Dark: Doppelleben (2017)
Season 1, Episode 4
Not enough development
30 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
This episode somewhat continues spinning the plates the series was already spinning. A lot of the mystery stuff is a repetition of mysteries we got in previous episodes, without us learning anything significant that would pose new questions. Jonas's cave investigation, Helge's utterings (only this time he also mentions Noah) and the discovery that the birds had ruptured eardrums are all not surprising at this point, nor do we learn anything from them we wouldn't have known or expected before. So the progression of the central mysteries is really too slow.

Charlotte's daughter gets some focus this episode, and it's a nice little entertaining subplot. It subverts expectations in her not getting abducted or killed, but the end result is only her getting a watch that looks like it belongs to Charlotte. Interesting, don't get me wrong, and I'm sure it'll be important somehow. But the characters haven't developed much by the end as a result, with the girl's parents first becoming distressed at her disappearance but then going back to normal when she comes home. The ending is intriguing though, with Yasin coming across someone sent by Noah.
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