Dark Side of the Moon

For the last three years police Lieutenant Mikhail Solovyev has been chasing a maniac. The capital is petrified by this scourge of society who is leaving dead bodies in his wake. At the moment of his capture and arrest, a maniac crashes into Mikhail, causing the lieutenant`s death...Soloviev comes back to life after the accident and discovers that he has moved back in time and ended up in 1979 in his father`s body. Understanding nothing about this acci- dent, the lieutenant is trying to adapt to his new life. Coincidently, he works as a soviet police officer at the same time he is discover- ing his chances to get back...

Dark Side of the Moon (2012-2018) is a Russian Channel One science fiction mystery series created by Olexander Tsekalo and Alexander Kott. Police lieutenant Mikhail Solovyev (Pavel Derevyanko) is a Moscow investigator who, after a fatal accident, wakes up in 1979 inside his father's body. Catching his breath in a Soviet militia office, he must work cases alongside detectives such as Oleg Dymov (Anatoliy Goryachev) while puzzling over how he got there and how to return to his own time. Katya (Svetlana Smirnova-Martsinkevich) anchors his life in the present, and the pursuit of a killer haunts each season. The show runs for two seasons across thirty-two episodes, a serialized narrative in which each case feeds the larger mystery of the time jump. Its late Soviet setting, with its bureaucracy, surveillance and quiet anxieties, gives the drama a grounded, melancholic and tense atmosphere. Fans of Dark, Quantum Leap and Lost will find resonance in its blend of time travel, procedural investigation and personal longing. The result is a brooding, intelligent thriller about a man stranded in the past, trying to find his way home.

• Darktime travel plot, soviet era setting, detective procedural framework
• Quantum Leaptime travel with police investigation and a second chance at life
• Lostserialized mystery with a fantastical mechanism and layered timelines

Created by

Olexander Tsekalo, Alexander Kott

Release Date

2012-11-05

Episode runtime

45 min

Rating

7.2 / 10 (36)

What is Dark Side of the Moon about?

A Moscow police lieutenant wakes up in 1979 inside his father's body and must solve crimes in the Soviet militia while searching for a way home.

What is Dark Side of the Moon like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dark Side of the Moon as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.

Is Dark Side of the Moon violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Dark Side of the Moon as moderate.

Which shows are like Dark Side of the Moon?

Shows with a similar feel include Dark, Quantum Leap, and Lost.

How long is Dark Side of the Moon?

Dark Side of the Moon: 2 seasons, 32 episodes.

Is Dark Side of the Moon still running?

No, Dark Side of the Moon has ended.