Amazing show. Tons of characters, great cast, super complex story with a perfect ending. Everything gets explained... eventually, not in the beginning. You can pick up so many things you missed the first time when rewatching. I'm currently on my third watch and I'm hooked again.
netflix peaked
i need five words but theres nothing else to say just watch the show
Just masterpiece fucking happens. Probably the best Netflix production until now.
Extremely good show, just finished re-watching season 1 and I will probably re-watch again soon.
Highly recommended to watch it in original German audio with subtitles. The English-dubbed version is just terrible.
This is simply the perfect show for me. From the complex characters and plot to the mind-bending twists and thought-provoking philosophical ideologies that clash into one completed show allowing this show to be the masterpiece it is. I can now safely say this show is truly amazing without having to exaggerate. Every episode of this masterpiece shocks you in ways you never thought was possible. The constant gripping revelations were so unexpected but because of the foreshadowing, anyone paying attention could see what's to come. With all the plot threads arching throughout a century of a town's history it managed to tie the story so well together. Exceptional and convincing acting skills by the entire cast and tons of heartfelt scenes between different character dynamics. This show is the perfect epitome of a well thought out show, meticulously crafted and executed so well and overall knows where it's trying to advance its story. This show has revolutionized time travel storytelling and is definitely one of the most throughout and consistently written shows of our time.
Season 1 - 9.9
Season 2 - 10.0
Season 3 - 9.8
This is one of the best shows I've ever seen. Very thought provoking. I highly recommend it. Also I recommend watching in German with subtitles. It is much better than the English dub in my opinion.
I haven’t (maybe never) watched a serie as brilliant as Dark. It was hard to understand, i’m not even sure if i understood it but still it’s an excellent serie.
I thoroughly enjoyed this series. I mean damn, a time travel drama wrapped in multi world theory ..even without the satisfaction of knowing what happen to the guy and his eye. This is a must watch if you like time travel stories. You are in for a great story. Just watch it. Bravo. Well worth the hype. I'm not going to deprive you of experience dark firsthand. Go in completely blind that my recommendation and choose your language of preference. Then come back here and give me a like for not telling you what happens.
Complex and stylish. Suspenseful and chilling. First two seasons are great and third season was expectedly far too convoluted. At its core, though, this show is great. You gotta commit to the mind-fuckery and bang out the whole thing in one setting. It really is a masterpiece. Go!
Great show, I didn't feel much on the third season, but it felt super rewarding for the last 3 episodes. And the "Dark" title isn't that fitting, IMO. It should be called "The Knot" instead, or something like that, it'd make even more sense and more tone, I guess! I'm placing it under spoilers out of respect for those who may think it is a spoiler, but I honestly think it would be a better title for this one!
Intelligent, twisting, gripping, well written and well acted. Definitely worth a watch. Netflix gives you options - mine was the original German with English subtitles. That’s my recommendation.
As dense and convoluted as a Higher Physics textbook, or like studying the Ptolemaic dynasty while being forced to read Finnegan's Wake. At some points even the most attentive person will get lost in who, where, when, and what world!? but the sheer detail and commitment of the storytelling take you to all these uncomfortable, out of sync places, with uneasy situations, with the unravelling identities and fluctuating motivations, with a grandeur that is breathtaking in scope. At first just a missing person case, but then unfolding out into a temporal anomaly, then intersecting temporal worlds, and then finally anomalous temporal worlds in each season. Some of the repetition others have noticed is actually mirroring as part of the plot, some of it foreshadowing. it was truly a maze, and amazing. Worth the investment of a curious and undaunted mind and the outlay of a DVD or even bluray (gasp) box-set, hence I give it a 10.
Each episode was raw, riveting, emotional. The actors and actresses were cast perfectly against their past and future selves. The plot starts slow and dials up by the mid of season one, heating up to a feverish pace at the end of Season two. It is one of tv's finest/smartest/deepest shows/foreign shows ever. The writers and director/s really knoecked it out of this world! Litterally! I pray Season 3 comes soon and beyond!!
Very well done visuals in combination with good music choice . The series shows a very complicated plot. You have to listen carefully and follow throughout every second to fully understand what is happening. The end leaves options. The choice of actors was very well! Especially Noah.
An absolute masterpiece. Two as good if not better than one. My only regret is that I can only give it 10.
