From MHz Choice:
Heino Ferch (Downfall) stars police psychologist Richard Brock in this dark mystery series set in Vienna. Brock is a loner, still blaming himself for the suicide of his wife and trying to reconnect with his daughter, newly graduated from the police academy. The only constants in his life are his faithful housekeeper, Mrs. Anni, and his friend Klaus Tauber, the owner of the coffee house where he inevitably eats all his meals.
From MHz Choice you can stream 5 episodes of this superb but truly grim Austrian TV series spoken in German with English subtitles. Each episode lasts about an hour and a half.
UPDATE March 20, 2021:
MHz Choice now offers four episodes of season two as well as season one. Season 2 now contains: “Desire,” “Rage,” “Yearning,” “Guilt.” In the fourth episode of season two, Brock must defeat a psychopathic police commander in yet another brooding, GRIM episode.
UPDATE August 17, 2019:
MHz Choice now offers the three episodes of season two as well as season one. All are at least as GRIM as season one. See below for a discussion of season two.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
From the best online description I could find, I quote:
I’ve finally met a character more morose than Kurt Wallander.
Sad, isolated, injured detectives who cannot connect with their offspring are all the rage now. Nonetheless, if you enjoy grim (and I mean G-R-I-M-!!!) you will love these stories. Even my wife Kathy (who usually leaves the room during especially tense or violent scenes) is addicted. In fact both of us manage to stay awake during the entire show.
Episode 3 “Fear” ends with a really devastating scene. You are warned!
SEASON TWO:
“Desire”, “Rage”, and “Yearning” are the titles of the three season two episodes. All, as in season one, are characterized by dark, beautiful, careful cinematography. All are slow moving except for the violent scenes.
“Desire” is perhaps one of the strangest murder mysteries that I have ever seen because not until close to the end does it become clear that there even was a murder.
Brock barely survives “Rage”. When it is over Brock now has a dangerous and corrupt enemy in the police force. Brock’s daughter continues to work in that police force. That corruption and its many murders must eventually (we hope) see justice.
In “Yearning” Brock is recuperating both physically and mentally in his apartment. He spends his time with a pair of binoculars spying on his neighbors across the street. In a story reminiscent of “Rear Window” he witnesses a murder and needs all the help he can get to bring the killer to justice.
“Yearning” concludes with a situation that cries for another season.
What an amazing discovery this series is, even if it possibly means a harrowing viewing.