"How to Sell Drugs Online (Almost)" last year was the most successful Netflix Original Coming-of-Age Drama, the Cologne-based production company "bildundton factory" appears as the only German TV-Show in the Top 10 right next to series such as "Stranger Things", "Sex Education" or "The Umbrella Academy". The Comedy series by Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann was not only the audience popular, they also won the German television award and the prestigious Grimme-award in the category "children and youth": the Jury praised The on true events-based story for its "skillful visual design" and "creative identification moments for a young, Internet-savvy audience". Now the drug story set in a fictitious small German town called Rinseln is, more – Netflix shows from 21. July six new episodes. (Read also: the most successful films in Netflix)
as a reminder: "Htsdof" is the Story of 17-year-old outsider Moritz (Maximilian Mundt), which builds together with his Nerd friend Lenny (Danilo Kamperidis) the drug-Empire "Mydrugs". Actually, the student who lives with his single father (Roland Riebeling) wants to conquer back, only his Ex-girlfriend Lisa (Lena Klenke), the one with the cool school dealer Dan (Damian Hardung) has an affair. But the drug Business is quickly successful across Europe and Moritz and Lenny need to strike soon, even with real Criminals like the drug supplier Buba (Bjarne Mädel) around. In the last episode, it came to a confrontation between the ruthless older man and the young dealers. (Also read: “Cursed” - Mystery-woman power in the case of Netflix)
The exit from the drug-Empire
The second season picks up immediately at the end of the first season, however, several open action will not be followed threads, or just tell technically eliminated. Boom boom – suddenly, for example, Lisa and Moritz are a Pair again, and Gerda (Luna Schaller) is history. After you have earned with your Startup, almost the first Million, decides the Trio of Moritz, Lenny and newcomer Dan out of the drug Business to hop on and off.
Easier said than done: Moritz departs alone to the Dutch wholesalers and to explain the "Mydrugs", but the project ended, but the Teenager (who calls himself "CEO") and the adult feels threatened, wants to expand the Online Business they prefer. Finally, it comes to a serious lie to Lenny and Dan. Later, the mother of Buba (Maren Kroymann) and an Entourage of dark figures appear, the Moritz and co. also on the Pelle back. And the Dutch put the pressure on because of the Ecstasy sales go on for weeks after the bottom – so the mess finally takes its course. (Also read: The drama of the most expensive Netflix movie of all time)
Relationship and the lack of anarchy
The first season of "How to Sell Drugs Online (Almost)" was visually more diverse and colorful than the current successor, also more interesting for spectators who do not belong to the "Generation Z" – what was the funny, fast-cut montages that everything about the Internet and the drugs declared. The new Short-clip now has to deal with the problem of open W-Lans, or to show how to convert Bit Coins into Cash, this one-player again, with the Best of what "has to offer Htsdof" comedic to.
The gentle anarchism of the first season was, unfortunately, not developed further, even though there is enough Potential would have been available. Drug excesses or absurd gaffes under MDMA influence you get in "How to Sell Drugs Online (not Almost)" in any case. Figures such as the father of Moritz, and is likely to go down as the most naive village COP in the world in the series history, loses more and more credibility. Moritz, Lenny and Dan meet in the second season in a pretty weak antagonist, the Dutch suppliers have really nothing at all Threatening. The fear of Moritz and co. "killed" you can't understand anyway, without further ADO, even if, later, even a minor character to bite the dust must.
The production of the "bildundton factory" focuses in more on the relationship dramas of the protagonists and a part of a Coming-of-Age soap operas that dominate at the moment, the Streaming Business. In the case of teen-series you have to leave now but come up with something Special – series such as "Euphoria" (HBO), or "I am not okay with this" (Netflix) show that the Genre still offer a lot of Potential and creativity. A large Fan Community will remain in the series but certainly true, perhaps in the Format: Six episodes of 30 minutes you can consume super fast, similar to a drug just. (Also read: "Absentia" season 3 Jack Bauer is now called Emily Byrne)
the second season of The series "How to Spend Drugs Online Fast" is on Netflix as of 21.07 available.
This article was written by (Michael Dirk Scholz)
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GQ Date Of Update: 21 July 2020, 03:26
