Ryan and Amanda as the leads could work for a season two, they are both terrific actors.She has the drug, Ryan could make more. From there you have an infinite amount of adventures they could go on.

If I were one of the extra Jasons, I would form a “Council of Jasons” in another universe. Maybe build an HQ and call it the Citadel.

I'm slightly disappointed Daniela didn't mention to Jason prime that Ryan was claiming to be a mechanic. she would have realised that ryan prime was also abducted and needs help.

I need second season with a version of Amanda and Jason that still traveling through the Multiverse or Jason 2 going after Amanda after Ryan comeback to his reality telling him. Alice Braga and Joel have so much chemistry I almost wanted to Jason 1 to stay with her hahahaha

The show ended where the book ended

Brilliant show very well tied up. The only thing I wondered was the Ryan question and I think you've nailed it

Yes! Agreed. The Blair & Leighton stories ARE interesting…but they aren’t the story that THIS season was telling.

A solely Ryan & Amanda season 2 would be great. Love your explanation for how Ryan knows this Amanda

Dying laughing at “Leighton dressed as Captain Crunch” 😂 Thanks for your explanation. For some of us it’s tough to keep all the separate universe characters straight!!

"Do The Boxes Stay" There's no mention of the boxes manifesting themselves in the other realities, but it appears that is indeed what is happening. For example the box wasnt built in Jason 1's world, but there it is when Jason 2 comes through. We know that the box remains once it has manifested. It doesnt disappear, otherwise they would be trapped in the reality they enter as the box would be gone. People in each reality will question what it is and even try to move it. As per example when it ends up on the freeway, people would see it as it is in quite an obvious location. They would question it and try to move it out off the freeway. And would that mean that another box would manifest itself in exactly the same location if they were to return? Or now that there is a box in that world, regardles of which geo position its in, would they come through the box at whatever location it is in? From what we're told by the characters, it's only Lavender Fairy that allows them, and them only, to enter Super Position and traverse the multiverse. But the box is doing the same you could say. A box gets constructed out of thin air. I wonder if an explanation for this will come in Season 2, if it comes. I would have thought that it would have made more sense that they could only travel to realities where the box had already been built. So no box, no access to that reality. We've also seen that they don't need to be in super position to enter a reality. Once inside, and door closed, their thoughts/minds are the controllers, as we're informed by the characters. Therefore if someone discovers the box and enters into it, closes the door and reopens it after the 3 minute lock period, they could end up in an untoward reality. What would be cool is if the box doesn't enter a random reality when the curious discoverer of the box isn't in super position but instead goes to the last reality entered by whoever was in the box last. That way they end up in the world where the main character(s) last exited and they have the hope/posibility to try to get in touch with them to find their way back to their reality. That would make a great story for season 2. But having said that, there was an episode where they open the door without being in super position (the drug having worn off) yet they still see a different reality. The writers could explain that as, as Lavender Fairy is already in their system the residual drug is enough to allow them to still have access to control the one and only door that is in front of them. Therefore any random stranger discovering the box and entering in, as they have never injected Lavender Fairy and thus don't have any trace of it in their system, closing the door and opening it would only take them to the last reality. Or more simply, it could mean that they can only exit back to their own reality. There are lots of thoughts and ideas to play around with.

I actually thought that the first Ryan we see at the end (making Lavender Fairy) is Ryan 2 in Jason 2's world, they showed Dawn 2 with her missing fingers in the very next shot. My thinking is : Why would they actually kill the guy they just learned designed the drug? He might be the only one who can make more. Amanda assumed or was told they killed him, but they probably lied to her. I think Leighton 2 had his suspicions about her before she acted, helping him escape. The fact that Leighton 1 was injecting between his fingers makes me think he's used it so much that it wrecked the veins in his arms. So, there's going to be a ton of copies of him as well.

The biggest plot hole is that there should have been a thousand Jason 2’s right behind him. Makes zero sense that a Jason 2 army was not a huge problem well before the Jason 1 army. The biggest gloss over is the fact that the Jason we followed has no more claim to that life than every other Jason 1 there. A random one takes the prize. Also, it makes no sense that almost every other Jason seems so dark in comparison. Sure, some might have been changed due to some kind of trauma, but that much? Many would still be almost identical in personality. Probably most.

