Time travel itself can be hard to follow. Time travel with alternate dimensions brings a whole other level of complexity. One of my favorite things from the show is that Katherina end up as the "woman in the lake" that her children had been telling stories of.
Dark series also shown reincarnation as a quantum Immortality concept, Katherina died in first world and reborns in second World, she then died in second World during apocalypse but her soul remembers her suffering during the lost of Mikkel that's why she was hugging Mikkel during apocalypse, Peter died in first world and reborns in second World, that's why he was feeling like he have met Jonas, when Jonas first time came to his world, because he have given him therapy, Martha have also born in second World that's why she was saying that when I met you Jonas I felt I met you before, Magnus Does all time travel thing with Jonas and reborns in second World and that's why he was satisfied during Apocalypse of second World because he have done so much work so his soul was satisfied. Similarly Francisca also done so much work and reborns in second second World and she was not having voice because she disrespected her sister who can't speak and her soul was also satisfied during Apocalypse of second World. but Jonas born again in his own universe but in Scrodinger cat theory, quantum immortality, that's why he never born in second World because he was always present in his world, his soul never gone their to reborn. But they all reborn in third world through different parents and reunited. The paradise. yes it may possible that quantum immortality concept of quantum physics can exist in real we just don't know that we are immortal and we will be become our Ulternate version of Scrodinger cat experiment, as Jonas felt something when he first read the letter of Martha, because he knows then only that The lines he said to real Martha can't be known by the Martha of other world. So it may be all version of all characters were past and future life of each other. And that is why he became Adam from Jonas. There is also a hint given in episode 5 of season 2 that in staring scene Middle Jonas dreamed where he is with Teenage Martha on bed and then suddenly Martha belly Ejects black liquid and that was their son, the origin, he was shocked because Adult jonas never goes to Martha for intercourse on bed , but because in true sense he goes to Martha world and died and reincarnated in alternate version. And this song just was playing during Stranger Jonas was on work, indicating that he is done dying
@@KabbalahSherry Dark series also shown reincarnation as a quantum Immortality concept, Katherina died in first world and reborns in second World, she then died in second World during apocalypse but her soul remembers her suffering during the lost of Mikkel that's why she was hugging Mikkel during apocalypse, Peter died in first world and reborns in second World, that's why he was feeling like he have met Jonas, when Jonas first time came to his world, because he have given him therapy, Martha have also born in second World that's why she was saying that when I met you Jonas I felt I met you before, Magnus Does all time travel thing with Jonas and reborns in second World and that's why he was satisfied during Apocalypse of second World because he have done so much work so his soul was satisfied. Similarly Francisca also done so much work and reborns in second second World and she was not having voice because she disrespected her sister who can't speak and her soul was also satisfied during Apocalypse of second World. but Jonas born again in his own universe but in Scrodinger cat theory, quantum immortality, that's why he never born in second World because he was always present in his world, his soul never gone their to reborn. But they all reborn in third world through different parents and reunited. The paradise. yes it may possible that quantum immortality concept of quantum physics can exist in real we just don't know that we are immortal and we will be become our Ulternate version of Scrodinger cat experiment, as Jonas felt something when he first read the letter of Martha, because he knows then only that The lines he said to real Martha can't be known by the Martha of other world. So it may be all version of all characters were past and future life of each other. And that is why he became Adam from Jonas. There is also a hint given in episode 5 of season 2 that in staring scene Middle Jonas dreamed where he is with Teenage Martha on bed and then suddenly Martha belly Ejects black liquid and that was their son, the origin, he was shocked because Adult jonas never goes to Martha for intercourse on bed , but because in true sense he goes to Martha world and died and reincarnated in alternate version. And this song just was playing during Stranger Jonas was on work, indicating that he is done dying
I like the part that Claudia somehow knows more than Adam and Eva is also hinted by her different colored eyes. She sees into both worlds simultaneously while Adam and Eva see their own. Reminds me of the story of the odd eyed dog that can supposedly see heaven and earth simultaneously? Donno its just a very nice touch imo
Lots of body impairment symbolism in dark with scars, blindness, mutism wounds etc. Eyes have at least been a storytelling classic trope since Odin sacrificed his eye to drink from Mimir's well of knowledge/illumination. Jonas walks around with his neck scar like he can't breath in these worlds and carries his fathers mark. When he can't escape the 19th century his arm is wounded to show how he is unable to act. (classic trope since star wars) At the end he is a full body scar (like darth vader ;p) Martha cuts a scar over her younger selfs eye to forbid her to see into Jonas/Adams world. Too many examples.. I think that's why it is so funny that we never learned wheather Torben's impairments in the different worlds have any relevance at all.
One of the most important parts about this is that H.G. succeeded in his plan. It was a very long round about way, but to him it would have seemed immediate or unbeknownst to him it would have not happened at all. Theoretically all HG did was set up a long algorithm that canceled itself out once he did the numbers all the way through.
Question was that > can one bring dead back before they die using Time travel ....... H.G got his son, daughter in law and Grand daughter back which means it work..... But As I built time machine and I want to travel back in time and kill my grandfather so that my father won't exist resulting I don't exist..... And when I don't exist means time machine won't exist which further means I don't get to kill my grandfather and so that it will lead to my existence where I'll build the time machine to repeat the cycle..... If Jones and Martha Prevented H.G's family's death resulting H.G don't build time machine and inevitable two more worlds from where jones and Martha will come to save H.G's family .., but if he doesn't build time travel Jones and Martha won't be in existence and can't come to save H.G's family's inevitable making him create time travel....... All lead to same cycle again..... What was the ending
@@nafeesanjum7604 Also the exact mechanics of the "Schrodinger's Causality" during the apocalypse. We are shown that the different Marthas and Jonases and Claudias exist in the same timeline(s). Creating a new Jonas doesn't create a new timeline. It's like a clone. But what's confusing about that is that we see the two Jonases occupying the same space at the exact same time, but they can't see or interact with each other. So it's like there are two timelines, even though there isn't. And furthermore, how exactly do these quantum uncertainty events relate to determinism? Claudia would have us believe it breaks determinism. It's a loophole that allows fate to change. Her quantum clone wasn't meant to happen and kickstarts the chain of new events that leads to closing the loop. But some quantum clones _are_ meant to happen, as they are integral to preserving the loop. Jonas and Martha must clone themselves. So are these quantum uncertainties deterministically fated? I suppose it could be argued that they are because Eva, acting outside "Schrodinger's Causality" and so within fate, sends Bartosz (with fated instructions) to the exact moment of the apocalypse when causality breaks, therefore ensuring Bartosz's actions are in that moment "uncertain" creating the two Marthas and therefore two Jonases. But this begs the question of why Claudia's clone isn't fated. Technically, her actions and decisions that led to her formulating the plan to break the loop happened outside of Schrodinger's Causality. So wouldn't the events leading Claudia to kickstart the loophole also be fated, just like Eva? What's different? Is it as simple as Claudia's explanation to Jonas that changing little things eventually can lead to big things? That tiny quantum variations in the infinite loop led to a situation in which Claudia discovers the loophole? And then we must wonder how the new causality spawned by the apocalypse affects the world. The fated causalities of clone Martha and clone Jonas don't contradict the causality of the loop, beyond paradoxically existing in the same spacetime during the apocalypse as their non-clone selves. They are part of the loop. But the causality of clone Claudia contradicts the causality of the loop. Her actions lead to Jonas time-kidnapping Martha, something that does not happen in the loop, breaking the loop's causality. Unless we're meant to believe that, like with the apocalypse, both scenarios of Jonas kidnapping Martha and not kidnapping Martha are happening simultaneously. But if _that's_ the case, then technically is the loophole fated? Is the causal loop scenario and the Tannhaus's-kids-don't-die scenario happening simultaneously? So Claudia's plan both succeeds and does not succeed, in accordance with fate? If this is not the case, then perhaps only causalities spawned during the apocalypse via a fated causality (e.g. Eva deterministically sending Bartosz to create the clones) can interact with the loop, whereas causalities not initiated by fate interfere with the causality of fate. Making Claudia's loophole completely successful. Finally, the last question is why aren't there more clones? If causality breaks down during a single moment of the apocalypse and every decision during that moment becomes a macroscopic Schrodinger's Cat, why aren't there an infinite number of Marthas and Jonases and everyone else on the planet that exists during that moment? Hell, even if it's literally Schrodinger's Cat and so it's a binary yes-or-no situation (i.e. Does Martha save Jonas? Yes or no.) shouldn't there still be a single clone of everyone? I can think of one solution. Dark's determinism is consistently explained to be emergent from human will, rather than the opposite. We are not puppets forced to choose things against our will. We act according to our will, always, thus ensuring the loop. So perhaps no other clones are created because even though causality is absent during the apocalypse, our wills are the same and so we will make the same decisions. Notice that the difference between the two scenarios that spawn the clones of Martha and Jonas is not a product of human will, it's not Martha deciding "Should I or should I not save Jonas?" It's an event. It's Bartosz showing up. In one scenario he does, in another he doesn't. Eva is outside the apocalypse when she sends Bartosz, so it cannot be Schrodinger's Eva. So perhaps it's the time machine working or not working correctly? Bartosz was recruited by his older self right before the apocalypse and we don't see when exactly he travelled to Martha. So... it is a possibility that he travelled during Schrodinger's Causality and therefore he both did and did not travel, explaining the Martha clones and therefore the Jonas clones. The Bartosz that didn't travel would die in the apocalypse and the one that does would become old Bartosz. So no loose ends. The question then ends up being did Bartosz make a choice to travel or not travel, or did the time machine both work and not work? Essentially, is it Schrodinger's Bartosz or Schrodinger's time machine? If it's the time machine, that would fit with the "human will" theory, making the cloning of Martha and Jonas a unique event, yet another wacky product of time travel. If it's Bartosz, then I have no idea why there aren't millions of clones. Surprisingly, this wouldn't really complicate the means by which Claudia clones herself. It's still either due to previous tiny quantum variations in the loop leading to a new causality or Claudia discovering the cloning mechanism is part of causality and so the loop simultaneously exists and does not exist. The final, final question is when does Claudia diverge from fate, if she does at all? She formulates her plan long before she clones herself.
