Nielsen breakfast chaos ends with Mikkel's magic trick
A missing hoodie, a hunger strike and a boy dressed as Houdini; Ulrich asks how the trick worked and Mikkel says the real question is when.
Martha Nielsen's Best Moments
Every Dark moment featuring Martha Nielsen, in story order. Played by Lisa Vicari.
77 moments · 2h 11m · by Favseen
Moments 1–30 of 77
- 01
- 02
Jonas and Martha: a glitch in the matrix
Waiting for the others in the forest, Martha tries to explain last summer and Bartosz; Jonas feels deja vu and she calls it a message from the other side.
- 03
The kids ask what really happened to Erik
On the walk to the caves Mikkel imagines a witch's basement, Jonas cites his dead father on good and evil, and Mikkel decides even the dead want to be found.
- 04
Franziska beat them to Erik's stash
The boys find the hiding spot empty; Franziska already has the bag, quotes the law of possession and tries to sell it back to Bartosz for 200.
- 05
Something in the cave, and Mikkel is gone
Flashlights die, a noise comes from the dark and the kids scatter; when they regroup, Jonas is alone and Mikkel is nowhere to be found.
- 06
Martha asks about the uncle who was never found
Martha asks Katharina how old her father was when Mads vanished, recalls Mikkel's fear of never being found, and insists her brother is coming back.
- 07
Ariadne's thread: one path through all times
As Helge is found in the woods, a voice reflects on searching for a guiding thread when there is only one predetermined path from beginning to end.
- 08
Hannah brings food to the Nielsens and Ulrich walks in
Hannah turns up at Katharina's door with a meal; Ulrich's arrival and Katharina's offer of a ride for Hannah make the room unbearably tense.
- 09
Martha's Ariadne monologue: the red thread of fate
Martha performs the school play, a dark monologue about a spinning wheel and a blood-red thread binding every fate, intercut with the town's turmoil.
- 10
Jonas confesses to Martha he was never in France
After her performance, Jonas admits he spent the summer in a psychiatric clinic and asks whether what happened between them meant something.
- 11
Martha fights Katharina and Magnus says it out loud
Martha wants to go to the school play, Katharina wants her home, and the shouting ends with Magnus saying what nobody dares to.
- 12
Jonas and Martha before the play; Bartosz asks where Jonas is
Martha blames herself for the night at the caves and offers to run away with Jonas; moments later Bartosz asks if anyone has seen him.
- 13
Martha's Ariadne monologue: a loose end in time
On stage, Martha delivers Ariadne's descent into darkness: no king's daughter, no man's wife, no brother's sister, her only judge herself.
- 14
Katharina and Hannah brawl after the play
After the curtain, a barbed exchange between Hannah and Katharina turns physical, and Hannah tells the kids who their mother really is.
- 15
Martha and Magnus: you don't really know your parents
Unable to sleep, the Nielsen siblings talk about the fight at school and how little anyone in a family knows about each other.
- 16
Jonas tells Martha they are wrong for each other
Martha demands to know why Jonas vanished after their kiss; he insists the thing between them is wrong without saying why.
- 17
Martha breaks up with Bartosz, who blames Jonas
Martha ends things in 2020; Bartosz accuses her of pining for Jonas, she snaps that her father and brother are still missing.
- 18
Martha and Magnus find Ulrich's cave maps and a hidden door
In their father's papers the siblings spot a door in the cave leading to the plant and decide everyone is keeping secrets.
- 19
Franziska and Martha call a truce before the caves
In 2020 Franziska turns up with her little sister, neither apologizes, and Martha resolves to go into the caves herself.
- 20
Magnus and Martha leave Bartosz behind in the cave
The teens catch Bartosz with a strange device, take it from him, and abandon him in the tunnels despite his pleas.
- 21
Martha and Magnus lock up Bartosz until he talks
Martha and Magnus trap Bartosz and threaten to starve him until he admits he has a time machine.
- 22
Bartosz admits Noah predicted everything
The chair is gone and Bartosz confesses that Noah foretold the kiss, his mother's cancer and Jonas's return.
- 23
Martha and young Jonas talk parents at the lake
In 2019 Martha wonders whether parents are ever happy, and a Saint Christopher pendant turns up.
- 24
Jonas tells Martha they are perfect for each other
In 2019 the older Jonas finds Martha, muses that time has us, and tells her they belong together before leaving.
- 25
Bartosz fumbles a compliment to Martha
In 2019 Bartosz cancels on Martha, then trips over himself trying to praise her hair.
- 26
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.
- 27
The Stranger refuses to let Martha go
The Stranger turns up at Martha's home warning that everything will explode in hours, and takes her by force because he saw her die once.
- 28
The Stranger admits to Martha who he really is
Locking Martha in the bunker, the only safe place, the Stranger lets her realise he is Jonas and begs her not to leave whatever happens.
- 29
Martha tells Jonas she knows everything
Martha finds Jonas back in Winden and tells him she now understands the rain, Mikkel and the lake; they hold each other.
- 30
Adam reveals what he is the trigger for
Adam arrives, tells Jonas to say who he is, and explains the dark matter must be made and that he triggers only what turns Jonas into him.