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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Deutschland Season 1 Episode 4 - Northern Wedding
    8.3/10(559 votes)

    #1 - Northern Wedding

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Edward Berger
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Deutschland Season 1 Episode 2 - Brave Guy
    8.0/10(590 votes)

    #2 - Brave Guy

    S1:E2

    Martin is ordered by Tischbier to steal a top secret security report.

    Director:Edward Berger
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Deutschland Season 1 Episode 3 - Atlantic Lion
    7.8/10(541 votes)

    #3 - Atlantic Lion

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Edward Berger
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Deutschland Season 1 Episode 5 - Cold Fire
    7.8/10(484 votes)

    #4 - Cold Fire

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Edward Berger
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Deutschland Season 1 Episode 7 - Bold Guard
    7.8/10(444 votes)

    #5 - Bold Guard

    S1:E7

    As preparations for NATO’s nuclear war game intensify, Martin receives an order from East Germany that cements his fears about their paranoia.

    Director:Samira Radsi
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Deutschland Season 1 Episode 1 - Quantum Jump
    7.7/10(680 votes)

    #6 - Quantum Jump

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Edward Berger
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Deutschland Season 1 Episode 6 - Brandy Station
    7.7/10(462 votes)

    #7 - Brandy Station

    S1:E6

    Martin wants to stay in East Germany after returning for his mother’s kidney transplant. Alex Edel takes General Jackson hostage.

    Director:Samira Radsi
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Deutschland Season 1 Episode 8 - Able Archer
    7.7/10(469 votes)

    #8 - Able Archer

    S1:E8

    Fear of a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the West has become a very real possibility at the East German HQ.

    Director:Samira Radsi
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Deutschland Season 2 Episode 1 - Tar Baby
    6.3/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Tar Baby

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Deutschland Season 2 Episode 10 - Total Onslaught
    6.2/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Total Onslaught

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Deutschland Season 2 Episode 5 - Green Book
    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Green Book

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Deutschland Season 2 Episode 6 - Tjello
    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Tjello

    S2:E6

    Martin returns to West Berlin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Deutschland Season 2 Episode 8 - Vula
    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Vula

    S2:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Deutschland Season 2 Episode 3 - Dragon Rouge
    5.9/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Dragon Rouge

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Deutschland Season 2 Episode 4 - Le Cafard
    5.9/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Le Cafard

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Deutschland Season 3 Episode 2 - November Nights
    5.4/10(7 votes)

    #16 - November Nights

    S3:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Deutschland Season 3 Episode 6 - Quando Ti Guardo
    5.4/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Quando Ti Guardo

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Deutschland Season 3 Episode 1 - Kyrie Eleison
    5.3/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Kyrie Eleison

    S3:E1

    Martin gets into a routine until he's approached by the HVA.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Deutschland Season 3 Episode 4 - Operation Condor
    5.2/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Operation Condor

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Deutschland Season 3 Episode 5 - Timişoara Rebellion
    5.2/10(7 votes)

    #20 - Timişoara Rebellion

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Deutschland Season 2 Episode 2 - Ommegang
    5.1/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Ommegang

    S2:E2

    Martin reluctantly agrees to help Lenora.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Deutschland Season 2 Episode 7 - El Dorado Canyon
    5.1/10(9 votes)

    #22 - El Dorado Canyon

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Deutschland Season 2 Episode 9 - Chickenfeed
    5.1/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Chickenfeed

    S2:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Deutschland Season 3 Episode 3 - Magic
    5.1/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Magic

    S3:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Deutschland Season 3 Episode 8 - The End of History
    4.8/10(6 votes)

    #25 - The End of History

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Northern Wedding" is the best rated episode of "Deutschland". It scored 8.3/10 based on 559 votes. Directed by Edward Berger and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/8/2015. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Brave Guy".