About this season
A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service. Hiding in plain sight in the West German army, he must gather the secrets of NATO military strategy. Everything is new, nothing is quite what it seems and everyone he encounters is harboring secrets, both political and personal.
Episodes (8)
1. Quantum Jump
6.5Aired 17 June 2015 • 47 min
23-year-old Martin Rauch is sent to West Germany to act as a spy, gathering intelligence for East Germany's Secret Service.
2. Brave Guy
6.7Aired 24 June 2015 • 46 min
Martin is ordered by Tischbier to steal a top secret security report.
3. Atlantic Lion
6.6Aired 1 July 2015 • 45 min
While at a NATO conference in Brussels, Martin gets his first assignment: to seduce and bug the head security analyst’s secretary, Linda.
4. Northern Wedding
7.2Aired 8 July 2015 • 49 min
When the bug is found in Linda's desk, NATO is placed on high alert. Linda arrives to visit Martin, who scrambles to turn her loyalties around.
5. Cold Fire
6.0Aired 15 July 2015 • 47 min
Martin is sent back to East Berlin, but is forced to deliver a seemingly harmless package to a mysterious man in West Berlin on the way.
6. Brandy Station
6.1Aired 22 July 2015 • 47 min
Martin wants to stay in East Germany after returning for his mother’s kidney transplant. Alex Edel takes General Jackson hostage.
7. Bold Guard
6.3Aired 29 July 2015 • 46 min
As preparations for NATO’s nuclear war game intensify, Martin receives an order from East Germany that cements his fears about their paranoia.
8. Able Archer
6.5Aired 5 August 2015 • 46 min
Fear of a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the West has become a very real possibility at the East German HQ.