Everyone runs but Mikkel, who stares, transfixed. On Netflix’s helpful website, the Noah bio says that he believes a time machine will “elevate humanity” and “make it possible to re-sort what has happened and to escape the cycle of suffering and perpetual recurrence.” Yet, he tells Bartosz, “As long as we’re in this time loop, we who know have to make sure that every step will be repeated exactly as it was before. It’s only the first episode, but the show has already shown us multiple anomalies, things that are out of place in time or just plain weird. They walk toward school together. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow are not consecutive. is playing on the TV in the room where Erik is being held captive. Erik isn’t struggling, though. We know she has traveled to the future, which means she is aware of the dystopia that lies ahead and wants to take steps to avoid it — in part to save lives, but, I suspect, also to preserve her reputation. She stops suddenly and smiles, and Jonas laughingly asks “What is it?”, “I just had a deja vu. She takes a letter opener and carefully opens the letter, and starts reading. Jonas sprints up, gasping. It seems she’s used to him being unhelpful. for the stash of drugs he expected to be there, but it’s already gone. When she gets hungry, she’ll eat Erik. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgqTdTCb3e0. Jonas is keeping track of him, unlike Magnus, who abandoned him as soon as it got creepy near the caves. Hannah walks through the nuclear plant with a large piece of luggage. You know, your grandson hasn’t seen you in over three months. They see into the future, so to speak.”, He’s anxious about the plans to close the whole plant in a year. The power’s out again!”. Martha is already there. I did a little research on the candy bar wrapper Jane Nielson found in the forest. Ulrich walks in, a bag of bagels in hand. They left the door to the house ajar, so now he wanders in,… Our muscles sense that. Bartosz walks over angrily. Our muscles sense that. “I saw something in the woods again. Ines puts the letter back in the box in slow motion, folds it in her arms and puts her head down on the box, sobbing. but the show has already shown us multiple anomalies, things that are out of place in time or just plain weird. There’s trees everywhere, no sidewalk or driveway, and vines growing up the front of the house. Franziska offers to sell the drugs for less than half what they’re worth, but Bartosz shoves her to the ground and takes the drugs by force. Can I watch it if I don’t have TV? I can tell it’s from the 80’s because Germany switched their coins since then. … Just because you can’t see past your own nose doesn’t mean there’s not really weird stuff going on out there. We’re watching it with English subtitles but the audio is the original German, which can add to the challenge (tho hearing the actors interact seems more genuine than in the dubbed, imho.). Magnus smokes a joint outside the school in a dark alley between buildings. … You don’t believe me. She mentions that something happened between them last summer, but neither of them go into detail. Their idyllic life is torn apart when two children mysteriously disappear and the families' dark secrets begin to come to the … But it there’s a need out in the market, psssh. She takes a letter opener and carefully opens the letter, and starts reading. Inside the assembly hall, Regina and Katharina’s phones both ring also. Regina wants to keep Erik’s “running away” quiet, and suggests Katharina attend to her own “personal problems” instead of Erik. There’s a strange marking on his back; some kind of large scar from an old wound. She ignores that very reasonable advice, and starts talking about weird stuff. This is the day the letter is meant to be opened, but it’s still morning. Even if you’re dead, you’d want to be found at least.”, Regina and Katharina are now openly fighting. Jonas runs back and grabs him by the hand. He walks right into the middle of a ruckus with parents yelling desperately at police detective Charlotte Doppler (played by Karoline Eichhorn) to find their son, Erik Obendorf. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. There’s many guns and grenades, but no clue as to why someone would need such an arsenal or how long they’ve been investigating the people pictured on the wall. The face is covered, and he scrabbles at the leaves, still crying, before he notices the shoes. Now it goes all down hill. The dark, slapstick comedy is certainly the best element to this one but given the context of it, there's bound to be some who hate this play on disabilities. She admonishes her son Mikkel Nielson (played by Daan Lennard Liebrenz) to change into less ridiculous clothes (he’s wearing a skeleton hoodie and pants). Jonas backs up, horrified, and runs away, stumbling. They’re all interrupted by a bizarre, unearthly sound that echoes out of the caves. Tatja Seibt) in her apartment. She ridicules the idea of having a solution when there may not even be a problem, meaning, Erik may have just run away. The series, entitled Dark, is described as a mysterious saga following four families living in a small German town. Erik’s mother doesn’t care about any of this, and spits in Charlotte’s face. This has to be super important. Jonas doesn’t want to hear it, but in a nice way. She reproves him for not visiting more often, and he admonishes her to never call the emergency line again just to contact him. Jonas glances at a poster taped to a traffic light pole, which reads “MISSING Erik Obendorf.” Jonas rides past the poster. Her face doesn’t change at all. Dont know what the fucked happenend but I somehow watch the episodes in this order. He slowly closes the two metal pieces as Erik looks wildly back and forth. There’s some kind of strange metal band around where a person’s head would go, and the cables seem to lead to that part of the chair. “But the money he left under his bed? The camera shows his arms and legs being bound by an unknown, raincoat-wearing figure using restraints. “So we get it and… bam!” Whether Bartosz is talking about taking drugs or taking over Erik’s possible drug business is unclear, but Jonas seems to know what he means now. It seems to be an open secret that the town is not normal, and that strange things happened there 33 years ago. Doing it to save your own ass is slightly less noble. They are connected in a never ending circle. They wouldn’t put it in the show if it didn’t mean something. But Jonas trips, and when he looks up, Mikkel is gone. 'Dark' transcript, season 1, episode 1: 'Secrets.' It sounds like Erik was a minor drug dealer before he went missing. They walk together, and Martha starts talking about the weirdness of the caves. Dark season 3, episode 1, “Deja-vu” sets its ground early on with Martha being the deciding factor for once in the timelines, rather than Jonas. If you enjoy this blog and are looking for someone to write content for you or your company, contact us at [email protected], Get a daily email update of all our new posts in your inbox. His friend Bartosz Tiedemann (played by Paul Lux) comes out of nowhere and welcomes Jonas back after his two-month absence. He inquires how she and Jonas are doing, and she lies “Good. Jonas walks, and tries to turn on the light, but the switch flips up and down without effect. He blithely tells his wife that “there was a huge line at the bakery” and she accepts this flimsy excuse for his long absence that morning. Your email address will not be published. Of course, it’s also worth noting that Helge would not have been as easily persuaded by Noah to explore the possibilities of time travel had he not touched fingertips with a kid living in some future version of his world. I sure am glad you’re back.”. and makes a general appeal for information regarding Erik’s disappearance. She’s massaging his back as he lies face down on her massage table she brought with her. Summary. She’s not clear at all. But they’re probably not the only one. Click here and start watching the full episode in seconds. He comes face-t-face with his father, covered in black, tarry streaks. You know, locked up somewhere, and he can’t get out.