Recaps: First Season

I found someone to recap the episodes from the very start of AWZ for you: greenwich aka 13tentacles, who also writes all those wonderful subtitles for swisslady85 Since that project of mine is only beginning, just check back now and then if you’re interested in seeing Roman’s character development.

For now, we’ve got recaps for ep. 2-5. More to come. Please let me know in the comments if it is of any interest at all; I know you’d prefer subtitles but I can’t do that and don’t have the time to learn how.

So, here we go:

http://gm1956.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/vor-langer-langer-zeit/ - Episode 2

http://gm1956.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/unerwunschte-konkurrenz/ Ep. 3-5

Unerwünschte Konkurrenz

done

Umkleideraumszenen UND rotes Shirt – was will man mehr?

AWZ – Episodes 3-5

Diana made the team! We never would have guessed! Jenny and Roman are not best pleased. Move over, evil step-sisters.

Later, Jenny storms into the men’s locker room, enraged that everyone seems to think Diana is a hit. Shirtless Roman protests that he’s not decent, which… we don’t mind, Roman. Really. Carry on. Jenny pitches a fit about Diana – who cares, when there’s shirtless Roman! Alas, he soon stuffs the goodies into – okay, that’s a nice red shirt, so I guess that’s allowed. Moving on! Roman reassures Jenny that Diana won’t last because she doesn’t have what it takes, and also, accidents happen. Jenny immediately perks up at this and makes the patented “Jennifer Steinkamp Is Scheming” face (to his credit, Roman wasn’t actually suggesting Jenny make accidents happen).

Ice rink! Diana rocks the ice. Jenny’s tampered with the sound equipment, but Diana totally floors the committee anyway. Sucks to be you, Jenny.

Switch to a “Yay, Diana!” party at the Steinkamps’. Toasts are raised. Diana does a lot of ducking her fluffy head and looking adorable. Jenny mutters a toast to Diana’s falls, then pretends to make nice with her. Diana is flustered. Roman steps in and asks Jenny to surrender her ecstasy tablets because clearly if she’s befriending Diana, she must be into the good stuff. Jenny just grins and quotes her grandmother: “If you can’t stab an enemy, crush him in your embrace.” Whoa, writers! Nice bit of continuity there, since that’s what Grandma Steinkamp actually says to Vanessa in episode 236 when she’s mad at Deniz.

There’s also a couple of brief glimpses of Nadja and Axel at the party, also looking incredibly young.

Christiane war so hübsch …

Front gegen die Neue

Folgen 3-5: Jenny und Roman sind nicht begeistert von Dianas Überraschungserfolg

Vor langer, langer Zeit …

done

Was wäre eine History ohne die Anfänge? Auftritt Roman Wild in Folge 2. Es tut mir leid, das sagen zu müssen, aber Roman war ein überheblicher Schnösel mit Starallüren und entschieden zu Jenny-like.

 

AWZ – Episode 2

Once upon a time…

…long before AWZ’s hair stylists (and writers!) took that crucial step too far on their crack intake and the show’s plot packed its bags and left for an indefinite vacation to Zanzibar, there was this:

Appearing at the Steinkamp Centre for the first time, very young and extremely shy (and much cuter with the fluffy duck hair than the current fiasco taking place on her head), is Diana, closely observed with narrowed eyes by resident bitch queens Jenny and Roman. First they jeer at Diana’s outfit (which really isn’t that bad, considering she’s going to, you know, train and sweat in it and stuff), then Jenny fake-sympathetically tells her she must’ve made a mistake coming here and there’s no training for beginners. In gallops Mike on his white steed of gallantry to rescue Diana. Roman, sneering rather deliciously, mutters another disparaging remark about Diana’s clothes to Jenny but is put firmly in his place by Mike, who tells him to go work on his routine or even the hottest outfit won’t save him (go Mike!)

Then we’re at the ice rink, where two professional figure skaters – who very obviously and hilariously aren’t Christiane Klimt and Dennis Grabosch – are doing snazzy things on the ice. Mike then asks Jenny to repeat her leap, and she consents. Sneeringly.

Also featuring: Jenny’s first use of her nickname for Diana, the wonderful yet sadly untranslatable “Schmuddeltrulla” (roughly: “scruffy bimbo”), and everyone looking unbelievably young and fresh-faced. And sneering. Lots of it.

Überhaupt war noch alles ganz anders:

Jenny war mit Julian verlobt

Diana war eine schüchterne Anfängerin und sah VIEL besser aus als aktuell

Mike war noch nicht so vom Suff gezeichnet

Annettes Kleidungsstil war – nun ja – farbenfroh …

Vanessas größtes Problem war die Mathematiknote

… nur Axel war eben – Axel. Eine Konstante in einer unübersichtlichen Welt