Dark is one of those rare shows that are just perfect... never believe anything else.

In another timeline Netflix had cancelled Dark after the first season but I went back in time several times and fixed the problem, with a many, many murders, so your all very welcome.

As a german, what blew me away the most about Dark was, that a german "TV"-show can actually be good. All you usually get here are uninspired, cheap, badly written, casted and acted shows about police investigators in big citys (then they're unrealistically hard and grim) or in small villages in the countryside (then they're cartoonishly silly). Same for doctor series.

There is no show that hit me quite as hard as Dark’s 1st season - it was a complete breath of fresh air. And there’s no show that managed to expertly close its story like season 3, though it starts by introducing lots of new elements that have you thinking “there’s no way they can resolve all of this in 8 episodes” until episode 7 happens.. there’s a good reason I binged the whole 3rd season in a day.

This makes the cancellation of 1899 even sadder - it had as much potential as Dark's season 1, now with higher budget and Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friesen being a more established duo. Yet it gets cancelled despite being in the top 10 for a month, and shows like Emily In Paris get renewed 🙄

Just throwing this out there for anyone who wants to watch Dark but is put off by subtitles, Netflix has an English dub for the ENTIRE series! I had the honor of voicing Jonas in English, one of the proudest moments of my acting career. GREAT video dude! :)

The thing I love about Dark is that it looks like a plot-driven show on its surface, but it functions extremely well as a character study. Every character is so perfectly constructed, and every performance is impeccable. Some of the best TV acting there is. From Jonas' tragic flaw of going ever darker to fix things, to Hannah's deep seated insecurity, to Claudia's single-minded pursuit of answers, you see that the cyclical timeline is borne by their predictable humanness as much as it is by the time machines.

To this day, Dark still haunts me.....I've never seen anything quite like it....nor will I ever again.....

Originally I was introduced to Dark by a family friend, and boy I'm so so glad I watched it. One of my favorite shows of ALL time. Some of the best casting I've ever seen.

...i'm 75 and never in my life was i ever so invested in a tv drama. Dark was truly perfect...

Dark is probably the only show where i felt happy and relieved that everyone dies at the end

Dark is definitely one of the best, if not the best, show I've ever watched. You're absolutely right about having to pay attention at all time. After finishing the series I watched multiple recap/theory videos on KZfaq until I finally understood everything fully lol

The only bad thing about Dark for me was that if made me feel so dumb. Everything made sense but I couldn't exactly understand it either. Such a good show, too good even.

It’s so refreshingly fitting that a German show is the definitive take on time travel

Dark is the only media I've ever seen or read with an actual proper ending to the time travel problem. The whole show was great, but the ending was a masterpiece

Dark's ending traumatized me, in the best way possible. The whole show is phenomenal, and one of those rare cases where an already incredible show ALSO stuck the landing 100%. The writers had a vision, they planned it out down to every little detail for 5 years, and then followed that plan to the letter. German efficiency at its finest.

As incredible as the show is, I like you also just have to marvel at the casting. I genuinely don't think I've ever seen such consistently AMAZING casting, it is actually ridiculous how well they did. Just another incredible moment of care and attention to detail that makes this show a masterpiece.

As a Dutch viewer with a lot of friends all over Europe, I can tell you that most people whose native language is not English, love subtitles on English shows. Even if our English is actually pretty good, we still tend to want subtitles. Probably because we're used to it from when we learned English by watching American movies as kids :P

Having a plan from the beginning to the end, is THE reason why it's a good show. As you said "everything has been planned and thought through". There is no "we make one season of something and see how it goes" and then suddenly you have to think about how to continue so that it makes sense. I totally agree one of the best, captivating and mind-blowing shows ever made!!

I was working for a music publisher that licensed one of the songs for Season 2. My colleague told me how great the show was and I put it on a list and didn't get round to watching it until this year. I literally binged all three seasons in about 4 days, top tier writing and extremely satisfying experience.

"...there's no getting up to do the dishes or switch the laundry over." Okay, that is so very true. I once had to run out my bedroom to grab some chips and soda & had to start the episode over from the few minutes I missed. That was I think towards the end of season 1. True story.

