Dark Matter is the latest Apple TV+ I wrapped up.
Based on his 2016 novel Dark Matter, the series premiered early May, concluding yesterday. As the sci-fi series in Chicago went on, it became more of a WTF experience.
The 9 episode first run series, stars Aussie Joel Edgerton, Snowpiercer favourite Jennifer Connelly, Queen of the South, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Oakes Fegley, Dayo Okeniyi and Amanda Brugel.
So what's the latest big budget, Apple TV+ series about? A physicist (Edgerton) in Chicago is warped into an alternate version of his life, leaving him to fight to return to his life to prevent the alternate version of himself from harming his family.
The series kicks off with Jason Dessen, a high school physics teacher lives with his wife Daniela and son Charlie in Chicago.
When his friend Ryan wins the prestigious Pavia prize, Jason attends his celebration at a local bar. As he's walking back home, he is held at gunpoint and abducted by a masked man who forces him to remove his clothes and surrender his phone and then injects him with an unknown substance which renders him unconscious.
When he awakes, Jason finds himself in a laboratory facility (Velocity Labs) where he meets lab psychiatrist Amanda Lucas and Velocity CEO Leighton Vance both of whom are delighted that he has "returned".
Unsure about what is happening, Jason escapes the lab and returns to his home, where he again meets Amanda who says she lives there with him—the interior décor of the house is completely different, and there is no sign of Daniela and Charlie. Meanwhile,
Jason's abductor is revealed to be a version of himself, who enters his house and seduces Daniela.
So spoilers ALERT for the next part as we get into, Entanglement the season finale. Please note this has not yet been renwed.
The Dessens may have finally reunited with the real Jason, however they’re still running for their lives.
As Daniela, Charlie and Jason drive out of town, Daniela and Charlie’s phones won’t stop blowing up with messages from all Jasons.
They decides that Dad can’t pick where they go next because that would mean the others might have the same idea. So they head to Charlie’s friend’s summer home, lock the doors tight and prepare to live the life of squatters.
When Jason checks his email, he finds a folder titled Entanglement. There’s one message inside with the subject: “Welcome Home the Real Jason Dessen.”
He opens it up to find a mysterious link which brings him to a group message board. All of the countless Jasons are chatting with each other in an attempt to track him down and plot their next moves. Jason37 sends him a private message, and soon many other versions are DMing him asking if he wants to partner up with them to take out the others.
Back at their home, Jason In the Hat has Jason2 tied up to the banister. He’s on the computer tracking credit cards, phones and anything else that could possibly give him a clue to their whereabouts. A text message on his phone gives him a potential lead in Blair. She arrives to their house expecting to get her car back, only to find Jason2 tied up in a closet and Jason In the Hat looking rather menacing.
He asks for her phone and she instead punches him in the face. She tries to escape, but he fires off a warning shot which stops her in her tracks. She agrees to fork it over, only to then mace him and grab his gun.
Late one night at the squatters’ compound, Original Jason sees someone running outside the kitchen window. It’s another version of himself and he’s badly injured. Meanwhile, another version of himself is shot dead just yards away.
He runs back inside, but a Jason with a shotgun makes him drop his fire poker. The guy with the gun demands to know Jason’s safe word, only Original Jason charges him and knocks him to the ground.
They engage in fisticuffs until Jason (Jason2) fires and kills the attacking copy. But then he puts his gun down for Daniela to pick up. He claims he’s the one who built the box. The one responsible for “all this mess.”
He tells them that Blair had a tracker on her car. He didn’t know that, and others followed him to their location. He tosses them keys and says he wants them to escape. Then, he returns Jason’s wedding ring. On their way peeling out of the driveway, they run over Jason With the Hat with their car.
I honestly at times had no idea what I was watching. It may not be my favourite series of the Winter's Cumin' Streaming 24'. However wait for tomorrow's big Australian finale of Colin from Accounts!
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