@@michaelhenry3234 I think there was infinite amount of worlds (some interconnected) created during the Apoc/time machine creation event, but we were shown only 2 interconnected that [finally] affected the original world.
@@IAMNOTRANA Not complex just not very simple, like series are generally ( stranger things ) , but it was built to last 3 seasons, and while there are some hiccups, is much better than the general crap out there.. is not the general 'mystery box in sequence', like Lost, it tries to close all ends, and mostly succeeds. Also, because is closed, no need to continue milking seasons ( like stranger things..)
Dark series also shown reincarnation as a quantum Immortality concept, Katherina died in first world and reborns in second World, she then died in second World during apocalypse but her soul remembers her suffering during the lost of Mikkel that's why she was hugging Mikkel during apocalypse, Peter died in first world and reborns in second World, that's why he was feeling like he have met Jonas, when Jonas first time came to his world, because he have given him therapy, Martha have also born in second World that's why she was saying that when I met you Jonas I felt I met you before, Magnus Does all time travel thing with Jonas and reborns in second World and that's why he was satisfied during Apocalypse of second World because he have done so much work so his soul was satisfied. Similarly Francisca also done so much work and reborns in second second World and she was not having voice because she disrespected her sister who can't speak and her soul was also satisfied during Apocalypse of second World. but Jonas born again in his own universe but in Scrodinger cat theory, quantum immortality, that's why he never born in second World because he was always present in his world, his soul never gone their to reborn. But they all reborn in third world through different parents and reunited. The paradise.
yes it may possible that quantum immortality concept of quantum physics can exist in real we just don't know that we are immortal and we will be become our Ulternate version of Scrodinger cat experiment, as Jonas felt something when he first read the letter of Martha, because he knows then only that The lines he said to real Martha can't be known by the Martha of other world. So it may be all version of all characters were past and future life of each other. And that is why he became Adam from Jonas. There is also a hint given in episode 5 of season 2 that in staring scene Middle Jonas dreamed where he is with Teenage Martha on bed and then suddenly Martha belly Ejects black liquid and that was their son, the origin, he was shocked because Adult jonas never goes to Martha for intercourse on bed , but because in true sense he goes to Martha world and died and reincarnated in alternate version. And this song just was playing during Stranger Jonas was on work, indicating that he is done dying
I watched Dark for the third time, this time taking extensive notes. By the half of season 3 I gave up, it's too complicated, I had to pause every two minutes to write sth down. So many Jonases, so many Marthas and Claudias, my mind is too simple to comprehend all this. Also, the darkest part is Helene killing her own daughter bc she thought adult Katerina was the soul of a child she got rid of as a teen.
Awesome recaps, Gil. Just one small thing I've wanted to mention couple of times - Helene's reaction to Katherina was because of her belief that the "ones gotten rid of" go to hell. She's seeing Katherina and sensing a familiarity and thinking it's her aborted child back from the dead to haunt her. I think that's why she freaks out so badly and kills her, saying "you're not real."
The plot of the whole series is nothing more than a very detailed narration of H. G. Tannhaus losing his son in an car accident and inventing a perfectly working time machine to bring him back :D But serious man, the best recap I´ve seen so far
Why do you think we don't have time machine? Every time machine creator had already used time machine to do whatever... and now has no reason to create time machine at the first place ^^
But here is the thing, if he created a time machine and used it, he would have saved his son, not needing a time machine, hence no branched realities, hence no tv show.
I’ve been curious about this show for a long ass time but couldn’t watch because of school stuff. I have to applaud the massive effort you put into making this. I literally just watched a three hour time travel movie with a well sounding narrator explaining all the confusing bits of the series. Thank you kind sir.
The ending made me cry when jonas and martha were erased and justified before that he said for the last time…..you and I are perfect for each other ,never believe anything else😢
I hate being scared so even though I was kind of curious about DARK I could never bring myself to watch it. Thank you for telling the story like an audio book with moving pictures. Everything was presented like an epic bed time story and I was able to enjoy something that I otherwise would have been unable to watch. 🥺 It was only two nights and three hours of my life but I know you dedicated a great deal of time and effort into this project. Thank you. You did a fabulous job. 😌
It's been mentioned by others but I think more praise is a good thing. The show was outstanding, I've been through it once and enjoyed the 3 hours of reliving it again through your videos. Job well done and thank you!
One of the things that that really made the show for me (in a creepy way) was how Winden was the only place on “earth”. There was no way out except for the different timeframes.
Small correction at 48 minutes, The Unknown isn't causing the apocalypse at the plant, they're causing the original incident that creates all the waste, which allowed time travel and the apocalypse to happen later on
When you realize that the video needed to understand dark is bigger than any of the episodes of dark itself. Inner me be like:-I used the stones to destroy the stones.
It's insane to understand simultaneously that while it is sickening to know from a bird eye's view one's preset destiny is bound to repeat, it is also equally relatable to know from a first person's view that there's undying motivation to keep repeating the said destiny.
Much respect to you for being able to decipher this unique show so completely. I’m amazed. This is the most intriguing, thought provoking and fascinating show I have ever seen. It was so intertwining that I had a hard time keeping up with the characters, their names and their current, younger and older selves; also the realities they were in. To be able to conceive a story like that is insane. To be able to write it is incredible. To be able to film it should have been impossible, yet here we are.
Great recap, Gil......I was broken by the time I finished Season 3....I remember what you had said in the Movie Files discussion a few weeks ago about the mystical aspects of Martha and Jonas seeing each other when they were kids- that maybe they will be able to find each other eventually in the origin world. I guess maybe I need that closure...lol. Like you said, it was a bittersweet ending....
Thanks for the kind words vickdisco! Couldn't agree more and I think our need for closure is a testament to the quality of this show. The finale wouldn't have been so devastating if we hand't grown so attached to the characters and their struggles. Hopefully Jonas and Martha 2.0 are out there somewhere in the origin world, falling in love all over again haha
What a masterpiece you've made with this video! Thank you so much for putting it all together, I got to understand the show so much better with your commentary. You're such a boss!! 🙏🤗 And Dark is one of the best series ever made 🖤
Just saw this pop up in my feed and will definitely check out this entire video but wanted to show support and from what I’ve seen of this so far, incredible job on this recap my friend!!!
thank you for this detailed breakdown... it couldn't keep my attention to watch the whole series, but the 3 hours that you did were excellent on a plane to understand the story.!! great story indeed
This was such an amazingly crafted show, but I personally could have gone with 40% less "actors staring down the camera in anguished silence"
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Great work. This masterpiece show was very complex and complicated. This helped me fully understand. Thank you for this content great work. You have skills
That is a great recap, very detailed. I wonder what happens to Adam in the endless loop scenario. We know that Adam kills Eva, but what happens to him after that? How does he end? Does someone kill him? I suspect it might be young scarred Marta after she finds Eva dead, but it is not clear. Any ideas?
Thanks Simona! I don't think the show gives us a lot to go on in terms of what happens to Adam next in the endless loop scenario. However, I think scarred Martha killing him is a pretty good guess. If she doesn't kill him then honestly, after seeing Jonas try to hang himself in 2023, I could see see Adam going that way as well. Finally, if he doesn't die by Martha's or his own hands... he might just die of illness soon. I have to think all the damage to his body isn't purely external - I wouldn't be surprised if there were tumors or other internal damage caused by his extensive "travels" so he might not have long left regardless. Once he dies, meanwhile his younger selves are repeating the endless cycle.
