Dark Matter

[Warren_Paul]

DM sacrificed world building for the sake of mystery, but the mystery itself wasn't fleshed out enough to satisfy me and felt rather forced, and underwhelming at that...

Spoiler

Wasn't surprised by the finale revelation one bit, and the big metal door turned out to be nothing of any real significance and is already forgotten about. Five said there were secrets behind there that people wanted locked away. Kind of feel like that mystery never reached its potential and is borderline plot hole.

One interesting thing of note, I was re-watching an old scene where Five is talking to Two about how she knows somebody sabotaged the ship and wiped their memories. The interesting thing is the moment she said "it wasn't her, but somebody else." was right when Six was shown on the screen. Right back in episode 2 they pretty much told us.

 

[Juliana]

I missed this show somehow and just found it on Netflix. Binge-watched the first 4 episodes yesterday; cute and not hugely serious but with some nice characters. Enjoying it so far...

 

[Jakjac]

Just starting to binge watch this, its a good show with some good moments but something is missing I might rank it 7 out of 10

 

[Rodders]

I just ordered this and will be watching it over the New Year weekend.

 

[REBerg]

2.01 Welcome to Your New Home

The second season premiere had a lot more going for it than most of the first season.

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Courtesy of Six (now known as Lt. Kal Varrik), Two, Three and Four have swapped the Raza for a moon-based prison. Not much change there.
All three of them get on the bad side of the prison administration in short order. With no speedy trial in sight, the trio now have a purpose -- escape. Big change there from season one (having a purpose, that is).
Varrik is intent on keeping restoring his friendship with Five, who seems to be something special to the authorities. Along with Five, I don't buy Six's story that his memory was also wiped and he was only following orders when he recovered his identity and completed his undercover mission to arrest the Raza crew.
I was shocked by the ending when the real Jace Corso puts three rounds into One's chest and a coup de grâce to the forehead.

 

[Juliana]

Oops, forgot it started this weekend! Thanks for the reminder!

 

[ratsy]

Is the show worth watching? I see its on Netflix so I was thinking of making this my new treadmill show. Currently old Smallville and TNG episodes are filling that role.

 

[Droflet]

It's not bad, buy not as good as The Expanse which IS worth a look, Ratsy.

 

[Juliana]

It's a cute 'treadmill show' and fun, but The Expanse is definitely better. Not sure if on Netflix yet though?

 

[ratsy]

I borrowed the Expanse from my library, but only made it to episode 3 before my time ran out, and I have every intention of getting it again to finish. I read the first book and wanted to see how they compared. I liked what I saw so far.

 

[ctg]

Is the show worth watching?

It's a good show. One of those summer pearls that you only get 10 episodes worth at the time. First season didn't had great deal of budget, but what they got they did as much as they could while the writers put effort in the script to make it as good as they could. The characters are believable and the watcher can easily find his or her favourite ones from a crew that has a colourful back-story. Some of them are even royalties.

So I recommend this for watching, even if I don't comment much as I take break from these things over summer months.

Spoiler

I was shocked by the ending when the real Jace Corso puts three rounds into One's chest and a coup de grâce to the forehead.

It was pleasing. Justice got served and replicate erased from books of history. You can count that real Mr Corso knows more than he has let us to believe. Things are happening and as long as the android keep up putting a fight they might get out from the Dodge.

 

[BAYLOR]

10 episodes is just not enough, I want more.

 

[Juliana]

I caught last season after it had ended, so found 10 episodes was just perfect for binge watching all at once.

 

[REBerg]

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It was pleasing. Justice got served and replicate erased from books of history. You can count that real Mr Corso knows more than he has let us to believe. Things are happening and as long as the android keep up putting a fight they might get out from the Dodge.

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But he wasn't really a replicant. He was a corporate heir surgically altered to have Corso's face so he could take his place on the Raza and get close to the man suspected to have murdered his wife (Three/Marcus Boone). If they were going to kill him, why go down the road of having a witness in the case suspiciously killed right after he asked about him? The multiple gunshot wounds, especially the one to the head, say he's gone, but I wonder...

 

[clovis-man]

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But he wasn't really a replicant. He was a corporate heir surgically altered to have Corso's face so he could take his place on the Raza and get close to the man suspected to have murdered his wife (Three/Marcus Boone). If they were going to kill him, why go down the road of having a witness in the case suspiciously killed right after he asked about him? The multiple gunshot wounds, especially the one to the head, say he's gone, but I wonder...

Who's on first??

 

[svalbard]

Who killed who? That is the question.

 

[REBerg]

2.01 Kill Them All

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All right! Lots of things going on in this installment.

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First and foremost, the crew escapes the prison. I thought it was suspicious that the impounded Raza seemed simply to be parked in orbit, just waiting for the crew to return and head out. No guards. Tracking device attached?

Five's episode title command caught me by surprise. I guess the android's programming includes no pesky Asimovian Laws safeguarding humans if given the kill command by a bona fide Raza crew member. Good for her!

Seems to be an assortment of powers that want some or all of the crew executed or preserved, particularly Five. Not much of a nod given to the freshly deceased One, other than a newscast near the end of the episode announcing his mysterious demise. The crew has a trio of new recruits to replace the fallen One -- a quartet if the real Jace Corso has stowed away somewhere.

Good fight scenes and an abundance of chucklesome dialog rounded things out. So far, season two is beating season one.

 

[clovis-man]

2.01 Kill Them All
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All right! Lots of things going on in this installment.

Hate to be churlish, but I didn't find all that much to like about the episode. The dialogue was sometimes wooden, unimaginative and poorly acted. The fight scenes were about on a level with Kwai Chang Caine, i.e., not all that creative or athletic.

Spoiler

However, I liked the android the best. Hopefully, it'll improve now that the prison stuff is done.

 

[REBerg]

2.03 I've Seen the Other Side of You
Memory games!

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Back aboard the ship, idling in space, flip-flopping about who they were/are, unaware of an agent within. Seems a whole lot like the stagnation that was season one.
It's watchable, but unremarkable. They really need to get an interesting collective purpose, hopefully in another galaxy far, far way, and get on with it."

 

[clovis-man]

I still like the android the best; tired of the grunge look on number 5; all the hip holster straps still look silly. Starting to seem like Lost In Space. I'm still watching because there's not much else on this time of year.