German soaps: GZSZ, UU & AWZ

[Huntress]

From a creative angle, I'd say GZSZ is still the best. AWZ and UU aren't bad, either, though.

The reintroduction of Chris and Corinna on UU earlier this year was a good move and it helped bringing the core Weigel family back to the center. However, UU's ratings are hit and miss. On some days, they reach a market share between 10 and 12 percent, and on some days, they barely scratch at 7 percent – which is alarming. The show is now sandwiched between two editions of the magazine "Explosiv".

On GZSZ, another actor is taking an extended break: In addition to Niklas Osterloh (Paul) and Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix), Jörn Schlönvoigt (Philip) won't appear on the show for at least six months. Schlönvoigt has been a contract cast member since December 2004.

Also, there's going to be a recast: Luis Ahrens, Nina's son and Toni's brother, returns to the show this fall. From 2017 to 2019, Maximilian Braun played the teenager. Despite being a contract role, Luis only had one major storyline when he was caught masturbating on video by his classmate Brenda and was subsequently blackmailed by her. In May 2019, Luis participated in a student exchange and went to New Zealand (or Australia, the show kind of mixed this up afterwards). Now, 23-year old actor Marc Weinmann steps into the role. Weinmann promises that "Luis has changed a lot during his time abroad". He could be a potential boyfriend for Moritz 

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[Forever8]

Thanks for letting me know!!! Are you going to miss Philip?

Edited August 6, 2021 by Forever8

[Huntress]

When RTL announced GZSZ's third spin-off "NIHAT" earlier this year, it was supposed to be a streaming series only with all 10 episodes being released on TVNOW. However, TPTB have changed their minds and they're taking a huge risk: The whole series will be broadcast on RTL's main channel – in GZSZ's timeslot and during primetime. On September 22nd and 23rd, five episodes of "NIHAT" will air back-to-back between 7.40 and 10.15 pm. GZSZ will not air new episodes on these two days. "NIHAT", which deals with Timur Ülker's Nihat Güney looking for his birth mother in Hamburg, will also feature another familiar face: Gamze Senol, who played Nihat's cousin Shirin Akinci on GZSZ from 2017 to 2020, is part of the cast. In July 2020, Shirin left Berlin in the dead of night after being accidentally involved in Alexander Cöster's horrifying death.

Last week on GZSZ: Nazan catches Felix receiving oral sex in his car, Gerner takes revenge on Jay for exposing his daughter's nude pics, and Leon and Nina are close to breaking up.

Next week on GZSZ: Yvonne receives a shocking diagnosis regarding her eyesight, Lilly is about to lose her job thanks to Jonas's manipulation, and Nazan puts her failed wedding to Felix behind herself.

Some more outtakes:

Episode Counts July 2021

GZSZ
Total episodes: 22

01. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 17
*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 17
03. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 16
*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 16
05. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 15
06. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 13
*** Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 13
*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 13
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 13
10. Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 12
*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 12
12. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 11
*** Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 11
*** Charlott Reschke (Johanna Flemming) : 11
15. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 10
*** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 10
*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 10
18. Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 9
*** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 9
*** Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 9
21. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) : 8
22. Stella Denis-Winkler (Svenja Steiner) : 6
*** Christoph Moreno ("Jay" Lukas Ritter) : 6
24. Kim Schnitzer (Tamara Natascha Thelen) : 5
25. Lennart König (Fabio Beck) : 4
*** Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 4
27. Tamer Arslan (Murat Cetin) : 2
28. Rosa Landers (Nikki Seeger) : 1
29. Niklas Osterloh (Paul Wiedmann) : 0

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 119
02. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 112
03. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 104
04. Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 101
05. Wolfgang Bahro (Jo Gerner) : 98
*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 98

AWZ
Total episodes: 22

01. Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 20
02. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 19
03. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 17
*** Julius Robin Weigel (Bastian Zwinger) : 17
05. Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 16
06. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 15
*** Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner) : 15
08. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 14
*** Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 14
*** Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 14
*** Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 14
*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 14
*** Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 14
14. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 13
*** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 13
*** Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 13
*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 13
18. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 12
*** Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 12
*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 12
21. Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 11
22. Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 6
23. Folke Paulsen (Georg Albrecht) : 4
24. Erol Sander (Frank Giese) : 3
25. Felix Gibert (Henry Steinkamp) : 2
*** Paul Jumin Hoffmann (Dr. Yong Cho) : 2

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01 .Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 125
02. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 121
03. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 118
04. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 116
05. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 112

