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A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.

3 Seasons
26 Episodes
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Crime Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery
Cast & Characters
episode image The Paradise
9.6/10 (26262 votes)

#1 The Paradise

S3:E8

Claudia reveals to Adam how everything is connected — and how he can destroy the knot.

episode image An Endless Cycle
9.5/10 (17112 votes)

#2 An Endless Cycle

S2:E6

Armed with a plan to prevent the apocalypse, Jonas travels to 2019. During the Nielsens' anniversary party, Ulrich sneaks off with Hannah.

episode image The Travelers
9.4/10 (14806 votes)

#3 The Travelers

S2:E4

Jonas meets an ominous figure. While the kids comb the cave for answers, the adults gather in the bunker to share what they know about the travelers.

episode image Endings and Beginnings
9.4/10 (16423 votes)

#4 Endings and Beginnings

S2:E8

On the day of the apocalypse, Clausen executes a search warrant at the power plant as Jonas and Claudia use the time machine to connect past and future.

episode image Between the Time
9.4/10 (19074 votes)

#5 Between the Time

S3:E7

Across three centuries, Winden's residents continue their desperate quest to alter their fate and save their loved ones.

episode image Lost and Found
9.2/10 (13510 votes)

#6 Lost and Found

S2:E5

In 1987, Ulrich seizes an opportunity. The kids return to the cave with the time machine, and Jonas learns of a loophole that could change the future.

episode image Life and Death
9.2/10 (15292 votes)

#7 Life and Death

S3:E5

In 2020, a visitor delivers a warning to Claudia. The day before the apocalypse, Jonas begins to question Eva's motives.

episode image As You Sow, So You Shall Reap
9.1/10 (14181 votes)

#8 As You Sow, So You Shall Reap

S1:E8

In 1953, the disfigured bodies of two boys are exhumed at a construction site, the future location of Winden's nuclear power plant.

episode image Alpha and Omega
9.1/10 (14823 votes)

#9 Alpha and Omega

S1:E10

Peter gets a shock. Jonas learns the truth about his family, but there are more surprises still to come. Helge makes a sacrifice.

episode image The White Devil
9.1/10 (13369 votes)

#10 The White Devil

S2:E7

Martha meets the Stranger and learns his true identity. Claudia tries to prevent Egon's death in 1987. Hannah travels to 1954 to see Ulrich.

episode image Sic Mundus Creatus Est
9.0/10 (14327 votes)

#11 Sic Mundus Creatus Est

S1:E6

Ulrich looks to the past for answers and dredges up disturbing family secrets. Armed with new tools, Jonas probes the cave's murky depths.

episode image Ghosts
9.0/10 (13456 votes)

#12 Ghosts

S2:E3

In 1954, a missing Helge returns, but he'll only speak to Noah. In 1987, Claudia brings the time machine to Tannhaus, and Egon questions Ulrich again.

episode image Light and Shadow
9.0/10 (14659 votes)

#13 Light and Shadow

S3:E6

Adam holds Martha captive in 2020. On the day of the apocalypse, an increasingly frantic Martha begs Bartosz for his help.

episode image Truths
8.8/10 (14616 votes)

#14 Truths

S1:E5

Hannah takes her obsession with Ulrich too far. The stranger asks Regina to deliver an important package. Martha is torn between Jonas and Bartosz.

episode image Dark Matter
8.8/10 (13490 votes)

#15 Dark Matter

S2:E2

Clausen and Charlotte interview Regina. The Stranger takes Hannah to 1987, where Claudia has an unnerving encounter and Egon visits an old nemesis.

episode image Deja-vu
8.8/10 (15360 votes)

#16 Deja-vu

S3:E1

In 2019, Jonas emerges from the cave into a strange but familiar world: the town of Winden, reeling from the recent disappearance of a young boy.

episode image The Origin
8.8/10 (13973 votes)

#17 The Origin

S3:E4

Martha and Jonas travel to 2052 and get a glimpse of a grim future. In 1954, two residents of Winden go missing, and Hannah receives surprising news.

episode image Crossroads
8.6/10 (13252 votes)

#18 Crossroads

S1:E7

Ulrich questions a frail and frightened Helge in the nursing home. Jonas searches for Mikkel, but the stranger warns him about meddling with the past.

episode image Everything Is Now
8.6/10 (13027 votes)

#19 Everything Is Now

S1:E9

Ulrich runs afoul of the law, Helge tries to dodge Egon Tiedemann, Claudia harnesses the cave's powers, and Katharina lashes out at Hannah.

episode image Beginnings and Endings
8.6/10 (14435 votes)

#20 Beginnings and Endings

S2:E1

Six months after the disappearances, the police form a task force. In 2052, Jonas learns that most of Winden perished in an apocalyptic event.

episode image The Survivors
8.6/10 (14037 votes)

#21 The Survivors

S3:E2

Martha travels to 1888 to warn her friends about the 2020 disaster. Winden residents past and present search for their missing loved ones.

episode image Adam and Eva
8.6/10 (13774 votes)

#22 Adam and Eva

S3:E3

Charlotte and Ulrich try to piece together what happened in the bunker. In different times and worlds, Jonas and Martha work to gain each other's trust.

episode image Past and Present
8.5/10 (14645 votes)

#23 Past and Present

S1:E3

It's 1986, and Ulrich's brother, Mads, has been missing for a month. Confusion reigns as past and present intertwine.

episode image Secrets
8.2/10 (17156 votes)

#24 Secrets

S1:E1

In 2019, a local boy's disappearance stokes fear in the residents of Winden, a small German town with a strange and tragic history.

episode image Lies
8.1/10 (15120 votes)

#25 Lies

S1:E2

When a grim discovery leaves the police baffled, Ulrich seeks a search warrant for the power plant. A mysterious stranger checks into the hotel.

episode image Double Lives
8.1/10 (13811 votes)

#26 Double Lives

S1:E4

Bizarre occurrences give Charlotte a sense of déjà vu, and she suspects Peter is hiding something. Franziska snaps when Magnus confronts her.

Cast & Chracters

character image Jonas Kahnwald

Jonas Kahnwald

Actor: Louis Hofmann

The highest rated episode of Dark is "The Paradise" (S3E8) with a rating of 9.60.

This episode received 26,262 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Lies" (S1E2) with a rating of 8.10.

This episode received 15,120 votes.

The highest rated episode is "As You Sow, So You Shall Reap" (S1E8) with a rating of 9.10.

This episode received 14,181 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Lies" (S1E2) with a rating of 8.10.

This episode received 15,120 votes.

The highest rated episode is "An Endless Cycle" (S2E6) with a rating of 9.50.

This episode received 17,112 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Beginnings and Endings" (S2E1) with a rating of 8.60.

This episode received 14,435 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The Paradise" (S3E8) with a rating of 9.60.

This episode received 26,262 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "The Survivors" (S3E2) with a rating of 8.60.

This episode received 14,037 votes.

Name Department Job
Stefan Hauck Art Supervising Art Director
Udo Kramer Art Production Design
Nikolaus Summerer Camera Director of Photography
Anette Guther Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer
Christina Wagner Costume & Make-Up Hair Designer
Sebastian Lauer Crew CG Supervisor
Alexandra Montag Production Casting Associate
Baran bo Odar Production Executive Producer
Jantje Friese Production Executive Producer
Lars Gmehling Production Co-Executive Producer
Max Wiedemann Production Executive Producer
Philipp Klausing Production Line Producer
Quirin Berg Production Executive Producer
Simone Bär Production Casting
Ben Frost Sound Original Music Composer

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