This show has impacted me in such a way that if I ever have a son. I might want to name him Jonas. The name Jonas is actually a variation of the Greek name Janus, who is the Greek God of gateways, portals, space and time. I'm sure that's why the producers gave him that name

As a german myself I refused to watch the show for the longest time because, just as you said, it was german. When I came around to actually giving a try I felt incredibly stupid for having been so biased. This show sucks you in and you just can't look away once you star. Thank you for covering this show with so much love!

I saw Dark 3 times. First saw in English so I could pay attention to the families. Then went back and watched again in German for appreciation of the language. Absolutely mind blowing. Best series on Netflix still!😊

I personally think Dark is the greatest mind-fu*k ever. I didn't think much of the show until I started watching it recently in January of 2023 because I kept hearing something about it on various KZfaq channels. I watched the entire 3 seasons in 4 days with English sub-titles because I wanted more and more. This show is simply mind-bogging good. All fans of Sci-Fi should not miss this gem. All other time-travel shows in the future will be compared with Dark. It's that good. Simply amazing in how your brain gets screwed.

What makes Dark so good? In simple terms: Writing, casting, cinematography, music. And like everyone else I wasn't prepared for that ending, and what an ending it was.

And watching this in 2024 hurts. Netflix DID cancel 1899 after 1 season.😢

This show is something else, I remember watching it for the first time and thinking what a masterpiece it was. I always try and recommend the show to whoever will listen and have gotten a lot of friends and family to watch it and they are never disappointed. Ever since the announcement of 1899 I have been so excited to see what they produce next and am so happy were less than a month away from the release.

DARK is without a doubt my favorite show of all time. I had it on my watchlist around 2019, so I knew it was received very well. But my biggest regret is that I didn't get around to it for about 2 years later. I think it was mainly because I had never watched a non-english show before, so I was hesitant watching it, thinking it would lessen my viewing experience. It wasn't until after watching Squid Game, that I remembered DARK. And since Squid Game was a non-english show in which I enjoyed, I had no problem entering DARK afterwards. And oh boy, that experience was such a pleasure! I watched the entire series in 8 days, and since then I've seen it a total of 9 times. DARK was one of those shows that I found on my own. No one recommended it to me, and I didn't see the reviews of the show until after I had decided that I was going to watch it. So now, enjoying DARK as much as I do, I genuinely feel proud of myself for finding this underrated gem. I'm fascinated with time travel, specifically The Novikov Self-Consistency Principle (the one DARK uses), which is how I found DARK in the first place. So because I already knew how the time travel worked in the show, I sometimes could call twists before they even happened. But even while knowing, this show always had me on the edge of my seat. I always recommend this show to my friends and family - and for the ones that listened have thoroughly enjoyed it. I have the same background on my desktop at 0:55 and a DARK replica of the Saint Christopher's Pendant to remind me of the show every day. I am very much excited for 1899; I've heard great things about it! Edit: For anyone that loves DARK: Go check out the r/DarK subreddit. And if you want a great show to watch that was great from start to finish and has a similar vibe as DARK, I would highly recommend The Leftovers. I was recommended the show about a month ago by many people on the r/DarK subreddit, and since then I've finished it and loved it just as much as DARK. If you decide to watch the show, just know that it's kind of opposite to DARK in the way it deals with answering questions. While DARK gives you an answer for everything by the end of the show, The Leftovers is about coming to peace when not having all the answers. I'd recommend going into it blind, just as I did; you can find the show on HBO Max. Happy watching!

Remember the scene where Agnes is meeting Doris Tiedemann for the first time? Doris apologizes that her husband, Egon, wasn’t there because he’s a police officer. The next statement she says is (I’m paraphrasing): “He feels he’s responsible for all of Winden”. I thought about that statement and went thru the family tree again in my head. With the exception of minor characters & the following (and their older lineage): Katharina Jana Peter Inez Tannhaus …. Egon is the father, grandfather, etc… for everyone else. He truly is responsible for all of Winden!

Dark is a timeless masterpiece. After so many years finishing watching the show, I still occasionally type "Dark" in the KZfaq search line hoping to feel it again and again.

I’m so glad you mentioned the castings being perfect matches

The best show ever made, period. Challenged by only a few. No other show has such perfect production, acting, editing, direction...AND makes you be an active viewer trying to figure out the puzzles...blowing your mind each episode.

