DARK

rating from us - 8.8

Children start vanishing from the German town of Winden, bringing to light the fractured relationships, double lives, and the dark pasts of four families living there, and unfurling a mystery that spans four generations.

The first season begins in 2019, but later grows to include 1986 and 1953 via time travel, when members of the show's central families become aware of a wormhole in the cave system beneath the local nuclear power plant. The wormhole is under the control of the influential Tiedemann family. During the first season, secrets are revealed concerning the Kahnwald, Nielsen, Doppler, and Tiedemann families, and their lives begin crumbling as their ties are exposed. The conspiracy involves the missing children and the history of the town and its citizens.

The second season continues the intertwining families' attempts to reunite with their missing loved ones, several months after the first-season finale, in 2020, 1987 and 1954, respectively. Additional story-lines are set in 2053 and 1921. The second season introduces Sic Mundus Creatus Est, a major faction in the ongoing battle for the ultimate fate of the people of Winden and the world. The season counts down towards the apocalypse.

The third and final season follows the four families across time in the wake of the apocalypse in 2020. It introduces a parallel world tethered to the first. The third season includes 1888, 1954, 1987, 2020 and 2053 in the first world, and 2019 and 2052 in the second world, as the factions further their own desires for each world.

Genre	Science fiction Thriller Mystery Tragedy^[1]^[2]^[3]
Created by	Baran bo Odar Jantje Friese
Written by	Jantje Friese Ronny Schalk Marc O. Seng Martin Behnke Daphne Ferraro
Directed by	Baran bo Odar
Starring	See below
Theme music composer	Apparat
Opening theme	"Goodbye" by Apparat (featuring Soap&Skin)^[4]
Composer(s)	Ben Frost
Country of origin	Germany
Original language(s)	German
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	26