Meanwhile, Katharina Nielsen goes to the cave.

He follows Benni to her trailer and then goes inside, where Benni solicits him. Later, Benni takes the box, removes the envelope Franziska left, and replaces it with another envelope as Magnus watches. However, she goes to the railroad tracks and places an envelope in a box she has buried, which Magnus witnesses. She is interrupted by a text message and tells him she has to go to take care of her younger sister Elisabeth, who has been staying with a friend. Clausen responds that a new person can view the case from different angles.Īt the lake, Magnus Nielsen asks Franziska Doppler if her mother ever talks about the missing persons. His son has been missing for more than six months. Jürgen Obendorf rises and protests that is not enough. In the auditorium of Winden Comprehensive School, Clausen tells everyone that he and Charlotte Doppler will be re-investigating everything. Her son Bartosz looks on as he receives a text message from Martha, who wants to see him at the bridge. The doctor agrees to wait until additional test results come in but warns that she may need to resume chemotherapy. He tells her he is worried about her lab results and suggests she be admitted to the hospital, but she insists on staying home. She crosses June 21 off on the calendar: the first anniversary of her husband's death.Īt the Tiedemann household, Regina Tiedemann, pale and having lost hair due to her cancer treatment, is visited by her doctor. A federal police task force will assist in the investigation, headed by W. On June 21, Hannah Kahnwald is listening to the radio, which announces that more than six months after the disappearances of four children ( Mikkel Nielsen, Erik Obendorf, Yasin Friese, and Jonas), a senior citizen ( Helge Doppler), and a police officer ( Ulrich Nielsen), there are still no clues as to their whereabouts. Six days until the apocalypse (June 21, 2020) Christopher and looks at a picture of Martha. She says she was one of the few survivors of the apocalypse of June 27, 2020, and hopes that if the God particle can be stabilized, it might provide a way back to the past to save them all. He takes a cassette tape recorded by Claudia Tiedemann. Photos of the people of Winden are on the wall, connected by strings.

He walks through the abandoned wasteland that is post-apocalyptic Winden. He removes a family photo from the wall and leaves the house, pulling up a face mask. A calendar from June 2020 is on the wall: the first twenty-one days are X-ed off, and the date June 27 is circled. He pulls his father's suicide note out of his pocket and then goes downstairs. He is fully clothed his hair is long and disheveled. Never believe anything else.' Jonas then awakens with a start in his bedroom: it was all a dream. He tells her, 'You and I are perfect for each other. Jonas Kahnwald and Martha Nielsen are making love in a softly lit room. He tells him to ask why Adam took him in and chose to call him 'Noah.' The young man, Noah, takes a pickaxe and stabs the older man multiple times, killing him.Įlsewhere, the older Noah opens his notebook, removes a photograph from the page, and comes to a circled entry: 'June 27, 2020: Beginning of the last cycle'. The older man asks if this is why Adam sent him he has been expecting it but finds it interesting that the young man should be the one Adam sent. He perceives, however, that the older man has lost his faith. Hell on earth will end in six days, and it will be paradise. The younger man reminds him ' Adam' has told them everything must happen as it always has. The younger man asks if the older man still believes in 'the prophecy.' He is noncommittal, making a joke about the irony of fate. The younger man responds, ' Sic Mundus Creatus Est: And thus the world was created.' The first man redoubles his efforts, reciting the Latin phrase.Īfterward, they exit the cave. He remarks that it is strange that something could be a beginning as well as an ending. The older one, who has a tattoo of the Emerald Tablet, is chiseling at a stone. On June 21, 1921, two men are excavating the Winden Caves. 'And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.' ―Friedrich Nietzsche J

Beginnings and endings