The first half is again a little slow, but it picks up along the way. The sixth and seventh episodes really worked as the emotional climax for everything that has been carefully constructed up to this point. Even when the big reveals were pretty obvious, the execution was mostly solid and tonally consistent. Thumbs up for giving space to characters that have not been fully explored in the previous season. Egon, in particular, turned out to be one of the most interesting characters out of all expectations.
Although the stereotyped post-apocalyptic scenario we saw at the end of the first season could have killed my interest, I was glad to find out that most of the show is still taking place in the present, as I liked the Twin Peaks kind of setting.
On the other hand, the last couple of minutes of the last episode really bothered me. I hope they are not really going to add multiple dimensions to the mix. “Dark” deals with time travel in the same way “Lost” did, meaning that the characters can’t change the past, present and future because they already did. Their actions are already reflected in the timeline, resulting in a loop where people often end up being the cause of their own tragedies. Adding multiple directions can pretty much kill the whole concept and turn the show into yet another generic time-travel flick.
I also noticed a tendency to rely on soapy twists instead of exploring the full potential offered by paradoxes and time loop theories.
My initial rating was 8, but considering the concerns caused by the season finale, let’s go for a 7 for now.
Review by manicureVIP 4BlockedParent2023-01-18T09:36:35Z
The first half is again a little slow, but it picks up along the way. The sixth and seventh episodes really worked as the emotional climax for everything that has been carefully constructed up to this point. Even when the big reveals were pretty obvious, the execution was mostly solid and tonally consistent. Thumbs up for giving space to characters that have not been fully explored in the previous season. Egon, in particular, turned out to be one of the most interesting characters out of all expectations.
Although the stereotyped post-apocalyptic scenario we saw at the end of the first season could have killed my interest, I was glad to find out that most of the show is still taking place in the present, as I liked the Twin Peaks kind of setting.
On the other hand, the last couple of minutes of the last episode really bothered me. I hope they are not really going to add multiple dimensions to the mix. “Dark” deals with time travel in the same way “Lost” did, meaning that the characters can’t change the past, present and future because they already did. Their actions are already reflected in the timeline, resulting in a loop where people often end up being the cause of their own tragedies. Adding multiple directions can pretty much kill the whole concept and turn the show into yet another generic time-travel flick.
I also noticed a tendency to rely on soapy twists instead of exploring the full potential offered by paradoxes and time loop theories.
My initial rating was 8, but considering the concerns caused by the season finale, let’s go for a 7 for now.