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Series Completed 2017-2020

Dark Watch Order

Dark has three seasons and one finished story, released on Netflix in 2017, 2019 and 2020. Here is why release order is the only order worth using, plus the episode count and release date for each season, and why the creators' other shows stay off this list.

Last updated September 26, 2026

Watch Order

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The three seasons in the order Netflix released them. The story is one continuous piece, so release order is chronological order.

About Dark

Dark is a German-language Netflix series about four families in the town of Winden, where a child's disappearance opens up a time travel mystery running across generations. Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese planned it as a trilogy from the start, and the third season, released on June 27, 2020, closes the story.

The show jumps between years constantly, but that is editing rather than a watch order problem. Each season is written to follow the one before it, and no season can be understood first. There is no rearranged version that makes more sense, so there is a single list below and nothing to compare it against.

Good to know

The three seasons total 26 episodes: 10 in 2017, 8 in 2019 and 8 in 2020, each season dropped on Netflix in one go. The creators' next series, 1899, is a separate story that Netflix cancelled after one season in January 2023, so it is not a Dark sequel and does not belong on this list. Nothing further set in Winden has been announced, and no companion book or recap is needed to follow the story.