Rex Resolution 5: Ein perfekter Mord

This is the so-called 'naughty' episode where us delicate viewers in Australia were spared the 'x-rated' version. If you want to see what was edited out for us, check out the clip above. Note, that it's probably not suitable viewing for younger Rex fans, even though some of the later Rex episodes got a bit heated.

Beyond the physical exertion, it seems it is true what they say, microwaved food is not that good for you. Ask the poor tavern owner whose pacemaker went into a tailspin when he heated up some fried chicken.

Still Moser knows there's something more afoot than a funky piece of chicken and he and Rex are soon on the case. It's all about interwoven family relationships (and I thought my family was dysfunctional!)

Other notables: This episode marks the first mention of Stocki's stomach operation, Moser boxer alert if that's your thing.

Other players include Veronika Ferres as Gerda Felsner, Christine Neubauer as Helga Felsner, and Florentin Groll as Hubert Felsner.

Also, not listed for this episode in IMDB, the late Georg Trenkwitz.

More Recyclers with Michael Rastl, Hans Felsner here, Gasser Sen in Toedesrennen (1996) and as Thomas Faerber in Sein Letzer Sonntag (2004). Michael also appears in Stockinger as Kronreif in Toed in Saalbach (1997). Heinz Petters also reappears in this episode as Wuerstlmann (see Endstation Wien for details).

Rex Resolution 1: Endstation Wien

January 1st 2009, first Rex episode (note I'm not counting the special feature Baby Rex) erledigt! I really enjoyed going back to the beginning too. Moser's first words, "Waffe weg!", all the way from 1994. A clip above. Many of the Rex clips seem to be dubbed in Italian which raises a hearty warum? Wurstsemmel freely admits to being technologically incompetent and thus has to work with what is available already.

Moser, Stocki, Hoellerer and Koch. Can it get any better?

Other players include Christiane Hoerbiger above (Frau Werner), the late Alexsander Bardini (Ganscheff), Alexander Strobele above (Spitzer).




Also, Robert Dietl, the late Jaromir Borek above, Mercedes Echerer above and Fritz Goblirsch, none of whose IMDB records record this episode.

Endstation Wien also introduces us to the first of our Recycled Rexers. If you weren't reading this blog from Day One (and why not?), you might not know that I named this blog Recycled Rex simply because of the number of actors who reappear in different episodes as different characters.


So, the honour of Recycled Rexer number 1 goes to Heinrich Schweiger, who appears in this episode and also in Sein Letzter Sonntag (2oo4), ten years apart but still playing a character named Bruno: Landovsky in this episode, Walter in the second. Convenient, eh?


Heinz Petters is also a Recycled Rexer, appearing in a total of 7 episodes (Endstation Wien, with a recurring role as Wuerstelmann in Ein perfekter Mord (1994), Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1994), Diagnose Mord (1994), Ein feines Haus (1994), Toedliche Teddys (1995), and a reincarnation as a new character Hunke in Das Maedchen und der Moerder (2001).

More than you wanted to know, right?