TV Talk Rec Fest: SciFi/Fantasy

[yourlibrarian]

Welcome to day 4 of Rec Fest! Today please recommend shows which could be considered science fiction or fantasy. These may come in a variety of genre formats but are likely centered on supernatural or futuristic events, worlds other than our own or different versions of our world.

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Show Title:
Audience Rating: Young Children/All Ages/Teen and Up/Mature Content
Warnings: (Could include gory content, raunchy situations, explicit sex, offensive content, etc.)
Length of Episodes: (30 minutes/1 hour/Other)
Length of Series: (Number of seasons or number of episodes)
Why you recommend it: (What draws you to it? What niche does it fill/mood is it good for?)

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Dark Matter (2015)

[rogueslayer452]

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.