@@OneTakeVids There is another reason why I believe that scarred young Marta killed him. Eve and middle age Marta are so calculated and eager to preserve the knot, they would do anything to make sure that Adam does not get away. If he gets away, he might try to leave some messages to his younger selves so that they behave differently to prevent another loop cycle. The most efficient way for the endless loop to be maintained is to eliminate Adam.
Thanks Cagatay! Unfortunately, TH-cam took it down - we’re sorting through which clips we can or can’t use for that video so we can retool and reupload it. We’ll hopefully have it back up in the next week or so!
You did a great job on the video, but I believe you are missing a very important part of the last scene in the show. The people not created by the loop of Jonas and Martha are seen sitting at the table, in a world the show has deemed as paradise, we are actually watching another loop being created. At the last scene the lights go out and Hannah experiences déjà vu, looks over to a yellow raincoat (imagery from the one Jonás and Martha wore throughout the series) reflecting the statement in the show “everything is connected”, which one can come to think that even the origin world cannot exist without the Jonas and Martha world, proven by the fact that it TAKES JONÁS AND MARTHA FROM THEIR 2 OTHER WORLDS to save Tanhaus’s family from being killed, giving substance to the fact that their are two alternate realities that coexist in the origin world where Jonas and Martha exist and go back to prevent their existence and alter the events to create the second origin world. The final scene will be labeled as a paradox by most, but it indicates that the loop is actually continuing. When the power cuts out we know from the past that it means that a Time Machine is being used, throughout the final season the statement “a man is willed by what he wants, but a man cannot will what he wills” implying that even though Jonas and Martha saved Tanhaus’s family from being killed he continued to look for a way to time travel, because as we know from the argument between he and his son he was already interested and invested in time travel with or without the death of his son, grandchild, and daughter-in-law. His son’s statement about seeing an angel maybe have intrigued his interest and belief even more that they exist in turn pushing him even more to find the existence of time travel, thus the power outage in the last scene is the Time Machine being turned on, possibly for the very first time, this tearing of realities is a possible explanation of what caused Hannah to have her déjà vu, we can infer this because it occurred the moment she looks at the yellow rain coat and obtains the memories and emotions of the other 2 worlds because the other 2 world are being brought into existence at that very moment. We know this because the name Jonas comes to her due to the memories of another time loop coming back to her for a very short moment when she looks at the rain coat. She decides that she is going to call the child she’s pregnant with Jonas, which implies that she is starting a new loop where everything begins again. Another way to prove this is that the 3 worlds themselves are classed as the tricetra, if you look at the tricetra as a map of all three worlds they all require the existence of the other 2 in order to exist. Dark has always used the motion of 3, 33 year cycle for example, 3 worlds, 3 versions of characters, 3 seasons of the show, which can also be associated with the “God particle” ->Christian God which exists in the “TRINITY” 3 in 1 where one does not exist without the other, just like the 3 worlds in the show. Everything in these loops of 3 are based upon cause and effect. So we can say that the origin world is heavily based on the other because it is required for Jonas and Martha to come from the other 2 to save Tanhaus’s family, as I mentioned before. The characters going into the dark in the final scene ties into the shows name and meaning and also gives us a teaser that Jonas is to return to either repeat the entire loops of the show in order to get back to that single finale scene in or to allow that scene to be possible, OR creat another brand new cycle of loops, haven’t completely thought that part out yet but I believe that it will be the same cycle because the overwhelming theme throughout the series is that you can never actually change anything because everything just repeats again. The only time it actually diverted from this notion is in the last 30 minutes of the show when Adam and Older Claudia believe that what they’re doing has never happened before. Which means that Claudia is the one that ultimately has keep the loop continuing over and over again perpetuating the cycle, which makes her no difference from Adam and Eve. Even the original world lives in a state of flux due to the fact that there are 2 parallel realities in which Tanhaus creates the time mache and where he doesn’t. Though the actions of Martha and Jonas seem to put everything back in order, they actually create a paradox in which they need to exist in order to save Tanhaus’s son which can only be possible if their 2 worlds exist.
@@gjad813 I had to watch the show twice to even understand what’s going on haha, I was lost about half way through season 2 when I first watched it. Something about it kept bugging me and I wanted to know what was happening and the final season had me going nuts because they were leaving a lot of things unsaid and no one realized it……
@@georgetrabucchi7752 yea it kinda ruined it for me at first when I realized it, but honestly I think it makes the show that much better for me because this wasn’t a show where it’s mindless sitting and watching, you actually have to pay attention, think, and be invested. The character progressions are amazing and I love how they use mostly accurate science on the realities of if time travel actually did exist, while still adding a theme and plot around it. I just wish it was more than 3 seasons
@@MFAM-Joseph I'm glad I stumbled upon it recently, one of my favorite shows ever. I was kinda glad to hear they only made 3 seasons at first because it told me they care more about telling a good story than just milking it for more money, but after reading your comment it seems like another season would work.
After seeing this I have a question: Why were kids having their eyes burnt off and their ears destroyed? Is this ever explained? And who was the red haired kid in episode 1?
While there are a host of tragic characters I feel weirdly sorry for Hanna. All of her bad choices seem to lead back to this nagging insecurity and having a husband who had to keep her at arms length didn't help matters.
i like the ending to this show. paradox in this show are like a skipping record, you may like the verse or line the record is stuck on, but ultimately the record must go one to truly enjoy the song and meaning. IDK. Sounded good in my head. lol
Another great recap, Gil. As someone said below, really appreciate the effort and diligence you put into your podcasts. About "Dark" itself, I've become a little bummed out upon realizing how unapologetically selfish Eva and Adam have been. Consider the things they;ve done: kidnapping children and subjecting them to anything but safe experiments, and in the process causing great anguish to their loved ones; strangling people right and left; deceiving and then killing a girl and her baby, etc. If Adam were so anxious to get to the "dark," then why not just commit suicide and be done with it. And Eva--don't even get me started. lol Thanks again for all your recaps!
Thanks Allen! Lol I know how you feel. The show definitely took us to dark places but to be fair, they sort of warned us that's where we were heading haha. It also probably had to get bad enough so that we would would fully appreciate why destroying the knot was the right thing to do. Either way though, it does bum me out to think about how awful Jonas and Martha ended up being which is partially why I had such mixed feelings in the end. I usually don't gravitate towards art that emphasizes tragedy so anytime I encounter it... I find myself asking if it was worth the payoff. Loved Dark overall but definitely gives you plenty to wrestle with in the end. Thanks again for coming along for the ride with these recaps!
Love the recap! But have to say Season 3 is the weakest of the series. I personally didn't like adding in the third world while the other two are pretty much destroyed. You spend two seasons learning about these set of characters only for them to not exist anymore. While they introduced their counter parts, it took away from that attachment. This is the same thing Sliders did a long time ago. You spent like 5 years following Jerry O'connel and his quest to find his home world and family. Then they randomly merge him with another actor that looked completely different and dropped the whole finding his home storyline. It was a kick in the gut. As for Dark, it's like "oh well my original world and family doesn't matter anymore". Lol
Thanks! And I definitely agree that I'd rank season 3 last after seasons 1 and 2. Though not by a large margin for me - I enjoyed most of the final season. Also, I didn't necessarily mind the introduction of a 3rd world but I thought most of the explanations up to that point had pretty strong internal logic. I.e., you have to accept the premise that they've discovered time travel but from there, you can track most of the logic. The explanation for how these two worlds sprung out of the original world felt unusually hand-wavy for this show (i.e., his machine split the world in two! But... why?). Also, wow - Sliders was literally my favorite show growing up in the 90's. I remember when the "other Quinn" took over, I was so upset and then by the end of the series, Rembrandt was the only remaining cast member from the original. Love bumping into another Sliders fan haha.
DJ, I must fully disagree. I suppose you perceive this show as fun only without looking for deeper understandings and feelings, of life, death, time, existance, origin, fate, karma, happiness, struggle, bliss, tragedy, logic, intuition, raising consciousness, memory, mukti... Also, it seems to me that you did not understand what is happening in 3rd season, since the third world bothers you, but actually number of worlds is more, some of them we see only glimpses while others are more or less developped. Moreover, we see the place between the worlds, out of space time! But for you, its maybe just a 2min of showtime, so its nothing... If you are looking this show just for fun, and milion times seen happy ending, then it simply is not for you. God bless 🙏
@@OneTakeVids The third season reminded me of the Butterfly Effect movie. Ashton spent the better part of that movie trying to change events to benefit him, but it would have adverse effects on people around him. By the ending (well there's two endings) he eventually realizes him not being apart of the girls life or killing himself in the wound would ensure that everyone has a better life. The ending of Dark seemed almost the same with Jonas finally accepting that his very existence caused everything to spiral out of control and hurt all the people within his life. I do think it was the best ending we could have had without being so hunky-dory. And yes I did the symbolism with religion, time, space, and sacfrice. They did a good job weaving all that into the show. It is one of the best shows I have seen in years. Maybe I would be more accepting of the 3rd season if they had another season to expand on it. Some shows you cant get enough of but also some run way too long. Maybe 3 seasons was the sweet spot.
