Das Boot
The story of the new high end series "Das Boot" begins in the fall of 1942, at a time when, in the midst of World War II, submarine warfare was becoming ever more brutal. The plot follows a young submarine crew on a dangerous surveillance mission, as the Résistance begins to gain influence at the French port of La Rochelle. During the Autumn of 1942, in occupied France, U-612 is now ready for its maiden voyage, preparing to head into the increasingly brutal warfare with its young crewmen, including the new commander, Klaus Hoffmann (Rick Okon). As the 40 young men take on their first mission, they struggle with the cramped and claustrophobic conditions of life underwater. Their personalities are pushed to the limit as tensions rise and loyalties begin to shatter. Meanwhile, at the port of La Rochelle, the world of Simone Strasser (Vicky Krieps) spirals out of control as she is engulfed in a dangerous liaison and forbidden love, torn between her loyalty for Germany and the Résistance, and causing her to question everything. Could all she believed to be true, in fact be a lie? A story of choices and survival, "Das Boot" explores the emotional torment of life during World War Two, and the brutal reality of living within a senseless war.
- Metascore70
- 2018-2023
- 4 seasons
- Hulu
- Drama, Action & Adventure
- TV-MA
The story of the new high end series "Das Boot" begins in the fall of 1942, at a time when, in the midst of World War II, submarine warfare was becoming ever more brutal. The plot follows a young submarine crew on a dangerous surveillance mission, as the Résistance begins to gain influence at the French port of La Rochelle. During the Autumn of 1942, in occupied France, U-612 is now ready for its maiden voyage, preparing to head into the increasingly brutal warfare with its young crewmen, including the new commander, Klaus Hoffmann (Rick Okon). As the 40 young men take on their first mission, they struggle with the cramped and claustrophobic conditions of life underwater. Their personalities are pushed to the limit as tensions rise and loyalties begin to shatter. Meanwhile, at the port of La Rochelle, the world of Simone Strasser (Vicky Krieps) spirals out of control as she is engulfed in a dangerous liaison and forbidden love, torn between her loyalty for Germany and the Résistance, and causing her to question everything. Could all she believed to be true, in fact be a lie? A story of choices and survival, "Das Boot" explores the emotional torment of life during World War Two, and the brutal reality of living within a senseless war.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Überlebensstrategien
Tue, Aug 4, 2026 59 mins
Reinhartz becomes a public favorite by accidentally torpedo-sinking a ship with passengers rather then a freighter and escaping by steering under the civilians in need of rescue. When Frank hears his baby daughter is safe in a Spanish nunnery orphanage, he sets out to visit, is captured by troops and luckily snatched up without court martial by the base commander, who needs a good communications officer for the next to secret mission. Captain Ulrich Wrangel's 'washed up' crew is victim of some ridicule, especially from official propaganda figure head Johannes von Reinhartz's rival 'Falcons' crew, but the best 'stranded' men are reassigned so he can depart fast on the mission even he may only read on the way, apparently to deliver three officers with special privileges as instructed from Berlin. In New York, the Jewish arms dealers welcome the shy, washed-up German engineer Klaus Hoffmann, who gets interested in jazz, especially back singer Cassandra Lloyd. Hagen Forster fails to pay full attention when a French collaborator is ready to point out traitor Simone, whom who followed to a Jewish hideout, which he raids 'early' but still without success.
Episode 2
Unbequeme Allianzen
58 mins
Decorated hard core Nazi Johannes von Reinhartz has his pragmatic rival Ulrich Wrangel and his U-boot entire crew, which his beat up informally, locked up on treason charges, but the base commander has both crews lodged in adjoining cells and rules neither can be missed given the war effort. Wrangel gets command of the next mission and some crewmen transferred. Having seen his traitor lover and translator Simone Strassner bleed to death in OR, Forster sets out to hunt down the Jewish Goldblatt family, who hide out in the church crypt until the resistance can move them safely, but the SS gloves are off completely by now. In New York, speculations and machinations continue around lawyer Berger to carefully make maximal profit from Klaus Hoffmann's engineering expertise with Jewish capital and possibly return to Germany.
