Netflix viewers are claiming that the streaming service’s best-ever series is an underrated show that gets nowhere near the love that it deserves.
Any Netflix subscriber will tell you that some of the best content on TV is available on the platform.
From iconic shows such as Breaking Bad and Friends to its original titles such as Stranger Things and Wednesday.
More recently, people have praised the disturbing documentary Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey – which has been dubbed as ‘one of the most disturbing’ series ever.
However, some viewers are suggesting that Netflix’s best show is an underappreciated series that doesn’t get the love that some of its other shows get.
The show came out in 2017 and ran until 2020 – where it received extremely positive reviews with Rotten Tomatoes giving the show a 95% rating.
On top of that, the BBC ranked the series as the 58th greatest TV series of the 21st century and considering just how many shows have been released, that is very high praise.
Fans are raving about the show on social media, with many calling it one of the “best shows ever.”
“It’s amazing. I usually predict what happens in films and series, but this one kept me guessing. Absolute masterpiece,” one viewer writes.
Another adds, “Love this show! One of the best I’ve seen.”
“Easily one of the best shows I’ve ever watched,” a third fan shares.
Someone else notes, “It’s the only show that made me pause mid-episode just to process what I’d seen. One of the best in its genre.”
Another viewer declares, “This is the best series on Netflix. But if you’re watching, you need to pay attention—no phone scrolling! Miss a second, and you’ll be lost.” underrated
The series synopsis states:
“When two children vanish from a small German town, long-buried secrets begin to surface, revealing the town’s dark past, hidden double lives, and fractured relationships among four families caught in the search for the missing kids.
“This mystery-drama unfolds as an intricate puzzle filled with unexpected twists and a web of curious characters—each unknowingly linked to the town’s troubled history underrated .”
Dark is a German-language Netflix series that follows the mysterious disappearance of two children in a small town, setting off a chain of chilling revelations.
Dark was created by Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar – who went on to create the critically acclaimed series 1899.
The show debuted on the streaming service in 2017, with its third and final season airing in 2020.
Since Dark ended in 2020, fans have been clamouring for a fourth season, however, the creators have shut the idea down – much to fans’ displeasure.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the creative duo explained that three seasons was ‘the perfect amount’ and any extra seasons would have felt like they were making it more ‘complicated’.
Friese explained: “It was absolutely the perfect amount. Anything else would have felt like stretching it unnecessarily and making it more complicated on a narrative level. We love symbolism and we believe you have to be true to the symbols you lay out.
“The triquetra and things coming in three is one of them. It would have felt like selling our souls and not delivering on what we wanted to do [if we had more seasons]. It feels quite right and satisfactory.”
Watch the trailer for Dark below…
Dark is available for streaming on Netflix now.
