List of Dark Matter episodes

Dark Matter is a Canadian science fiction series created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, based on their comic book of the same name and developed by Prodigy Pictures in association with Space channel.^[1] An order for 13 episodes was placed for the first season of the series, which premiered on June 12, 2015.^[2][3] The series was renewed for a 13-episode second season in September 2015, which is set to premiere on July 1, 2016.^[4][5] As of August 28, 2015, 13 episodes of Dark Matter have aired, concluding the first season.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	13	June 12, 2015	August 28, 2015
	2	13[4]	July 1, 2016[5]	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Can. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Episode One"	TJ Scott	Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie	June 12, 2015	0.273[6]
Six people awaken from stasis on an unknown ship. They all have amnesia; none of them can remember who they are or how they got onto the ship. After awakening, they name themselves based on the order in which they awoke, One through Six. Searching the ship, they discover and are attacked by the ship's android, who they manage to deactivate and reprogram. The ship is then attacked by another ship, which they manage to escape via hyperspace. Their pre-determined destination is a mining colony; the miners are awaiting help and weapons to defend themselves from savage raiders. After voting to deliver half the weapons, they find in the ship's decrypted files that all of them, with the possible exception of Five, are wanted murderers and thieves, and that they weren't going to the colony to help the colonists, but to kill them.
2	2	"Episode Two"	TJ Scott	Joseph Mallozzi	June 19, 2015	0.262[7]
After the disturbing revelation of at least part of their identities, the crew of the Raza, the name of the ship on which the six awake, deal with a claim by the mysterious Ferrous Corp over the colonized mining planet. The crew argues on whether to give the rest of the weapons to the town, and the resultant vote is in favour to, before a fight breaks out between the corporation and the planet's colonists. Two decides to seek the assistance of the Mikkei Combine and negotiates a 99 year lease to protect the miners, while Five begins to dream memories that belong to other people, and Three mulls over the large, unbreachable doors he found.
3	3	"Episode Three"	Paolo Barzman	Martin Gero	June 26, 2015	N/A
Five finds herself curious about the ship, and begins to crawl through the piping and venting system, stumbling upon the dead body of a boy about her age in the cargo hold. The crew finds the ships systems have been tampered with, and the android finds a deleted subroutine that cleared the crew's memories. The ship finds itself deserted in mid-space outside of a supernova, with a damaged coupling that could vapourize the entire ship. The android puts everyone through a truth test to determine the member who tampered with the ship, and they all pass. The android volunteers to go on a spacewalk to fix the ship.
4	4	"Episode Four"	Amanda Tapping	Joseph Mallozzi	July 3, 2015	N/A
The crew determine that after repairs, fees and refuelling, they have no spare funds, and determine to find a buyer for the weapons that they have. Landing at the space station, Two and Five go to the casino to raise funds, One and Three find a weapons buyer, and Six finds himself a clinic to heal the electrical burn on his arm. One and Three get captured by a doppelganger of One, also named Jace Corso, but managed to escape, though the doppelganger manages to take their weapons for himself. Four, still on the ship, finds out his true identity, that he was the son of an Emperor, and that he is wanted for the Emperor's murder.
5	5	"Episode Five"	Lee Rose	Paul Mullie	July 10, 2015	N/A
The crew meet their handler, Tabor Calchek (David Hewlett) who assigns them to salvage a seemingly deserted space freighter but when the truth of the cargo is finally discovered, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives as they attempt to salvage the ship and stop the zombie-like beings from killing them in the process.
6	6	"Episode Six"	Ron Murphy	Paul Mullie	July 17, 2015	N/A
