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''Cape Town'' is a 2016 joint German-South African TV series, [[FilmOfTheBook based on Deon Meyer's novel "Dead Before Dying"]]. Veteran detective Mat Joubert (Trond Espen Seim), despondent after his wife's death in the line of duty a year prior, is given an ultimatum: either he gets back into shape or he will be forced to retire. Along with his wife's former partner, Sanctus Snook (Creator/BorisKodjoe), Joubert is directed to work on a murder case involving an unusual firearm and a cardboard mask of Albert Einstein left on the body of the victim. And when the body of a drugged and strangled rape victim is found along with an Ukrainian passport, Joubert's boss assumes the two cases are connected.
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''Cape Town'' is a 2016 joint German-South African TV series, [[FilmOfTheBook based on Deon Meyer's novel "Dead Before Dying"]]. Dying"]].
Veteran detective Mat Joubert (Trond Espen Seim), despondent after his wife's death in the line of duty a year prior, is given an ultimatum: either he gets back into shape or he will be forced to retire. Along with his wife's former partner, Sanctus Snook (Creator/BorisKodjoe), Joubert is directed to work on a murder case involving an unusual firearm and a cardboard mask of Albert Einstein left on the body of the victim. And when the body of a drugged and strangled rape victim is found along withan a Ukrainian passport, Joubert's boss assumes the two cases are connected.
Veteran detective Mat Joubert (Trond Espen Seim), despondent after his wife's death in the line of duty a year prior, is given an ultimatum: either he gets back into shape or he will be forced to retire. Along with his wife's former partner, Sanctus Snook (Creator/BorisKodjoe), Joubert is directed to work on a murder case involving an unusual firearm and a cardboard mask of Albert Einstein left on the body of the victim. And when the body of a drugged and strangled rape victim is found along with
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* WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: Inverted - Joubert is a gruff, anti-social old white guy, Snook is a younger, black ByTheBookCop - former Hawks member.
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* WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: Inverted - with the old, gruff, white DefectiveDetective Mat Joubert is a gruff, anti-social old white guy, Snook is a younger, and the young, hip, black ByTheBookCop - former Hawks member.Sanctus Snook. Joubert is a self-destructive alcoholic, while Snook, coming from an elite investigation unit called the Hawks, is there to keep an eye on him.
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* TheAllegedCar: Joubert's second-generation VW Jetta.
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* TheAllegedCar: Joubert's second-generation VW Jetta. It's just as beat-up as its owner.
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* CoolCar: Snook's red Audi A5.
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* CoolCar: Snook's red Audi A5.A5, confiscated from a criminal in his introduction scene.
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* VehicleBasedCharacterization: DefectiveDetective Mat Joubert drives a [[TheAllegedCar junker VW Jetta]].
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* VehicleBasedCharacterization: DefectiveDetective Mat Joubert drives owns a [[TheAllegedCar junker VW Jetta]].Jetta]], while the hip young Snook drives a sleek modern Audi A5.
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* WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: Inverted - Joubert is a gruff, anti-social old white guy, Snook is a younger, black ByTheBookCop - former Hawks member.
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* SaltAndPepper: Joubert is a gruff, anti-social old white guy, Snook is a younger, black ByTheBookCop - former Hawks member.
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* RareGuns: the police initially call the killings "Tokarev murders", believing they were committed with a Russian Tokarev pistol. It later turns out the murder weapon is an old German pistol, the so-called "Broomhandle Mauser" that fires similar ammunition.
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* VehicleBasedCharacterization: DefectiveDetective Mat Joubert drives a [[TheAllegedCar junker VW Jetta]].
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''Cape Town'' is a 2016 joint German-South African TV series, [[FilmOfTheBook based on Deon Meyer's novel "Dead Before Dying"]]. Veteran detective Mat Joubert (Trond Espen Seim), despondent after his wife's death in the line of duty a year prior, is given an ultimatum: either he gets back into shape or he will be forced to retire. Along with his wife's former partner, Sanctus Snook (Boris Kodjoe), Joubert is directed to work on a murder case involving an unusual firearm and a cardboard mask of Albert Einstein left on the body of the victim. And when the body of a drugged and strangled rape victim is found along with an Ukrainian passport, Joubert's boss assumes the two cases are connected.