Dark absolutely blew my mind. It was so well written and so complex. I don’t know how they managed to keep track of all the timelines but there’s no doubt a lot of thought was put into this series. One of my al time favourites.

Not just on Netflix.. Greatest Show Ever.. Period

Man, the parts about 1899 take on a sadly ironic meaning in light of Netflix's premature cancelation.

Dark is one of the best experiences Ive ever had regarding tv-shows. I watched it in German for full immersion and I would definitely recommend it, the whole team did a phenomenal job with this project

I am German yet I cant get my friends to watch dark 💀💀

Dark is the best show I’ve ever watched. It’s hauntingly good…I still get goosebumps when I think about the story. And it’s set the bar soo high that I’m unable to enjoy other great shows cos they don’t come even close to the perfection that was DARK.

1899 being cancelled after season 1 is just sad

Dark will always be one of my favorite shows ever, they just absolutely nailed down every aspect perfectly and now with 1899 around the corner I can't wait to get mind fucked again.

Thank you for doing this! Beautiful essay and completely agree with everything. Dark literally changed/ tweeked my brain in a way I can't quite explain. It made me look at things in life a different kind of way. It had a profound affect on me like no other piece of media ever has..and I'm no spring chicken lol It felt like a piece of art I'd been waiting my whole life to experience. Don't have the words to describe my level of excitement for 1899! I worship at the alter of Baran and Jantje ❣️

I just have to give that my favorite episodes mostly come from the first season. I loved the scene from the third episode showing characters in their past and present circumstances, I loved the scene in which Jonas reads the letter from Michael/Mikkel, and I _really_ appreciated Louis Hoffman's acting in the scene when he's in the bunker, begging the stranger to let him out and crying that he just wants all the bad things to stop-phenomenal acting.

I appreciate this synopsis. I will add 'Dark' to my watchlist. I never watched beyond episode 1 season 1.

Dark is a show that i would love to experience again and again for the first time

I finished Dark a month ago and I still cant stop thinking about it. It's perfect. My favourite piece of media ever.

Just finished watching 1899 and yet again the creators of The Dark never fail to amaze me another uniquely made and a legitimate masterpiece. The creators of the show theyre in a complete whole level unlike in hollywood or korean shows. They stands out among the rest. Waiting for season 2 to come.

Dark is my #1 - I will never stop thinking about this show 😂

I am a german and generally not proud of what kind of series/movies we produce... But then this one comes out beeing one of my fav of all time and suddenly I see that germans can actually do good stuff. I usually also watch in the native language, so it was really awesome to for once in a while have a really good original sound design in german. This was just awesome...

I'm German and sadly, telling people here it's a German show also makes them lose interest. Which is understandable to some degree because most German movies and shows are just rubbish or very mediocre. It really is a rare gem of a German production.

I regularly stop movies an hour in, I watch 3 episodes of a show and decide it's not worth my time...This is one of the few shows that held my attention and completely immersed me into it's strange lore. The show is a masterpiece.

Your vid pretty much sums up my experience of watching Dark, it completely blew me away, binge watched the first 2 season, then had to wait for season 3 and found it a bit of a struggle (because the plot is so complicated I'd forgotten some things, so will definitely rewatch all 3 seasons together at some point!) but that ending was pretty upsetting, but perfect. The kind of ending that Holywood never seems to have the guts for anymore - I swear if Casablanca was remade today, Bogart and Bergman would go off hand in hand at the end (and there would be the obligatory dance scene and blooper reel of course). I was so excited to talk about Dark with friends but met the same brick wall as you when I dropped the fact it was German Language into the conversation. Their loss!

Dark was absolutely perfect and is up there as one of my favorite shows of all time. I've watched it three times so far and am currently watching 1899 now. I also watched Dark auf Deutsch because I took 5 years of German when I was in Middle/High School and was very eager to see what I remembered. I love the language, so it was just really enjoyable to watch such a smart, well thought out show and brush up on something I had learned so long ago.

Definitely a masterpiece, once it concludes you realise how the whole three seasons were intricately planned out from the beginning. I remember watching the first season and it was like layers of an onion being peeled back one after another, going deeper and deeper all the time. It's a shame that some people won't watch it purely because of the subtitles, that's their loss really but I think this show would have been a big worldwide hit if it had been English language.

