Erik's father storms the police station
Mr. Obendorf accuses the police of doing nothing after 13 days; Ulrich lists the search effort, raises the runaway theory and promises to find Erik.
Charlotte Doppler & Ulrich Nielsen
The police chief and the detective, chasing the same missing boys. 16 scenes together, in story order.
16 moments · 23 min · by Favseen
- 01
- 02
Nothing ever happens in Winden, except it did once
Ulrich and Charlotte weigh tire tracks and a father's van; Charlotte's hint about his brother cuts deep, and Ulrich asks where his life went wrong.
- 03
A child's body is found, and it is not Mikkel
The radio call every parent dreads sends Ulrich to the forest edge; he looks at the dead boy and says, twice, that it is not his son.
- 04
The dead boy wears 1986: Charlotte briefs the station
Charlotte lays out the evidence: red soil, '80s clothes and Walkman, a 1986 pfennig on a red cord, and a cassette that plays an eerie song.
- 05
Ulrich demands a search warrant for the plant
Ulrich tells Charlotte about a door in the cave leading to the nuclear plant and argues the three cases are connected, just like back then.
- 06
Ulrich caught at the power plant: 'It's my child'
Security hands Ulrich over after he climbs the plant fence; in the car he turns on Charlotte, raging that nobody is searching because it is not their kid.
- 07
Ulrich's self-loathing and Charlotte's 33-year cycle theory
Ulrich admits he became the incompetent cop he swore never to be; Charlotte answers with the lunar-solar cycle and a feeling that Winden repeats.
- 08
Ulrich's voicemail: not who kidnapped the children, but when
Charlotte hears Ulrich's message naming Helge in 1986, then Katharina discovers her husband is suspended and with another woman.
- 09
Katharina and Ulrich's 25th anniversary party
In 2019 the Nielsens celebrate 25 years with friends, champagne, a driver's license gift for Magnus and dancing.
- 10
Charlotte tries to end things with Ulrich
At the station Charlotte tells Ulrich they must stop, contradicting what she said that morning, before Wöller walks in.
- 11
2019, Martha's world: Ulrich breaks down after the bunker body briefing
The boy found by the teenagers wears Mads's clothes; Ulrich tells Charlotte how 33 years of searching left him with a ruined life.
- 12
2019, Martha's world: Helge confesses and turns on Ulrich
Old Helge claims he killed the boy and took Mads's things, then recognizes Ulrich and insists it was him.
- 13
Hannah warns Charlotte off Ulrich
Charlotte comes looking for Ulrich and gets a possessive warning while he is in the shower; Ulrich is furious she came uninvited.
- 14
Charlotte proves the two pennies are one coin
Charlotte shows Ulrich the lab images: the bunker penny and Helge's penny share the same groove, as if it traveled through time.
- 15
Ulrich recognizes Mads and corners Helge
A chin scar on the bunker boy tells Ulrich it is his brother Mads; Helge admits he was told to send him to the future to fill the gaps.
- 16
Aleksander takes Charlotte to the plant as Ulrich calls about Mads
Aleksander leads Charlotte into the plant to show her something, while Ulrich leaves a voicemail saying the bunker boy is Mads.