Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari
Dark is a German science fiction thriller streaming television series co-created by Baran bo Odar and
Jantje Friese. It ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2020. In the aftermath of a child's
disappearance, Dark follows characters from the fictional German town of Winden as they pursue the
truth.
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 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. 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 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 continues the 1954, 1987, 2020 and
2053 storylines in the first world, while also adding a new 1888 storyline and 2019 and 2052 in the
second world, as the factions further their own desires for each world.