Dark was one of those shows that made you lay awake at night pondering its existential questions. And when you woke up in the morning, you thought about it some more.

I was slightly hoping for the end to be Jona and Martha's appearance in the real world time line being the reason Tannhaus' family wrecked. At the very least its an alternate ending that will live rent free in my head.

I don't think I have ever seen a better and well crafted show as Dark, everything is connected and not just in a dull way but in a deep complex and profound level. I love how the creators said the show's nearly every character takes the decisions they make because of love for their family or lover, even the origin of it all, with H.G Tannhaus trying to time travel to save his family is also an act of love. Such beautiful and precious show really, could talk about it for days.

Dark is the most perfect show ever made. Its definitely in my top 3 all time

This show is absolutely incredible and in my top 5 favorite shows of all time. When it ended, I remember getting a sheet of paper and trying to write down the whole family tree and all the connections lol. I spent hours just thinking about everything. I think it's time to watch this again. Great video.

watched dark during lockdown with my dad in 2021. he’s not a tv guy. he absolutely loves dark

I'm happy that after producing nothing but trash for several decades, Germany cinema/TV has finally managed to produce an international hit

based on release dates dark would likely have finished filming season one when stranger things season one released so any similarities could only be coincidence

I’m so glad you covered this show, I’m very happy that the creators of DARK were quick to create a new series which will be 1899 which I’m so goddamn excited for! Dark is easily one of if not the best tv show I’ve ever seen. Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad are tough to decide if DARK is better or not but they’re all so amazing

Scene the show 3 times and honesty thought that the older Ulrich was the main actor wearing prosthetics. Amazing job on casting.

I rarely watch a series twice but Dark was one exception. It was amazing the first time I saw it and phenomenal on the second watch. I often recommend this show to my friends and family.

Darks score is also fantastic.

Love the Dead of the Night music for your intro

I can't believe how well cast the characters were. Every different age. Facial structures even. This was so enjoyable bc of the puzzle. I didn't have to figure it out. I just kept watching.

You have a little mistake here. Jonas best friend is Bartosz, which isn't Michaels brother. Michael is Magnus and Marthas brother:)

Having growing up reading subtitles it blows my mind that people are bothered by it. Btw, Dark is terrific. Time for a rewatch soon

It’s amazing when tv shows actually know where there going and are planed from start to finish before it’s even started. So many shows today get renewed and they try to add fluff because of how popular it is and want as many seasons as possible.

I am so grateful to be alive at the same time as Dark and 1899... Dark is perfection... Baran and Jantje are creative genuises... I will never stop loving Dark.

Dark was one of my favorite shows ever. I don't understand the unwillingness to watch something because of words on the screen. They taught me how to read with my face as a child. If you don't use it you lose it or something. I've been watching foreign films and shows for years, many times they end up being better the the normal American shows/movies that pass for entertainment.

If you like timetravel i recomend 12 monkeys, a really underrated show and every episode feels like a season finale

I think the reason people hated the Lost finale was the pacing. Half of season 6 was taken up by flashes to an alternate world that we were led to believe had a different purpose, but just padded out the runtime for episodes. All the relevant plot points in the afterlife-world could've happened in each episode's pre-credits scenes, or in just one full episode, and the "why" of it was never explained. Dark actually stuck the landing because their alternate realities had distinct purposes, and the origin world was the answer to the "why" of the whole show.

I agree completely. My favorite show -- simply incredible. Nice recap!

I'll be watching 1899 one episode per week. I have a feeling that the thread count will be high enough that each episode will require substantial rewatching to get the full effect.

Its very convenient for me as a german that my favourite show is german. But it was still quite confusing, i cant imagine how confusing it must have been to watch with subtitles.😶😶😶

This series is in my top three shows of all time, so I completely agree with what you're saying. I never understood the problem with subtitles. Almost all the great movies and shows I watch are subtitled, so I'm used to it. I would even go so far as to say that a lot of my knowledge of the english language, is due to watching subtitled entertainment.

Excellent take sir. I concur on basically everthing you say here. Although, I had no problem with the ending. One of my all time favorite shows too. I could write a 20 pg assay on how exceptional Dark is, from the music, acting, atmosphere, writing, ability to evoke emotion etc etc. Just wow. Most shows don't even come close to this quality. Twin Peaks comes to mind in quality. Maybe early seasons on GOT. Breaking Bad too. But hard to think of anything on the level. Just watched ep 1 of 1899. I'm siked!

