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.
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36 moments.
Mikkel knocks on his own door and meets young Ulrich
Mikkel insists he lives here; a teenage Ulrich and Katharina mock him as the wrong-house fool, and a Chernobyl headline dates the year.
Claudia rehearses her speech and tears into Regina
On the morning of her big promotion Claudia practises bold words about the future, then turns on her daughter for how she looks.
Mikkel asks teenage Hannah and Katharina for his mother
Two schoolgirls argue over a Falco song until a lost boy asks for the principal, his mom, and gets laughed at for dropping acid.
Helge's awkward gift on Claudia's first day as boss
Helge congratulates Claudia on becoming the plant's first woman boss and hands her a wrapped book; she can barely wait to leave.
Thirty-three dead sheep and a verse from Mark
A farmer shows Egon a pasture full of dead sheep with no bite marks, then quotes scripture about not knowing when the time will come.
Mikkel learns the year is 1986 at the police station
Mikkel says his father is Ulrich Nielsen; Egon assumes a prank by the local troublemaker until the boy asks the date and hears the year.
Tronte begs Claudia not to leave him hanging
Under cover of an interview request, Tronte tells Claudia he misses her and needs her; she wants him gone but does not quite say no.
Nurse Ines meets the silent boy
Ines introduces herself to Mikkel and promises to look at his arm and bring him home safe; he does not say a word.
Egon accuses young Ulrich of killing the sheep
Egon barges in on teenage Ulrich, demands to know about the boy and the hoof, and Ulrich fires back that drinking cost him his brother.
Claudia finds the plant's numbers do not add up
Claudia confronts her predecessor with three months of figures that contradict the reports; he answers with Chernobyl, fear and the whole town's livelihood.
The vet's verdict: ruptured eardrums, cardiac arrest
Egon hears that all 33 sheep died of sudden cardiac arrest, no Satanists, no Freddy Krueger, and every one of them has burst eardrums.
Mikkel tells Ines where he really comes from
On the night shift Ines gently offers the boy a place to stay and something to read, and he finally speaks: he says he is from the future.
1986: Jana's statement on the night Mads vanished
Old headlines about Mads Nielsen, then a recorded police interview in which his mother insists the whole family was home waiting.
Jana reveals Tronte's affair with Claudia Tiedemann
Over a memory of two brothers brawling at Christmas, Jana admits she lied to the police in 1986 and names the woman Tronte was with.
Regina tells Ulrich why Mads walked through the forest
Ulrich demands to know about 1986; Regina answers with the bullying that sent Mads home through the forest and the rape accusation.
Young Katharina tells Hannah love is stronger than hate
In 1986 Hannah fishes for news about Ulrich in jail; Katharina swears nothing will come between them and vows revenge on the informer.
Egon tells Ulrich he knows that stare; Ulrich suggests cancer
The old policeman warns the released teen he can feel his guilt in his bones, and Ulrich fires back with a cruel one-liner.
Aleksander pulls a gun to stop Ulrich and Katharina bullying Regina
The newcomer forces Ulrich to apologize to Regina, then she bandages his wound at home and learns his name.
Claudia learns the truth about the plant accident: no truths, just stories
Bernd admits the 1986 leak and the hidden waste, then tells Claudia that the story of Winden is now hers to decide.
Aleksander asks Claudia for a job under a borrowed name
The stranger with a new identity presents himself as Regina's friend and a metalworker who just wants a chance.
1986: Ines gently tries to coax Mikkel into speaking
In the 1986 hospital, nurse Ines brings the silent boy a gift and promises whatever he tells her will stay safe with her.
1986: Noah the priest debates the Big Bang with Mikkel
A priest named Noah visits Mikkel in the 1986 hospital and counters his science answer with talk of God's plan.
1986: teen Katharina makes Ulrich promise no kids
Young Hannah gushes about a film to an inattentive Ulrich, who slips off with Katharina; she agrees to sleep with him on one firm condition.
1986: Mikkel meets young Hannah, 'boy from the future'
Young Hannah dreams of doing magic; Mikkel tells her about Houdini and illusion, and introduces himself as being from the future.
Young Hannah accuses Ulrich of assault to her father
A young Hannah hesitantly tells her father she saw Ulrich force himself on a girl, a story that will carry heavy consequences.
1986: Tannhaus shows the Stranger two copies of the same machine
Tannhaus sets his device beside its future self: the future shaped the past, and cesium plus a Higgs field can make a black hole.
Tannhaus on why he chose to help: one piece of a puzzle
Asked why he helped, Tannhaus muses on cause versus feeling and suspects his whole life leads to this moment; the Stranger hopes tomorrow will be different.
1986: old Helge begs his younger self to stop serving Noah
The aged Helge tracks down his 1986 self and warns that Noah is lying, that today is the beginning and the end, and that he must stop.
1986: Noah's sermon to Helge about the sad stranger
Noah tells Helge of a haunted lodger from his boyhood who said nothing is in vain, and that pain makes us who we are.