And it gets even better
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | And it gets even better |
 | |
| Country of production |
Austria , Germany |
| original language | German |
| year | 2012 |
| Production company |
Producers at Work , epo film |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 7 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | Comedy |
| Theme music | "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate |
| music | Jessica de Rooij |
| First broadcast | September 3, 2012 on ORF eins |
| occupation | |
It's coming even thicker is an Austrian - German television series that has been broadcast on ORF eins since September 3, 2012 , and on Sat.1 on September 10, 2012 . The first season ended on Sat.1 on October 15, 2012 with the broadcast of episode 7. The series is set in Vienna .
action
Jessica Grashoff is the hotel manager of a 5-star wellness hotel. When one day the overweight Rike Schlamm applies for a job as an accountant, Jessica throws her upside down on the grounds that “she is too fat and that doesn't fit in a wellness hotel”.
When a thunderstorm approaches and Rike sees a large advertising poster with Jessica from her balcony, she wishes the slim hotel manager "all her fat on her body" - and with success. When Jessica wakes up the next morning, to her utter horror, she is more than 50 kilograms heavier, so that no one - not even Carl, the F&B manager of the hotel with whom she spent last night - will recognize her. The ambulance she summons believes she is crazy, so Jessica has to make up a story to keep out of trouble. So she pretends to be her own sister named Marie. Since Jessica can no longer run the hotel with her current appearance, she hires the now slim Rike as managing director and pretends to be her sister Marie, whom Jessica has put at Rike's side as an assistant.
occupation
Main cast
| role | actor | Season | consequences |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica / Marie Grashoff | Cloud Hegenbarth | 1 | 1-7 |
| Friederike "Rike" mud | Theresa Underberg | 1 | 1-7 |
| Carl Schubert | Manuel Witting | 1 | 1-7 |
| Manu M. | Edita Malovcic | 1 | 1-7 |
| Oleg | Citizen Lars Dietrich | 1 | 1-7 |
| Stefan Obermayer | Julian Weigend | 1 | 1-7 |
| Frank Gerlach | Stefan Puntigam | 1 | 1-7 |
| Klaus "Klausi" Schwegler | Daniel Keberle | 1 | 1-7 |
Guest actor
| role | actor | episode |
|---|---|---|
| Toni | Max Schmiedl | 1-7 |
| Thomasz (colleague of Oleg) | Attila Beke | 1-7 |
| Roman Berger | Steffen Groth | 2 |
| Robert Steinke | Michael redhead | 3 |
| Sylvia Steinke | Elisa Maria Seydel | 3 |
| Olivia Angel | Tanja Wenzel | 3 |
| Schröder | Andreas Guenther | 4th |
| Mrs Schroeder | Eva Neubauer | 4th |
| Mrs. Hattenberger | Silvia Wohlmuth | 4th |
| masseur | Hendrik Borgmann | 4th |
| Doctor from the hospital | Peter Raffalt | 4th |
| Employees in the wellness area or housekeeping | Agnes Hausmann | 4 + 6 |
| Simone Grashoff | Sonja Kirchberger | 5 |
| Nadine Kemper | Laura Jungwirth | 5 |
| Alice Kemper | Patricia Aulitzky | 5 |
| Martin Kemper | Jacob Weigert | 5 |
| Nurse | Sonja Chan | 5 |
| Head of the Therapy Center | Veronika Polly | 5 |
| Participant in the course in the therapy center | Bettina Schwarz | 5 |
| Head chef at the "Fitz" | Susanna Hirschler | 5 |
| Ella Sandvoss | Mirjam Weichselbraun | 6-7 |
| Katharina Renz | Katja Weitzenböck | 6th |
| Fitness trainer | Philipp Bernhard | 6th |
| Sophia | Katrin Filzen | 7th |
| "Weather Fairy" | Christa Kummer | 7th |
background
The shooting of the first season lasted from March 5, 2012 to June 15, 2012 and took place both in Vienna and in the Falkensteiner Balance Resort in Stegersbach in Burgenland . The hotel business continued during production. The two main actresses Wolke Hegenbarth and Theresa Underberg had to spend up to four hours in the mask every day of shooting for their respective transformation into the fuller version of their characters. A fat suit , which closed at the wrists and ankles and simulated forty additional kilograms , provided the necessary bulk . Their faces were again padded with silicone layers by the make- up artist Montse Ribé together with David Martí . Hegenbarth, who was temporarily represented by two doubles , described the shoot in a fat suit as "very exhausting". Not only the make-up procedure, but also working with the extra "kilos" was arduous. For example, she had "a cool suit with a cable connection to a cool box" built into her costume.
