Dark Matter Finale: The Crew’s Future Looks Bleak for Season 3
Boom. Dark Matter dropped the proverbial mic in a devastating Season 2 finale when the Raza crew’s attempt to prevent a corporate war literally blew up in their face. With no knowledge of the fates of Two (Melissa O’Neil), Three (Anthony Lemke), Five (Jodelle Ferland) and Six (Roger Cross), there is a bigger question mark than ever hovering around the series’ third season.
With the exception of a helpless Android (Zoie Palmer), Four (Alex Mallari Jr.), also known as Emperor Ishida Ryo, is perhaps the only character who made it through the finale unscathed, the now certain war offering his home world a chance at victory.
We certainly don’t have all the answers here at The TV Junkies, but Dark Matter‘s co-creator and showrunner Joseph Mallozzi has offered some insight into the events of the episode and confirms one heartbreaking loss.
There’s one crew member who won’t be returning
It turns out there really is no hope after being cut by a poison blade. Mallozzi confirmed to the The TV Junkies that Nyx, played by Melanie Liburd, won’t be making a surprise recovery, in case the Android’s devastated expression wasn’t enough indication. As for the rest of the crew on EOS-7? That answer will have to wait. “We’re in the process of hammering out Season 3 now,” says Mallozzi. “Stay tuned.”
We now know the betrayal Milo predicted
Remember when Milo (Mpho Koaho) predicted one of the Raza would betray the other crew members? While some of us may have speculated that betrayal was Milo’s own death, Mallozzi says the events of the season finale was Four’s real moment of betrayal. “His stealing of the Blink Drive–and the circumstances in which he took it –was the predicted betrayal,” he says.
The way is clear for Zairon to win the war against Pyr
With the blink drive in hand and a now imminent corporate war on the horizon, Zairon is now primed to return to its former glory. But how long was this plan in motion? “In ‘Stuff To Steal, People To Kill’, Four learns that, in the alternate reality, Ryo was able to lead Zairon to victory over the Republic of Pyr when Pyr’s corporate backers had their attention diverted to an all-out corporate war precipitated by the destruction of EOS-7,” explains Mallozzi. “When our Four/Ryo retakes his throne, he already knows how to weaken Pyr–by diverting their corporate backers. To do that, he has to ensure that the destruction of EOS-7 happens, just as it did in the alternate reality.”
We haven’t seen the last of Anders
There was death and destruction to spare in Season 2 of Dark Matter, but somehow one man managed to rise from the ashes in time for his inevitable season finale cameo. Anders (Jeff Teravainen) lives! So what does he want with Three? Was he following Kierkan’s (Kris Holden Ried) orders or acting on his own agenda? “We’ll have to wait to find out what role Anders plays in the coming conflict,” says Mallozzi.
There may be more loss ahead in Season 3
With the explosion of EOS-7 our beloved Android may be crewless, but Mallozzi says there is still plenty of story left for her in the next season, offering a “huge” revelation in store for her character. But what else should we expect for next season? “Hard to say,” says Mallozzi. “I suppose it depends on who survives.”
What are your thoughts on the Season 2 finale? Sound off in the comments below.
Dark Matter will return for Season 3 in 2017 on Space Channel and Syfy.
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I will be seriously pissed if Two, Three and Five don’t make it out of this alive. Also, I’m disappointed that this season we lost One, dealt with a supposedly bad-ass Jace Corso (who was actually way too easy to kill) in a lame way and got two new cast members only to have them killed off before they had a chance to really shine on the show. And who came over from the alternate universe? They just left that hanging.
“Mallozzi confirmed to the The TV Junkies that Nyx, played by Melanie Liburd, won’t be making a surprise recovery.” – extreme boo! That was such a crap way for her to exit in my opinion; I’ll give the writers the poisoned knife was a good move and the fight was decent, but the reason she dies is basically romantic jealousy which was arguably randomly placed in…that just kills the scene for me regarding pluses. Had she died simply because she got outsmarted by someone doing their job or had it been due to a character disliking her more than just as a romantic rival that would have been one thing but to die because Miko suddenly cares about Ryo again is just disappointing; if her love for him meant so much why didn’t she try to help him before last week? Just a disappointment on that plot!
Regarding the episode itself…
Again extremely disappointed about Nyx! Maybe if the romance subplot between Ryo and Miko didn’t feel so one sided or so spaced out over the episodes it might have been better but as is I hate this as a exit for Nyx. But maybe that’s simply me. While not surprising Ryo’s plan was well executed; I loved the “manly cry of panic” moment between Three and Five. It’s sad they offed Kirken so early as he was a good challenge for them. An okay episode, but I’d rather seen it paired with the Four centric episode from last week as a two hour finale because alone it didn’t have me worrying for anyone until the very end where as Four’s was mysterious even though you could guess the Seers might have been in play.
