A major plotline follows the Tiedemann and Doppler families in 1986:
: He visits his own home, finding a younger Jana Nielsen , who is distraught over her own son Mads —Ulrich’s brother—who has been missing for a month. Watch Dark - s01e03 Past and Present
: She officially takes over as director of the nuclear power plant. A major plotline follows the Tiedemann and Doppler
: Former director Bernd Doppler warns her that "what we know is a drop; what we don't know, an ocean". He leads her to a secret stash of yellow nuclear waste barrels hidden deep within the caves. He leads her to a secret stash of
In Dark S01E03, , the show fully commits to its time-bending premise by shifting focus to November 5, 1986 , exactly 33 years before the 2019 events. The Lost Child: Mikkel in 1986
Mikkel Nielsen emerges from the caves to find himself in a world that looks like his own but feels eerily wrong.
: He meets Egon Tiedemann , the 1986 Chief of Police, who dismisses Mikkel’s claim that he is from the future as a prank by his nemesis, young Ulrich. Secrets at the Power Plant