My mother forwarded me a link today to a New York Times story about Tatort, a German police drama that’s been running since 1970. 1970! Almost 40 years! My parents watch the Cologne version at home, with subtitles, but I now know – thank you, NYT – that they produce versions of it all over the country, it’s on every Sunday evening, and by not watching it, I am clearly missing out on something BIG. Don’t worry; it’s on my calendar for the rest of the time I’m here.

UPDATE (8/28): My mom points out that the link originally came from her friend Judy.