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There are many, many lists of what is or is not Netflix\u2019s best show, which is the case because well, that\u2019s rather subjective. But there are series that are brought up more than most, and right alongside series like Mindhunters and The Haunting of Hill House stands Dark<\/a>, the German time-travel drama. Many consider it Netflix\u2019s best series, and it very well may be one of the best sci-fi shows ever made. This week, it celebrated its eighth anniversary. <\/p>\n Dark is a maze. A series of loops and twists and turns and borderline needing a flowchart to keep track of timelines and aging or de-aging characters, but I\u2019ve always said it\u2019s one of the only time-travel series that actually makes sense. The genre is filled with plot holes and paradoxes, and often doesn\u2019t bother resolving any of them. Dark is the rare series that goes to great lengths to make sure it all works. Some may nitpick plot points even still, but compared to the rest of the genre, it is a stellar exercise in sci-fi. There just isn\u2019t anything else like it in the subgenre. Here\u2019s the official synopsis:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen two children go missing in a small German town, its sinful past is exposed along with the double lives and fractured relationships that exist among four families as they search for the kids. The mystery-drama series introduces an intricate puzzle filled with twists that includes a web of curious characters, all of whom have a connection to the town’s troubled history — whether they know it or not. The story includes supernatural elements that tie back to the same town in 1986.<\/p>\n Netflix has dived headfirst into international content over the last decade, but this was actually the very first German series produced for Netflix, and many more have been made since. Dark, expectedly, has high critic and audience scores with a 95% and 94% on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, respectively. It has no episode rated below an eight on IMDB, and most are over 9\/10, with its final episodes being its highest rated. That may clue you in to the fact that they very much stick the landing, yet another thing that is so hard to come by in this genre. The show spans three seasons and 26 episodes, quite a lot for a foreign series where seasons are often closer to 6 episodes. <\/p>\n Sometimes I quantify show recommendations as \u201cnot for everyone,\u201d and obviously this is a pretty niche sci-fi project, but I don\u2019t care. I would recommend Dark to everyone because it\u2019s simply that good. If you don\u2019t want to read subtitles, I don\u2019t want to hear about it. It really is one of Netflix\u2019s best series ever, and I understand why some put it at #1. At the very least, it\u2019s in my top 3.<\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>,<\/a> Bluesky <\/a>and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series<\/a> and The Earthborn Trilogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n