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Remember me comrades! (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another great quote is made by Jensen, the burnt-out detective tasked with catching Egon and his gang. His younger and more naive colleague remarks that "crime doesn't pay" which prompts Jensen to give the following answer:

Oh God! My dear, dear young friend, you are terribly mistaken. Believe me, I've been on the force for more than 25 years, and I know what I'm talking about. Duty carries its own reward, but it's modest. Integrity is beautiful, but meager. Justice is proud, but one-eyed. Love is sweet, but costly. Friendship and camaraderie, those are good to look back on in your old age. But the only thing that pays, that's crime!

Jensen makes a lot of glasses-off remarks such as "when the really big criminals arrives the only thing the police can do is to offer them protection".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah it's honestly a really good series. There's a reason it got big in the GDR. It's wild what they could deliver while still keeping it comical. Like that text reads as some really deep quote, but in the scene it's probably played for jokes. It's great.
My only gripe is how Yvonne ping-pongs between being more insightful than Egon, and being an immense dumbass, depending on what the plot demands