1953: Egon is called to two child corpses at a construction site
In 1953, workers digging a building site find two dead boys in strange clothes, and policeman Egon is summoned.
S1E8 · As You Sow, So You Shall Reap
16 moments · 23 min of essential viewing in a 51-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Tannhaus explains wormholes, the triquetra and 'Sic mundus'
The old clockmaker lectures his visitor on the Einstein-Rosen bridge and argues a wormhole links three times: past, present and future.
1953: young Helge comes home with news of two bodies
In 1953, Helge's stern mother makes him strip off his muddy clothes, and his father reacts sharply to word of the bodies found at the site.
1953 autopsy: a coin from 1986 and clothes made in China
The 1953 coroner shows Egon impossible clues on the dead boys: strange burns, ruptured ears, a coin dated 1986 and foreign labels.
The Stranger quizzes Tannhaus on his book and the number 33
The Stranger produces a rare copy of Tannhaus's time travel book; Tannhaus lists the places the number 33 keeps appearing.
1953: bullies corner young Helge and a stranger steps in
Two boys rob and taunt young Helge in the woods; a man chasing someone else scares them off and tells Helge to fight back.
1953: Agnes Nielsen and her boy Tronte arrive in Winden
A newcomer asks the way to the Tiedemann house and introduces her son Tronte; the man she asks is visibly shaken by the names.
Tannhaus on whether we can change the course of events
Asked if fate can be altered, Tannhaus cites causal determinism, then admits he no longer dreams of time travel and lives only in the now.
1953: a visitor in the clock shop learns the year
A man holding Tannhaus's book walks into the 1953 clock shop, is told the year, and grasps that 33 years may separate the wormhole's planes.
1953: Agnes and Tronte meet little Claudia Tiedemann
The Tiedemanns rent rooms to Agnes; young Claudia and Tronte are introduced, along with the family dog Gretchen.
1953: the nuclear plant pitch and a conspiracy theory
A promotional film sells nuclear power, then the plant's backer tells Egon the bodies were planted to sabotage construction.
1953: Ulrich begs Egon to say if a dead boy is Mikkel
A frantic Ulrich forces his way to the young policeman, describing his missing son and asking about an old man named Helge Doppler.
The Stranger explains why he is obsessed with time
Asked why time fascinates him, the Stranger wonders who decides our purpose and whether we are free or slaves of space and time.
1953: Egon questions Agnes, then Gretchen goes missing
Egon probes the new lodger about why she came to Winden until Claudia bursts in: the dog vanished in the woods.
1953: Ulrich attacks young Helge to rewrite the future
Ulrich confronts the boy Helge, blames him for deaths still to come, and tries to undo them by striking him down.
The Stranger reveals he is from the future and shows his device
The Stranger tells Tannhaus his theory is real, hands him a broken machine bearing his initials, and asks for help destroying the wormhole.
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