‘Babylon Berlin’ Recap: ‘Season 4, Episodes 5 & 6’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Volker Bruch as Inspector Gereon Rath in Season 4 of ‘Babylon Berlin’. (Photo Courtesy of MHz Choice.)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episodes 405 and 406 of ‘Babylon Berlin’. To revisit the previous episodes, click here.
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For the most part, crime dramas tend to offer one or two major cases for the hero or heroes to solve, and it makes sense as to why. For going that route allows for a detailed case to come into play, and powerful emotional beats and moments of growth for the characters. Plus, it can create a massive buildup for the season finale. Wherein the heroes can solve the primary case in an epic and satisfying manner before we move onto a new one, next season. Which is why the MHz Choice series, Babylon Berlin is such the storytelling outlier. Simply because… it is packed to the brim with cases every season, giving rise to juicy plot threads for the show to showcase often.

Of course, season four is no exception to that rule. After all, the next block of episodes in this journey featured so many cases and troubles brewing about in Berlin. Such as the fact that Mr. Nyssen found himself in a tough place in these tales. For his wife and his mother were kidnapped by Mr. Gold, all because of that damn necklace. Which went missing here and complicated life for Nyssen, leaving all of us to wonder how he will get out of this mess with the necklace simply vanishing into thin air. But this did indeed speak to all the trouble brewing in Berlin at this point in time, and the trouble and multiple cases didn’t end there. 

After all, the gambling madness only accelerated in this tale. For whomever is trying to disrupt that took down one of the biggest players in the market in a brutal manner to send another dark message of fear, one compounded by an assassination attempt as well. One that has the underworld reeling and wondering what their next moves will be. Plus, we also saw grave injustice take place in this story. Since the explosive trial of the century… ended up being nothing more than a puff of smoke. For guilt was quickly decided and the punishments were pushed through, and to complicate matters further, those all-important negatives made it out into the world and into hands that can hold people accountable over their leak. 

All of which spoke to just pure chaos in the city. The kind that undoubtedly added to the calls for law and order in a few years when darkness befell the land. But alas, not all was lost in this tale. For this is also a story that saw Charlotte and Gereon reconcile at last. For she was made privy to what was really going on, and she of course… still had much to say about the police force and why she was fine with the outcome, and her concerns regarding the case involving her sister. Since she knew her to be innocent in this matter. Which got Gereon involved, and that brought forth some detaining and a push to garner statements when it was learned that the 14th Precinct seemed to have the most cases involving minors going to jail. 

But as is often the case in this world, two steps forward brings forth one step back. And those involved in whatever machinations are happening behind the scenes at the 14th, made sure to step in. By killing Rudi for having information that could end the salad days there, and of course… there’s a corrupt judge that is helping them out, and he even had everyone that Charlotte cares for, sent to jail no problem with a prompt trial. But even still, there was joy to be found in all of this. Mainly because at last, Gereon and Charlotte were on good terms again, and working so close and spending so much time in Gereon’s place together, led to the moment we’ve all been waiting for… that forbidden kiss and electric union we’ve known they’ve wanted to indulge in.

If anything, the theme of these episodes could be related to the ebb and flow of life. And how good moments and bad moments go back and forth in tandem since we saw that here. But that aside, this was indeed an epic set of episodes through and through. For they were indeed filled to the brim with important moments to set up the future and all kinds of conflicts that will somehow spill over as well, and one of them may even harken back to earlier seasons. Since the Russians are still sniffing around. But this is what we’ve come to expect from this show, jam packed episodes that give us a rich world to explore, and it will be interesting to see where all these cases and moments take us in the weeks to come. Until next time.

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