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plonqI finished the last episode of what I feel safe in saying is the best Netflix show that you've never heard of.
I started watching it when it occurred to me that I was underutilizing our Netflix subscription and the service recommended the show to me based on some of my other choices. While I'm sad that it's over, at the same time I think they gave it a very satisfying ending. If I could go back and do it again, I'd have watched it in the original German with subtitles because the English dub doesn't really do it credit in spots.
It's a short enough series that I am half tempted to sit through it again in its original language, in part to appreciate the characters the way they were meant to sound, but also to try and catch subtle things I missed the first time through.
The cinematography and score are both gorgeous, which combine with the understated acting to give the show the somewhat aetherial feel of a waking dream (nightmare?). One of the characters even wonders at one point if any of them have ever actually existed at all.
While it's slow to delve into those aspects in the first season, the show is ultimately a science fiction/fantasy show about time travel. The writers paid meticulous attention to detail and produced what I think is the best exploration of time travel that I've seen. They dive into concepts like determinism (our actions caused the thing we were trying to prevent) and paradox (can somebody be their own grandmother?).
I don't think anybody would call this a "feel good" show - it's actually pretty bleak, and even mildly claustrophobic all through. It's an intelligent and satisfying show, though. I've heard it compared to Stanger Things, so if you've seen and liked that one, you might want to give this one a try.
I started watching it when it occurred to me that I was underutilizing our Netflix subscription and the service recommended the show to me based on some of my other choices. While I'm sad that it's over, at the same time I think they gave it a very satisfying ending. If I could go back and do it again, I'd have watched it in the original German with subtitles because the English dub doesn't really do it credit in spots.
It's a short enough series that I am half tempted to sit through it again in its original language, in part to appreciate the characters the way they were meant to sound, but also to try and catch subtle things I missed the first time through.
The cinematography and score are both gorgeous, which combine with the understated acting to give the show the somewhat aetherial feel of a waking dream (nightmare?). One of the characters even wonders at one point if any of them have ever actually existed at all.
While it's slow to delve into those aspects in the first season, the show is ultimately a science fiction/fantasy show about time travel. The writers paid meticulous attention to detail and produced what I think is the best exploration of time travel that I've seen. They dive into concepts like determinism (our actions caused the thing we were trying to prevent) and paradox (can somebody be their own grandmother?).
I don't think anybody would call this a "feel good" show - it's actually pretty bleak, and even mildly claustrophobic all through. It's an intelligent and satisfying show, though. I've heard it compared to Stanger Things, so if you've seen and liked that one, you might want to give this one a try.
