Network: Syfy
Episodes: 39 (hour)
Seasons: Three
TV show dates: June 12, 2015 — August 25, 2017
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Marc Bendavid, Melissa O’Neil, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr, Jodelle Ferland, Roger Cross, and Zoie Palmer.
TV show description:
The crew of a derelict spaceship is awakened from stasis with no memories of who they are or how they got on board. Facing threats at every turn, they have to work together to survive a voyage charged with vengeance, betrayal and hidden secrets.
Charming but a bit of a goof, One aka “Pretty Boy” (Marc Bendavid) is the crew’s moral center. He’s a guy who always tries to do the right thing, despite the odds stacked against him and no matter how unpopular the course of action. He sometimes screws up but he means well.
The group’s defacto leader is Two aka “Boss Lady” (Melissa O’Neil) and she’s a master fighter. Determined, tough and more than a little headstrong, she is not the type you want to mess with or disappoint. She can be cool and inscrutable but still demonstrate surprising compassion.
A true bad-ass, Three aka “Sunshine” (Anthony Lemke) is the opposite of One which is why the two are often at odds. They develop a (grudging) like-hate relationship over the course of their journey. He is a mercenary through-and-through, is always looking out for himself, and learns that he needs others to survive.
Ever-stoic and a master of the blade, Four aka “Slashy McStabberson” (Alex Mallari Jr.) has a calm demeanor that belies a ruthlessness that gives even his fellow crewmembers pause. He’s a man of few words who is a fierce opponent and an equally loyal and passionate friend.
The mascot with a knack for mechanics, Five aka “Kid” (Jodelle Ferland) also has some mysterious abilities. What first seem like telepathic powers turn out to be jumbled memories — but whose memories are they? Easily bored, quick to mouth off, she is nevertheless a relative innocent amongst less savory company.
On the surface, Six aka “Tiny” (Roger Cross) is a low-key bruiser and an imposing figure with a heart of gold. Despite the company he keeps, he is a man of integrity with little patience for nonsense.
And finally, there’s The Android (Zoie Palmer). In personality, The Android is more butler-like than your typical robot and she’s an indispensible member of the crew and can control the ship’s system — an ability of which she isn’t shy about reminding everyone. An outsider among the ship’s human passengers, she is almost child-like in her earnest desire to fit in.
Episode #39 — Nowhere to Go
Two holds her gun on Ryo, preparing to kill him while Ryo pretty much tells her to get it over with. Before we can find out if she even can, though, they’re interrupted by a phone call from Teku. He’s got a fleet of ships loyal to Ryo and they want their emperor back. Not so fast.
The Raza Crew isn’t exactly willing to give him up after an entire season seeking revenge. Teku’s no fool, though, and he’s brought something that might interest them: the location of Boone, and by extension perhaps the rest of his crew. They agree to hold off on killing Ryo until they check it out.
First, though, some existential crises. Both Five and Two are wrestling with the news they received from Ryo. Five confides in Six that Alicia Reynaud, the woman who killed her friends and tried to kill her to get the Blink Drive back is actually her sister’s adoptive mother. That’s gonna be an awkward family reunion.
Meanwhile, Android has gotten into the lock box Ryo mentioned and retrieved a storage device full of password-locked files. She did notice one of interest, though. One marked Croydon, the name of the friend Two/Rebecca/Portia left her daughter with.
Family reunions will have to wait, though, because they’ve arrived at the location and discovered it’s a Ferrous shipyard just like the one from episode five, only this one is full of ships. They can’t exactly attack it on their own, so they call in Mikkei who are willing to provide a white hole device that will allow the Raza to destroy the station quickly and easily.
Of course, that assumes it works, which it doesn’t. Two, Three and Six get trapped behind enemy lines, captured, and split up. Two ends up in a room with a shady tech lady who asks questions about the Blink Drive and makes ominous comments, while Three and Six end up reuniting with their old friend Wexler who, SURPRISE, is actually a double agent for Mikkei.
Free of their bonds, Six heads off to rescue Two and he finds her tied up in the room where we last saw her. She’s acting a little weird but shakes it off. Three and Wexler meanwhile bring down the field that’s keeping them locked in and all hell breaks loose. Two, Six and Wexler make it off the station but Three is left behind, captured by Portia.
