Pastewka

If you know a little bit German I recommend watching "Pastewka" on amazon prime - especially the first five seasons are hilarious!

It is loosely inspired by "Curb your Enthusiasm" with Larry David but it does not take place in fancy Beverly Hills but in a somewhat run down apartment building in an also somewhat run down residential area in Cologne.

And that's a good thing!

Pastewka lives in that house with his girl friend, his brother, niece and an annoying female student downstairs.

The first five seasons are the best, because they are quirky, funny, totally political incorrect, intelligent and just hilarious.

You also feel like at home in that apartment building with these crazy Pastewkas and their entourage.

In season six they all move to the outskirts of Cologne into some fancy big house.

Season six and seven are still very good, but now they live in a boring posh area and all the fun and craziness of living in a diverse inner city area is gone from the series.

In season eight Pastewka and his long-time girl friend (finally!) split up, he lives in a RV, all the sympathetic and quirky characters in the Pastewka universe are gone and the series becomes almost depressive.

All the fun of watching this show was completely ruined.

The only good thing is that his annoying girl friend is gone too (and the bad actress who played her).

She was as much hated as the wife of Bryan Cranston (Walter White) in "Breaking Bad".

Can you imagine "Curb your enthusiasm" suddenly taking place in some boring midwestern suburb without Leon, Jeff, Susie or Funkhouser, while Larry lives alone in a RV???

Sounds extremely stupid but that's exactly what happened with the "Pastewka" show in season eight.

It became so bad so that I almost left the show then and there.

But fortunately it became better during the second half of season eight and season nine and ten are really great and hilarious again.

If it were not for his annoying ex-girl friend showing up again.

And I thought they had finally gotten rid of her!

Well, that's what fast-forward was invented for.

Other than that, I highly recommend this series :)