1. Stranger Things
When the show “Dark” went on floors in the year 2017, there were a lot of comparisons made to Netflix's popular 80s set supernatural series “Stranger Things” because the show also revolved around the theme of a child going missing. However, Dark ended up being a lot deeper and more complex than Stranger Things.
Dark was way darker than stranger things, pun intended. Stranger Things follows a group of preteens and teenagers who set out to defeat monsters from an alternate dimension known as the Upside Down in a small town of Indiana. If you have finished binge-watching Dark and are sad that it is over and done, then there are 4 seasons of Stranger Things to binge on.
2. The Society
The Society is a mix between “Lord of the Flies” and “Riverdale”. The plotline revolves around a group of high schoolers who return from a field trip to find that everyone in their small town has simply vanished.
3. Ragnarok
Ragnarok is just like Dark. It is a Norwegian sci-fi series set up in lore. This show depicts how two brothers move to a small town and soon realize that all is not well. What is visible to the naked eye is actually not the truth.
While Dark used nuclear power as its framing device, Ragnarok uses climate change. It has shown mythological creatures as the jumping point for its conspiracies.
4. Glitch
Glitch is an Australian TV show. It is set up in a fictional small country town of Yoorana. It follows the incomprehensible return of six residents who had all recently died. It is a mind-bender of a show full of twists and turns.
5. Fringe
It is directed by J.J. Abrams. I know I know all the Star Wars are hollering right now. The show follows an FBI agent, a scientist who is declared mad, and his son as they investigate “fringe” events. a lot of really weird incidents start happening all over the world.
Just Like Dark, Fringe also features a parallel world and alternate versions of various characters that keep getting complex and feature the complicated mechanics of time travel. It is definitely an underrated show.
6. Counterpart
If you loved “Dark” then you need to up your game by watching this drama- Counterpart. The story spans for a good two seasons. It pulls from the sci-fi and espionage genres and tells a story about two worlds that mirror one another and are connected by a secret crossing located in Berlin.
The series features an existential multiverse narrative that explores, via two versions of the same characters, the complexity of human nature and how our lives can be changed by a series of choices.
7. 12 Monkeys
The plotline revolves around a character known as James, who is a scavenger, who travels back in time from the year 2043 to the year 2015 and teams up with a virologist in order to stop the contagion of a deadly plague that will lead to the apocalypse.
I know it resembles a lot like the current scenario and that is what makes it so much more interesting. It is loosely based on the film of the same name. Just like Dark, it is another intricately detailed and plotted series featuring a forbidden romance. It will leave you scratching your head because of its twisted storyline. It is my personal favorite.
8. The Expanse
If you ended up loving the complex and intricate world of “Dark” then you will definitely end up obsessing over “The Expanse”. Trust me you are in for a real treat. The sci-fi space drama is set in the future in which humanity has colonized the solar system.
It is shown that there are already tense relationships between the three leading groups: the ruling class Earth, the working-class Belt, and the militarized. Like Dark, The Expanse is an intricate, detail-oriented story about a group of people whose views on the universe are completely overturned.
Written By: Varima Tandon
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