"Mama arbeitet wieder" (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. In this part, Mark is starting to really feel the strain of working and watching after the children.

"Mama arbeitet wieder" (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. In this part, Mark discovers Lilli has head lice and Corinna runs into an ex-lover at a business meeting.

"Mama arbeitet wieder" (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. In this part, Corinna convinces the English to invest in her company, and Mark's stress at home gets even worse.

"Mama arbeitet wieder" (Mom's Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. In this part, Mark has some serious problems at work as a result of having taken care of the children.

"Mama arbeitet wieder" (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. In this segment, Mark airs the family's personal problems at a friend's dinner party and has to take a taxi home.

"Mama arbeitet wieder" (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. After their fight, Mark and Corry still haven't resolved their problems and Mark has to leave for Dubai. However, when he arrives at the airport, Mark realizes that things at work had gotten even worse than he thought.

Mama arbeitet wieder (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. Corinna gets some support from her mom and her company's new product is a success. Mark stands up to his boss, but he is having a hard time being away from home.

"Mama arbeitet wieder" (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. With Mark away for a few days, Corinna enjoys the companionship of an old flame from her past.

Mama arbeitet wieder (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. Desperate, Mark once again seeks the advice of a trusted friend regarding his troubled marriage.

"Mama arbeitet wieder" (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. Mark and Corinna face a crisis in their relationship when they finally confront each other.

"Mama arbeitet wieder" (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. Mark is going back to Dubai after all and Corinna decides to move out of the house.

"Mama arbeitet wieder" (Mom’s Going Back to Work) is a German TV drama focusing on gender roles. Mark and Corry's separation is becoming a reality, but is Mark really ready to leave his family?

In the series finale, Corinna finds Mark on her doorstep standing in the pouring rain. Judging from the melancholy French chanson in the credits, there seems to be a spark of hope for them.

The Star Thalers, one of the Grimm brothers' fairytales, tells the story of an orphan girl, who, despite her abject poverty, one by one, unselfishly gives away her very last possessions. Viel Spaß!

Cettina reads Part 1 of "Das Aschenputtel," known in English as "Cinderella." By the way, you'll notice that the German word for Cinderella is neuter – which means that "es/ihm" here translates to "she/her."