Dark
Der Ursprung
TV Flash files “Der Ursprung” as hour 22 of 26 in the TV Flash guide — Dark (2017–2020) on Netflix, season 3, episode 4, aired 2020-06-27, 64 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E04: listed hour 22 of 26 in the Dark guide, hour 4 of 8 in season 3. It aired 2020-06-27 (64 min). The listed hour before it is “Adam und Eva” (S03E03). Next is “Leben und Tod” (S03E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Martha and Jonas travel to 2052 and get a glimpse of a grim future. In 1954, two residents of Winden go missing, and Hannah receives surprising news.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Der Ursprung sit in the Dark guide?
S03E04 is listed hour 22 of 26 — hour 4 of 8 in season 3, season 3 episode 4.
When did Dark S03E04 air?
Der Ursprung aired 2020-06-27 and is listed at 64 minutes.
Do I need German?
German original, global via Netflix subtitles/dubs. Non-English Peak TV proof. Watch in German if you can; the knot is the same either way.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Children vanish in a German town whose caves hide time travel and multigenerational guilt. Netflix's first German original to go fully global: family trees as crime scenes, whiteboards required. Mystery as closed loop — three planned seasons of knotting, and the rare streamer hit that actually knew how to end.
Netflix did not stagger this knot. **2017** dropped Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese's German original as a full-season cave: children go missing in a town where caves hide time travel and multigenerational guilt, Louis Hofmann's Jonas, Lisa Vicari's Martha, Maja Schöne, Andreas Pietschmann's Stranger, a town-sized ensemble as a family tree that is also a crime scene. Everything is connected. Mystery as closed time loop. Whiteboards required. Rex can toast English-language Peak TV like it was the only window; this…
Filed against
- Louis Hofmann as Jonas Kahnwald
Louis Hofmann walked the closed loop as Jonas Kahnwald on Dark — the Winden boy who made Netflix’s German time-knot hurt in the face, caves and family trees as crime scenes, whiteboards mandatory. Three planned seasons, no endless dump.…
- Lisa Vicari as Martha Nielsen
Lisa Vicari carried a family tree like a crime scene as Martha Nielsen on Dark — children vanish in a German town, caves hide time travel, and Netflix’s first German original to go fully global demanded whiteboards. Closed-loop mystery,…
- Maja Schöne as Hannah Kahnwald
Maja Schöne hung a family portrait over a paradox as Hannah Kahnwald on Dark — Winden’s caves, vanished children, time travel as multigenerational guilt, Netflix’s German original gone global. Whiteboards required, three planned seasons.…
- Andreas Pietschmann as The Stranger
Andreas Pietschmann’s Stranger haunted Dark as the human knot in Netflix’s first German original to go fully global — vanished children, caves, time travel, family trees as crime scenes. Whiteboards required, three planned seasons of…
- Karoline Eichhorn as Charlotte Doppler
Karoline Eichhorn’s Charlotte Doppler lived Dark’s family tree as a crime scene — children vanishing in a German town whose caves hide time travel and multigenerational guilt, Netflix’s first German original to go fully global,…