Recently, a great many people have recommended that I watch Dark Matter, the second season of which premiered in August on Apple TV. The first couple of times it happened, I was confused, as I'd already seen Dark Matter and it had gone off the air almost a decade ago. Did someone get around to reviving it?

As it turns out, the two shows named Dark Matter have nothing to do with one another. The first one, which aired from 2015 to 2017, is another entry in Syfy's lineup of canceled cult classics, and at time of writing, it's on the verge of becoming lost media. If you're into space operas, sci-fi Westerns, and/or scumbag mercenaries, it's worth seeing if you can find at least the first season of the first Dark Matter.

The first two episodes of Dark Matter (2015) are adapted from a 2012 Dark Horse comic of the same name. The show opens with six random strangers waking up from stasis aboard a starship that's already in flight. None of them remember their names or history, but retain their individual skills and areas of expertise. About 10 minutes later, they learn that, whoever they were, someone's trying to kill them all.

Without any better plans, they rename themselves in accordance to the order in which they woke up from stasis – One, Two, Three, etc. – and set out to find some answers. They quickly learn that almost all of them are wanted criminals, which raises a question: Do they start new lives in an attempt to atone for what their past selves did, or do they accelerate into the spin and continue being outlaws?

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