Dark Season 1, Episode 3
"Past and Present"
Original airdate: December 1, 2017
Writer: Jantje Friese, Marc O. Seng
Director: Baran Bo Odar
Cast: Anne Lebinsky, Daan Lennard Liebrenz, Anne Ratte-Polle, Stephanie Amarell, Christian Pätzold, Julika Jenkins, Lydia Maria Makrides, Nele Trebs, Ella Lee, Peter Schneider, Felix Kramer, Ludger Bökelmann, Michael Mendl, Christian Steyer
Episode 3 of Dark finally pulls us headfirst into the past. At the end of last episode, Mikkel arrives in 1986 and this episode is almost entirely dedicated to spending time in this world, fleshing it out and layering it into the story. We get to see Winden, the same town as before, but adding depth to the younger versions of characters we know in the present. Much like the machine we see at the end of the episode, more pieces begin to fall into place.