Episode list
The first two episodes were broadcast on ORF Eins . The remaining episodes were first broadcast by Sat.1 emotions .
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast | Audience ratings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The transformation | 3rd Sep 2012 | 2.50 million |
| Jessica and Rike swap bodies, the slim hotel manager wakes up with the chubby Rike and vice versa. Jessica is ashamed of her fat body and has experiences that she was spared as a slim woman. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | The hairdresser | Sep 10 2012 | 2.74 million |
| The star hairdresser Roman Berger ( Steffen Groth ) has announced himself in the hotel. A big event is planned. When Berger's wig goes missing - hardly anyone knows that the great hairstylist is bald - Marie gets him to stand by and pull off the show anyway, and it actually becomes a success. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | blackout | Sep 11 2012 | 2.11 million |
| Jessica's superior Robert Steinke ( Michael Rotschopf ) reacts very annoyed when he learns of the unauthorized personnel changes in the hotel "Fitz". After an unpleasant incident, he quits Marie and Rike. Manu, who has always believed that she deserves Jessica's post, sees herself at the goal of her wishes. It comes to a turbulent night between Rike, Steinke and Olivia Angel ( Tanja Wenzel ), whose suitcase was swapped. After a blackout of everyone involved, Marie can clarify the matter, and in the end the termination is off the table. | ||||
| 4th | 4th | The dead | Sep 18 2012 | 2.11 million |
| When the new hotel manager Rike bends down, her super short skirt bursts and reveals her bottom, which is only covered with a thong. The hotel guest Schröder ( Andreas Guenther ) collapses dead at this sight. Since there is a hotel tester ( Silvia Wohlmuth ) in the hotel who is not supposed to hear about the death, the corpse is pushed back and forth in the house. Ms. Schröder ( Eva Neubauer ) informs Rike and Marie that their husband suffers from narcolepsy and sometimes just falls over and looks like dead. And then Carl also learns from the hotel tester Hattenberger that Schröder checked in incognito that morning because he was also a hotel tester. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | children | 25 Sep 2012 | 1.65 million |
| Jessica's mother Simone ( Sonja Kirchberger ) unexpectedly turns up in the hotel , who knows nothing about the change in her daughter and places great value on good looks, style and self-discipline and who believes that this is the only way to be successful in life. She doesn't recognize her own daughter and Marie prefers to keep the truth a secret. When her mother makes an appointment with Carl, however, Marie has to take action. And then there is the problem with a chubby, unhappy girl ( Laura Jungwirth ) who is even forgotten by her parents ( Jacob Weigert + Patricia Aulitzky ) in the hotel. The little one gives Marie the strength to confess the truth to her own mother. However, Marie's mother does what she always does when problems arise: she does not want to deal with them and leaves. | ||||
| 6th | 6th | The dance competition | Oct 2, 2012 | 1.45 million |
| The annual charity dance competition takes place in the hotel, in which the entire management team should take part. Last year, Carl and Jessica had a superior win. Marie initially doesn't want to take part this year, but thinks about it differently. She competes with Oleg and defeats Carl, who dances with a former schoolmate ( Mirjam Weichselbraun ) who now works as a fitness trainer in the hotel. Marie hires Klaus as a new hotel technician, which leads to problems between him and Rike. In addition, the suicide of a suicidal hotel guest ( Katja Weitzenböck ) has to be thwarted. | ||||
| 7th | 7th | A magical day | Oct 9, 2012 | 1.83 million |