UU
Total episodes: 22

01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 18
02. Sharon Sophie Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 17
03. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 16
*** Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 16
05. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 15
*** Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 15
*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo "Easy" Winter) : 15
*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 15
09. Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 14
*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 14
11. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 13
*** Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 13
*** Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 13
*** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 13
15. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 12
*** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 12
*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 12
*** Björn Landberg (Daniel "Danny" Oschmann) : 12
19. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 11
*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 11
*** Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 11
22. Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 10
23. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 6
24. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 5
25. Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 4
26. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 3
*** Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 3
28. Torsten Knippertz (Marius Popovic) : 3
29. Tatiani Katrantzi (Jennifer Turner) : 2
*** Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 2
31. Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer ) : 1

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 126
02. Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 124
03. Isabelle Geiss (Nika Färber) : 121
04. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 119
05. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 118

Edited September 5, 2021 by Huntress

[Huntress]

Even before the spin-off "NIHAT" has started airing, RTL announced that GZSZ will receive a third online spin-off: "Leon – Glaub nicht alles, was du siehst" (Leon – Don't Buy Into Everything That You See") focuses on the character of Leon Moreno, GZSZ's second longest-serving character. Daniel Fehlow has played Leon since April 1996, although with several breaks. On the original show, Leon leaves town next week after breaking up with Nina (Maria Wedig). In the spin-off, Leon moves to the coast of the Baltic Sea with his teenage son Oskar. There he sets up a beach restaurant and meets a new woman – who looks exactly like his dead wife Verena! Actress Susan Sideropoulos, who starred on GZSZ from 2001 to 2011, will play opposite Fehlow. On the main show, Verena was killed off in a car accident in the summer of 2011. Whether she returns as Verena or as a lookalike is still unknown.

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In other casting news:

• Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) departs UU in the episode airing September 13th, 2021. Graf joined the cast in November 2019 as the unfathomable Luke who arrived in Cologne after the mysterious death of beloved Irene Weigel in Thailand. After murdering his sister Nika's parole officer, Luke flees town.
• On AWZ, Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) has been placed on contract after being recurring for almost a year. Daniela is Kim's offbeat mother and Marian's current lover. Berrit Arnold first rose to fame in the mid-90s when she starred as bisexual Annalena Bergmann on the defunct soap "Marienhof". She has also played a minor role on GZSZ.

[AMCOLTLLover]

There are 3 more Dailys in Germany that seem to be forgotten even though they are running for more than 13 to 15 years.

Rote Rosen (Red Roses) since 2006 and has over 3400 Episodes. It was more of a Novela concept but got more structured into a normal Daily in recent years.

Sturm der Liebe (Storm of Love) since 2005 and has this novela type of style going on but has been more a normal daily in recent years. It aired over 3650 Episodes.

And a real Daily that no one seems to watch but still has made it over 2800 Episodes since 2007:

Home is Home (Dahoam is Dahoam).. It plays in the Bavarian Region of Germany and they even try to speak in their Bavarian language even though it got criticed for not being true to the culture. Its a good Soap but a lot of Cast Changes in recent years.

[Huntress]

Well, they are not forgotten – I just don't consider them typical "daily soaps".

ARD labels "Sturm der Liebe" and "Rote Rosen" as telenovelas. Even though they have been running continously since 2005 and 2006, respectively, they are produced in "cycles", i. e. the main couple is replaced after ~ 200 episodes. In addition, both shows clearly attract an older audience (there was a running gag that everytime "Sturm der Liebe" is pre-empted, there are riots in every nursing home across the country). Both shows are rumored to be cancelled after the next season because ARD wants to restructure their afternoon line-up and both shows are quite expensive to produce.

"Dahoam is Dahoam" only runs on ARD's Bavarian station BR and is very popular in the Southern states – but it does indeed have a strong local color and represents many clichés that people in other regions expect of Bavaria. (I'm from the Northwest and don't like the Bavarian dialect at all 

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) I think they have a market share of 2 or 3 percent.

[wingwalker]

That'll be sad if Sturm der Liebe gets cancelled. I loved Boris and Tobias as a couple. I was a bit peeved they brought back the actor that plays Boris as a straight twin brother instead of making Boris and Tobias the main couple for a season, since I don't believe they've ever had a gay couple as the "main couple"  but at least they did get a happy ending. Which is more than I can say for Olli and Christian when Verbotene Liebe was getting cancelled. 

