The BEST episodes of Deutschland season 1

Every episode of Deutschland season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Deutschland season 1!

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: 11/28/2024Network: Prime VideoStatus: Ended
Northern Wedding
star
7.90
592 votes

#1 - 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
7.89
581 votes

#2 - 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
star
7.89
562 votes

#3 - 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
star
7.87
545 votes

#4 - 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
674 votes

#5 - 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
star
7.86
575 votes

#6 - 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
star
7.78
741 votes

#7 - 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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Able Archer
star
7.72
553 votes

#8 - 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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