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Dark Matter: Season 1

13 episodes Premiered Jun 12, 2015 Updated Jul 23, 2026

Dark Matter is a science fiction television series that premiered in 2015. The show is developed by Prodigy Pictures in association with the Space channel and the Syfy channel. The series follows the story of six strangers who wake up with total amnesia on a spaceship. As they try to piece together their former identities, they face various internal and external threats. The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship aw

Season overview

Dark Matter is a science fiction television series that premiered in 2015. The show is developed by Prodigy Pictures in association with the Space channel and the Syfy channel. The series follows the story of six strangers who wake up with total amnesia on a spaceship. As they try to piece together their former identities, they face various internal and external threats. The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. The series explores themes of identity, loyalty, and survival as the characters navigate their mysterious pasts and the dangers that surround them. By the end of the first season, a traitor amongst them is revealed. The show is classified as a science fiction and fantasy television series with elements of drama.

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Episode One

Jun 12, 2015 · 43 min

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 whil

S1·E2 Core

Episode Two

Jun 19, 2015 · 43 min

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.

S1·E3 Core

Episode Three

Jun 26, 2015 · 43 min

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 t

S1·E4 Core

Episode Four

Jul 3, 2015 · 43 min

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 cha

S1·E5 Core

Episode Five

Jul 10, 2015 · 43 min

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

S1·E6 Core

Episode Six

Jul 17, 2015 · 43 min

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 vi

S1·E7 Mytharc

Episode Seven

Jul 24, 2015 · 43 min

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 connecti

S1·E8 Core

Episode Eight

Jul 31, 2015 · 43 min

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.

S1·E9 Core

Episode Nine

Aug 7, 2015 · 43 min

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.

S1·E10 Core

Episode Ten

Aug 14, 2015 · 43 min

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

S1·E11 Core

Episode Eleven

Aug 21, 2015 · 43 min

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

S1·E12 Mytharc

Episode Twelve

Aug 28, 2015 · 43 min

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

S1·E13 Mytharc

Episode Thirteen

Aug 28, 2015 · 43 min

Crew members are targeted, and paranoia mounts as they search for the perpetrator; the person responsible for the mind-wipe makes a move.