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In Season 1, Vienna Blood was interesting in its usual setting and some of its characters, but its mysteries were frequently too simple. Making the lead detective an early Freud student leaned into "these aspects of mental health are so new" allowed audiences to feel more competent than
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Last week, Vienna Blood left the mystery as background noise to the lives Max Liebermann and Oskar Reinhardt are living in the final years of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. This week continues that trend, opening with Max at the hospital, where he's openly growing weary of Professor Gruner and
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The final mystery of Vienna Blood starts with a cold open of a young man in a military uniform, running through a forest. It's short-lived, as the series cuts back to the Liebermann household, who have gathered to celebrate patriarch Mendel's birthday. Max is there, sans
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Last week's Vienna Blood ended on the revelation that Reinhardt and Max are chasing a serial killer. They have some clues as to who it is already. He's a soldier, a nationalist, who is either part of or inspired by the Brotherhood of Primal Fire. His
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At the end of Vienna Blood's first mystery, Max did the sensible thing and asked Clara to marry him. It's now a few months later, 1907, and Clara is being fitted for gown and veil while Max ponders whether or not love is real. (The legend
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The premiere episode of Vienna Blood ended on a cliffhanger. But this week doesn't pick up there. Instead, we open with Max called to the carpet by Professor Gruner, the head of the hospital, whose lectures viewers saw last week includes torturing women with "hysterics." He
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Vienna Blood is the newest mystery series to be added to the PBS lineup. Based on The Liebermann Papers series by Frank Tallis, this series is as much of time and place as character, much like Grantchester. It's a series that dives into the society of 1908 Vienna,