A glitch in the matrix.
This is the best show on television! Great story and interesting characters leaving me wanting more.
Great show. Very gloomy (man did it rain a lot, and I’m surprised at how many people we’re willing to pick up dead birds). I was surprised how quickly it got me hooked. Can’t wait for season 2!
I rate it "In fourth season, Jonas becomes a transvestite from Transylvania, goes back, and has triplets with teenage Jonas" out of ten
Greatest Sci-Fi show of all time!!
Wow! Absolutely phenomenal show!
Season 3 is incredible and the pace is fast and such a complex plot with so many twists.
Well done to Netflix for bringing this to our screens. So many foreign shows we’d normally never see without them. It’s dubbed, but well done.
I watched season 1 & 2 together and then waited a longtime for season 3, and unfortunately I found it difficult to remember who was who in season 3. If you can, watch all seasons one after the other.
I never expected after season one it would turn out to be one of my favourite shows. I suppose I didn’t really know what I was watching to begin with, I thought it was a crime show, but instead it’s sci-fi and I suppose fantasy and supernatural too in some aspects.
Regardless, the plot is incredibly intricate and mind boggling.
Well done to everyone involved in this show, especially to those who wrote it.
This is one show not to miss!
Absolutely fantastic. I will admit that I hesitated at first, but then I thought why not give it a try. Gloomy and eerie, but good at it. The music throughout the series is really well chosen; it fits perfectly well. The writing is also top notch, as is the acting. You can either have it in English sound or in German sound with English subtitles. Honestly I wasn't bothered at all with the English sound, so if that's your thing you will be able to enjoy the series just fine (maybe you'll also be slightly less distracted as opposed to reading subtitles). Personally I chose the German sound, as it felt more natural.
Honestly, give it a try. Might very well be the best series I've watched this year.
EDIT: Binged season 2 in a sitting. Just wow. This review doesn't do it justice. And the casting...I mean, I totally thought old Ulrich was the result of CGI or something. Season 2 is best thing I've watched this year and last year included (ever?).
A German Lost, but way less interesting.
A writing so poor that they have to explain everything three times. To hold up this nonsense plot they had to make characters so dumb it takes them 5 episodes to get anything.
One more in a long list of Netflix' garbage
Such a bittersweet ending, both Jonas and Eva could have kept on feeding into the loop and keep the knot tight, but when they discovered the truth they sacrificed themselves to save the origin world, its really sad, but great things may require great sacrifice. This show will go done as one of the greatest stories and one of the best shows I have experienced, such a phenomenal show. The ending with Hannah was a really nice touch, ending with my favourite character. In the end paradise was reached for a lot of characters. A great end to the Dark trilogy
What an absolute masterpiece! Probably the best time travel story ever told.
The first season is excellent. The second one is just fine. On the other hand, the third is a pure waste of time, we're going in circles. Anyway, my advice is to only look at the first season.
Holy fuck-knuckles!! This is the best show I’ve ever watched.
Couldve done without the endless repeating shots. Think it would’ve been a better, more concise story in a movie format. Good acting.
Dark Season 1 & 2: “Things can’t get any more complicated than this”
Dark Season 3: “Hold my beer”
Until season 2 it was ok, but season 3 was way too repetitive and boring.
My girfriend walked in when I watched this show, I immediately switched to porn, because it easier to explain :)
An incredible series. Every episode leaves you wanting more. It is the kind of show that needs to be watched in silence and 100% focused. Can't wait for season 2, and I still have to more episodes to watch from the first season. Great job. The music choice is excellent.
PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME LIKE ME ON THIS SHOW
One of the greatest Sci - Fi stories ever told, Straight up. They pulled off such an intricate web of characters, timelines, worlds, and relationships in only three seasons. It's a travesty that this show isn't more popular than it is, but they've already cemented its greatness with this final season so that's all that matters .
I give up trying to understand this messy sh!tshow and licking the writers boots for making something very out of the ordinary
no one should spend an extra time of their lives on YouTube and on Dark's official website trying to understand this messy timeline and the characters idiotic decisions, I did that until the end of season 2 but I'm not doing that anymore.