 

 

Edited September 28, 2021 by wingwalker

[Huntress]

Last week on GZSZ:

Next week on GZSZ:

 

Episode Counts September 2021

GZSZ
Total episodes: 20

01. Valentina Pahde (Sunny Richter) : 18
02. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 17
03. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 16
04. Timur Ülker (Nihat Güney) : 15
05. Anne Menden (Emily Wiedmann) : 14
06. Felix von Jascheroff (John Bachmann) : 13
*** Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 13
08. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 12
*** Patrick Heinrich (Erik Fritsche) : 12
10. Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 11
*** Lennart König (Fabio Beck) : 11
*** Olivia Marei (Toni Ahrens) : 11
*** Jörn Schlönvoigt (Dr. Philip Höfer) : 11
14. Vildan Cirpan (Dr. Nazan Akinci) : 10
15. Thomas Drechsel (Max "Tuner" Krüger) : 9
*** Daniel Fehlow (Leon Moreno) : 9
17. Stella Denis-Winkler (Svenja Steiner) : 7
*** Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 7
*** Jan Kittmann (Tobias Evers) : 7
20. Felix van Deventer (Jonas Seefeld) : 6
*** Charlott Reschke (Johanna Flemming) : 6
*** Maria Wedig (Nina Klee) : 6
23. Norbert Ghafouri (Prof. Dr. Lothar Degenhardt) : 5
*** Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren Seefeld) : 5
25. Marc Weinmann (Luis Ahrens) : 4
26. Christoph Moreno ("Jay" Lukas Ritter) : 2
*** Joana Schümer (Rosa Lehmann) : 2
28. Zoé Bailieu (Kate Wiedermann) : 1
*** Sara Fuchs (Miriam Behnke) : 1
*** Thaddäus Meilinger (Felix Lehmann) : 1

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Gisa Zach (Yvonne Bode) : 132
02. Iris Mareike Steen (Lilly Seefeld) : 121
03. Ulrike Frank (Katrin Flemming) : 119
04. Wolfgang Bahro (Dr. Jo Gerner) : 114
05. Lennart Borchert (Moritz Bode) : 109
*** Chryssanthi Kavazi (Laura Lehmann) : 109

AWZ
Total episodes: 22

01. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 21
02. Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen (Jenny Steinkamp) : 19
03. Jörg Rohde (Ben Steinkamp) : 18
04. Suri Abbassi (Leyla Öztürk) : 17
*** Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 17
06. Berrit Arnold (Daniela Bremer) : 15
*** Amrei Haardt (Nathalie Reichenbach) : 15
*** Jasmin Minz (Kim Bremer) : 15
*** Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 15
10. Lisandra Bardél (Malu Santos) : 14
*** Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 14
*** Ania Niedieck (Isabelle Reichenbach) : 14
*** Tijan Njie (Moritz Brunner) : 14
*** Cheyenne Pahde (Marie Schmidt) : 14
*** Franziska van der Heide (Ina Ziegler) : 14
16. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 13
*** Dominik Flade (Yannick Ziegler) : 13
*** Silvan-Pierre Leirich (Richard Steinkamp) : 13
19. Sam Eisenstein (Marian Öztürk) : 11
20. Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 10
21. Francisco Medina (Maximilian von Altenburg) : 9
22. Erol Sander (Frank Giese) : 6
*** Verena Zimmermann (Manuela Geroll) : 6
24. Ingeborg Brings (Frau Renate Scholz) : 5
*** Maurice Pawlewski (Marc Giese) : 5
26. Julia Augustin (Dr. Vanessa Steinkamp) : 3
27. Felix Gibert (Henry Steinkamp) : 2
*** Lars Korten (Christoph Lukowski) : 2

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Matthias Brüggenolte (Justus Albrecht) : 139
02. Julia Wiedemann (Lucie Ziegler) : 137
03. Tatjana Clasing (Simone Steinkamp) : 131
04. Igor Dolgatschew (Deniz Öztürk) : 129
05. Alexandra Fonsatti (Chiara Nadolny) : 126
*** Christopher Kohn (Dr. Finn Albrecht) : 126