Last comment, I so appreciate the “why do we need to know” perspective

Thank you for the explanation 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

At 2:20, the narration identifies the Ryan and Amanda who encounter each other in the World 26 Seattle café as “Ryan[1] and Amanda1.” (“World 26” is the script designation the production team give to the utopian version of Chicago (and Seattle in the republic of “Cascadia”), as explained by the author/showrunner Blake Crouch and executive producer Matt Tolmach, in a Collider Interviews video posted a month ago. Those world-numbers simply identify the consecutive order of appearance that each World first makes in the show.) I gather that Screen Sleuths identifies that Amanda as “1” simply because she’s the first Amanda we encounter. I understand the approach, there, but I think it’s a bad idea, because it’s likely to lead to a lot of confusion. In this case, calling the Ryan we see in that Seattle café, “Ryan1”, makes sense, if he is indeed the Ryan from the World of Jason1. (This assumes that it was the utopian World 26 that Jason2 stranded Ryan1 in, and he, Ryan1, has since made his way out from Chicago to Seattle.) But does it make sense to call the Amanda who was native to the World of Jason2 (AND was his girlfriend!), “Amanda1”??? That means we’d be calling the therapist Amanda that Jason2 starts seeing professionally, “Amanda2” . . . even though •she’s• native to the World of Jason1! I think it makes vastly more sense to identify all individuals native to a particular World by the •same• number (assuming we see more than one version of that individual). That consistency will make it far easier to keep it straight just •who• we’re talking about.

At the end, it was about emotions not sci-fi… good episode.

Each book Dark Matter, Recursion and Upgrade were all stand-alone books that had no relation to each other and I think this is the patch that they need to take with a second series a stand-alone series that has no bearing on the first one. I've read all three books and I would recommend anybody who's watched the series to read the book. Blake was the executive producer of the series and it was as close to the book as you could get.

What an amazing journey, a little bit underwhelming finally but great show!

I am happy with show. I am hoping for a season 2 but if they have wrapped up the story here then I am happy with the ending. It was great to see multidimensional sci-fi back on TV again in a big way and I think this show handled the topic very well. Time to explore the book.

yep, I do think 'that' universes Ryan had something to do with 'that' universes original Amanda's disappearance

What a the box on the freeway 🤔

Season 2 will be Amanda and Ryan trying to find Jason, because of a break in the causality loop. I envision the other travellers not being able to use the ampules and finding each of in the null space( box hallway) The only way to stop the breaking of the multiverse, would be to have the family go back home.....just a fan fiction take on season 2

Can the boxes be moved or are they quantum-fixated to their location and thus unmovable? What would this cause in realities where they appear on a highway or in the middle of populated areas?

So glad I found your channel!

I’m sure a lot of this went over my head as I just didn’t pick up on every detail. I thought the finale was perfectly acceptable and wrapped up fairly well. Edgarton and Connelly were brilliant.

So the AD identified the Amanda that Ryan met as "Amanda 1"? That means that the number designation is merely by when a character appears and has nothing to do with the universe they came from.

Interesting colour choices of the clothing in the cold fusion world. Notice Ryan in the lavender coloured cardigan. Could it be a subtle hint that this Ryan does not belong? Could it also be the whereabouts of his double are unknown in this world which is why Jason2 left him there? This would allow him to also assume his doubles identity similar to Amanda2.

I think Ryan saw Amanda and Jason getting in this universe from the box.

Dark Matter Season 2 will be origins of the BOX, so i assumed its prequel

The box didn't leave when Jason2 left world 1 to get gt another Ryan, because Jason1 was still away and would need a way back, likewise, Ryan1 was also away.

Remember, in Jason 1’s universe Leighton gave Jason 2 a lot of money. Maybe they can split it. He got a million per ampule.

but she wasnt missing, she went to seatle.

Honestly if we don't ever get a season 2...am good! I did wonder about the boxes in other universes especially the one on the highway 😂 And I guess all the Jason's left behind just have to battle it out like Jet Lee cass there can only be one!!

I think Ryan 1 had a relationship with the Amanda that was Jason 2s therapist in Jason 1world. My theory comes from certain things in those sessions when they talked

Why is only one Jason 1 the only one who created an infinite numbers of himself while looking for his wife and son while the other people didn't. If there are Jason 1 is creating a different version of himself shouldn't the other people be doing the same as well?

Likely Ryan & Amanda were in the same world. Ryan knew about the box & the need for his drug ... and obviously would have figured out how to made it. Of course he would have ... check out the Jason & Ryan as well as Layton of this world and if anybody was developing the tech. Also he knew about the need to mentally prepare to travel ( ie a psychologist) and any mysterious disappearances that can linked to traveling between worlds. In short ... Ryan 1 is smart enough to figure out how to get back to his world, and assuming they are in the same world, this Amanda is very rich and mysteriously disappeared.

It left a huge plot holes what is that detective going to do with all those Jason’s ? Do all the Jason’s disappear? Do they all step in the box and disperse what is Jason 2 going to do ,what about mechanic Ryan

Has any who hasn't used it, other than where it was built ever been shown the boxes?

Was that not Ryan 1 and Amanda 2? As in Amanda from Jason 2s reality.

Because Daniella entered the box there are now billions of Daniella's throughout the branching multiverse.

