Dark Matter Season 1

If you want science fiction that respects its own premise, Dark Matter Season 1 is available on and right now. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 872 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Marc Bendavid sets the tone, and the world-building does the rest. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Dark Matter Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. The world-building is meticulous, but it is the characters who carry Dark Matter Season 1 through its more ambitious moments. Six strangers wake up with total amnesia on a spaceship. Over the course of the first season, they piece together their former identities while battling internal and external threats. By the end of the season, a traitor amongst them - the person that wiped their memories - is revealed. Marc Bendavid and Melissa O'Neil lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2015. The rules of Dark Matter Season 1's world are consistent enough that the big swings never feel like cheating. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Dark Matter Season 1 is satisfying on multiple levels — something to watch and something to think about after. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Marc Bendavid's performance is the anchor the more ambitious moments need. The world-building pays off in ways you will not anticipate on a first watch.

🎬 Dark Matter Season 1 — Episode Guide

Episode One

2015-06-12

A spaceship crew awaken from stasis with no memory of their mission or their identities, but once they reach their destination, a mining colony, they begin to look for answers while working together to survive.

Episode Two

2015-06-19

The crew come to terms with revelations about their respective pasts and face the dilemma of helping the miners against insurmountable odds or abandoning them to certain death.

Episode Three

2015-06-26

Sabotage is suspected and the onboard paranoia surges when the ship mysteriously veers off course. To bring the systems back online, a perilous spacewalk is required. At the same time, Five makes a shocking discovery.

Episode Four

2015-07-03

The past comes back to haunt members of the crew during a stopover at a space station, during which Four makes a stunning discovery, while Two and Five learn that some games of chance come with surprising risks. Elsewhere, Six receives some unwanted attention at a local clinic; and One and Three's a...

Episode Five

2015-07-10

The crew are hired by their handler to salvage a seemingly deserted space freighter, a reclaim op that appears to be straightforward until a deadly cargo is uncovered and they are forced to fight for their lives.

Episode Six

2015-07-17

Chemical hypnosis and the ship's neural link are used to explore the memories secreted away in Five's subconscious, during which she uncovers the dark truth about Four and Six's violent pasts. She also learns about the circumstances that landed her on the ship and gains some insight into the idyllic...

Episode Seven

2015-07-24

The crew finally gain access to the secret room in the ship's underbelly and among the items they find inside are a sunny android and a desperately ill woman who reveals a connection to Three.

Episode Eight

2015-07-31

The crew stop at a space station to refuel and rest, but Six has a different agenda, which has to do with revenge. Meanwhile, One is taken aback by an unwelcome revelation.

Episode Nine

2015-08-07

Four abandons the ship to embark on a reckless mission to reclaim his past and the crew are left wondering whether they should rescue him or let fate run its deadly course.

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Episode Ten

2015-08-14

The crew takes on a job stealing a device from a rival corporation, but another team of mercenaries have the same goal.

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Episode Eleven

2015-08-21

The crew plots to reclaim the ship from the mercenaries that are determined to deliver them to the Galactic Authority.

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Episode Twelve

2015-08-28

The team's handler sends the crew on another mission to retrieve a scientist being held against his will.