The BEST episodes of Deutschland

Every episode of Deutschland ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Deutschland!

A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. 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.

Last Updated: 2/21/2024Network: Prime VideoStatus: Ended
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The End of History
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7.93
102 votes

#1 - The End of History

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/25/2020

Martin is kidnapped and has to fight for his life. Schweppenstette tries to save his son while his "wife", Nicole, and Max face an imminent threat in Frankfurt. Tina and Ingrid reveal Tischbier's biggest secret.

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Northern Wedding
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7.90
588 votes

#2 - Northern Wedding

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/8/2015

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.

Directors: Edward Berger
Writer: Anna Winger
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Cold Fire
star
7.90
577 votes

#3 - Cold Fire

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/15/2015

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.

Directors: Edward Berger
Writer: Anna Winger
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Atlantic Lion
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7.89
559 votes

#4 - Atlantic Lion

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/1/2015

While at a NATO conference in Brussels, Martin gets his first assignment: to seduce and bug the head security analyst’s secretary, Linda.

Directors: Edward Berger
Writer: Anna Winger
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Brandy Station
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7.87
541 votes

#5 - Brandy Station

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/22/2015

When Moritz returns to his undercover life in West Germany he is drawn into Alex Edel’s fatal plans. Recovering in a room at Charite, Moritz encounters Annett for the first time since he left. He wants to stay home now, she tells him to go West again. Much is left unsaid. She is now in with Schweppenstette, who visits him next and insists, in a tense, father-son coded argument, that Moritz return to his post. Meanwhile Alex Edel has taken General Jackson hostage and forced him, at gunpoint, to film a seething denouncement of US military plans in Western Europe. Lenora follows the whole thing over the wire from the StäV. But by the time Moritz and Kramer get there to break them out before the Police arrive, the damage is already done.

Directors: Samira Radsi
Writer: Anna Winger
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Brave Guy
star
7.87
670 votes

#6 - Brave Guy

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/24/2015

Martin is ordered to break into the hotel room of a high-ranking NATO official and steal a top-secret report.

Directors: Edward Berger
Writer: Anna Winger
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Bold Guard
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7.86
572 votes

#7 - Bold Guard

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/29/2015

As preparations for NATO's nuclear war game "Able Archer" intensify, Martin receives an order from East Germany that cements his fears about their paranoia. He must warn his Western superiors about the misunderstanding.

Directors: Samira Radsi
Writer: Anna Winger
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Quantum Jump
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7.78
735 votes

#8 - Quantum Jump

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/17/2015

23-year-old Martin Rauch is sent to West Germany to act as a spy, gathering intelligence for East Germany's Secret Service.

Directors: Edward Berger
Writer: Anna Winger
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Total Onslaught
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7.75
139 votes

#9 - Total Onslaught

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/19/2018

Lenora is grounded and demoted after the cruise ship plan is uncovered.

Directors: Arne Feldhusen
Writer: Anna Winger
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Operation Condor
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7.73
99 votes

#10 - Operation Condor

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/2020

Martin arrives in Frankfurt, in the midst of preparations for a major terrorist attack. Desperately, he tries to prevent the ignition of a bomb, and in the process encounters his aunt Lenora. Fuchs and Dietrich are preparing to turn their backs on the GDR forever.

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Able Archer
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7.71
550 votes

#11 - Able Archer

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/5/2015

​Fear of a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the West has become a possibility at East German HQ, while in the West, war game Able Archer reaches its peak. Martin is now persona non grata on both sides of the border.

Directors: Samira Radsi
Writer: Anna Winger
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Kyrie Eleison
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7.63
120 votes

#12 - Kyrie Eleison

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2020

Martin is supposed to prevent further liberal reforms from being passed by the GDR government. Following his own plan, he gets caught up in a chain of events that bring the Berlin Wall down. In a fateful encounter he meets Nicole, Max's teacher. Lenora has become radicalized in prison. The HVA must act now.

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Phase Zwei
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7.58
90 votes

#13 - Phase Zwei

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2020

Everyone comes together in Leipzig. Martin tries to prevent Lenora's attempted assassination. Valdez and Brigitte try to stop Lenora with Rose's help. Schweppenstette closes a deal at the Leipziger trade fair. Fritz wins investors. Tina discovers the terrible truth about her visitor.

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Chickenfeed
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7.57
133 votes

#14 - Chickenfeed

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/2018

Martin is finally able to return to the East and see his son for the first time.

Directors: Arne Feldhusen
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El Dorado Canyon
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7.54
131 votes

#15 - El Dorado Canyon

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/2018

Lenora returns to East Germany with Rose, determined to develop top-secret communication technology for the ANC in a secret operation called Operation VULA.

Directors: Florian Cossen
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Green Book
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7.53
132 votes

#16 - Green Book

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/2018

Brigitte tries to convince Martin to work as a double agent.

Directors: Florian Cossen
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November Nights
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7.49
109 votes

#17 - November Nights

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2020

International secret services interested in Martin offer him the same options: either to be locked up, hired or killed. Eventually, he receives the order to infiltrate a West German terror cell. Rose visits Lenora in prison. Schweppenstette reluctantly accepts a mission in Frankfurt.

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Vula
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7.46
140 votes

#18 - Vula

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/19/2018

Martin has positioned himself for a trade back to East Germany but needs to prove his loyalty to the BND before they accept him as a double agent. Meanwhile, Tina is incarcerated in STASI prison with no idea where her family is.

Directors: Arne Feldhusen
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Magic
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7.44
101 votes

#19 - Magic

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2020

When terrorists put Martin to a radical test, he has to face his past. Lenora confronts Fuchs and sets off for Frankfurt with the Romanian agent Grigore. Schweppenstette comes to terms with Beate and his new married life in Frankfurt, and impresses his new managers with his knowledge of the GDR.

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Tjello
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7.43
130 votes

#20 - Tjello

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2018

Martin returns to West Berlin.

Directors: Florian Cossen
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Le Cafard
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7.33
145 votes

#21 - Le Cafard

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2018

Badly injured, Martin wakes up in the Libyan desert, where he meets Samira and Khaled, and uncovers an imminent terrorist plot. Meanwhile, Lenora arrives at an Angolan hotel.

Directors: Florian Cossen
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Quando Ti Guardo
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7.32
91 votes

#22 - Quando Ti Guardo

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/2020

Lenora asks Fuchs in Italy, the HVA's new home in exile, for help. Fuchs tries to find a peaceful solution between his former agents, but Martin and Lenora have other plans. Tina receives a mysterious visitor. Martin becomes suspicious of Nicole and her true intentions.

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Dragon Rouge
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7.29
155 votes

#23 - Dragon Rouge

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2018

Gary Banks double-crosses Martin and Lenora, leading them headfirst into a proxy conflict at an Angolan oil refinery. Seriously injured in the fighting, Martin is abandoned by Lenora.

Directors: Florian Cossen
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Timişoara Rebellion
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7.28
100 votes

#24 - Timişoara Rebellion

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/25/2020

Martin and Nicole follow Lenora, who is seeking shelter with Grigore in Romania. Schweppenstette uses HVA methods to draw a dogmatic state banker to his side. Fritz's company is taking a surprising turn.

Tar Baby
star
7.25
186 votes

#25 - Tar Baby

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/19/2018

Banished for his sins in 1983, Martin wallows in limbo until his Aunt Lenora conscripts him into her plan to drum up hard currency abroad.

Directors: Florian Cossen
Writer: Anna Winger
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