What would you do in the face of certain death? Acclaimed, high-quality German apocalyptic thriller series, as seen on Sky Atlantic. An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth, American attempts to bomb it out of the sky have failed, and only eight days remain until it’s scheduled to flatten western Europe. A German family tries to flee the anticipated strike zone of a meteor crashing towards Europe. With only eight days until the 40-kilometre-wide meteor will hit the continent, escaping proves to be the biggest challenge of their lives as the entire continent are on the run. For those that cannot make it out, chaos rapidly descends as hedonism, repentance and crime take hold before the inevitable cataclysm unfolds.