I don't care if I'm not understanding jack sh!t of this 3rd season, call me dumb or whatever you want, I'm sick of playing games, I'll be just watching this for kicks and giggles.
this is precisely the type of mindfuck i like
EDIT: AFTER SEASON 3 (Final Season)
Wow. Just wow. When I started the series I thought it was beautiful and wonderfully written, but I didn't think it'd be this absolute masterpiece by the end of it all. You can tell the whole series was well-thought out since the beginning--everything from the cast to the dialogue, plot, music, etc was spot-on. One of my top 3 shows for sure hands down. This show is so agonizingly underrated. If you haven't watched it yet, please do. You will not regret it.
I think season 1 started pretty decent. Nice interesting story, cool characters, grimm atmosphere and overall pretty look and feel. But this show got worse and worse to a point it was just lazy writing. 'Oh just add another timeline and a handful of new characters' seems to be the tactics of season 3. This doesn't lead to any 'omg there is another timeline?!' reaction if that's what they expected.. It's just too easy to be interesting. There are no eureka moments at all, the stuff that a mysterical thriller desperately needs. I want to be involved in the plot as a viewer, in Dark there's no room for that. Before you figure things out the writer decides to add a whole new alternative universum and expects you to go with it. It's almost like Lost, but that had a way better start. The last season felt like a chore.
so glad i decided to give this ago when it popped up on Netflix. I'm not a huge fan of English dubs but I don't mind subtitles, so I figured i'd watch it in the native german with English subtitles. man am I glad I did! this show was a huge shock, I didn't expect to become so engrossed in the lives of all these many people. I laughed, I cried, and I cried some more. What an emotional rollercoaster of a show an absolute masterpiece.
Easily one of the best TV shows I've seen in my life and I don't say this lightly. What an amazing, thrilling, complicated, and moving ride from beginning to end. THIS is how you make a show, THIS is how you engage your audience, THIS is how you get us to think about so many things, THIS is how you tell a story about love, loss, choices, time travel, life. Amazing! Truly amazing, worth every single minute and I can't wait to watch it again.
If you thought Stranger Things was great... this is even better!
What a mindfvck series. I hope season 2 will be available before 2019.
My favorite, it's special and may not please everyone.
Full of physics references (if you like general relativity theories like me)
I've waited a long time to see something like this. I'm not disappointed and sad it's over.
Awesome actors too. What a blast.
Thank you for making this
I have no words for this show. The cast is mesmerising, the story intriguing and the end unpredictable. I loved every single minute and it hurts to realise that I can never watch this series again for the first time.
In the story of Dark, everything is connected.
The premise is extremely simple, a boy goes missing in a small town shrouded in secrets, and as its secrets are uncovered you begin to see the bigger picture. It sounds similar to Stranger Things but unlike that show, Dark is so much more complex and engaging to a point where I had to set aside special time to watch uninterrupted because it commanded my full attention. Alongside a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack and incredible German voice acting (and acting in general), Dark is a show that I would recommend to people with a curiosity for the unknown.
The Best Netflix series ever :heart: the cinematography with soundtrack s is on another level just insane... well written with great great acting..
This show was a mind bending experience! Definitely recommend it, but be warned, it's a complicated, confusing and intriguing ride.
Brilliant Television Series.
I avoided this series like a plague, because I thought this was about missing children and dark magic. The thought of sitting through another cliche about western religious stereotypes and superstitions did't sit well with me. Oh boy! was I wrong?
This series is about time travel. Paradoxes and human connections that revolves around time travel. I like that it doesn't pull punches in story telling. It is complex story telling. You have to pay attention to understand the intricacies of relationships, characters and time.
It is totally worth it.
Best in class casting. The crew is amazing in acting and resemblance.
The characters portray desolation well. You can see the perpetuating sadness in the main characters. Time is taking it's toll.
Watch it in German. English is okay, But German is Amazing.
Go with the subtitles in the original German, you lose a lot with dubbing. It's probably one of the best shows I've watched this year. It grips you from the start and is excellent in many ways. It's dark and gritty. I loved it. It's also complicated. I had a good time watching it.
It is complicated but I loved it just the same.
One of the best ever made!
I gave it a 10 rate before S3 dropped, But tbh i still don't know why many series fails to keep the same level the story became more complicated to degree you can't like it anymore, They could end it better than that, But anyway we can't denying that they made a real masterpiece
This show started off super strong for me, and then I lost interest half way through season 2. But I recommend because the first part is SO good, and it is probably just me and my poor attention span that lost the interest.
