The Review at the End of the Universe
“Episode 26 – But First, We Save the Galaxy” Dark Matter season 2 ends as it began with the Raza crew in some pretty serious trouble. We also see many little hail backs to previous episodes and even to season 1, with Ferrous Corp the clear enemy and the crew having to rely on a…
“Episode 25 – Sometimes In Life You Don’t Get to Choose” The Raza crew take their first steps in Dark Matter politics by helping Ryo ascend the throne of Zairon. I’ve been waiting for this; I do love some politics to go with my ideological discussions. I’m not sure where the story goes from here…
“Episode 24 – Wish I’d Spaced You When I Had the Chance” Dark Matter continues to develop the relationship between Five and Three in ‘Wish I’d Spaced You When I Had the Chance’. If Two and Six are now Five’s adopted parents then perhaps Three is her big brother. They’ve certainly come on from initial…
“Episode 23 – Take the Shot” ‘Take the Shot’ is Dark Matter on top form. This is why we came. This is why we stay. The episode considers the question of identity – a key issue of both seasons so far – but this time focusing on the Android and forcing the crew to face…
“Episode 22 – Going Out Fighting” Dark Matter very much returns to personal… matters, with ‘Going Out Fighting’. Just as the new Raza crew seems to be stabilising and rebuilding their family, more cracks start to appear at the seams. Two is at the centre of it all this week, as we learn why she’s…
“Episode 21 – Stuff to Steal, People to Kill” Dark Matter gives us its version of the sci-fi classic alternate-reality episode in ‘Stuff to Steal, People to Kill’. And the big question that has to be asked whenever a show decides to use a trope is: did the show add anything new to the idea or…
“Episode 20 – She’s One of Them Now” Five’s key card gets its explanation in Dark Matter’s ‘She’s One of Them Now’, bringing the Raza crew into direct confrontation with potential season villain Alicia Reynaud. So far this corporate-elite problem solver has been sold as a force to be reckoned with but I think I’d share her current employer Ferrous…
“Episode 19 – We Should Have Seen This Coming” Dark Matter has been teasing out information about the two new members of the Raza crew for many episodes now but eventually one of them had to come to centre stage first. Would it be Devon and his drug habit? Maybe somebody would come chasing to…
“Episode 18 – We Voted Not to Space You” Are you one of those people hoping for a crossover between Dark Matter and Killjoys? If you are then I’ll bet that you loved this week’s opening scene, with the Android having to bring in a target who of course resists, leading to a serious backside-kicking of a bar fight….
“Episode 17 – We Were Family” Dark Matter this week builds heavily on the background plots of Three and The Android. It’s easy to forget that The Android also had her memory wiped in the first episode of season 1 and so also has a past to remember. Here though, it’s revealed that her emotional responses…
