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Season 1 – Beat

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When the European Secret Service recruits Berlin music promoter Beat as an undercover insider, he discovers the shocking extent of corruption in his close network -- and his personal limits.
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Beat — Season 1

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John Anderson Wall Street Journal 11/12/2018
Baroquely entertaining and binge-able. Go to Full Review
Josh Baines Guardian 11/12/2018
Beat isn't brilliant television... It is, however, one of the very few TV shows ever made that seems to understand just why so many of us chose to spend our lives in the dark, hoping for one more song. Go to Full Review
Mark Dolan Common Sense Media 11/21/2018
2/5
Drugs and violence dominate German-set crime show Go to Full Review
Joel Keller Decider 11/12/2018
The show was skating on thin ice to begin with, but the dubbed soundtrack makes Beat even worse. Go to Full Review
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05/11/2020 Badly written, unrealistic situations, terrible dialogues, weird transitions between some scenes, and poor character development. The series gets lost in too many storylines (can't detail them without spoiling everything). The underground club and party drugs are too cliché - clearly the screenwriters have never stepped in one of these places or spoken with people that frequent these places. The last episode must be the worst, with the last scenes being some of the worst TV I've ever seen. I wanted to love the show since it's the first German series I watch in a while, but that was not well done at all. See more 11/25/2019 One of the best TV series on Amazon Prime Video. Very good actors, the whole situation in the "farm" was really disturbing and it really got me. The ending was a little bit rushed, but the work done until the end was so good that I didn't care too much. I personally wouldn't like a sequel, to not mess with the quality of this first amazing season! See more 07/24/2019 What a waste. Beat does fuck-all, communicates with no one and as a result shit happens that could have been resolved or at least mitigated much sooner. Yes, he's cute and fuckable in a miscreant kind of way, and the only interesting scenes are in the first episode with the gratuitous bisexuality but he just pulls faces and behaves like a dunce over 7 episodes. The final episode is the most galling of all...ugh. The music, of course, is great. See more 12/28/2018 Excellent compellig and exciting series with a charmastic lead. watch thsi! See more 11/16/2018 Interesting series, I lived 16 years in Berlin and even worked at Tresor for a short time and was not disappointed by this thriller, Krimi, great overall acting and Jannis Niewohner is excellent. Worth watching. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 9, 2018 Beat Club promoter Robert Schlag, aka "Beat," lives a life of excess; the bodies of two girls are discovered in his club and a mysterious stranger wants to get to know him; the police put pressure on Beat. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 9, 2018 Pop The European Secret Service is convinced that the new co-owner of the club belonging to Beat's best friend Paul is a dangerous man with close ties to organized crime; to protect Paul, Beat finally agrees to work with the Secret Service. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 9, 2018 BPM Beat tries to win Vossberg's trust; the two men are worlds apart, but Beats is able to get close to Vossberg; he soon comes across the first clues that point to Vossberg's criminal actions. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 9, 2018 Loop Beat gets caught in the crossfire when another undercover officer in Philipp Vossberg's circle gets busted; Vossberg's system of organized crime turns out to be a cynical cycle of violence and exploitation. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 9, 2018 Backspin After they get involved in a deadly shooting, Beat seems to have ultimately won Vossberg's trust; Beat breaks with Emilia and the Secret Service; all by himself, Beat investigates and discovers a scene of gruesome crimes. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 9, 2018 Drop Beat lives in constant fear that Vossberg will eliminate him; when he realizes that he can't hide any longer, he takes a chance and confronts Vossberg directly -- but Vossberg has a special punishment in mind for Beat. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 9, 2018 Coda Beat has lost everything, but Vossberg was able to erase all traces of his criminal actions; Beat is determined to make sure justice is served, but when he confronts Vossberg Beat is in for a cruel surprise. Details
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Season Info

Director
Marco Kreuzpaintner
Screenwriter
Norbert Eberlein
Network
MULTI
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
German
Release Date
Nov 9, 2018