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''Cape Town'' is a 2016 joint German-South African TV series, [[FilmOfTheBook based on Deon Meyer's novel "Dead Before Dying"]]. Veteran detective Mat Joubert (Trond Espen Seim), despondent after his wife's death in the line of duty a year prior, is given an ultimatum: either he gets back into shape or he will be forced to retire. Along with his wife's former partner, Sanctus Snook (Boris Kodjoe), (Creator/BorisKodjoe), Joubert is directed to work on a murder case involving an unusual firearm and a cardboard mask of Albert Einstein left on the body of the victim. And when the body of a drugged and strangled rape victim is found along with an Ukrainian passport, Joubert's boss assumes the two cases are connected.
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* WhamLine: "Do you know anyone who wears turtlenecks?"
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* WhamLine: "Do you know anyone who wears turtlenecks?"turtlenecks?"
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* BigDamnHeroes: when Joubert is cornered [[spoiler: on van Rees' farm]] and deafened by a gunshot, Snook suddenly arrives with the cops in tow. [[spoiler: And that roughly five minutes after Joubert is saved by Hanna Fortier pulling a [[BigDamnVillains Big Damn]] AntiVillain.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: when Joubert is cornered [[spoiler: on van Rees' farm]] and deafened by a gunshot, Snook suddenly arrives with the cops in tow. [[spoiler: And that roughly five minutes after Joubert is saved by Hanna Fortier pulling a [[BigDamnVillains Big Damn]] AntiVillain.]]VillainousRescue (or AntiVillain-ian)]]
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''Cape Town'' is a 2016 joint German-South African TV series, [[FilmOfTheBook based on Deon Meyer's novel "Dead Before Dying"]]. Veteran detective Mat Joubert, despondent after his wife's death in the line of duty a year prior, is given an ultimatum: either he gets back into shape or he will be forced to retire. Along with his wife's former partner, Sanctus Snook, Joubert is directed to work on a murder case involving an unusual firearm and a cardboard mask of Albert Einstein left on the body of the victim. And when the body of a drugged and strangled rape victim is found along with an Ukrainian passport, Joubert's boss assumes the two cases are connected.
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''Cape Town'' is a 2016 joint German-South African TV series, [[FilmOfTheBook based on Deon Meyer's novel "Dead Before Dying"]]. Veteran detective Mat Joubert, Joubert (Trond Espen Seim), despondent after his wife's death in the line of duty a year prior, is given an ultimatum: either he gets back into shape or he will be forced to retire. Along with his wife's former partner, Sanctus Snook, Snook (Boris Kodjoe), Joubert is directed to work on a murder case involving an unusual firearm and a cardboard mask of Albert Einstein left on the body of the victim. And when the body of a drugged and strangled rape victim is found along with an Ukrainian passport, Joubert's boss assumes the two cases are connected.
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* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: the series-exclusive mystery of Lara Joubert's murder is the one that drags on the longest, but the other series-exclusive case, murders of human trafficking victims, is given almost as much prominence as the Mauser murders, if not more. In the novel, the B-plot of a string of bank robberies is more of a TwoLinesNowWaiting case.
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* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: the series-exclusive mystery of Lara Joubert's murder is the one that drags on the longest, but the other series-exclusive case, murders of human trafficking victims, is given almost as much prominence as the Mauser murders, if not more. In the novel, the B-plot of a string of bank robberies is more of a TwoLinesNowWaiting TwoLinesNoWaiting case.
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* AdaptationExpansion: the series remove the B-plot of bank robberies and include three new ones: the murder of Lara Joubert (explained in the novel), human trafficking and political machinations of [=ProGas=].
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* CanonForeigner: Wernicke, Coolidge and van Rees are not in the novel.
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* CanonForeigner: Wernicke, Coolidge Coolidge, Moorfood and van Rees are do not appear in the novel.
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* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: [=MacDonald's=] ''particular'' wound isn't explained in the series [[spoiler: as in the novel, it's him who rapes Hanna, but that role in the series is given to van Rees]].
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* CanonForeigner: Wernicke, Coolidge and van Rees are not in the novel.
* CompositeCharacter: Sanctus Snook. His role in the novel is divided between several characters.
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Hanna Fortier.]]
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* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler: Hester Clarke, AKA Hanna Fortier.]]
* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: the series-exclusive mystery of Lara Joubert's murder is the one that drags on the longest, but the other series-exclusive case, murders of human trafficking victims, is given almost as much prominence as the Mauser murders, if not more. In the novel, the B-plot of a string of bank robberies is more of a TwoLinesNowWaiting case.
* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: the series-exclusive mystery of Lara Joubert's murder is the one that drags on the longest, but the other series-exclusive case, murders of human trafficking victims, is given almost as much prominence as the Mauser murders, if not more. In the novel, the B-plot of a string of bank robberies is more of a TwoLinesNowWaiting case.