I miss your recap with Joesph Kelly!
If anything, I’ve learned never say never…I’m gonna hold out hope that Nyx survives until I see the opening credits for S3 …. & there is always an AU Nyx. I’m also hoping that the remaining crew survive, that someone figures out a way to keep Android on line (no more shut down codes or shock sticks!), and that Ryo Tetsuda dies a horribly slow death. His “sudden but inevitable betrayal” on so many levels can not be forgiven.
“that someone figures out a way to keep Android on line (no more shut down codes or shock sticks!)” – yes to this! I can’t say yes to Four dying Maggie because he does challenge the team with insider knowledge so I hope he stays around for awhile. I wonder what he knows about Three…darn you Alex with the excitement building previous interview, he’s fun. I figure the crew will live because most have to unless they’re going to do a complete new start with Android and another crew for S3.
To Craig, I’ve never been a One fan so him being gone only improved the season for me, but I was interested in seeing Jace and I agree he did go out too quickly after all of the hype. I’d be interested in seeing what alternate him would do if he’s who’s on the ship especially if he’s teaming up with alternate Wexler who to me is still arguably the best bad guy on the show so far; yes Ryo has done some bad things recently but he’s not quite Wexler to the group…he’s close but he still cares too much to be Wexler. I wouldn’t want Jace to be part of the crew as that would be inorganic in my opinion them having him on board, but I’d be interested in seeing how they do him if he’s on the ship; speaking of that could have been an interesting tie in – have whoever is on the ship be part of the team’s attacking the station but clearly they’re saving that reveal for a later plot.
Nice takes!
Is it bad I’m hoping we discover more about Five’s past and that we meet one of her parents who proves to be Four’s true nemesis for Season 3?
They never revealed who jumped ships before they returned to the Raza’s reality maybe it is a version of Derrick Moss?
Adsolutely the best syfy since FIREFLY (similar story line). Can’t wait for season #3. Don’t cancel. I must know more!!!
I liked Nyx – she added to the team even though she wasn’t an original member. They shouldn’t kill her or Kirken (but he needs his facial hair back!). Two good characters for the show.
Linda I agree about the characters, but disagree about the facial hair – I enjoyed clean shaven Kris Holden-Reid. 🙂
Aaahhhhhhh
Though it was wayyyy to predictable! After all the double and triple crossing Ishido pulled, after his openly stating he WANTED/NEEDED the blink drive, no one in the crew thought he might try and steal it?! Please ! Seriously as soon as I saw him at the conference I knew what he was gonna do. Didn’t see Nyx’s death coming though.
And five is turning out to be super badass!
Pretty good all around. Now if it was a fake blink drive and the real one was on the Marauder… THAT would be awesome! Come on these people are supposed to be smart!! Hate waiting months till the next episode.
I had your same initial reaction! “of course he’s going to try and steal it,” but I think you may be on to something with him stealing a fake. Although it looked like the android was pretty convinced that the drive was stolen.
How can Dark Matter survive after that devastating finale?? Here’s hoping all the crew members survive to make Season 3 even better. The acting, story lines, and special effects are top notch. PLEASE don’t change it !!!
The finale was great but then this interview made it clear that Nyx is dead.
What is the point of bringing on two new characters then killing them off in the same season? Especially since Nyx seemed like she was working out. It was great to have a female of color on a science fiction show but then she died because of her relationship with a male character? How incredibly stupid.
If she was going to go out she should have gone out another way.
Can you be sure Ryo didn’t still what he *thought* was the blink drive…
Can you be sure Ryo didn’t take what he *thought* was the blink drive…
So by having practically the entire cast potentially killed, that should make contract negotiations for Season 3 interesting with those cast members.
Just have to say that finale had me talking to outloud to myself, hooting and hollering at the screen, it was fun. Great development by 5 over the whole season, crazy change with 4, and all of them really, going from on the run to almost saving the day. Sad to see Nyx go, her relationship with Ryo seemed like a plot point that could have gone into next season…we’ll see what they come up with
liked but why didn’t the crew take some security measures like changing the locks or pass words once 4 was no longer with them? why did the android listen to 4 at all? she wouldn’t listen to commands from 6 at the prison? why acknowledge any order or command from someone who is not a crew member? could anybody with that specific command shut down the android? even to allow Ryo’s ship to dock should have been denied until cleared by 2 i would have thought. the Raza needs some serious security upgrades next season as do critical areas on space stations. it was way too easy to blow the station up. there should have been more guards and force fields to protect the station and no one should have been allowed to have weapons and a huge group of body guards like Ryo did. i am glad DM got a new season for sure now. that would have been a terrible ending for the series. i know i may be a bit to demanding. in any event i look forward to the new season! 🙂
You are not too demanding. I completely agree – security is appallingly bad on the Raza. I hate when plot advancements depend on normally intelligent characters suddenly turning stupid. Allowing just anyone to dock with the ship, allowing just anyone access to the ship’s drives/computer core is irresponsible. If it turns out the crew didn’t take some precautions, I’m going to be very disappointed.