Yes this is why I avoid anything that has with time travel, books, shows, movies, games and so on. Because time travel is so complex eventually the writers will write themselves in to a corner and everyone of them will just end everything with a hard reset. So after spending all that time everything just ends exactly where it began. Time travel stories are a waste of time literally. That is why I watched this recap to see if I was right and I was.
I might be wrong, but I'm almost sure I'm right. When Claudia tells Adam that it's the first time they have that conversation, she probably means a conversation on this specific topic. Adam, after sending everyone from Sic Mundus off and killing Martha, doesn't have any means of transportation, so the only way he can get to Eva and complete the Loop is by Claudia telling him about it and handing him the orb. It's also a part of my theory on how did she manage to find everything out without causing any "paradoxes". She uses the hole in the Loop only to exchange information with her younger self, and doesn't clone herself because she doesn't interfere with any major events in the Loop up to the last episode of the series.
Thanks for the comprehensive in depth breakdowns. Your work is amazing. You have all the best work and we are grateful to have you on youtube. How do you make your video breakdowns though? you record the scenes and footage from the netflix dark series then comment over it? just curious to know how you created this breakdown
These is a way to process info. Thanks for biting a three season bullet into 4 hours for those who just wanna know the story. These is how I wanna process shows going forward as so many great shows engulf us and not enough time to process. This works man, thanks‼️‼️
Well done. Thank you for the recap! Didn't have a chance to finish watching 2 or get a chance to watch #3...much appreciated....does get a bit confusing at times...(no pun intended)
In the parallel universe after his confession, why does the old Helge say "It was you!" to Ulrich? Where, when and why did Ulrich hurt him? Mikkel never travelled back in time so Ulrich didn't either...right? Am I missing something?
I forget the ep but in either the finale or second to last episode, we see parallel world Ulrich travel back in time to the 80s instead of the 50s where he attacks middle-aged Helge. I believe to stop him from kills Mads (he gets killed whether or not Mikkel travels in time)
@@OneTakeVids Thank you, I watched the whole season again a few days ago and for the life of me, I could not remember that part. I was probably busy processing other things that were going on in that series haha
I just wonder what was the kids with eyes and ear burnt out was all about? And also Jonas seeing his father in black liquid and then Martha of the other world seeing herself covered in it? 🤔
In hindsight, the series felt unnecessarily complicated without making any grand statements. It felt like chess pieces, no emotion just consequence. The world ends and little mention goes into stressing how horrible it is for the world to end… for everyone. Instead, we were made to focus on the petty infighting of suburban families. And after all of that, we’re told that these two worlds don’t matter, they’re a result of another person’s actions that we spend little time learning about. At this point, I find this series a gross exploration of self absorption. I remember watching the first season and feeling so horrible about those boys being tortured with their eyes and ears burned and just dumped. We never flushed out why that was even done in the first place. God, it’s all so gross. This is what boredom and a life without purpose breeds and looking at the comment section, no one else recognizes this which makes the show creator’s actions more reckless.
Well, i would argue, that is exactly the point of the show. All this petty infighting, all the people that should never have existed in the first place, all the sensles suffering. Only because, one man could not deal with his loss. And he even got what he wanted, from HG Tannhaus perspectiv he invented the perfect, time travel and saved his son, daughter in law and grand daughter, without even knowing, because the result happend before the cause. The only sideeffect was two mirror universes with endless suffering, until THEY figured out how to save HIS son.
If I remember this right, than the boys were guinea pigs to test timetravel with a new machine which Noah (? I think) was trying to build ... unsuccessfully. Not needlessly tortured, but experiments gone wrong.... but some one correct me if I mis- remenber, there was so much to take in in that show.
You forgot the part where 2040s Claudia meets Old Claudia after sending Adam Before that old Claudia says to Adam that she used Loophole to send herself in other direction(The direction where Noah Kills her) And the young Claudia says "Tell papa that I'm sorry" and Old Claudia seems to Travel to Past with her Time Machine Why is she travelling to the Past when this has already happened??
Ngl, never watched the show but i binged both recaps cause of your storytelling. That said, while it does seem like a bittersweet ending at first, i think its actually how things wouldve ended up naturally without all the time travelling. Meaning jonas and martha do actually end up coming into existence just not with the repeating family tree.
I almost checked out because it was getting too convoluted but I'm glad I stuck to the end. It wasn't great but it was interesting. Thank you for summarizing it all.
The oldest of the trio must be pretty miserable. Everything he does, he already did two times, must be pretty boring plus he is not even the ring leader but has to follow his younger self
I just thought of a probanly stupid question- If Mikkel is never sent back to 1986 in Martha's world, how does Helge lose his eye? Maybe I'm missing some details because it's been a while since I finished watching the show and no longer have access to Netflix. But in Jonas' world, the only reason Ulrich tries to kill Helge in 1953 is because he thinks it'll save Mikkel. But in Martha's world, Mikkel isn't with Magnus and Martha when they go to the cave... So why is Helge's eye missing in Martha's world to mirror Helge's ear being mutilated in Jonas' world?
Helge was attached by Ulrich in Martha’s world as well but this time he was an adult. You must have missed the explanation in the plethora of twists and loops
Can you please explain how Regina exists outside of the loop in the origin world if Claudia is her mother and Claudia is a product of the loop. I am probably just being thick, but I don't get it.
I've read a few theories about Woller's eye. I'm confused as to what happened to him. I also thought it was strange that in the Alt World Helge is missing an eye and Woller has no eye injury. Does anyone have a theory of how this happened?
Time travel itself can be hard to follow. Time travel with alternate dimensions brings a whole other level of complexity. One of my favorite things from the show is that Katherina end up as the "woman in the lake" that her children had been telling stories of.
Right?! 😳 That was so creepy!
Dark series also shown reincarnation as a quantum Immortality concept, Katherina died in first world and reborns in second World, she then died in second World during apocalypse but her soul remembers her suffering during the lost of Mikkel that's why she was hugging Mikkel during apocalypse, Peter died in first world and reborns in second World, that's why he was feeling like he have met Jonas, when Jonas first time came to his world, because he have given him therapy, Martha have also born in second World that's why she was saying that when I met you Jonas I felt I met you before, Magnus Does all time travel thing with Jonas and reborns in second World and that's why he was satisfied during Apocalypse of second World because he have done so much work so his soul was satisfied. Similarly Francisca also done so much work and reborns in second second World and she was not having voice because she disrespected her sister who can't speak and her soul was also satisfied during Apocalypse of second World. but Jonas born again in his own universe but in Scrodinger cat theory, quantum immortality, that's why he never born in second World because he was always present in his world, his soul never gone their to reborn. But they all reborn in third world through different parents and reunited. The paradise.
yes it may possible that quantum immortality concept of quantum physics can exist in real we just don't know that we are immortal and we will be become our Ulternate version of Scrodinger cat experiment, as Jonas felt something when he first read the letter of Martha, because he knows then only that The lines he said to real Martha can't be known by the Martha of other world. So it may be all version of all characters were past and future life of each other. And that is why he became Adam from Jonas.
There is also a hint given in episode 5 of season 2 that in staring scene Middle Jonas dreamed where he is with Teenage Martha on bed and then suddenly Martha belly Ejects black liquid and that was their son, the origin, he was shocked because Adult jonas never goes to Martha for intercourse on bed , but because in true sense he goes to Martha world and died and reincarnated in alternate version.
And this song just was playing during Stranger Jonas was on work, indicating that he is done dying
@@KabbalahSherry Dark series also shown reincarnation as a quantum Immortality concept, Katherina died in first world and reborns in second World, she then died in second World during apocalypse but her soul remembers her suffering during the lost of Mikkel that's why she was hugging Mikkel during apocalypse, Peter died in first world and reborns in second World, that's why he was feeling like he have met Jonas, when Jonas first time came to his world, because he have given him therapy, Martha have also born in second World that's why she was saying that when I met you Jonas I felt I met you before, Magnus Does all time travel thing with Jonas and reborns in second World and that's why he was satisfied during Apocalypse of second World because he have done so much work so his soul was satisfied. Similarly Francisca also done so much work and reborns in second second World and she was not having voice because she disrespected her sister who can't speak and her soul was also satisfied during Apocalypse of second World. but Jonas born again in his own universe but in Scrodinger cat theory, quantum immortality, that's why he never born in second World because he was always present in his world, his soul never gone their to reborn. But they all reborn in third world through different parents and reunited. The paradise.
yes it may possible that quantum immortality concept of quantum physics can exist in real we just don't know that we are immortal and we will be become our Ulternate version of Scrodinger cat experiment, as Jonas felt something when he first read the letter of Martha, because he knows then only that The lines he said to real Martha can't be known by the Martha of other world. So it may be all version of all characters were past and future life of each other. And that is why he became Adam from Jonas.