But they never answered if Schrödinger's cat is alive or not! Did they find it?

Ryan from the futuristic Chicago most likely was DATING the Amanda who was native to that reality. I also suspect that the green fluid using Leighton was also native of the futuristic Chicago. It's a case where those two guys probably created the Box or saw the Box show up when Jason 2 arrived and they went inside. Either way, when Ryan 1 showed up and tried looking into Chicago Ryan's life, he probably saw all sorts of references to Amanda and he went looking for her and found Amanda 2. He probably doesn't know Amanda 2 is from Jason 2's world, he probably just needs her for access to Chicago Ryan's personal equipment somewhere or he found references to Amanda in Chicago Ryan's work. The other alternate theory is that Chicago Ryan developed a tracking system based on Lavender Fairy and that this system was tripped the moment Amanda 2 started assuming the life of Chicago Amanda. My guess is that their financial cards they use somehow uses biometrics, but not just fingerprints and facial scanning, but also their healthcare system monitors pee & poo content for health scans. This is actually a real-world technology that's slowly being implemented in Japan and eventually the U.S. to monitor all sorts of early warning health indicators. Ryan could have the system look for trace remnants of Lavender Fairy in the water system and track it back to Amanda since she'd already be in the system. When she uses the restroom at the restaurant, it would pop up her specific location and Ryan would go running there to catch her.

Surely the authorities would have wanted to know what the hell was going on? They would have found the dead bodies all of the same bloke.

Hey! It matters because They are telling a story. They have locked up 9 hours of our lives and they have left things hanging. Yes we have to wait till season 2 but it would have been nice if they would have had 10 episodes or timed it out so that they could give us a little bit more information. Also, your theory on how Ryan found her doesn't really track. And unless I looked away, when did we see two Ryans in the same reality?

I must be the only one who doesn’t see how Amanda and Ryan ended up in the same world…

Thanks for all your videos on “Dark Matter.” As I posted previously, I really like your science-focused analysis & story reviews. Regarding your speculation about the Box, I have to disagree. At this point, this is NO good explanation to the question of “does the box stay there” and can be viewed by other people. To me, the most reasonable answer has to be “No.”. The box cannot just be there in plain sight. So, if there is a future season, I hope the writers comes up with a “only people who were traveling in the box can see it” plot-point. The most interesting thing, moving forward are the following. In a post-finale video interview, the book show runner/author (Blake Crouch) says nothing is finalized about more seasons; and so, they wanted to wrap up as much as possible with these 9 episodes. More importantly, and happily from my perspective, Blake indicated that if there is a season 2, it is likely to focus on Amanda & Ryan. And, the Jason Family Story has run its course-just like in the book. So, a season2 would be totally new material, and not go back or delve too deeply into the storylines of Season1. BTW, Blake says that the #1 question the readers of the book have asked him is: “what happened to Amanda? Is she happy?” Blake said that the fact that Amanda is such a fan favorite wasn’t something he anticipated-but understands. This, again, lead me to believe that the Amanda & Ryan story will be the focus os a Season2-if there is one. Thanks, again, for your reviews.

I am very disappointed with the conclusion of episode 9. To me, it was anticlimactic. The only way episode 9 works is if it is a bridge to a second season. Everything was wrapped up too easily and neatly.

How come OG Jason created copies but Jason 2 didn't create any? If Jason 2 did create them, wouldn't at least one of them return to his original world? He's been missing for a year so I'd assume he used the box thousands times.

But see there’s a big loophole that I couldn’t stop thinking about when watching episode 9 and seeing all the Jason’s. Shouldn’t at least some be accompanied by Amanda??? I don’t buy the “oh if I join you it won’t help you find your home bs”. Jason 2 was traveling through the multiverse like the flash and returning to Jason 1s world while having visitors!

Are the Jason’s just gonna keep coming though until the whole world is nothing but Jason’s

“In the reality we are in right now” nice try illuminate

Only those who have used Lavender fairy can see the box?

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Dark Matter, has similar story lines to the shows Fringe and Counterpart. Also two really good Multiverse shows.

*They explained the box existin in different universes, they were vague but implied that someone made a box in each reality they go to, whether it's Jason or someone else.* 🤟🏽🤙🏽🤟🏽 I hope they explore who made the box in the "prime" reality, but they probably will avoid it in order not to convolute the narrative.

Bro you really disaponted me this time i thought you were gonna talk about how the box stayed in superposition after charlie opened the box The box isnt supposed to stay in superposition it's a Quantum mechanics feature of the wave function once you make a measurment which is this case opening the box the wave function should collapse but this time the superposition stayed as if they were insinuating that somehow theres another person there with them that was still in superposition

Too much explaining, something went wrong,

This show was boring

What happened to almost dead Leighton?