Very confusing if you have problems remembering faces.
Falls dangerously short of being excellent through and through. As it stands Dark is still one of the best things Netflix has ever produced, but runs into some plotting issues along the way. The first season sets you up nicely and the second season is a banger through and through, but the third season (although planned from the get-go, it seems) jumps the shark ever so slightly that it feels like we lose a bit of what made the first two seasons ever so compelling in favor of complexity. If you are not okay with the idea of narrative confusion, I would avoid this series entirely. Because it is far more intricate than most things, and although I think it still handles everything well, be ready to watch all three seasons back to back because getting yourself reacquainted as the seasons dropped was a doozy.
Absolute masterpiece. I don't usually watch foreign-language shows but Dark hits it out of the park with an amazingly intricate story, terrific cinematography, and beautiful music. Overall an extraordinary television experience, and one that respects its viewers' intelligence.
It overwhelms the complicities of the mutual connections between the events and the characters. However, as a sf series about time travel, I think it will be the new classic of the genre. :)
I liked it so much. I think the plot is so ground breaking and well studied but I found it too much slow ... too many silences made me annoying sometimes ... I would prefer a little more speed
Not only the best Netflix show, but one of the best shows ever. A masterpiece.
This show brought me through a brain hurting ride and it was an incredible journey. Amazing show with a great conclusion. Easily one of the best shows I have watched! 9/10
Almost finished with season two. Really fantastic show. Like so many others have said, best if you watch it in German work English subtitles. Be prepared to be a bit confused!!
I need the second season like right now! :D
i fell asleep most of the times
This is a great show. it may get confusing to some, especially with the back and forth in later episodes. The show is very well done & the actors are all amazing. Recommend especially for those that like sci-fi thrillers.
wannabe good but is stupid and boring
Dark is the single best show ever created and I will die on that hill.
Such a fucking great show
Season 1 and 2 - 31 March, 2020
Season 3 - 30 June , 2020
"Everything is connected, past, future, present and every single family tree in Winden" lol. It's an overrated PSA on why incest is bad. And not a single character is slightly likeable. Cool actors, though.
Absolutely phenomenal show. The only problems I had with it were the migraines I got trying to wrap my mind around the insane plot twists.
IMHO one of the best and most perfectly wrapped up shows in existence. Well worth multiple views to pick up on the nuances you missed the first go round. Honestly the more I've watched it the more I realize just how perfect it is.
MY favorite time travel fiction
I am not sure about this. I completely loved the first two seasons, but the third one just messed a lot with my mind. I think I only understood half of it. Nonetheless it is one of the best ideas I have seen on television.
A very well-thought-out story that can get quite complicated very quickly, but will eventually make sense if you stick it out long enough. There is a lot that the writers had to juggle in this show without losing sight of the end, and I believe they did an amazing job.
Most Recommended, #1 on my list.
A really worth watching with almost every emotion perfectly gathered with a really awesome story.
Drama, Thrill, Love, Suspense, Science Fiction and what not. :heart:
Its strange. Really strange. Intricate. Convoluted. Difficult to keep track of initially but later you have that moment of clarity and things start connecting. I only have one lingering question. Who killed Laura Palmer?
Do yourself a favour and stop watching at the end of Season 2. Season 3 is pretty much trash and the ending is awful.
Cast 4/5
Artistry 3/5
Bit of a letdown and too slow for my liking, but I'm gonna (low-key) miss this show. I know I am.
An interesting idea and a promising start, but, unfortunately, the story becomes too confusing by the second season, and too boring by the third season (the great final episode is a good exception). For me it was hard to keep tracking which actor plays which character in which time because of the number of characters and the excessive number of time-jumps in the storyline. Perhaps, either reducing the number of characters, or making the storyline more linear could help there. Anyway, the series worth a watch.
Brilliant series with superb character development, great screenplay, awesome audio and an excellent take on the subject of reality and time travel. It's story arc completion in three seasons is exactly right, doing the story justice without dragging it out. A series that makes you think.
Phenomenal. Will go down in history as one of the best series of all time. Many of the show's flaws can even be seamlessly corrected through a remastering. This is a series not only worth a-list voiceovers but, ironically, one most will probably still need the subtitles for, in order to keep track of the puzzles.