There is also a hint given in episode 5 of season 2 that in staring scene Middle Jonas dreamed where he is with Teenage Martha on bed and then suddenly Martha belly Ejects black liquid and that was their son, the origin, he was shocked because Adult jonas never goes to Martha for intercourse on bed , but because in true sense he goes to Martha world and died and reincarnated in alternate version.
And this song just was playing during Stranger Jonas was on work, indicating that he is done dying
"Like a glitch in the matrix"
The feeling was mutual after all. What a twist.
I told my sister to watch this show. Now she’s my mom.
*Sweet Home Alabama starts blaring from nonexistent speakers*
Bwahaha 😭😭😭💀 lmao
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Haha great comment
i swear i've watched all seasons of this show and even while watching a recap where everything is explained my mind is still being fucked raw
I like the part that Claudia somehow knows more than Adam and Eva is also hinted by her different colored eyes. She sees into both worlds simultaneously while Adam and Eva see their own. Reminds me of the story of the odd eyed dog that can supposedly see heaven and earth simultaneously?
Donno its just a very nice touch imo
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Lots of body impairment symbolism in dark with scars, blindness, mutism wounds etc. Eyes have at least been a storytelling classic trope since Odin sacrificed his eye to drink from Mimir's well of knowledge/illumination.
Jonas walks around with his neck scar like he can't breath in these worlds and carries his fathers mark. When he can't escape the 19th century his arm is wounded to show how he is unable to act. (classic trope since star wars) At the end he is a full body scar (like darth vader ;p) Martha cuts a scar over her younger selfs eye to forbid her to see into Jonas/Adams world. Too many examples..
I think that's why it is so funny that we never learned wheather Torben's impairments in the different worlds have any relevance at all.
One of the most important parts about this is that H.G. succeeded in his plan. It was a very long round about way, but to him it would have seemed immediate or unbeknownst to him it would have not happened at all. Theoretically all HG did was set up a long algorithm that canceled itself out once he did the numbers all the way through.
And we got to watch💯
Question was that > can one bring dead back before they die using Time travel ....... H.G got his son, daughter in law and Grand daughter back which means it work.....
But
As I built time machine and I want to travel back in time and kill my grandfather so that my father won't exist resulting I don't exist..... And when I don't exist means time machine won't exist which further means I don't get to kill my grandfather and so that it will lead to my existence where I'll build the time machine to repeat the cycle.....
If Jones and Martha Prevented H.G's family's death resulting H.G don't build time machine and inevitable two more worlds from where jones and Martha will come to save H.G's family .., but if he doesn't build time travel Jones and Martha won't be in existence and can't come to save H.G's family's inevitable making him create time travel....... All lead to same cycle again.....
What was the ending
@@nafeesanjum7604 Also the exact mechanics of the "Schrodinger's Causality" during the apocalypse. We are shown that the different Marthas and Jonases and Claudias exist in the same timeline(s). Creating a new Jonas doesn't create a new timeline. It's like a clone. But what's confusing about that is that we see the two Jonases occupying the same space at the exact same time, but they can't see or interact with each other. So it's like there are two timelines, even though there isn't. And furthermore, how exactly do these quantum uncertainty events relate to determinism? Claudia would have us believe it breaks determinism. It's a loophole that allows fate to change. Her quantum clone wasn't meant to happen and kickstarts the chain of new events that leads to closing the loop. But some quantum clones _are_ meant to happen, as they are integral to preserving the loop. Jonas and Martha must clone themselves. So are these quantum uncertainties deterministically fated? I suppose it could be argued that they are because Eva, acting outside "Schrodinger's Causality" and so within fate, sends Bartosz (with fated instructions) to the exact moment of the apocalypse when causality breaks, therefore ensuring Bartosz's actions are in that moment "uncertain" creating the two Marthas and therefore two Jonases.
But this begs the question of why Claudia's clone isn't fated. Technically, her actions and decisions that led to her formulating the plan to break the loop happened outside of Schrodinger's Causality. So wouldn't the events leading Claudia to kickstart the loophole also be fated, just like Eva? What's different? Is it as simple as Claudia's explanation to Jonas that changing little things eventually can lead to big things? That tiny quantum variations in the infinite loop led to a situation in which Claudia discovers the loophole?
And then we must wonder how the new causality spawned by the apocalypse affects the world. The fated causalities of clone Martha and clone Jonas don't contradict the causality of the loop, beyond paradoxically existing in the same spacetime during the apocalypse as their non-clone selves. They are part of the loop. But the causality of clone Claudia contradicts the causality of the loop. Her actions lead to Jonas time-kidnapping Martha, something that does not happen in the loop, breaking the loop's causality. Unless we're meant to believe that, like with the apocalypse, both scenarios of Jonas kidnapping Martha and not kidnapping Martha are happening simultaneously. But if _that's_ the case, then technically is the loophole fated? Is the causal loop scenario and the Tannhaus's-kids-don't-die scenario happening simultaneously? So Claudia's plan both succeeds and does not succeed, in accordance with fate? If this is not the case, then perhaps only causalities spawned during the apocalypse via a fated causality (e.g. Eva deterministically sending Bartosz to create the clones) can interact with the loop, whereas causalities not initiated by fate interfere with the causality of fate. Making Claudia's loophole completely successful.
Finally, the last question is why aren't there more clones? If causality breaks down during a single moment of the apocalypse and every decision during that moment becomes a macroscopic Schrodinger's Cat, why aren't there an infinite number of Marthas and Jonases and everyone else on the planet that exists during that moment? Hell, even if it's literally Schrodinger's Cat and so it's a binary yes-or-no situation (i.e. Does Martha save Jonas? Yes or no.) shouldn't there still be a single clone of everyone? I can think of one solution. Dark's determinism is consistently explained to be emergent from human will, rather than the opposite. We are not puppets forced to choose things against our will. We act according to our will, always, thus ensuring the loop. So perhaps no other clones are created because even though causality is absent during the apocalypse, our wills are the same and so we will make the same decisions. Notice that the difference between the two scenarios that spawn the clones of Martha and Jonas is not a product of human will, it's not Martha deciding "Should I or should I not save Jonas?" It's an event. It's Bartosz showing up. In one scenario he does, in another he doesn't. Eva is outside the apocalypse when she sends Bartosz, so it cannot be Schrodinger's Eva. So perhaps it's the time machine working or not working correctly? Bartosz was recruited by his older self right before the apocalypse and we don't see when exactly he travelled to Martha. So... it is a possibility that he travelled during Schrodinger's Causality and therefore he both did and did not travel, explaining the Martha clones and therefore the Jonas clones. The Bartosz that didn't travel would die in the apocalypse and the one that does would become old Bartosz. So no loose ends. The question then ends up being did Bartosz make a choice to travel or not travel, or did the time machine both work and not work? Essentially, is it Schrodinger's Bartosz or Schrodinger's time machine? If it's the time machine, that would fit with the "human will" theory, making the cloning of Martha and Jonas a unique event, yet another wacky product of time travel. If it's Bartosz, then I have no idea why there aren't millions of clones. Surprisingly, this wouldn't really complicate the means by which Claudia clones herself. It's still either due to previous tiny quantum variations in the loop leading to a new causality or Claudia discovering the cloning mechanism is part of causality and so the loop simultaneously exists and does not exist.
The final, final question is when does Claudia diverge from fate, if she does at all? She formulates her plan long before she clones herself.
@@michaelhenry3234 wooo🧐😱👍😇
@@michaelhenry3234 I think there was infinite amount of worlds (some interconnected) created during the Apoc/time machine creation event, but we were shown only 2 interconnected that [finally] affected the original world.
Why hasn’t this show been given any awards yet is beyond me
bc its german ig
It's a complex train wreck.
@@IAMNOTRANA Not complex just not very simple, like series are generally ( stranger things ) , but it was built to last 3 seasons, and while there are some hiccups, is much better than the general crap out there.. is not the general 'mystery box in sequence', like Lost, it tries to close all ends, and mostly succeeds. Also, because is closed, no need to continue milking seasons ( like stranger things..)
Wow, I feel so sorry for Urich, that old man waited for his wife, his only hope 🥺😭😭😭😭
Dark series also shown reincarnation as a quantum Immortality concept, Katherina died in first world and reborns in second World, she then died in second World during apocalypse but her soul remembers her suffering during the lost of Mikkel that's why she was hugging Mikkel during apocalypse, Peter died in first world and reborns in second World, that's why he was feeling like he have met Jonas, when Jonas first time came to his world, because he have given him therapy, Martha have also born in second World that's why she was saying that when I met you Jonas I felt I met you before, Magnus Does all time travel thing with Jonas and reborns in second World and that's why he was satisfied during Apocalypse of second World because he have done so much work so his soul was satisfied. Similarly Francisca also done so much work and reborns in second second World and she was not having voice because she disrespected her sister who can't speak and her soul was also satisfied during Apocalypse of second World. but Jonas born again in his own universe but in Scrodinger cat theory, quantum immortality, that's why he never born in second World because he was always present in his world, his soul never gone their to reborn. But they all reborn in third world through different parents and reunited. The paradise.
yes it may possible that quantum immortality concept of quantum physics can exist in real we just don't know that we are immortal and we will be become our Ulternate version of Scrodinger cat experiment, as Jonas felt something when he first read the letter of Martha, because he knows then only that The lines he said to real Martha can't be known by the Martha of other world. So it may be all version of all characters were past and future life of each other. And that is why he became Adam from Jonas.
