Dark Matter season 3 episode 2 review: A Five surprise
With the team reunited, the order of business on the second hour Friday was fairly simple: Trying to recover a dangerous drive. Episode 1 was about a reunion, and episode 2 in turn was about an extraction. Having two very different episodes start off the season was probably a smart move, just because it enabled the show to flex the different things in which it is good at.
Also, this episode brought you the first interaction between Ryo and the Raza Crew this season … or who we thought it was Ryo. It was instead a clone, which of course makes sense given that there was no realistic reason for Ryo to actually trust some of these people to not murder him. He was acting more remotely trying to puppetmaster things and/or getting into conversations with The Android in the aftermath of everything that happened in season 2. She was the one who clued him in that Nyx was dead, and for a brief second, it almost looked as though the Four of old was starting to come through. Here’s the operative word there: Starting. At the end of the episode, both past and present Four came to a head as she confronted Misaki over what happened to Nyx, realizing that she was the responsible party.
Eventually, the trio of Two, Three, and Six found the place in which the drive was being held … only to realize soon after that it was missing, but only temporarily. They were able to figure out a way in which to get it back. The good news is that they got it. The bad news? They still had to get back to the remainder of the crew, and that was not so easy.
Five’s backstory
This was the big surprise of the night, given that this was only episode 2 and there was no real need to dive into this material so soon. (It was a little odd to get another episode with some sort of dream sequences immediately following Two’s conversations with Nyx.) What we learned about her is that there was a time in which her life could’ve ended up very differently.
So what was causing some of these visions from Five? As it turns out, the mind-probes that were being used in greater frequency. If there is not a way to turn this fate around, she could find herself in a position where these only continue to fester and get worse. Android went to work when it comes to repairing her, but in the process, she made it clear if things went wrong, she could lose much of the memories of who she was — including those flashbacks to earlier in her life.
Here’s what is important: As her present consciousness struggled to wrap itself around her past, she realized that she had a sister that she was never told about. Many of her memories made it through the operation, but she didn’t have an answer to what was missing.
Final Verdict
In terms of excitement, it was hard for the first episode to match the craziness in the drama of the premiere, especially since there was a good bit of the hour spent watching Two, Three, and Six wander around through hallways. The final twenty minutes or so made up for that, and also brought you some of the best Five backstory since the beginning of the season. Grade: B+.
Missed our Dark Matter premiere review?
Then be sure to head over to the link here! Stay tuned, since we’ve also got a preview for the next coming at this link as well. (Photo: Syfy.)