiracies, using chips, aliens. Unfortunately, this episode is the strangest ever. Lots of confusion, too much ridiculous comedy, no real suspense, slapstick. Has nothing to do with a classic crime thriller.

In the age of Q-Anon and similar doomsday prophesies, the anti-authority, all-questioning movement of tin-foil hat wearing, paranoid maniacs, the Muenster Tatort Team is dragged to new low standards of murder investigations. Kommissar Thiel, and Professor Boerne are at their usual, exchanging clever lines of humorous wit, but the two "characters" sent by the "Verfassungs-Schutz" are utterly ridiculous in their "alien costumes", looking, acting and even speaking like they are visitors from another galaxy. Sorry, but that's Kindergarten level, requiring ultimate suspense of disbelief. As a long-time Tatort fan, with high regards for this particular team, I think that the handling of this (although timely) subject matter is beneath them.

At least 2 of the points go the 4 legged guest star "Banana", the stray dog who seems to have taken a liking to Kommissar Thiel, and in the end vanishes like "E. T." A cute little distraction from the otherwise completely forgettable "crime story". To anyone who hasn't already spent an hour and a half watching this, I suggest you skip it.