Marienhof Recap: Adieu, Kerstin & Juliette
Kerstin and Juliette are getting ready to move to France when Kerstin’s daughter Marie, who doesn’t know about the changes in her mother’s life yet, shows up for a surprise visit…
Looking forward to their new life in France:
Kerstin (Maike Billitis) and Juliette (Maike von Bremen)
Monday, May 24, 2010
No new episode.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 (3823)
After Carlos has finally agreed to take over the bakery with her, Heidi calls Kerstin at Back Dat to tell her the good news. Kerstin is happy for Heidi, but after hanging up the phone she looks around the bakery with a sad look in her eyes.
The next day, while she is alone at Back Dat, Kerstin reminisces about the time when she she opened the bakery, but then she also thinks of Juliette and how in love she is with her.
When Inge comes to the bakery to buy some cake, she and Kerstin talk about Kerstin’s plans to move to France with Juliette. Inge notices that Kerstin doesn’t seem to be very excited about it. Kerstin tells her that it’s not easy to give up her life in Marienhof, but Inge replies that she can always take the Marienhof with her – in her heart.
Kerstin is still a little nostalgic, and says that so many wonderful things happened to her during her time at Marienhof and who knows what it’s going to be like in France, but Inge reminds her that “nostalgia is just the memory of a past that never was”.
Inge (Viktoria Brams) gives Kerstin some good advice
Later, Kerstin and Heidi talk about Back Dat. Kerstin has a few tips regarding the assortment of pastries she thinks Heidi should continue to offer at the bakery. Juliette overhears their conversation, and realizes how hard it is for Kerstin to let go. When she gently confronts Kerstin with it, Kerstin denies it.
Juliette still tells Kerstin that it would be okay if she felt like things are going too fast, but Kerstin replies that saying goodbye won’t get easier by delaying it. She admits that she at first thought that she would miss Marienhof, but that she realized that there are some things that she will not miss.
She takes Juliette’s hands, and quotes German author Hermann Hesse: “Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne, der uns beschützt und der uns hilft zu leben.” (Loosely translated: “There’s a certain charm inherent in every new beginning, which protects us und which helps us to live.”)
Kerstin says that Juliette is bringing about this certain charm, every day anew, and that she loves her. Juliette smiles, and they kiss.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 (3824)
Kerstin is in the kitchen when she gets a call from her daughter Marie, who lives in England. Marie tells Kerstin that she just arrived at the airport for a surprised visit. Kerstin is stunned, but offers to pick Marie up from the airport.
When Kerstin tells Juliette that Marie is at the airport, Juliette is happy for Kerstin and doesn’t get why Kerstin seems so tense, until Kerstin admits that Marie doesn’t know about Kerstin’s relationship with Juliette yet.
When Juliette asks her what happened to the letter she wanted to write, Kerstin replies that she tried, but that it just didn’t feel right. Matter-of-factly (but with a slight smirk), Juliette states that it seems that Kerstin will have to tell her daughter face-to-face that she is into women now – a scenario that Kerstin obviously dreads.
When Kerstin, her daughter Marie and her granddaughter Alina arrive at the apartment, Marie explains to Kerstin that it has been so long since Kerstin’s last email that she decided to buy a cheap ticket and fly over from England. She wants to know what happened between Kerstin and Raul, but Kerstin – who first makes sure that Juliette isn’t anywhere around – tries to dodge her questions, saying that she and Raul just drifted apart.
Kerstin sits down next to Marie and starts off her first attempt to tell Marie the truth by saying that there are many different ways to attain happiness, but Marie gets distracted because her daughter is hungry.
Kerstin and Marie are sitting on the sofa and are taking care of Alina when Juliette returns to the apartment. She is all smiles and welcomes Marie, until Kerstin introduces her as her new roommate. Juliette seems a little aghast, but manages to put a good face on the matter.
Kerstin with her daughter Marie (Katharina Woschek) and her granddaughter Alina
But then Kerstin changes her mind and says that there is something she has to tell Marie about Juliette and herself. That’s – of course – when Marie’s cell phone starts to ring. It is Inge, who demands to see her great-grandchild right away. [Writer's note: Marie's boyfriend Steve is Inge's grandson.]
After Marie has left, Kerstin asks Juliette whether she thinks that she is a coward, but Juliette comforts her. She says that she can imagine that it’s not so easy for Kerstin, but that the most important thing is that Marie learns the news from Kerstin and not from anybody else. That’s when Kerstin rushes to the phone to call Inge and ask her not to say anything to Marie. Inge is reluctant at first, as she thinks that Marie should know the truth, but then agrees.
Marie is on her way to Inge when she runs into Raul. She tells him that she is sorry about his breakup with Kerstin, then asks him what happened.
Kerstin and Juliette are clearing the tables outside of Back Dat and make a plan for Kerstin’s conversation with Marie. Juliette suggests that Kerstin should just tell Marie how she feels, that she is in love with Juliette.
Meanwhile, Marie, who is on the way back to the apartment, is talking to her boyfriend Steve on the phone and complains that nobody is telling her what happened between Kerstin and Raul, not even Raul.
Outside of Back Dat, Juliette compliments Kerstin on having such a wonderful daughter. Kerstin is a little embarrassed, but then accepts the compliment. Kerstin and Juliette smile at each other, then Juliette tells Kerstin that she loves her. Kerstin replies that she loves Juliette, too, and they kiss.
Of course, that’s when Marie shows up on the other side of the street and sees them.
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Thank you, MeL. Well, at least the writers decided to end this messy love story on a happy note (and grateful for it).
Just a suggestion- how about another poll of 10 most enchanting/fascinating/amazing/lovely European women? Anyone from western and eastern Europe. You can still include German women on the list, no objections here.
I agree with you, at least they got a happy ending. I still didn’t see a lot of chemistry between them, but I really liked Maike von Bremen aka Juliette in the last couple of episodes.
Thanks for your suggestion regarding another poll. I’m still in the process of putting together the results of the last poll, and that is way more work than I expected, even though I know all these women and don’t have to google them. So it might be a while before the next poll, but I of course keep you suggestion in mind.
If you don’t want to wait, maybe eurOut is interested in doing a poll like that? After all, their chances that they don’t have to google so many of the women are way higher than mine.
for me there is chemistry between” juliette and kerstin”, both actress are play on the same level and there is a privat relationship. for me that you see in the scences.
that statment are good news.
and i like the happy end so much. in this story, the man can´t disstroy the realtionship, how offen we can see that.kerstin stay by juliette side and live with here.