There is also a hint given in episode 5 of season 2 that in staring scene Middle Jonas dreamed where he is with Teenage Martha on bed and then suddenly Martha belly Ejects black liquid and that was their son, the origin, he was shocked because Adult jonas never goes to Martha for intercourse on bed , but because in true sense he goes to Martha world and died and reincarnated in alternate version.
And this song just was playing during Stranger Jonas was on work, indicating that he is done dying
Bro cheated on every wife he had
I'm not too worried
I watched Dark for the third time, this time taking extensive notes. By the half of season 3 I gave up, it's too complicated, I had to pause every two minutes to write sth down. So many Jonases, so many Marthas and Claudias, my mind is too simple to comprehend all this. Also, the darkest part is Helene killing her own daughter bc she thought adult Katerina was the soul of a child she got rid of as a teen.
Awesome recaps, Gil. Just one small thing I've wanted to mention couple of times - Helene's reaction to Katherina was because of her belief that the "ones gotten rid of" go to hell. She's seeing Katherina and sensing a familiarity and thinking it's her aborted child back from the dead to haunt her. I think that's why she freaks out so badly and kills her, saying "you're not real."
Thanks Tubereuse! I think this reading is spot-on. Thanks for pointing it out!
What? I think she didn't do the abortion...
@@ImperativeGames She did. It was Hannah that didn't do it.
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The plot of the whole series is nothing more than a very detailed narration of H. G. Tannhaus losing his son in an car accident and inventing a perfectly working time machine to bring him back :D
But serious man, the best recap I´ve seen so far
True talk!!! And we didn’t even know that until the end of the series!!!
Why do you think we don't have time machine? Every time machine creator had already used time machine to do whatever... and now has no reason to create time machine at the first place ^^
But here is the thing, if he created a time machine and used it, he would have saved his son, not needing a time machine, hence no branched realities, hence no tv show.
Love the effort you put into this man!
Thanks Mr. Overhaul!
I’ve been curious about this show for a long ass time but couldn’t watch because of school stuff. I have to applaud the massive effort you put into making this. I literally just watched a three hour time travel movie with a well sounding narrator explaining all the confusing bits of the series. Thank you kind sir.
Thanks for the kind words!! Glad I could give you a way to enjoy this show without committing 30 hours to it 😄
The ending made me cry when jonas and martha were erased and justified before that he said for the last time…..you and I are perfect for each other ,never believe anything else😢
I hate being scared so even though I was kind of curious about DARK I could never bring myself to watch it. Thank you for telling the story like an audio book with moving pictures. Everything was presented like an epic bed time story and I was able to enjoy something that I otherwise would have been unable to watch. 🥺 It was only two nights and three hours of my life but I know you dedicated a great deal of time and effort into this project. Thank you. You did a fabulous job. 😌
Wow this comment made my night! Thank you so much for the kind words!!
Oh my goodness! I didn't expect a reply but I'm happy to have made your night! Be safe! Rest well!
It's honestly not a scary series at all. Mostly just sad and mysterious
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Scary lmao 🤣 how did you cope with Harry Potter, lol.
It's been mentioned by others but I think more praise is a good thing. The show was outstanding, I've been through it once and enjoyed the 3 hours of reliving it again through your videos. Job well done and thank you!
One of the things that that really made the show for me (in a creepy way) was how Winden was the only place on “earth”. There was no way out except for the different timeframes.
The Trio is a very interesting concept of a time traveling assassin.
You know what … it’s complex as a story line but it’s actually straightforward when it’s broken down like this ! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Lol 33 years later I'd still recommend your recap videos to be watched which explains the season perfectly. Dedication and explanation at its best
Small correction at 48 minutes, The Unknown isn't causing the apocalypse at the plant, they're causing the original incident that creates all the waste, which allowed time travel and the apocalypse to happen later on
Oh shit. I didn't catch that!!!!
When you realize that the video needed to understand dark is bigger than any of the episodes of dark itself.
Inner me be like:-I used the stones to destroy the stones.
It's insane to understand simultaneously that while it is sickening to know from a bird eye's view one's preset destiny is bound to repeat, it is also equally relatable to know from a first person's view that there's undying motivation to keep repeating the said destiny.
Much respect to you for being able to decipher this unique show so completely. I’m amazed. This is the most intriguing, thought provoking and fascinating show I have ever seen. It was so intertwining that I had a hard time keeping up with the characters, their names and their current, younger and older selves; also the realities they were in. To be able to conceive a story like that is insane. To be able to write it is incredible. To be able to film it should have been impossible, yet here we are.
Brilliant recap! There's just one thing bugging me. Why does Martha 2 see herself covered in the black goo by the cave? Is it a vision or a warning?
Holy fuck, I give you props for putting this all together. We watched it, and loved it, but damn was it confusing. I did love the ending.
Thanks Kyle!
Great recap, Gil......I was broken by the time I finished Season 3....I remember what you had said in the Movie Files discussion a few weeks ago about the mystical aspects of Martha and Jonas seeing each other when they were kids- that maybe they will be able to find each other eventually in the origin world. I guess maybe I need that closure...lol. Like you said, it was a bittersweet ending....
Thanks for the kind words vickdisco! Couldn't agree more and I think our need for closure is a testament to the quality of this show. The finale wouldn't have been so devastating if we hand't grown so attached to the characters and their struggles. Hopefully Jonas and Martha 2.0 are out there somewhere in the origin world, falling in love all over again haha
The fastest path will always be through emotions. Thank you Gill for excellent recap. God bless 🙏
Thank you as always milosvitin!
What a masterpiece you've made with this video! Thank you so much for putting it all together, I got to understand the show so much better with your commentary. You're such a boss!! 🙏🤗 And Dark is one of the best series ever made 🖤
Just saw this pop up in my feed and will definitely check out this entire video but wanted to show support and from what I’ve seen of this so far, incredible job on this recap my friend!!!
Thanks as always for your support @Movie Files!!!
Thank you so much for the recaps for this show. It was excellent and I very much appreciate all the hard work!😁
The cleft lip of the trio is indicative of inbreeding clever twist
I never thought of that!
thank you for this detailed breakdown... it couldn't keep my attention to watch the whole series, but the 3 hours that you did were excellent on a plane to understand the story.!! great story indeed
It was so nice to revisit the series, l had really missed it and this video covered everything and l really enjoyed it. Great video.
Thanks for the kind words Marla! Glad I could help give you a dose of Dark :)
Great recaps! I watched most of season 1 over a year ago and found it interesting but never got around to finishing the series and now I have. 🙂
Thank God. Now the weird gaps are filled for me and I get it!
Glad this could help!
Thank you soo much for this! Dark is an awesome show!! One of my fav!!
Its such an amazing show!! Glad you enjoyed the recap!
This was such an amazingly crafted show, but I personally could have gone with 40% less "actors staring down the camera in anguished silence"
Great work. This masterpiece show was very complex and complicated. This helped me fully understand. Thank you for this content great work. You have skills
That is a great recap, very detailed. I wonder what happens to Adam in the endless loop scenario. We know that Adam kills Eva, but what happens to him after that? How does he end? Does someone kill him? I suspect it might be young scarred Marta after she finds Eva dead, but it is not clear. Any ideas?
Thanks Simona! I don't think the show gives us a lot to go on in terms of what happens to Adam next in the endless loop scenario. However, I think scarred Martha killing him is a pretty good guess. If she doesn't kill him then honestly, after seeing Jonas try to hang himself in 2023, I could see see Adam going that way as well. Finally, if he doesn't die by Martha's or his own hands... he might just die of illness soon. I have to think all the damage to his body isn't purely external - I wouldn't be surprised if there were tumors or other internal damage caused by his extensive "travels" so he might not have long left regardless. Once he dies, meanwhile his younger selves are repeating the endless cycle.
@@OneTakeVids There is another reason why I believe that scarred young Marta killed him. Eve and middle age Marta are so calculated and eager to preserve the knot, they would do anything to make sure that Adam does not get away. If he gets away, he might try to leave some messages to his younger selves so that they behave differently to prevent another loop cycle. The most efficient way for the endless loop to be maintained is to eliminate Adam.
Is adam not just erased when the knot is broken?