If you like mysteries, you'll like this show.
If you like time-travel, you'll like this show.
This show is very well done. Writing, acting, visuals. The first season only has minimal time-travel in it. Season 2 ramps it up a bit. But season 3 ... hold on to your hats!! Time-travel is fast and furious. Sometimes it is a bit hard to keep track of who is who in which era. I will definitely have to rewatch this show a couple more times to get really comfortable/understand with all the time-traveling elements and the complicated relationships. But it's definitely worth it.
One of the greatest shows ever! Watch only if you are interested in time travel, wormhole and stuffs like that
What a wonderful tv series.
My daughter is also her mother, and there is no paradox, full score
So the ending was definitely rushed, likely because they didn't get renewed for a season 4..... that said, I think it ended beautifully. This is the level of satisfaction I was hoping for with something like Lost... but on Dark, I actually got it.
DARK S02 (2019) REVIEW ⏱
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:scroll: Plot : A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town Winden, where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families and leads to unconventional happenings.
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:man:⚖ Review : After S01, S02 is still bizzare but most addictive at the same time. The characters evolve, drama and tension and Mysteries unravel like none you have seen in S01. Science Fiction at its exhilarating best. This seasons draws more towards the inevitable apocalypse which all wants to avoid. It's Still creepy and confusing but engaging as always. . Characters do not typically have conflicts or goals beyond trying to figure out what’s going on. But that search for answers is all the dramatic impetus a show like Dark needs.
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:thumbsup:Goods : The Narrative on how everything is linked keeps you on edge of your seats throughout.
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:thumbsdown: Bads : It's Addictive.
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:fire: Final Rating : 9/10
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:white_check_mark: Recommendation : S03 Out on June 27, 2020. You won't want to miss this one.
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awesome but I don't get it why everyone predicted 2020 to be the end of the world well
end is coming xdxd
27 June 2020
will update if nothing happens :)
I really love this show. Hope there will be a 2nd season!
daaamn season two has so much into it that i can't think of anymore things that they can do for this show
The show stands out to describe as a fusion between Stranger Things and True Detective. Great show, great music, great actors performances.
One of the best shows on Netflix.
When I first started it, my expectation was low. But man, did I love it? Recommended
This series was great until the last season. If last season didn't count this was a 9 for me for sure.
Don`t be put off by this being a foreign language tv show. Its really worth the time. A really good show about time travel.
Brilliant. Lies, cheating, murder, mystery, time travel, unexpected plot twists. Watch it!
The show is a bit of a brain teaser and it can be hard to remember the characters and their relationships. It's a great show to watch if you like to analyze a story and its characters. It's probably not a good show to watch if you're looking for mind numbing content that's easy to watch while half asleep.
The production quality and acting are great. The writing is phenomenal considering the complexity involved, and how many other shows screw up similar themes. The end of season 2 opens up season 3 to even increased complexity, which runs the risk of the writers making a mess of things. Still, they've done a great job so far so if anyone is going to do it right, it's probably them.
anxiously waiting for season 3 :see_no_evil:
Magnificent ! I did a binge watching. The only negative point of this series is that you have to stay focused all the time. A moment of distraction and we quickly lose the thread between the different versions of the characters. Despite certain temporal paradoxes, this series is devoured. Highly season 3
I have a complaint. This series keeps your eyes glued to the screen, and won't let go! I just loved it. I keep searching for good quality sci-fi, and most times when there's nothing to watch, Netflix delivers! There was Russian Doll, and now, the second season of this wonderful series. This season feels a lot more polished, a lot better edited, and a much tighter leash on the overall storytelling adds that much more of a zing. Now need to go get some shut-eye before Stranger things drops next month ;)
Just give me the season 2 dammit
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3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Dark’:
This show is one of THE most complex and intricate stories I have ever watched in my life. It’s often mind-numbing and frustrating because of it. But, I promise you, the ending makes up for everything... no matter how confused you are.
This series has some of the absolute best casting EVER, with different actors playing younger or older versions of a single character. The resemblances are incredibly impressive.
As I currently process the finale, I’m realizing more and more that this show is probably smarter than I ever gave it credit for. (but there’s gotta be actual plot holes in there somewhere! lol) Kudos!