Becoming Adam

Becoming Adam

A tribute to Andreas Pietschmann (part 5 of ∞)

Photo source: https://instagram.com/baranboodar?igshid=11ofsykr81jmp

yo thanks for putting the spoiler warning on ur dark season 3 posts, u saved me lol

Sure, I really didn't want to take away your chance to find out everything on the right time. Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese are two geniuses who planned to unfold the story in this way with perfect timing, so who am I to spoil this for you guys :)

"You must have many questions.

You'll understand it all... when it's time to understand.

Tick, tock. Tock, tick. Tock" © Dark season 3 teaser

06.27.20

Dark S3E1

Extreme spoiler alert!

Just finished the episode.

Definitely need to share my thoughts about the final scene. (And the whole episode)

My God, he doesn't know who she is!! Does it mean that it never happened before? Or did he lose his memory? It breaks my heart how happy he was to see her, and how his hope was taken away from him again. Because it's not his Martha.

However, the fact that she wants help him to find the origin and to begin it all gives me the vibe that Martha 2.0 is also being manipulated by her older self, otherwise how whould she know what exactly to do and where/when to search for The Stranger?

Should we also talk about all the same or mirrored events and details worth mentioning?

Let's go:

The mirrored date of "the beginning"

The house exterior/interior (it really is mirrored)

Martha waking up like Jonas

Martha sniffing the milk to be sure it's safe to drink it (like Jonas did)

Morning routine of a Nielsen family shown in a long take

A family photo with a ripped out family member

Morning sex in a red house with someone interrupting it and one of the partners escaping through a window in a hoodie

Ulrich is coming back to his wife much later, explaining it by a line in a bakery. (And I am surprised by Hannah's looks... For a moment there I thought he wasn't cheating, I've got that tiny light of hope, but then this happened)↓

"Ich liebe dich"..."Schön bist du" (That explained me everything I needed to know about their relationship)

A protagonist in a yellow raincoat riding a bike and seeing a note about missing of Eric

"Don't forget to breathe" - well, that's old. "Don't forget to think" - oh, that's new. Glad Martha is standing up for herself here.

Martha is kissing someone and the other person who likes her, standing there uncomfortably

The headmaster

"It will happen again", and gosh, I expected it to be your ear

Doppler's marriage presumably having issues

Oh, Wöller, it's so lovely to see you in one piece! (*a second later* Are you effing kidding me?!)

A hair on your husband's hoodie that isn't yours

An explanation about how the black holes are formed by a diligent student

Someone is asking how the other person is doing after the death of his/hers partner in a conversation with a power plant director.

A meeting between Katharina and Hannah that actually leaves Katharina smiling

A kiss in the evidence room between Ulrich and his mistress

The play rehersal

Franziska and Magnus doing it in a small room mirroring their first time in Jonases world, but there is small plot twist too! (And I also love that they have strong feelings for each other)

The talkative Doppler girl! At last!

A visit to a graveyard

Alexander and Erik's dad are up to something again

Oh. The "déjà-vu" déjà-vu. I have seen it and I have heard it somewhere. You know... "Das Licht. Der Wald... Oder ein Fehler in der Matrix"

The meeting under the bridge

The cave incident

Protagonist falling and seeing & hearing someone covered in black paint

The appearance of Mads

The protagonist's possible love interest recognises the older version of the protagonist.

Jonas is terrified, confused and happy at the same time because he sees Martha, being sure that she is his Martha, only to be left heart broken and more confused.

I would call this episode "a way to mirror-recap two seasons in one over adding more details that will blow your mind"

An absolute effing masterpiece.

I am thrilled to bring able to watch it.

And a bit tired of typing 😂

Dark S3E4

Ohh, so this is the beginning... Makes a lot of sense one I have seen it.

All this careful manipulations, directing them to do this one thing.

Well, as they say, we are not free in what we do, because we are not free in what we desire.

P.S. Also loved all the interactions in '54. A lot of my questions have been answered.

Dark S3E2 thoughts & theories

Extreme spoiler alert

A couple of small things before we jump into the madness of the episode:

I am glad Katarina and Ulrich got to see each other. Also, the situation in 1888 is a bit tense, don't you think? As well as in 2020 and 2053...

Anyway, the madness: 🌳∞🌳

The family tree left me speechless. I paused it to look closer and it gave away too much. I am not sure if everyone who finished S3E2 saw it, but let me tell you what I noticed.

Like... Are you telling me that Bartosz is not only the daddy of it all, but he and Hannah's & Egon's daughter (Silja Tiedemann, apparently, and btw isn't that a girl that saved Jonas in 2052?) gave birth to Noah and Agnes? And because Regina is Tronte's daughter (by the way, Tronte, you are a horrible dad, I just want you to know it), all this Bartosz situation is connecting Tiedemanns to Nielsens and to Kahnwalds and to Dopplers.

It's not a family tree, it's a loop. Again!

Everything is a loop. They are everywhere!

∞∞∞

Btw, does it mean that Noah kills his Dad? That's really sad. I don't like it. But at least I understand Bartosz-Noah dynamic of previous seasons better.

Anyway, I am jumping into episode 3 to see if I understood that whole thing correctly. Because without a time loop most of them cannot exist at all. If you break the loop - you erase them all, no?

Let's see.