@@lukeg4806 Yes he is, but they are wondering what happens in the infinite loop scenarios before the knot is destroyed.
Very great coverage. Excited to find this channel
Thanks ER!C!
Perfect breakdown. Just the right length. Insert Michael Scott joke here.
Mortal enemies who are only enemies to get each other back. Omg. This is evil but brilliant.
This show blew my mind! It actually hurts lol, amazing recap!
Thank you!
Best recap by far!!!! Great job
Thanks Yvette!
Awesome awesome video bro. That hour and change never felt more satisfying. When's the director's cut coming out. Lol.
Thanks Roger!! I think the directors cut would just be watching the actual show haha
This is good narration...the pieces are in their places
Great recap! Thank you so much. I thought you also had a detailed Season 1 and 2 recap, but I can’t find it in your videos list.
Thanks Cagatay! Unfortunately, TH-cam took it down - we’re sorting through which clips we can or can’t use for that video so we can retool and reupload it. We’ll hopefully have it back up in the next week or so!
Thanks for the update. Looking forward to it.
You did a great job on the video, but I believe you are missing a very important part of the last scene in the show.
The people not created by the loop of Jonas and Martha are seen sitting at the table, in a world the show has deemed as paradise, we are actually watching another loop being created. At the last scene the lights go out and Hannah experiences déjà vu, looks over to a yellow raincoat (imagery from the one Jonás and Martha wore throughout the series) reflecting the statement in the show “everything is connected”, which one can come to think that even the origin world cannot exist without the Jonas and Martha world, proven by the fact that it TAKES JONÁS AND MARTHA FROM THEIR 2 OTHER WORLDS to save Tanhaus’s family from being killed, giving substance to the fact that their are two alternate realities that coexist in the origin world where Jonas and Martha exist and go back to prevent their existence and alter the events to create the second origin world. The final scene will be labeled as a paradox by most, but it indicates that the loop is actually continuing. When the power cuts out we know from the past that it means that a Time Machine is being used, throughout the final season the statement “a man is willed by what he wants, but a man cannot will what he wills” implying that even though Jonas and Martha saved Tanhaus’s family from being killed he continued to look for a way to time travel, because as we know from the argument between he and his son he was already interested and invested in time travel with or without the death of his son, grandchild, and daughter-in-law. His son’s statement about seeing an angel maybe have intrigued his interest and belief even more that they exist in turn pushing him even more to find the existence of time travel, thus the power outage in the last scene is the Time Machine being turned on, possibly for the very first time, this tearing of realities is a possible explanation of what caused Hannah to have her déjà vu, we can infer this because it occurred the moment she looks at the yellow rain coat and obtains the memories and emotions of the other 2 worlds because the other 2 world are being brought into existence at that very moment. We know this because the name Jonas comes to her due to the memories of another time loop coming back to her for a very short moment when she looks at the rain coat. She decides that she is going to call the child she’s pregnant with Jonas, which implies that she is starting a new loop where everything begins again. Another way to prove this is that the 3 worlds themselves are classed as the tricetra, if you look at the tricetra as a map of all three worlds they all require the existence of the other 2 in order to exist. Dark has always used the motion of 3, 33 year cycle for example, 3 worlds, 3 versions of characters, 3 seasons of the show, which can also be associated with the “God particle” ->Christian God which exists in the “TRINITY” 3 in 1 where one does not exist without the other, just like the 3 worlds in the show. Everything in these loops of 3 are based upon cause and effect. So we can say that the origin world is heavily based on the other because it is required for Jonas and Martha to come from the other 2 to save Tanhaus’s family, as I mentioned before. The characters going into the dark in the final scene ties into the shows name and meaning and also gives us a teaser that Jonas is to return to either repeat the entire loops of the show in order to get back to that single finale scene in or to allow that scene to be possible, OR creat another brand new cycle of loops, haven’t completely thought that part out yet but I believe that it will be the same cycle because the overwhelming theme throughout the series is that you can never actually change anything because everything just repeats again. The only time it actually diverted from this notion is in the last 30 minutes of the show when Adam and Older Claudia believe that what they’re doing has never happened before. Which means that Claudia is the one that ultimately has keep the loop continuing over and over again perpetuating the cycle, which makes her no difference from Adam and Eve. Even the original world lives in a state of flux due to the fact that there are 2 parallel realities in which Tanhaus creates the time mache and where he doesn’t. Though the actions of Martha and Jonas seem to put everything back in order, they actually create a paradox in which they need to exist in order to save Tanhaus’s son which can only be possible if their 2 worlds exist.
My God! How cerebral are you? Are you the main writer of the story or something? Legit thoughts.
@@gjad813 I had to watch the show twice to even understand what’s going on haha, I was lost about half way through season 2 when I first watched it. Something about it kept bugging me and I wanted to know what was happening and the final season had me going nuts because they were leaving a lot of things unsaid and no one realized it……
Wow great comment. I think you may be right... although it kind of ruins the ending for me knowing it may have all been for nothing 😭
@@georgetrabucchi7752 yea it kinda ruined it for me at first when I realized it, but honestly I think it makes the show that much better for me because this wasn’t a show where it’s mindless sitting and watching, you actually have to pay attention, think, and be invested. The character progressions are amazing and I love how they use mostly accurate science on the realities of if time travel actually did exist, while still adding a theme and plot around it. I just wish it was more than 3 seasons
@@MFAM-Joseph I'm glad I stumbled upon it recently, one of my favorite shows ever. I was kinda glad to hear they only made 3 seasons at first because it told me they care more about telling a good story than just milking it for more money, but after reading your comment it seems like another season would work.
Dude, your content is amazing. You have a great voice too.
Wow, thank you Sean!
Thank you so much for this recap! Watched all 3 seasons and watched your recap...
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still confused af
After seeing this I have a question: Why were kids having their eyes burnt off and their ears destroyed? Is this ever explained? And who was the red haired kid in episode 1?
the device noah and haleg were making was burning them when it was turned on... It looked like it had a clamp that went around their head.
I also don't understand the need to do this experiment when in theory, they already knew about the caves and time travel.
I refrained to suggest it to friends or whoever because of its complexity. Better save my relationships! 🤣🤣🤣
While there are a host of tragic characters I feel weirdly sorry for Hanna. All of her bad choices seem to lead back to this nagging insecurity and having a husband who had to keep her at arms length didn't help matters.
i like the ending to this show. paradox in this show are like a skipping record, you may like the verse or line the record is stuck on, but ultimately the record must go one to truly enjoy the song and meaning. IDK. Sounded good in my head. lol
Another great recap, Gil. As someone said below, really appreciate the effort and diligence you put into your podcasts. About "Dark" itself, I've become a little bummed out upon realizing how unapologetically selfish Eva and Adam have been. Consider the things they;ve done: kidnapping children and subjecting them to anything but safe experiments, and in the process causing great anguish to their loved ones; strangling people right and left; deceiving and then killing a girl and her baby, etc. If Adam were so anxious to get to the "dark," then why not just commit suicide and be done with it. And Eva--don't even get me started. lol Thanks again for all your recaps!
Thanks Allen! Lol I know how you feel. The show definitely took us to dark places but to be fair, they sort of warned us that's where we were heading haha. It also probably had to get bad enough so that we would would fully appreciate why destroying the knot was the right thing to do. Either way though, it does bum me out to think about how awful Jonas and Martha ended up being which is partially why I had such mixed feelings in the end. I usually don't gravitate towards art that emphasizes tragedy so anytime I encounter it... I find myself asking if it was worth the payoff. Loved Dark overall but definitely gives you plenty to wrestle with in the end. Thanks again for coming along for the ride with these recaps!
Jonas cou not kill himself and neither could Adam. Remember the scene where Jonas tries to kill himself and Noah saves him.
This is such a great in-depth detailed recap!
Love the recap! But have to say Season 3 is the weakest of the series. I personally didn't like adding in the third world while the other two are pretty much destroyed. You spend two seasons learning about these set of characters only for them to not exist anymore. While they introduced their counter parts, it took away from that attachment. This is the same thing Sliders did a long time ago. You spent like 5 years following Jerry O'connel and his quest to find his home world and family. Then they randomly merge him with another actor that looked completely different and dropped the whole finding his home storyline. It was a kick in the gut. As for Dark, it's like "oh well my original world and family doesn't matter anymore". Lol
Thanks! And I definitely agree that I'd rank season 3 last after seasons 1 and 2. Though not by a large margin for me - I enjoyed most of the final season. Also, I didn't necessarily mind the introduction of a 3rd world but I thought most of the explanations up to that point had pretty strong internal logic. I.e., you have to accept the premise that they've discovered time travel but from there, you can track most of the logic. The explanation for how these two worlds sprung out of the original world felt unusually hand-wavy for this show (i.e., his machine split the world in two! But... why?). Also, wow - Sliders was literally my favorite show growing up in the 90's. I remember when the "other Quinn" took over, I was so upset and then by the end of the series, Rembrandt was the only remaining cast member from the original. Love bumping into another Sliders fan haha.
