Thought Dark was overhyped but binged both seasons in 3 days

I kept seeing everyone rave about Dark on Netflix and figured it was just another slow German drama. Then my buddy forced me to watch the first episode last Friday and I was hooked by the time the cave scene hit. The way it connects 1953, 1987, and 2019 across 33 year cycles is insane. Has anyone else had a show flip your opinion that fast?

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young.emma19d ago

The family tree blew my mind way more than the time travel did honestly. Like once I realized that Noah and Agnes are siblings and that Ulrich is basically his own great-great-grandfather through the whole messed up Charlotte/Elisabeth loop, I had to pause and just stare at the wall for a solid five minutes. It's rare for a show to make me feel like I need a corkboard and red string, but Dark had me digging out my notebook during episode four.

abby_martin2817d ago

And here's the part that still bothers me though. The whole show is built on the idea that time is a fixed loop, but the characters constantly act like they can change things, even though we see the same events happen over and over. So is the message that free will is just an illusion we tell ourselves to get through the day, or is the bootstrap paradox actually a cheap trick to avoid writing a real ending? Dark had me questioning my own choices by the final episode, and that's the kind of show that sticks with you long after the credits roll.