Five proposes using equipment in the medical bay to attempt to retrieve the crew's memories stored in her brain. Although she learns more about Four's past, as well as her own before she boarded the ship, she becomes stuck in her dream-like state. Six decides to enter her visions in order to rescue her, but he too discovers more about his past.
7	7	"Episode Seven"	Bruce McDonald	Robert C. Cooper	July 24, 2015	0.534[8]
The crew manages to gain access to the ship's secret room. Inside, they find a stasis pod carrying Sarah, a woman from Three's past with a deteriorating disease, and an android named Wendy, who is programmed to perform a wide range of activities, including cooking, games, and sex. As Sarah fills Three in on their history together, Wendy's programming is replaced with orders to destroy the Raza by Cyrus King, a man who wants revenge on the crew and knew the android would be activated.
8	8	"Episode Eight"	TW Peacocke	Trevor Finn	July 31, 2015	N/A
While docked for repairs and supplies, Six uses clone transport technology to try locating a man from his past. When Five tells the others, One and Four go after him, only for One to discover that his clone has his real face. Digging deeper into his genetic profile, One discovers his true identity, and a possible prior connection to Three.
9	9	"Episode Nine"	Ron Murphy	Joseph Mallozzi	August 7, 2015	N/A
Four leaves the ship to meet his step-brother, who is now the emperor in his place, and to prove his innocence in the murder of his father. However, when he arrives at the meeting place, he is instead greeted by his former instructor, Akita, who takes him to be arrested. As Four attempts to convince Akita of his innocence, the crew contemplates whether they should let Four go or rescue him, considering that his royalty might make him a useful ally. They eventually decide to save him, and before escaping, Four murders Akita as a message for his brother. Once back in space, the Raza is approached by three Ferrous Corp destroyers that take out the ship's FTL drives.
10	10	"Episode Ten"	John Stead	Paul Mullie	August 14, 2015	N/A
Three Mikkei Combine ships drop out of FTL in the middle of an encounter between the Raza and a group of Ferrous Corp destroyers, forcing the latter to flee. Commander Truffault (Torri Higginson) , whom Two negotiated with on behalf of the miners, boards the Raza with a mission for the crew to steal a mysterious device from a research station. Desperate to keep the Mikkei Combine as an ally, the crew accepts the mission and teams up with another group of mercenaries to pull off the heist. Once they steal the device and return to the Raza, however, the mercenaries turn on the crew and Two is blown into the vacuum of space.
11	11	"Episode Eleven"	Martin Wood	Paul Mullie	August 21, 2015	N/A
The mercenaries set out to deliver the remaining Raza crew to collect the bounties set on their heads. While they try to extract additional info from One, the FTL drive malfunctions again. Two is responsible: She turns out to be a very advanced synthetic and has the ability to survive the vacuum of space, which was previously unknown to her. But not before she manages to retake the ship almost single-handedly with a little help from Five, while the male crew members are fighting oxygen deprivation in the airtight vault.
12	12	"Episode Twelve"	Andy Mikita	Joseph Mallozzi	August 28, 2015	0.397[9]
Tabor Calchek (David Hewlett) tasks the team with rescuing a scientist but the team soon discover that it's a trap and find themselves fighting for their lives against a scientist, Alex Rook (Wil Wheaton). The episode ends with the Android being knocked unconscious.
13	13	"Episode Thirteen"	Andy Mikita	Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie	August 28, 2015	0.397[9]
In the aftermath of the Android being knocked out, the search for the traitor threatens to jeopardize friendships and relationships among the team. The episode ends with Galactic Authority soldiers storming the ship, capturing and carrying out members of the team, except Six/Griffin Jones, who apparently walks free alongside the GA team leader.

Season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Can. viewers (millions)
14	1	"Welcome to Your New Home"[10]	TBA	TBA	July 1, 2016	TBD
15	2	"Kill Them All"[10]	TBA	TBA	July 8, 2016	TBD
16	3	"I've See the Other Side of You"[10]	TBA	TBA	July 15, 2016	TBD
17	4	"We Were Family"[10]	TBA	TBA	July 22, 2016	TBD
18	5	"We Voted Not to Space You"[10]	TBA	TBA	July 29, 2016	TBD

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