Episode 3
Sabotage
53 mins
While his sub chases the 'traitors' in U-822, captain Ulrich Wrangel is increasingly frustrated with his bickering, mixed crew. Frank Strasser helps him sabotage the radio, blaming his truly Nazi operator colleague Peter Kraushaar, who gets bunk arrest. Klaus Hoffmann is pleasantly surprised to be presented by Berger to American Nazi-supporters, but in order to keep his cover and desperate to be returned 'home' finds himself forced to tell Greenwood a brilliant German idea to improve radar miniaturization. SS chief Hagen Forster forces the collaborating Lorient police commissioner to work with his informal discovery, 'deputized' criminal Jean-Luc Beziau, to chase Jews and the resistance's escape trail. The fiend tortures a duly suspected farmer to death despite confessing names, and strings him up a tree, which Margot takes a sign the farm is safe for now to hide with the Goldblatt family, with sick son Elias, she's passing St. Rémy villages towards the border.
Episode 4
Die Würfel sind gefallen
57 mins
Captain von Reinhartz tries to ease the bitter tension by daring the crew to skinny-dive in the tepid waters near the southern US coast, but they are spotted and shot and from the air. Six casualties are counted, one being deliberately left outside while manning the anti-plain gun by Frank Strasser, who has a hard time pretending to repair the radio and avoiding actual contact with Berlin. In New York, Klaus Hoffmann bonds over jazz and has sex with singer Cassandra, and calls the lawyer's help to get her released after a club raid, as turns out thanks to family relations. Their boss Samuel Greenwood is reluctant to tell details about the novel radar, but invites his father to formally announce he'll run for the Senate. During a Gestapo tour of the surrounding villages to inspire loyalty to the 'Franco-German union', Hagen Forster must firmly curb Jean-Luc Beziau's brutality, even to the St.Remy curate, who helps out Margot, barely covered by French police chief Duval, find a disbarred doctor for the Jewish refugee family, as the boy Elias Goldblatt has pneumonia.
Episode 5
Befehl zum Töten
54 mins
SS chief Hagen Forster lectures his French henchman about appearance and gets inspection from Berlin, with the promise he's in line for a major 'Endlösung' post if he keeps up the results. So he instructs the reluctant base commander it's time to please rather then infuriate Berlin, even that requires sacrificing a good crew of forty and possibly the SS 'cargo'. By the time the order to eliminate the traitor arrives, Wrangel has spotted U-822 and orders full speed, but the power breaks down, just when three US vessels arrive, who hunt submarines, yet his desperate crew pulls together and overcomes the fire damage. Von Reinhartz looses ever more crew support, yet finds an excuse not to attack the enemy, who also launches depth bombs at them, nor help the spotted comrades, but finally only two US ships are sunk. The SS 'guests' lead a mutiny and seize Von Reinhardt. Elias dies despite the treatment, in St. Rémy town Margot finds the local innkeeper is the murdered farmer's sister.
Episode 6
Letzte Entscheidungen
57 mins
Captain Johannes von Reinhartz is held at gun point by the SS officers, but enough of his crew sides with him to lock them up instead, with the 'undecided' part of the crew. Wrangler keeps blindly pushing his crew beyond exhaustion, the key engine mechanic ends up committing suicide with a flare gun, improvised repairs continue. Hagen Forster eagerly prepares for his new run, setting up concentration camps in Poland, but insists to finish his last Jews transport, by requisitioned train. The police chief helps the battered resistance sabotage the cattle car, but has been seen by French collaborator Dejesqiers, who sees his patriotic rival arrested as traitor. Greenwood Senior launches his senatorial election campaign, with a single reporter asking about a German account. Samuel is not amused to be ordered to clean up all traces, caring only for his obsession with the jazz singer, who openly declares there's 'no love on either side' after being expected to pose with a US flag at the campaign launch. The US Nazi collaborators surprise Hoffmann, who now needs to escape urgently before Sam denounces him, leading to bloody violence.
Episode 7
Kopf an Kopf
55 mins
Wrangel and von Reinhartz have a dramatic battle on the Atlantic. Margot is horrified by a betrayal. The seriously injured Hoffmann asks Cassandra to leave the city with him.
Episode 8
Auf der anderen Seite
57 mins
Despite injury, Hoffmann made it to the agreed meeting point. In order to save the Goldblatts from being transported, Margot implements her risky plan. U-822 is approaching the US coast.
