Where’s Wanda?

Matt Roush says...

Lately, Apple TV+ has been adding to its distinguished library with foreign-language winners (La Maison from France, Women in Blue from Mexico). The latest comes from Germany, a madcap dark comedy-mystery about two frantic parents, Dedo and Carlotta Klatt (Axel Stein and Heike Makatsch), who’ll do anything to find their missing daughter Wanda (Lea Drinda) — including setting up surveillance cameras in their neighborhood’s homes with the help of their hearing-impaired son Ole (Leo Simon). The Klatts’ farcical attempts to spy on their neighbors takes a twist when they discover bizarre secrets about people they thought they knew. But are any of them harboring their daughter? The series launches with two episodes.

Also of note: The Spanish-language drama Midnight Family evokes the heyday of ER in a taut episode set in the aftermath of a major earthquake shaking Mexico City, with the paramedic family rushing into danger to rescue people trapped in a collapsed building. Their father, Ramón (Joaquin Cosío), is still in the hospital, and despite warnings not to overtax his ailing heart, he snaps into action to help the overwhelmed medical staff.

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