Back on board the Raza, Two wants to take out Ferrous once and for all, but when Mikkei is only able to provide six ships she turns to Ryo to supply much needed support in the form of Teku’s fleet. He helps them and he gets to go free. Good deal. With a plan in place we finally discover what happened to Two on the station. She’s been turned into an alien host. Bad news.
No time to dwell, though, because it’s space battle time. The Raza drops out of FTL, followed by the Mikkei and Ishida ships and immediately starts to attack the Ferrous ships and the station. Ferrous has the upper hand though and things aren’t going well for our heroes so, with Three safely off the station and taken somewhere by Portia, Two decides to sacrifice the Blink Drive and the Marauder to win the battle and the war.
She also takes the opportunity to take out the Android and force someone to pilot the Marauder manually. Six volunteers, because that’s the kind of guy he is, and he and Five say a very tearful goodbye.
Android manages to get a message about Two to Five who tries to stop Six but it’s too late. He can’t hear her. She gets a message to Ryo instead who takes out Two but Six is still on the way to the station. He detonates the drive, destroying himself, the Marauder and the station in one massive explosion that tears a hole in space-time. This is a bad, bad idea because there’s something on the other side of that rift. The alien invasion has begun. The black ships are here. (Courtesy Syfy.)
First aired: August 25, 2017.
What do you think? Do you like the Dark Matter TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season?
Netflix, PLEASE rescue this gem! Syfy is famous for dropping excellent shows just as they peak. This is no different. There are legions of us Netflix junkies that hang on the edge of our seats to see “the next season” of so many good shows. Let this be another one of them. “Save us, Netflix-wan-Kenobi…you’re our only hope”
Why doesn’t SyFy pay attention to the comments? This is one of the best shows on TV these days.
Please I just watched all 3 seasons on Netflix I would watch it on TV please bring it back
Should have a fourth season, Syfy seems to love cut great shows down in their prime.
Please keep the show!!! Or at least make a feature film to tie up these loose ends…
Please continue the show.
This is Fox cancelling Firefly all over again. Netflix needs to continue the show!
Once again another great show is cancelled, not due to viewership but due mostly because the show is not an original scripted series by SYFY. I’m sure there are plenty of other shows that could have been cancelled if it was a case of either viewership or making room for new shows. Dark Matter was actually a SYFY show, and is that not what this Chanel is? Now there is a rumor going around that Netflix may pick up the show for season 4. Please Neflix consider this and consider this hard. There are plenty of faithful viewers out there… Read more »
I cannot believe they have cancelled another good show because yet again it’s ‘low viewing ‘ figures. These shows have faithful viewers, diehards who know a good show when they see one and shouldn’t be classed as ‘low viewers’, it’s time these decision makers started talking to the fans and engaging with them. If they truly have no choice in having to cancel, at least round the series off with bringing the stories to an end the fans (they have) would be at least be grateful for if nothing else, and stop with the cliffhanger nonsense that will never be… Read more »
What do I think??? RENEW, RENEW, RENEW!!! That’s what I think. Great characters, stories. Bring it back!!! I see your 3, raise you 4. Do it now. Don’t leave us with an unsolved cliffhanger!!!
Love this show. Great character development without loopy sci-fi interventions. The series should at least have a fourth season!
what a great show!! love the characters, the humor, kick ass fight scenes(especially by the ladies!) and the sets!! Awesome sets! haven’t seen beefy space sets like that since Star Wars. Bring back please!
This was one of the greatest Scifi drama shows of recent times…
What are the execs thinking…?
Bring it back!!!
This show needs to be renewed, it has a solid fan base, and that should be enough to keep it on the air.
Please please renew dark matter fantastic show and it’s just about to take and you cancell it. I’ve paid good money for this and I want more more. So come you top heads give session 4.
Please please.
Sad, some executives never watch shows and make decisions for the masses without input from those masses, whom after all, pay to watch. Dark Matter is one of the very few SIFI shows worth watching, unless you are into zombies and since almost every network has one, it is a pleasure to watch a show that has characters. Perhaps reconsidering would be appropriate. Please leave Killjoys alone. Thanks.