| Exactly one year has passed since Jessica and Rike were transformed. When Rike realizes that every scale shows her weight is way too high, and then also learns that according to the weather forecast a thunderstorm is to be expected in the evening - like in the evening of the transformation - she fears that she and Marie could change back . But when, as a result of a misunderstanding, her already troubled relationship with Klaus almost breaks up, she realizes that she was happier before her transformation and now wants her old body back. Marie is invited to a rendezvous by Oleg, but believes that the invitation comes from Carl. Accordingly, she is disappointed when she realizes the truth. Weeping, she escapes into a taxi, where she gets drunk with champagne. While driving home, Marie receives a call from Rike that she should come to the roof terrace of the hotel "Fitz" immediately. Rike says that she has had enough of this stressful, slim life that is far too exhausting for her and that she wants to be happy with Klaus again. Marie meets Carl and Ella on her way up. Howling and drunk as she is, she tells him that they have known each other for almost two years and that he knows nothing about her and that she is not Marie and not fat either. Carl is totally confused and doesn't know what she's saying. When he follows her on the roof, lightning strikes and images of thin and fat Jessica / Marie mix. What happens now remains open. | ||||
- Remarks
criticism
“With a cool-stylish hotel ambience, predictably amusing teasing with an attractive colleague and toxic teasing with an ambitious secretary, the series offers a catchy setting. In it, the two heroines experience not only their outer, but ultimately also an inner change. Because being fat also shapes the soul and self-confidence. But in the end what counts - comforting and politically correct at the same time - is heart, ability and character. "
"All in all, it gets worse not innovation, Sat.1 with its other two series Danni Lowinski and The Last Cop succeeded. Ultimately, that could be one of the biggest problems with the format. Nevertheless, a beautiful, friendly world with interesting characters was created, which can definitely be described as worth pursuing. "
“There are much worse things from German production. So you can take a look at It gets even thicker . Unfortunately, it is not the big hit. In spite of an essentially correct approach, there is simply a lack of originality. "
DVD release
The entire first season was released on DVD on October 31, 2012.
Web links
- It gets worse in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website at Sat.1
- Podcast in the ORF TV counter
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kurier : TV tip: New series “Es geht noch thicker” ; accessed on Sep 4. 2012
- ↑ a b Prelude to the turbulent ORF series . ORF.at. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ↑ TV tip: New series "It comes even thicker" . In: Courier . Kurier.at. October 10, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ↑ a b Manuel Weis: Wolkes Sat.1 series starts really strong . In : quotemeter.de . September 11, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ↑ Manuel Weis: Flop 1: "Put through its paces" not even in the top 5 . In : quotemeter.de . September 18, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
- ↑ Manuel Weis: Sat.1 series: Now also Wolkes single-digit format . In : quotemeter.de . September 25, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
- ↑ Manuel Weis: Now it's getting thick: Sat.1 series break in. In : quotemeter.de. October 2, 2012, accessed October 2, 2012 .
- ↑ Sidney Schering: Sat.1 series keep crashing . In : quotemeter.de . October 9, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ↑ Manuel Weis: Consolation? Sat.1 series have increased slightly . In : quotemeter.de . October 16, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ↑ Media: It comes even thicker. In: Focus.de. September 7, 2012, accessed September 11, 2012 .
- ↑ Manuel Weis: The Critics: «It comes even thicker». In : quotemeter.de. September 10, 2012, accessed September 11, 2012 .
- ↑ Christian Junklewitz: It gets even bigger: Sat.1 starts new comedy series - Review. In: Serienjunkies.de. September 10, 2012, accessed September 14, 2012 .