DJ, I must fully disagree. I suppose you perceive this show as fun only without looking for deeper understandings and feelings, of life, death, time, existance, origin, fate, karma, happiness, struggle, bliss, tragedy, logic, intuition, raising consciousness, memory, mukti... Also, it seems to me that you did not understand what is happening in 3rd season, since the third world bothers you, but actually number of worlds is more, some of them we see only glimpses while others are more or less developped. Moreover, we see the place between the worlds, out of space time! But for you, its maybe just a 2min of showtime, so its nothing... If you are looking this show just for fun, and milion times seen happy ending, then it simply is not for you. God bless 🙏
@@OneTakeVids The third season reminded me of the Butterfly Effect movie. Ashton spent the better part of that movie trying to change events to benefit him, but it would have adverse effects on people around him. By the ending (well there's two endings) he eventually realizes him not being apart of the girls life or killing himself in the wound would ensure that everyone has a better life. The ending of Dark seemed almost the same with Jonas finally accepting that his very existence caused everything to spiral out of control and hurt all the people within his life. I do think it was the best ending we could have had without being so hunky-dory. And yes I did the symbolism with religion, time, space, and sacfrice. They did a good job weaving all that into the show. It is one of the best shows I have seen in years. Maybe I would be more accepting of the 3rd season if they had another season to expand on it. Some shows you cant get enough of but also some run way too long. Maybe 3 seasons was the sweet spot.
Yes this is why I avoid anything that has with time travel, books, shows, movies, games and so on.
Because time travel is so complex eventually the writers will write themselves in to a corner and everyone of them will just end everything with a hard reset.
So after spending all that time everything just ends exactly where it began.
Time travel stories are a waste of time literally.
That is why I watched this recap to see if I was right and I was.
@@aweigh1010 the bible has a made up word as it's title, no thanks
Amazing recap video! Amazing series!
Thank you Arliasari!! And agreed, amazing show!
love it brother. please make more. your sound is also perfect.
I might be wrong, but I'm almost sure I'm right. When Claudia tells Adam that it's the first time they have that conversation, she probably means a conversation on this specific topic. Adam, after sending everyone from Sic Mundus off and killing Martha, doesn't have any means of transportation, so the only way he can get to Eva and complete the Loop is by Claudia telling him about it and handing him the orb. It's also a part of my theory on how did she manage to find everything out without causing any "paradoxes". She uses the hole in the Loop only to exchange information with her younger self, and doesn't clone herself because she doesn't interfere with any major events in the Loop up to the last episode of the series.
I need your recap to follow this series 😅 Thanks!
Thanks for the comprehensive in depth breakdowns. Your work is amazing. You have all the best work and we are grateful to have you on youtube. How do you make your video breakdowns though? you record the scenes and footage from the netflix dark series then comment over it? just curious to know how you created this breakdown
These is a way to process info. Thanks for biting a three season bullet into 4 hours for those who just wanna know the story. These is how I wanna process shows going forward as so many great shows engulf us and not enough time to process. This works man, thanks‼️‼️
Thanks for the kind words Scott!! Really happy to hear you like the format!
What a mindfnck i would have never understood what was going on if i did not watch this. Thanks
Well done. Thank you for the recap! Didn't have a chance to finish watching 2 or get a chance to watch #3...much appreciated....does get a bit confusing at times...(no pun intended)
In the parallel universe after his confession, why does the old Helge say "It was you!" to Ulrich? Where, when and why did Ulrich hurt him? Mikkel never travelled back in time so Ulrich didn't either...right? Am I missing something?
I forget the ep but in either the finale or second to last episode, we see parallel world Ulrich travel back in time to the 80s instead of the 50s where he attacks middle-aged Helge. I believe to stop him from kills Mads (he gets killed whether or not Mikkel travels in time)
@@OneTakeVids Thank you, I watched the whole season again a few days ago and for the life of me, I could not remember that part. I was probably busy processing other things that were going on in that series haha
I just wonder what was the kids with eyes and ear burnt out was all about?
And also Jonas seeing his father in black liquid and then Martha of the other world seeing herself covered in it? 🤔
BRAIN… HURTS… MUCH PAIN
so there is no actual origin this paradox just began without a cause, thats what i understand
Saved me 7 hours.... cheers mate
Happy to help!
This is an epiiiiiiiiiiiic recap!!!!!
Thanks Jane!!!! An epic show deserves an epic recap!!
In hindsight, the series felt unnecessarily complicated without making any grand statements. It felt like chess pieces, no emotion just consequence. The world ends and little mention goes into stressing how horrible it is for the world to end… for everyone. Instead, we were made to focus on the petty infighting of suburban families.
And after all of that, we’re told that these two worlds don’t matter, they’re a result of another person’s actions that we spend little time learning about.
At this point, I find this series a gross exploration of self absorption. I remember watching the first season and feeling so horrible about those boys being tortured with their eyes and ears burned and just dumped. We never flushed out why that was even done in the first place. God, it’s all so gross.
This is what boredom and a life without purpose breeds and looking at the comment section, no one else recognizes this which makes the show creator’s actions more reckless.
Well, i would argue, that is exactly the point of the show.
All this petty infighting, all the people that should never have existed in the first place, all the sensles suffering.
Only because, one man could not deal with his loss.
And he even got what he wanted, from HG Tannhaus perspectiv he invented the perfect, time travel and saved his son, daughter in law and grand daughter, without even knowing, because the result happend before the cause.
The only sideeffect was two mirror universes with endless suffering, until THEY figured out how to save HIS son.
If I remember this right, than the boys were guinea pigs to test timetravel with a new machine which Noah (? I think) was trying to build ... unsuccessfully. Not needlessly tortured, but experiments gone wrong.... but some one correct me if I mis- remenber, there was so much to take in in that show.
I entirely watched this show through his recap. Damn
You forgot the part where 2040s Claudia meets Old Claudia after sending Adam
Before that old Claudia says to Adam that she used Loophole to send herself in other direction(The direction where Noah Kills her)
And the young Claudia says "Tell papa that I'm sorry" and Old Claudia seems to Travel to Past with her Time Machine
Why is she travelling to the Past when this has already happened??
life has no meaning but it is still worth living
Man, Ulrich can't keep it his drawers in ANY world in ANY timeline with ANY woman! I think I must know him.
Had a great sleep watching this video
Ngl, never watched the show but i binged both recaps cause of your storytelling.
That said, while it does seem like a bittersweet ending at first, i think its actually how things wouldve ended up naturally without all the time travelling. Meaning jonas and martha do actually end up coming into existence just not with the repeating family tree.
My head is spinning even after this detailed breakdown ....in English !!!!!🤕🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for this great video.. it helped me alot
I almost checked out because it was getting too convoluted but I'm glad I stuck to the end. It wasn't great but it was interesting. Thank you for summarizing it all.
Thank a lot man. Bless you
Thanks for checking it out Filo!
Best series ever
The oldest of the trio must be pretty miserable. Everything he does, he already did two times, must be pretty boring plus he is not even the ring leader but has to follow his younger self
I just thought of a probanly stupid question-
If Mikkel is never sent back to 1986 in Martha's world, how does Helge lose his eye? Maybe I'm missing some details because it's been a while since I finished watching the show and no longer have access to Netflix. But in Jonas' world, the only reason Ulrich tries to kill Helge in 1953 is because he thinks it'll save Mikkel. But in Martha's world, Mikkel isn't with Magnus and Martha when they go to the cave...
So why is Helge's eye missing in Martha's world to mirror Helge's ear being mutilated in Jonas' world?
Helge was attached by Ulrich in Martha’s world as well but this time he was an adult. You must have missed the explanation in the plethora of twists and loops
Just imagine the accident happened due to Jonas and Martha has appeared suddenly in middle of road
Can you please explain how Regina exists outside of the loop in the origin world if Claudia is her mother and Claudia is a product of the loop. I am probably just being thick, but I don't get it.
Claudia is not a product of the loop because neither of her parents descend from Martha and Jonas. Same is true for Regina.
I've read a few theories about Woller's eye. I'm confused as to what happened to him. I also thought it was strange that in the Alt World Helge is missing an eye and Woller has no eye injury. Does anyone have a theory of how this happened?
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what a fucking recap man, bravo.
Thank you Daniel! 🙏
2023 here still the best series
Hannah is the real villain of the show… honestly she is the absolute worst
Yet I wonder how the knot started.
A parallel universe and time travel I cannot take the twists!
I'm confuse between Adult Jonas who blew up the cave and Adult Jonah who save Barthoz, Fransiska and Magnus. How come two person at the same time.
Well done!!
Thank you!
Well done!!! 😊
Thanks Nick!
No lié. I haven’t seen it yet. Just watched the reviews. And my head hurts.
Thank you legend!!