Steve Thompson wrote several episodes of the modern Sherlock series.
Branching out on his own, Thompson has gone for another mismatch pair in this rather clunky euro pudding. It is not made by the BBC, although they have purchased the broadcast rights for the UK.
The first episode of Vienna Blood sees Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt (Juergen Maurer) under pressure to solve the case of a dead medium. He reluctantly accepts the help of student psychoanalyst Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard) who has been observing him. Max is a devotee of the new fangled theories of Dr Freud.
The beautiful young medium was shot through the heart, but there is no bullet lodged anywhere. A suspect is arrested and later released, he is then found dead.
Reinhardt is a bit of blunderer, going on gut instincts. Liebermann uses psychological insights to read behaviour. The two men initially despise each other.
Set in 1905, Vienna looks very clean but beautiful from the rooftop views. Max is from a well to do family. His father is rising up the greasy pole but the upper strata of society is anti semitic. His father is also concerned about the branch of psychiatry that Max is delving into.
The well connected society is a clue to solving the murder of the medium, the motive is a little more sordid. An underbelly of Vienna is revealed that is not out of place in the film Cabaret.
The opening episode was too long at 90 minutes. It lacked the wit and verve of that first season of Sherlock. This one does not get off to a flyer, some of the dialogue is lumbering.
Branching out on his own, Thompson has gone for another mismatch pair in this rather clunky euro pudding. It is not made by the BBC, although they have purchased the broadcast rights for the UK.
The first episode of Vienna Blood sees Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt (Juergen Maurer) under pressure to solve the case of a dead medium. He reluctantly accepts the help of student psychoanalyst Max Liebermann (Matthew Beard) who has been observing him. Max is a devotee of the new fangled theories of Dr Freud.
The beautiful young medium was shot through the heart, but there is no bullet lodged anywhere. A suspect is arrested and later released, he is then found dead.
Reinhardt is a bit of blunderer, going on gut instincts. Liebermann uses psychological insights to read behaviour. The two men initially despise each other.
Set in 1905, Vienna looks very clean but beautiful from the rooftop views. Max is from a well to do family. His father is rising up the greasy pole but the upper strata of society is anti semitic. His father is also concerned about the branch of psychiatry that Max is delving into.
The well connected society is a clue to solving the murder of the medium, the motive is a little more sordid. An underbelly of Vienna is revealed that is not out of place in the film Cabaret.
The opening episode was too long at 90 minutes. It lacked the wit and verve of that first season of Sherlock. This one does not get off to a flyer, some of the dialogue is lumbering.