UU
Total episodes: 22

01. Constantin Lücke (Till Weigel) : 19
02. Sharon Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 18
*** Yannik Meyer (Conor Weigel) : 18
*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 18
05. Benjamin Heinrich (Benno "Bambi" Hirschberger) : 17
06. Claudelle Deckert (Eva Wagner) : 16
*** Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 16
08. Jan Ammann (Chris Weigel) : 15
*** Timothy Boldt (Ringo Beckmann) : 15
*** Isabelle Julie Geiss (Nika Färber) : 15
*** Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 15
*** Milos Vukovic (Paco Weigel) : 15
13. Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 14
14. Tabea Heynig (Britta Schönfeld) : 11
*** Alexander Milo (Jakob Huber) : 11
16. Paul Eilert (Julius Engel) : 10
*** Carina Koller (Cecilia Weigel) : 10
*** Luca Maric (Robert Küpper) : 10
*** Nina Weisz (Corinna Weigel) : 10
20. Jakob Graf (Luke Färber) : 9
21. Isabel Vollmer (Monika Huber) : 7
22. Akeem van Flodrop (Theo Wolters) : 6
23. Ramon Ademes (Roger Schmitz) : 5
24. Lea Ermel (Maja Kiefer ) : 4
*** Sophia Gül (Amelie Hirschberger) : 4
*** Torsten Knippertz (Marius Popovic) : 4
*** Angelika Milster-Bauer (Hilde Müller) : 4
28. Jashan Gupta (Matteo Weigel) : 2
*** Lena Klöber (Sarah Fuchs) : 2
*** Lisa Küppers (Angelina Köhler) : 2
31. Stefano Ligorio (Gianni Aurino) : 1
*** Lars Steinhöfel (Ingo “Easy” Winter) : 1

Yearly Top 5 so far:

01. Patrick Müller (Tobias Lassner) : 142
02. Isabelle Julie Geiss (Nika Färber) : 137
03. Jens Hajek (Benedikt Huber) : 134
04. Sharon Sophie Berlinghoff (Vivien Köhler) : 132
*** Isabell Hertel (Ute Kiefer) : 132
*** Valea Katharina Scalabrino (Sina Hirschberger) : 132

Edited October 1, 2021 by Huntress

[Skylover]

@Huntress has Moritz done much this year? I don't know whether to tune in again.

[AMCOLTLLover]

I've heard that the Nihat - Spin-Off was well received compared to the Sunny one.

I am not really into those Spin-Off Shows but the Leon Moreno one that is coming is something i am interested in coz Susan Siederopolous as Verena Koch returns. She was one of the longest Cast Members back in the day and one of my favorites.

People in Germany seem to freak out about this comeback and have the wildest theories lmao I would like to see their reactions to some stuff from Days of Our Lives.

[Aback]

Hi!

I would love to start watching GZSZ but I desperately need German subtitles to watch it.

Can you confirm that the TvNow.De website is the only website where I can find the subtitled episodes? If you have any other tips, I'd love to hear that.

[Huntress]

Apparently Susan will not be returning as the late Verena, but as a different character. She's probably a lookalike – or maybe Leon just wants to believe that she looks like Verena.

Moritz did have a storyline and even a short-term boyfriend (Fabio, image below). After being gay-bashed, he wanted to fight back and started working out to gain physical strength. However, he got into some legal trouble (again).

Right now, they're slowly developing a triangle between Moritz, the Luis recast and Luis's girlfriend Miro (played by Sara Fuchs, another new contract role).

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TVNOW (soon rebranded as RTL+) is the only website where you can legally watch GZSZ and the other soaps. RTL is very strict when it comes to their copyrighted material so they take everything else down quickly.
At least the subtitles on TVNOW are accurate – the auto-generated subtitles on youtube or other platforms are just horrible gibberish. None of the grammar makes sense.

Btw, TVNOW has almost finished uploading all episodes from 1998. So only the years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 are still missing – everything else is complete. Out of these missing years, only the period between 2002 and 2003 was worth watching. 1999 to 2001 were probably the show's worst era because there was too much focus on the teenagers.

This week on GZSZ:

 

[AMCOLTLLover]

What??? GZSZ 1999 to 2001 was the worst? I love different opinions but that is some weird opinion. It was quiet the most popular time.

I mean the vets like Clemens, Daniel, Elisabeth, Jo Gerner, Barbara were heavily involved.

1999 was one of my favorite years when Leon Moreno hooked up with a women from a MOB Boss. That dude made Leons life a living hell. One of my favorite storylines. And the Andy Lehmann Story when he was in that cult.

And Gerner and Barbara driving Katja Wettstein crazy.

Or in 2000 when Barbara kidnapped Nico and Coras child.

