Braunschlag Der Fluch (2012– ) Online

"Fluch", "Curse" when translated into English, is the third episode of the widely beloved Austrian TV series "Braunschlag" and while I was watching it, I felt how I not only got accustomed to, but also enjoyed the characters in this fictional small town more and more. David Schalko's screenplay is still not home for laugh out loud jokes, yet the writer/director of the series maintains a perpetually amusing scenery in all the scenes.

In this episode, the audience is shown how the situation in Braunschlag is increasingly on the verge of escalating and also discovers a couple of new things that are sure to bring a lot of conflict into this humorous character study. We experience how basically everyone of the main characters has an extramarital affair going on and mayor Gerri is confronted with more and more misfortunes, leading him to believe that he was in fact cursed by the Vatican. The story is admittably a bit dull, but that doesn't take away from "Fluch" being a very enjoyable time that sparked my interest for what's going to happen soon even more. The great thing is that with Schalko's unorthodox writing style, the ending is nearly unpredictable.

But for now, no ending is in sight and there is a lot to take pleasure in when it comes to the realistic portrayal of relationships.