Show Title:Dark Matter Audience Rating: Teen and up Warnings: Violence Length of Episodes: 45 minutes Length of Series: 3 seasons, 39 episodes Why you recommend it: Based on a comic book series, Dark Matter is set in the future where six people awaken from stasis on a spaceship with no memory of who they are or how they got there, and trying to figure out themselves, from who they were to questioning who they are now, and where they go from there especially once each of their pasts comes back to haunt them.
Despite this description, Dark Matter features a lot of wonderful tropes that are like catnip to me. Aside from it starting with amnesia, we also have doppelgangers from parallel universes, secret identities, time loops, and so much more. Scifi tropes can be a hit or miss, but somehow this show manages to actually make it interesting, at least to me. Obviously what makes it worth it is the cast, because I like this group of characters so whatever ridiculous nonsense they're dealing with it just works because I'm already emotionally invested with them and their little crew.
The show ends on a cliffhanger because Syfy cancelled it after three seasons, but it is really good otherwise.
Dark Matter (2015)
Audience Rating: Teen and up
Warnings: Violence
Length of Episodes: 45 minutes
Length of Series: 3 seasons, 39 episodes
Why you recommend it: Based on a comic book series, Dark Matter is set in the future where six people awaken from stasis on a spaceship with no memory of who they are or how they got there, and trying to figure out themselves, from who they were to questioning who they are now, and where they go from there especially once each of their pasts comes back to haunt them.
Despite this description, Dark Matter features a lot of wonderful tropes that are like catnip to me. Aside from it starting with amnesia, we also have doppelgangers from parallel universes, secret identities, time loops, and so much more. Scifi tropes can be a hit or miss, but somehow this show manages to actually make it interesting, at least to me. Obviously what makes it worth it is the cast, because I like this group of characters so whatever ridiculous nonsense they're dealing with it just works because I'm already emotionally invested with them and their little crew.
The show ends on a cliffhanger because Syfy cancelled it after three seasons, but it is really good otherwise.