Dark, a family saga with a supernatural twist, is set in a German town in present day where the disappearance of two young children exposes the double lives and fractured relationships among four families. In ten, hour-long episodes, the story takes on a supernatural twist that ties back to the same town in 1986.
Stuttgart is a town whose social, economic and cultural contrasts sometimes can't be reconciled without violence. It's a place that needs a special crime squad: Stuttgart Homicide. The team knows its turf inside out and glides smoothly from one level of society to another: from illegal betting clubs to mafia extortionists, from greedy quality inspectors to thieving firemen, and from fanatical Christians to bedridden mothers who can't die soon enough for their loved ones ...