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Jack, I still admire your dedication to Cobra 11, you are probably their biggest fan! How do you watch it, anyway? Live streaming I guess?
Greetings from Vancouver!
Hey Katja: you can watch episodes on RTL-now.de. During the week of broadcast, it’s free. You can also pay €1 to be a week ahead.
I’ve only just discovered Alarm Fur Cobra 11 in all its cheesy and yet heartfelt and occasionally angsty glory! I loved your analysis of how to write an episode. There’s gotta be a word for recognising that something is lowbrow but loving it unashamedly anyway, right? Well that’s how I feel about Cobra 11.
I had heard that Cobra 11 had started airing there on SBS2. Australia’s the only place in the world where it has English subtitles.
I’m like you: I know it’s low-brow but it’s great fun! You’ll find the Tom Beck episodes that SBS2 is up to presently are the cheesiest of the lot, but they are really enjoyable. I’ve learned all these new German words like fifty-fifty, Handy and Society-Girl!
I’ve discovered that in my quest for more episodes, since SBS doesn’t look to have any more coming up in the next little while. The one advantage to no more English-subtitled episodes is that it’s forcing me to revisit my early high school German lessons! Lots of fun! :)
When the German season is on (not back till September), you can watch them at RTL Now (http://rtl-now.rtl.de/alarm-fuer-cobra-11.php) for free. The only problem: Australia was up to 2007, last I looked, so in the ones in Germany, Ben Jäger has left. Semir, of course, is still in them—I think he’ll stay till they cancel the show!
I never learned German but I read a lot of car magazines, so I know their motoring terms. Karl Urban was a classmate so thanks to him I know ‘Ach du Scheiße!’
If you want to get more news, there is a Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/autobahnpolizei/ which I run along with a few friends, and none of us are German! (It’s ironic since it’s the biggest non-official Facebook group for the series.)
Ooh, this is good to know, thank you! I worked out that RTL-now showed recent episodes for a week for free, but couldn’t find any. This explains it! In the meantime, I’ve been buying one episode at a time :)
Very fun that you went to school with Karl Urban — and I love that Scheiße is pretty much everyone’s first German word. Haha!
Okay, heading off to join your Facebook group. Thanks for all your help!
You are as big a fan as me!
I’ve approved you in the Facebook group queue. When I get some time, I’ll post some stuff from earlier seasons so you can get a feel for what has passed.
I usually post photos from the upcoming episodes, links and videos between the half-seasons. Most of the posters are German speakers but it sounds like you won’t have trouble with that!
I just found and read this. And it is so funny but it’s exactly the way it is and i think it’s one reason for me to warch and love the show.
Greetings from Germany, the home of Alarm für Cobra 11
Edda
Hi Edda: nice to see you here! This is how I explain the series in person as well (people always ask me about this show).