Only criticism I have is your comparison to Lost. Christian explains it to Jack very bluntly. Everything that happened on the island happened and was real. The world of the “flash sideways” in the last season was fake and just some sort of purgatory type realm where they all waited for each other After they had all lived their lives after the island and all had passed away except Hurley maybe. Also, Lost was the antithesis of Dark, it was a show show that made shit up as they went along, abandoned storylines, filled with continuity errors and plot holes. Dark is the opposite of that.

Way better than stranger things.

Just read that 1899 got cancelled for renewal. Very sad to read because, being made by the same creators or Dark, it brought a lot of quality which I really miss from a lot of shows.

Watching Dark for the first time was probably the single greatest viewing experience Ive ever had, Show or movie. I randomly picked it up after finishing the last season of Lost in Space (certified stinker if you ask me but its dumb fun) and the contrast between that goofy little show and the sheer fucking excellence put on display in the first season of Dark blew me away. everything about it is great especially the music and sound design which is what initially drew me in once that incredible title sequence rolled. TLDR, the Dark wiki was one of my most trafficked sites for about a week last year.

As a German speaker, this show is still really hard to watch and understand. I literally have to take notes while watching it XD

When it came out, Dark was an instant love for me and I think I will never be fully able to explain how or why it hit me so hard. And it kept being like that all the way to the end! Absolutely the #1 show as far as I'm concerned, the story, the visuals, the mood, the casting (omg), it has it all. Thinking about watching it again, especially now since your explanation of the ending is something I haven't considered (truth be told I only watched Dark once).

I never really watch anything more than once, but I’ve watched this show entirely many many different times. It makes more sense each time. Such an incredible deep story with master actors. Hands down my fav sci fi series of all time and I’m 48. The downside is I can’t get anyone else to watch it because they say ‘i don’t like to read subtitles’, then I say ‘the dubbed version is great’, then they say it can’t stand it when the mouths don’t line up with the sound’. I try to stress how amazing it is to everyone, literally one of my friends out of 20 actually watched it, and he loved it just as much as me. It’s a MASTERPIECE.

Thank you, I almost forgot it's one of my all time favorite tv shows!

the year first season was released i just randomly put it on without watching any trailer, and i got stuck with story i cant remember anything this good i have ever watched, this is and will be my best show of all time, just mind bending

Just thinking about the intro theme gives me chills. Favorite of all time no doubt.

no, I remember i was stunned by RUN LOLA RUN. Amazing concept at that time

I am used to subtitles so I can be called blessed. To watch something in original language is the right way. I agree that the cast if Dark is outstanding. To me one of the best shows I have seen and while watching it is best.

Favorite show of all times for me too. The problem with Lost is that they dont explain the mysteries they created along the way.

These are pretty much my sentiments exactly. I wasn’t even able to get my mother who is half-German and speaks it conversationally to watch it past the first episode. I’ve seen posts that point that even the characters names have meanings that point to either their character or destiny. I will say that I was thoroughly satisfied with the end. I can’t see how it could have ended any better. My favorite character throughout the whole show was Claudia and I think her whole arc was pretty spectacular.

I remember beeing blown away by the first season when it aired and then be utterly confused when the second rolled around because so much time had passed and I could barely remeber who was who in the first season let alone their alternate timeline counterparts. So might have to rewatch the whole thing

If anyone really enjoyed Dark, I would recommend watching 1899 its by the same directors and its another amazing series on theoretical physics.

Congrats for the review! You got my like and subscribe! The best show about time travel! Well done Sir!

This is one of my all time favorite shows!!! I can watch it a million times & I still see things I didn’t catch before! It’s just perfect

Dark is my second all time favorite show.Twin Peaks is the best.I also recommend Dark to everyone I meet.great video

You summarized it perfectly. Dark is easily my favorite show and most people haven't watched it because of the reasons you mentioned; it being a german show. Being a german myself, this makes me kind of proud to experience it in the best way possible, but it's also strange, because even germans don't like german shows and are easily turned away by it. I'm just thankful I was able to experience it.