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. Kyrie Eleison
5.3Aired 25 September 2020
Martin gets into a routine until he's approached by the HVA.
2. November Nights
5.4Aired 25 September 2020
Various agencies vie for control of Martin, but Martin must find a way to keep Max safe. Brigitte Winkelmann and CIA agent Hector Valdez task Martin with infiltrating a group of West Germans. Lenora acts on her plan to get out of prison.
3. Magic
5.1Aired 25 September 2020
Martin is drugged by the West Germans and interrogated. Meanwhile, the KGB endangers his new love interest, Nicole, and Max. The West Germans rope Martin into traveling with them to Frankfurt. Lenora approaches Fuchs to access a weapons stash.
4. Operation Condor
5.2Aired 25 September 2020
Martin realizes he needs to take care of Max and Nicole while figuring out what the group has planned in Frankfurt. He discovers he's in one of three terror cells involved in an assassination attempt and identifies Lenora as part of a second cell.
5. Timişoara Rebellion
5.2Aired 25 September 2020
Realizing Lenora's involvement in a prominent banker's murder, Martin and Nicole chase her. Schweppenstette entraps a bank employee and brings Staatsbank to East Germany's side. Fuchs and Dietrich lay low in Italy and establish the HVA in exile.
6. Quando Ti Guardo
5.4Aired 25 September 2020
Lenora heads to Italy to meet with Fuchs for help with her next plan. Tina can't let East Germany get away with killing Christoph. Martin faces off with Lenora and she tries to convince him to join in assassinating Kohl. Fuchs teams up with Valdez.
7. Phase Zwei
4.6Aired 25 September 2020 • 66 min
Martin is arrested and framed for Lenora's assassination plot. As Tina manages to overpower her interrogator, Tischbier is caught up in the fray. Valdez and Brigitte pull the threads of the Kohl assassination attempt. Nicole fears for Max's safety.
8. The End of History
4.8Aired 25 September 2020
Martin is held and tortured by Valdez, who wants to force a false confession. Brigitte teams up with Schweppenstette to save Martin and faces off with Lenora. Nina and Fritz discover the HVA in exile and have a proposition for Fuchs and Dietrich.