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Dark

2017–2020NetflixSci-Fi

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Faces split and mirrored against themselves, reflected into a second image that is never quite the same person — a show about the same people at four ages, saying so before a word is spoken.

Dark rebuilt its titles: three distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1–3, running between 84 and 86 seconds.

At 86 seconds at its longest, it opens well above the 58-second median for sci-fi sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on Netflix in 2017, when Mystery Science Theater 3000, Arrested Development and Top Boy were also on the network.

Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; Dark did so two times.

3 sequences24th most looked up of 760 in the 2010sIMDb ↗Official site ↗
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All 3 opening title sequences

Season 1

84s

The first season's sequence, over Apparat's 'Goodbye'.

Season 2

85s

Rebuilt as the cast doubles — the mirroring now has to hold more faces at once, and the split runs deeper into the frame.

Season 3

86s

The final season, where the mirror stops being a metaphor and becomes the plot.

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