The show didn't had that much teenager. Only Marie, Kai, Moritz, Sandra.. All the others were in their early-mid 20's through 50's. It was quiet balanced when it comes down to the age. We had much more Teenage/Youth Story during rhe 2010's tbh

Edited October 13, 2021 by AMCOLTLLover

[Huntress]

Yeah, you named the only stories of that time that could be considered good 

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Leon's mob story and Gerner and Barbara driving Katja crazy with a zombie happened in early 1999, so I give you that.
Also, Anna's schizophrenia was a good storyline, with her three personalities and then killing her therapist. That also happened in the first half of 1999.
After that, it went downhill quickly.

The Barbara recast destroyed the character and pairing her with the equally bad Peter recast didn't help. To make things worse, they had this awful triangle going on with that Lara chick which lasted forever. IIRC, the actress playing Lara became a contract role before she was quietly dropped from one day to the next.
Xenia was a shrew, and the Bohlstädt family (Chris, Charlotte & Franziska) were duds, hence they were written off in 2000/2001. The actor playing Jan was godawful, and he and Charlotte didn't have the slightest chemistry.
Flo and Martin were simply boring. The only saving grace was Sonja constantly interfering in their love life.
The less I say about Kai, Marie, Moritz and Sandra, the better. I couldn't stand any of them.
Losing Nataly and Fabian was a mistake as I felt both still had enough ties to the canvas. AFAIK, the actress playing Nataly was fired because "her character's story had been told".
I don't remember Clemens, Elisabeth, Daniel or Jo having an important storyline during this time, either.

The only good addition during this period was Senta but it took some time until she had a good story.
Oh, and I forgot about Inka. Too bad she went psycho that quickly. Well, at least she shot Chris.

And re: the Teens – in the late 90s/early 00s, the show was targeted at a (mainly female) teenage audience, hence the monthly "Official GZSZ Magazine" with posters and beauty stuff, the official GZSZ CDs, singing soap actors, the official GZSZ perfume etc. I was a teenager back then as well, and a lot of people in my class watched GZSZ and the other soaps.
These days, GZSZ is mainly targeted at women in their 30s. That's why characters like Katrin, Nina, Yvonne and Maren and their love lifes have become the main focus. 4 women in their 40s/early 50s as lead characters wouldn't have been possible in the 90s since most characters were supposed to be younger than 30 back then (that many actors looked older is a different thing).

[AMCOLTLLover]

@Huntress I loved Kai. He was one of the greatest characters and one of the most hilarious ones. I am still thankful that the producers promoted him from reccuring to contract after that summer 98 story with Alex and his shady friends.

Kai & Marie were cute. Moritz/Kai Bromance was so hilarious and entertaining. That made Kais death even sadder. Kais death was one of the best and most devasting deaths of the entire show.

Only Character i hated was Sandra. I hated the first actress and the recast made it even worse. The producer really tried to throw that character like every day of the week at the audience.

Inka turning psycho made completley sense after what she went through.

Flo/Martin were no Flo/Andy. Thats for sure. But i enjoyed the time when Flo was lost and Martin went looking for her. 2001 was really an annoying year of GZSZ. Only Leons return was memorable and his affair with Cora. But i liked Flos return and happy end with Martin to be honest,

I loved Nadine Dehmel as Nataly.. She was one of my ultimate favorites. I still hate the fact that they fired her. I mean she and Ricky were my ultimate super couple of GZSZ from the 90's. I always hoped Ricky would turn up. I remember that everyone suspected that Ricky would turn up in the shows 2000th Episode. There was even a rumor he would return when Nataly was exiting the show. But i enjoyed her final storyline.

I enjoyed GZSZ from 1996 to 2004. (1992 - 1995 were alright but the acting was hard to overlook sometimes. But it had its own charme to be honest.).. 2004-05 was another weird year. Only Philip and that subway running with his friends was great. But that Lena Bachmann character ruined the mood for me especially after she won that million dollar and that shady character tried to steal it from her for weeks.

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Xenia.. A Character i couldn't stand. The chemistry with Chris was OK.. But i never cared for their storyline. It didn't even made sense that Chris wasn't able to read coz he was a delivery boy or something and had to know where to deliver the mail. Completley bs that all of the sudden he couldn't read.   But i Xenia started to grow on me when Ben Bachmann appeared. The Ben/Xenia storyline was one of my favorites until the break up.

Gerner was involved in the Katja/Barbara story.. A year later Gerner got involved with Nataly after Barbara run her over. I mean a Gerner/Nataly pairing was the most surprising pairing i would've expected and when Nataly gained back her memorie her revenge was so satisfying.

Clemens had this story going on with Anna and after that he started gambling and nearly lost it all.

Daniel and Elizabeth had her breast cancer story going on.