This is a superb series. But, I'd give you two pieces of advice: 1) Watch it in its original language, German, with English subtitles (don't worry, you will soon forget you are reading subtitles), 2) Make or find a character tree. The drama centres around four families (Doppler, Nielsen, Kahnwald and Tiedemann), through 5 time periods (1921 to 2053). It can be confusing. Here is a link to a chart with pictures that may be useful: http://davidklein.de/dark/Netflix_Dark_Families_nospoiler.png. Otherwise dig in, this series is mysterious, engaging, interesting, and a good work out for your little grey cells. The writing is masterful, each reveal is so obviously calculated from the larger, more complete vision for the whole series. The casting is superb and there are some stellar, stand out performances (Lisa Vicari has a lot put on her character and she fills every moment with an emotional depth that belies her youth). Unfortunately, there are some performances that are overly melodramatic or one toned (yes, I'm talking about Oscar Mascucci). I thoroughly enjoyed the first season, but I think the second season has been even better. I have one criticism, though, the writers spend an unnecessary amount of time giving hypothesis as to how time travelling works. This is unnecessary and contradictory. There have been enough time travel movies and tv series, now, to just allow the premise to stand, unexplained. It is sufficient to know that there are two different motives at work in the travellers determined by their suppositions about time. This series is totally binge worthy, and after the second season I am giving it a 9 (superb) out of 10. [SciFi Mystery Drama].
Review by Nancy L DraperVIP 8BlockedParent2019-07-17T15:56:52Z
This is a superb series. But, I'd give you two pieces of advice: 1) Watch it in its original language, German, with English subtitles (don't worry, you will soon forget you are reading subtitles), 2) Make or find a character tree. The drama centres around four families (Doppler, Nielsen, Kahnwald and Tiedemann), through 5 time periods (1921 to 2053). It can be confusing. Here is a link to a chart with pictures that may be useful: http://davidklein.de/dark/Netflix_Dark_Families_nospoiler.png. Otherwise dig in, this series is mysterious, engaging, interesting, and a good work out for your little grey cells. The writing is masterful, each reveal is so obviously calculated from the larger, more complete vision for the whole series. The casting is superb and there are some stellar, stand out performances (Lisa Vicari has a lot put on her character and she fills every moment with an emotional depth that belies her youth). Unfortunately, there are some performances that are overly melodramatic or one toned (yes, I'm talking about Oscar Mascucci). I thoroughly enjoyed the first season, but I think the second season has been even better. I have one criticism, though, the writers spend an unnecessary amount of time giving hypothesis as to how time travelling works. This is unnecessary and contradictory. There have been enough time travel movies and tv series, now, to just allow the premise to stand, unexplained. It is sufficient to know that there are two different motives at work in the travellers determined by their suppositions about time. This series is totally binge worthy, and after the second season I am giving it a 9 (superb) out of 10. [SciFi Mystery Drama].