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Two years ago, I became completely obsessed with a TV show calledBabylon Berlin.
This is not uncommon for me.
Objects of my Why arent you watching?
jeremiads have ranged fromFleabagtoHalt and Catch FiretoDickinsonto the recent CBS proceduralEvil.
But my love forBabylon Berlinhad a different tenor.
When the showlanded on Netflix for the first time two years ago, I was unprepared.
I had no idea what it was, and no idea how much Id love it.
But rather than the specifics of Gereons investigation,Babylon Berlins world is what hooked me first.
Its beautiful and stylish and grim and dynamic.
She lives in a filthy, crowded, much-too-small apartment with her extended family.
She ties a pair of hose around her neck like a scarf.
Lotte is transformed, suddenly visible in the world.
Its not a subtle show.
