Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late

45min

Mystery

Crime

Drama

A chain reaction in the European power grid plunges the continent into darkness. Hacker Pierre Manzano realizes that a code he wrote is to blame. In Germany Frauke Michelsen heads the country’s crisis response team. Disaster looms.

Episodes

Cast

Darkness - Day One and Two

1. Darkness - Day One and Two

47min

14th Oct 2021

Pierre Manzano is facing a huge power outage. He soon realises that something is badly wrong. Frauke Michelsen, deputy director of the German Crisis Committee, is in the middle of a nightmare.

In the Lion's Den - Day Three and Four

2. In the Lion's Den - Day Three and Four

46min

14th Oct 2021

Pierre comes face to face with the police, who ask him about his past as a hacker. Frauke, exhausted from looking for his daughters, confronts the executives of the central European energy companies.

Chaos - Day Four and Five

3. Chaos - Day Four and Five

48min

21st Oct 2021

The daughters are still missing, but Frauke continues to work hard to keep everything under control, and realizes that the problems are just piling up.

Into the Heart of Darkness - Day Fix and Six

4. Into the Heart of Darkness - Day Fix and Six

47min

28th Oct 2021

Pierre arrives at the hospital in Berlin, but CID follows right on his hocks. Frauke must make decisions to avoid a nuclear accident.

Abyss - Day Six and Seven

5. Abyss - Day Six and Seven

46min

4th Nov 2021

Pierre has managed to find his old gang of friends. Conversation about the past brings emotions to the surface. The reunion of Frauke's family is interrupted by creepy news.

Light - Day Seven and Eight

6. Light - Day Seven and Eight

48min

11th Nov 2021

rauke and members of the crisis unit are working feverishly to get diesel and avoid a nuclear accident. Pierre helps CID, so he has to admit that he knows more than he has suggested.

First air date

14th Oct 2021

Last air date

11th Nov 2021

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

de

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