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* DirtyHarriet: Lara, Joubert's wife and Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation member, seduced a suspect in a drug smuggling case as a part of a sting operation and was murdered along with him.
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* DirtyHarriet: Lara, Joubert's wife and Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation Hawks member, seduced a suspect in a drug smuggling case as a part of a sting operation and was murdered along with him.
* DrivenToSuicide: Carin Oberholzer, when she realizes the connection between the Mauser Killer victims. [[spoiler: She is afraid that [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled the Killer may be going for her as well]].]]
* GoingColdTurkey: we first meet Christian Coolidge as he stumbles out of what seems to be a cell, visibly hungover and disoriented. Turns out he's trying to kick his drug addiction.
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: Hawks. While it's a real division of the South African Police Service, it's never referred to as its official name, Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation.
* GoingColdTurkey: we first meet Christian Coolidge as he stumbles out of what seems to be a cell, visibly hungover and disoriented. Turns out he's trying to kick his drug addiction.
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: Hawks. While it's a real division of the South African Police Service, it's never referred to as its official name, Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation.
* {{Paparazzi}}: the sleazy reporter, Dries Moorfood, who outs Charlie Zeelie and then tries to destroy Joubert by running an article accusing him of murdering his wife.
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* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Hanna Fortier, who hunts down the six men who raped her, and puts the masks they were wearing during the rape on their corpses. Earlier, it is revealed that Robin van Rees also raped Joubert's sister Ruth and was strangled almost to death by her father.]]
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* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Hanna Fortier, who [[RapeAndRevenge hunts down the six men who raped her, her]], and puts the masks they were wearing during the rape on their corpses. Earlier, it is revealed that Robin van Rees also raped Joubert's sister Ruth and was strangled almost to death by her father.]]
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* SaltAndPepper: Joubert is a gruff, anti-social old white guy, Snook is a younger, black ByTheBookCop - former Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation member.
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* SquadNickname: the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation is referred to by its nickname, "the Hawks".
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* SquadNickname: the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation is referred to only by its nickname, "the Hawks"."Hawks".
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* CallingCard: cardboard celebrity masks left by the Mauser killer. The last scene of the first episode shows the killer removing the second of six masks from the wall.
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* TheAllegedCar: Joubert's second-generation VW Jetta.
* ArmoredClosetGay: Charlie Zeelie, cricketer and former lover of the second victim, Drew Wilson.
* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: cut to two of the BigBad's bodyguards outside shrugging because they think their boss offed [[spoiler: Joubert]]. TheReveal has [[spoiler: Hanna Fortier, Joubert's shrink, standing over van Rees' body with a Broomhandle Mauser.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: when Joubert is cornered [[spoiler: on van Rees' farm]] and deafened by a gunshot, Snook suddenly arrives with the cops in tow. [[spoiler: And that roughly five minutes after Joubert is saved by Hanna Fortier pulling a [[BigDamnVillains Big Damn]] AntiVillain.]]
* CallingCard: cardboard celebrity masks left by the Mauser killer. The last scene ofthe first every episode shows the killer removing one of the second of six masks from the wall.wall.
* CoolCar: Snook's red Audi A5.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Norbert Wernicke, a representative of the oil company [=ProGas=]. Also, the boss of Rinkhals, Robin van Rees.
* ArmoredClosetGay: Charlie Zeelie, cricketer and former lover of the second victim, Drew Wilson.
* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: cut to two of the BigBad's bodyguards outside shrugging because they think their boss offed [[spoiler: Joubert]]. TheReveal has [[spoiler: Hanna Fortier, Joubert's shrink, standing over van Rees' body with a Broomhandle Mauser.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: when Joubert is cornered [[spoiler: on van Rees' farm]] and deafened by a gunshot, Snook suddenly arrives with the cops in tow. [[spoiler: And that roughly five minutes after Joubert is saved by Hanna Fortier pulling a [[BigDamnVillains Big Damn]] AntiVillain.]]
* CallingCard: cardboard celebrity masks left by the Mauser killer. The last scene of
* CoolCar: Snook's red Audi A5.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Norbert Wernicke, a representative of the oil company [=ProGas=]. Also, the boss of Rinkhals, Robin van Rees.
* DirtyHarriet: Lara, Joubert's wife and Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation member, seduced a suspect in a drug smuggling case as a part of a sting operation and was murdered along with him.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Christian Coolidge, the head of Rainbow Academy, hates being called "David".
* GroinAttack: [=MacDonald=], the drug smuggler, is shot in the crotch by the Mauser Killer.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Christian Coolidge, the head of Rainbow Academy, hates being called "David".