Four was still seen as a crew member when he said the code where as Six was viewed as a traitor at the time thus not part of the crew so his codes didn’t work; that said I agree – they definitely should have changed the shut down code when Four left just for protection to themselves given Android is their heavy hitter and even if Four didn’t say it someone maybe have gotten the codes from him to use for bad reasons. Any time someone leaves for any period of time they should change the codes. Also still mad aboit Nyx’s exit; even Devon got to go out trying to help the group.
If I remember correctly, the Android’s shutdown code was a hidden one from before they even woke up together on the Raza, like the reason why they gave her an emotional upgrade, which is mentioned by Ryo before, and which can be found inside the Android.
For the station I agree, security measures are a bit sloppy if compared to the foregoing description as a high-security station.
But, as always, the setting have to follow the budget, so, to break the station’s security is shown relatively easy with a few people and less time involved. The outcome, i.e. overloading the reactor by sabotage, would be much more convincing if filmed in more detail and with more bystanders.
“why didn’t the crew take some security measures like changing the locks or pass words…?”
They were using Windows Version 21000! 🙂
Ryo was able to land on the Raza by mimicking the Marauder’s signature, remember? The Android was surprised to see him as she was expecting the crew was back.
There is a problem with cliffhangers of this scale – on one hand you know for sure that most of your heroes will survive for the confirmed next season, on the other hand you were lured into a state of constantly raised tension, which leaves you very unsatisfied, like a slowly coming climax that is abridged – in this case for several months. If it happens mid-season, you may be pissed and smile, but end-of-season…you feel tricked.
Dark Matter grew recognizable from mid of season one until now, but also lost a part of its humorous approach – and sexyness, if I may add.
While this was compensated with the addition of two interesting characters – Nyx and Kierken – they seem to be very dead on the end of this season, with little chance that the rest of our crew could survive several thermonuclear reactor overloads on the station.
I would call this an “overkill” in its literal meaning, I would therefore recommend to reconsider the outcome, as there are seemingly no fixed decisions made until now. Especially Nyx’s departure would take away a lot of interesting storylines, at least in the romantic department, which was at least slightly underemployed this season.
My personal favorite logic hole in this episode is the possibility of all those precious guests being clones. A personal meeting of clones would not necessary weaken it’s importance, because if they survive, their owners do know everything said on the conference.
Assuming that leaders would avoid the risk of being assassinated at a conference, and would use the technology to participate not in real person, the whole plot to bomb them all at once to hell would be senseless.
Also, the “worth” of all guests of the station would be near zero, if they are all clones.
But if the station is going to be destroyed for good, this could also be a rather easy way to resurrect some team members in the next season, at least “five”.
If nobody on the station was the real thing (except Nyx on the Raza ?), nobody would have been harmed, therefore no (boring ?) war after the assault.
I am amazed at how the show has morphed from the Season One storyline to the end of Season Two. Well done! I wouldn’t want any of the regulars to be lost for Season 3 though. There has been already enough crew deaths with One, Nyx, Taltherd. Great Season Two. Looking forward to Season 3. Thanks Kelly!
This really pisses me off! Why did Nyx have to die? I hope you guys (Producers) re-think that decision. We Know she was a match for 2. Do maybe she’ll have nanites that can revive her……..
Nyx died because her storyline was over and the crew ddint really need another muscle (I liked her but I see the reason for her Death). Moreover Im pretty sure Ryo will be killed over her death as well in the next season. Either he finds out and coinfronts her killer and will kill her bodyguard and dies in the process or he will be killed by Two for revenge. They wont keep him there on Zairon, because they are focussing on the Raza and he wouldnt be on it (and introducing an opponent who would remove him from the throne would be bad style).
In the long run, they do need some new crew members… Perhaps alternative-universe-One will show up and join the crew?
well we all have a suprise in store who jumped ship when they crossed alternate realities, was it one? or maybe one version of the original crew, maybe one who didnt survive the devastation of the spacestation (one with maybe complete awarenes of his identity compared to the numbered version) Maybe they for some way become a new “sliders” and jump realities till they manage to fix one and deal with their other selves, (anything can happen when alternate timelines/realities get introduced. as long as they dont fuck it up so much as Continuum did in season 2-3) Guess all we can do is wait and see what happens next year.
I can’t wait until the next season, this show has gotten better and better and the characters have gotten a lot more interesting. The first few episodes of season 1 I was hoping 3 would be killed off because he was such a jerk. Now I can’t wait to see what he does next. I loved the episode where he went to save 5, showed a new side for both of them. My only problem is that I can’t remember their numbers- time for nicknames for them!!