Berlin Station is an American drama television series created by Olen Steinhauer. The series stars Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Michelle Forbes, Richard Jenkins, Keke Palmer, Ashley Judd, John Doman, Tamlyn Tomita, and Ismael Cruz Córdova. Bradford Winters had been showrunner for its first two seasons, with Jason Horwitch taking over for season 3.
A ten-episode first season premiered on Epix on October 16, 2016. On November 17, 2016, Epix renewed Berlin Station for a second season, originally planned to contain ten episodes, which premiered on October 15, 2017 and concluded a nine-episode-season-run on December 3, 2017. On December 6, 2017, Epix renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on December 2, 2018.
It was canceled on March 29, 2019 after three seasons.
In 2021, all three seasons were released on DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Plot
The story follows Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage), who has just arrived at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany. In season 1, Miller has a clandestine mission: to uncover the source of a leak who has supplied information to a now-famous whistleblower named Thomas Shaw. Guided by veteran Hector DeJean (Rhys Ifans), Daniel learns to contend with the rough-and-tumble world of the field agent: agent-running, deception, and the dangers and moral compromises. In season 2, four months after Miller was shot at the end of season 1, he recovered from his injuries sufficiently to be given a new clandestine assignment: to infiltrate a far-right German political party believed to be planning an act of terror right before an upcoming election.
Cast
Main
Richard Armitage as Daniel Miller, a cerebral CIA officer who shifts from working as an analyst at Langley headquarters in the USA to serving as an undercover officer in Berlin and is tasked with finding a leak in CIA operations Rhys Ifans as Hector DeJean, a disillusioned veteran CIA officer with dubious tactics and many secrets Leland Orser as Robert Kirsch, a devoted and successful Deputy Chief who digs intelligence out of the city of Berlin through a mix of force, diligence, and cleverness Michelle Forbes as Valerie Edwards, the no-nonsense administrator who serves as a Berlin Station Internal Branch Chief, and later Station Chief Richard Jenkins as Steven Frost (seasons 1–2, guest season 3), a veteran of the Cold War, who serves as the CIA's Chief of the Berlin Station in season 1 and is retired at the start of season 2 Tamlyn Tomita as Sandra Abe (season 1), a quiet presence leading the efficient operation of Berlin Station while having an affair with her boss, Steven John Doman as Richard Hanes (season 2), the new American ambassador to Germany and an old friend of Steven's Keke Palmer as April Lewis (seasons 2–3), the new young case officer assigned to Berlin Station Ashley Judd as BB Yates (season 2, recurring season 3), Berlin's new Chief of Station, nicknamed "The Station Whisperer" Ismael Cruz Córdova as Rafael Torres (season 3), an officer for the Special Activities Center of the CIA, previously in the military
Recurring
Mina Tander as Esther Krug, a German BfV agent and later the head of the BfV
Mark Moses as Jason Wolfe, Berlin Station's supervisor at the CIA (seasons 1 and 3)
Season 1
as Jemma Moore, Steven's superior at the CIA
Caroline Goodall as Kelly Frost, Steven's wife
as Hans Richter, an old-world spy who has risen to the highest ranks of the BfV
as Julian De Vos, a courier funneling information from "Thomas Shaw" to Claudia Gartner Claudia Michelsen as Patricia Schwarz, Miller's cousin Antje Traue as Lana Vogel, aka "Joker", a freelance agent as Ingrid Hollander, a German reporter Zahra Ahmadi as Clare Itani, an American agent and DeJean's girlfriend Daniela Ziegler as Golda Friedman, a Mossad agent Sylvia Hoeks as Claudia Gartner, the courier between De Vos and Hollander
Season 2
Thomas Kretschmann as Otto Ganz, a German alt-right extremist
Emilia Schüle as Lena Ganz, Otto's daughter
Natalia Wörner as Katerina Gerhardt, head of the alt-right party Perspektive für Deutschland (PfD, “perspective for Germany“) Heino Ferch as Joseph Emmerich, the #2 leader of the PfD Jannis Niewöhner as Armando, an undercover agent for the BfV Scott William Winters as Nick Fischer, a CIA agent Brandon Spink as Noah Kirsch, Robert Kirsch's son