* GroinAttack: [=MacDonald=], the drug smuggler, is shot in the crotch by the Mauser Killer.
* PapaWolf: Joubert's late father was this to Mat's older sister Ruth.
* PrivateMilitaryContractor: Robin van Rees' company, Rinkhals.
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Hanna Fortier, who hunts down the six men who raped her, and puts the masks they were wearing during the rape on their corpses. Earlier, it is revealed that Robin van Rees also raped Joubert's sister Ruth and was strangled almost to death by her father.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Hanna Fortier, who hunts down the six men who raped her, and puts the masks they were wearing during the rape on their corpses. Earlier, it is revealed that Robin van Rees also raped Joubert's sister Ruth and was strangled almost to death by her father.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: TheReveal has Hanna Fortier having her revenge on van Rees, the last one of her rapists, but then she dies as she and Joubert fend off Rinkhals mercenaries on van Rees' farm.]]
* SaltAndPepper: Joubert is a gruff, anti-social old white guy, Snook is a younger, black ByTheBookCop - former Directorate for Priority Crime Investigationmember.member.
* SassyBlackWoman: Betsy, the office worker at the precinct.
* TheShrink: Hanna Fortier, Joubert's psychotherapist and love interest.
* SquadNickname: the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation is referred to by its nickname, "the Hawks".
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Joubert and Snook come to blows twice.
* WhamLine: "Do you know anyone who wears turtlenecks?"
* SaltAndPepper: Joubert is a gruff, anti-social old white guy, Snook is a younger, black ByTheBookCop - former Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation
* SassyBlackWoman: Betsy, the office worker at the precinct.
* TheShrink: Hanna Fortier, Joubert's psychotherapist and love interest.
* SquadNickname: the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation is referred to by its nickname, "the Hawks".
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Joubert and Snook come to blows twice.
* WhamLine: "Do you know anyone who wears turtlenecks?"
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''Cape Town'' is a 2016 joint German-South African TV series, [[FilmOfTheBook based on Deon Meyer's novel "Dead Before Dying"]]. Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation veteran Veteran detective Mat Joubert, despondent after his wife's death in the line of duty a year prior, is given an ultimatum: either he gets back into shape or he will be fired. forced to retire. Along with his wife's former partner, Sanctus Snook, Joubert is directed to work on a murder case involving an unusual firearm and a cardboard mask of Albert Einstein left on the body of the victim.
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* DaChief: Colonel De Wit.
* DaChief: Colonel De Wit.
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* InternalAffairs: De Wit wants Snook to investigate whether Joubert played any role in his wife's murder.
* OverlyLongName: Marcus AndreasTobias Theobald Joubert, goes by Mat.
* OverlyLongName: Marcus Andreas
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''Cape Town'' is a 2016 joint German-South African TV series, [[FilmOfTheBook based on Deon Meyer's novel "Dead Before Dying"]]. Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation veteran Mat Joubert, despondent after his wife's death in the line of duty a year prior, is given an ultimatum: either he gets back into shape or he will be fired. Along with his wife's former partner, Sanctus Snook, Joubert is directed to work on a murder case involving an unusual firearm and a cardboard mask of Albert Einstein left on the body of the victim.
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* DefectiveDetective: Joubert. A chain-smoking, alcoholic, overweight, self-loathing wreck after his wife Lara was killed in a sting operation thirteen months before the series start.
* OverlyLongName: Marcus Andreas Tobias Joubert, goes by Mat.
* ThePlace: the setting is Cape Town, South Africa.
* RareGuns: the police initially call the killings "Tokarev murders", believing they were committed with a Russian Tokarev pistol. It later turns out the murder weapon is an old German pistol, the so-called "Broomhandle Mauser" that fires similar ammunition.
* SaltAndPepper: Joubert is a gruff, anti-social old white guy, Snook is a younger, black ByTheBookCop.
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* DefectiveDetective: Joubert. A chain-smoking, alcoholic, overweight, self-loathing wreck after his wife Lara was killed in a sting operation thirteen months before the series start.
* OverlyLongName: Marcus Andreas Tobias Joubert, goes by Mat.
* ThePlace: the setting is Cape Town, South Africa.
* RareGuns: the police initially call the killings "Tokarev murders", believing they were committed with a Russian Tokarev pistol. It later turns out the murder weapon is an old German pistol, the so-called "Broomhandle Mauser" that fires similar ammunition.
* SaltAndPepper: Joubert is a gruff, anti-social old white guy, Snook is a younger, black ByTheBookCop.
