DARK MATTER Episode 3 Breakdown, Theories & Details You Missed!

In this video we take a deep dive, review, recap, breakdown and explain the ending to Apple TV's sci-fi DARK MATTER starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Daniella’s Death
1:13 Detective Mason & The Missing Velocity Labs Employees
3:07 Jaye’s Masquerade & Maximillian Dessen
4:10 The Box & Lavender Fairy Explained
5:42 Jaye’s Decision to Leave
6:47 Leighton’s Grandfather
7:11 The Escape Into the Box
8:11 Conclusion
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Dark Matter Episode 7 Breakdown: • DARK MATTER Episode 7 ...
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[@ThinkStory]

3 episodes in and I can see this show has lots of potential. Planning to do an episode 4 breakdown for next week. More DARK MATTER videos: Dark Matter Episode 1 & 2 Breakdown: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5DZd3qZec-Da7c Dark Matter Episode 3 Breakdown: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3TYmoF9od2li9U Dark Matter Episode 4 Breakdown: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3Xbc5aEZcaUhZI\ Dark Matter Episode 5 Breakdown: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ7QlKCkgL2Fh5I Dark Matter Episode 6 Breakdown: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWSXe4qnp9Fsq7s Dark Matter Episode 7 Breakdown: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emSVp5aDe9-Jd5o

[@kevinmansfield1799]

When Dawn's fingers got cut off when the door closed, that was beyond satisfying 😂

[@KatishiaG]

"Daddy's loves you very much" gets me every time lol

[@bradypettis]

In the first episode they show “Jay” stepping into a storage locker where he has a collection of cell phones. I believe he has been traveling to these alternate universes (through all those doors) trying to find the “Jason” that became a family man and leads the life he could have had (and now wants) if he had chosen to abandon his work aspirations for money and fame.

[@alanpennie8013]

Well yeah! This is the premise of the show. Jason 2 didn't like his life so he decided to steal Jason 1's. It's Ripley minus the murders.

[@DarrenCampbellmusic]

The books is absolutely fantastic, cool to see it as a show! Anyone who loves this show I'd recommend reading Recursion by Blake Crouch, even more mind bending

[@sneakerhead4236]

Shouldn't I start with dark matter

[@DarrenCampbellmusic]

@@sneakerhead4236 they are two different stories altogether

[@krakesh5915]

Recursion is mind blowing

[@jake_edinburgh]

Max was the most shocker I didn't expect....i was like 😮

[@SamAsMe]

I'm going crazy frustrated watching this show, a huge company creates a new sophisticated quantum technology with all of the potential implications about parallel universes for the explicit reason to reach those, and they don't even consider for second that this dude that looks talks and walks like their boss but seem to have no memory of this life but remembers another life is maybe a different version from those other universes they are trying to access?!?! This premise is so dumb it makes me mad watching it. And finally when the coin drops for them they decide he is a hostile imposter instead of listening to his original story about the guy that abducted him (which they should know because they interrogated the friend). It's like the show is pretending that this company shouldn't even have thought about this "doppelganger" scenario because it's not something that happens in real life, which would be fine if the company wasn't literally ACTIVELY TRYING TO GO TO PARALLEL UNIVERES and this would be like number 3 in the list of explanations for whats wrong with the dude that stepped into a quantum superposition machine thingy and came back different🤦

[@DJSkandalous]

they did catch on to that. Hence why they locked him up. I feel they had a feeling about it early on but wasn't sure if it could still be a lost of memories type of ordeal. Remember Jaye was very secretive on what he was doing, even Ryan 2 said this. It's possible he didn't tell the staff the full ramifications of the box. Also ideally having technology created that can allow you to return seems implausible because there should be trillions of alternate doors. It would be impossible to find. Jaye probably just found one similar, used it and sent Jason back through it....but for all we know the Jaye we see might not even be from that world. That may just be another world that had similar circumstances with creating the box and with a 3rd Jason traveling. Lol Remember in Sliders, there was hundreds of Jerry O'Connell's traveling lol. I bet in this case there will be more than 2 Jason's traveling.

[@mikekarloff2894]

Yeah this kind of pissed me off. I don’t understand why they went full hostile on his ass instead of trying to figure out what happened and maybe even helped him get back/give info on where Scientist Jason is

[@kevinaryaldi6923]

I agree. I just finished watching all three episodes. Honestly, I'm a little sick of why Jason didn't tell from the beginning the part where he was kidnapped by someone with a mask and got injected. Even though he already realized that he hypothesized what if the one who kidnapped him was another version of himself. why didn't he explain that when he was interviewed again after he was arrested? that's really annoying

[@DieFresh]

@@kevinaryaldi6923 picture this… your in a whole alter universe no idea how you got there all you is day 1 you’ll already been kidnapped, your house looks completely different and nobody knows who the fuck you are or what you are talking bout… I wouldn’t trust no one either and definitely watch what I say. You dont know who side everyone is on

[@DJSkandalous]

I love it so far. I feel its like the show Dark but it will get more like the show Sliders in the end where they travel to different places. One thing about Jason 2 (Jaye) though, he should have just told everyone he hit his head with that "car accident" on the other Jason to the point where his memory is foggy. It would be alot easier then him worrying about slipping up and getting caught. lol

[@GreenPartyHat]

Can't wait for episode 4

[@GreenPartyHat]

Update: Episode 4 was good. Excited to see what’s next.

[@DJSkandalous]

Also a problem with just choosing a random door. In Sliders, they often at times got thrown to world's in a crisis or where Germany won WW2 or the Russians took over. In this scenario, picking a random door may be a death sentence as you may end up in a reality where theres no oxygen, there was a doomsday event, maybe human's went extinct or evolved dinosaurs roam the planet. The possibilities should be endless. So they need to have one character know about how to choose which doors to enter, otherwise it seems unrealistic because they would probably end up dead within a couple of crossovers.

[@Vexarax]

*_MASSIVE SPOILER FROM THE BOOK SO DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS_* (because if the show actually follows the book storyline it'll be really good so you don't want it ruined) yes that's exactly what happens.. there ends up being hundreds of Jasons all from different worlds, some of them utterly horrific wastelands having gone through wars and plagues and different apocalypses. He keeps going through the wrong doors trying to get back to his own world, racing to get there before any other Jasons.. but all the other Jasons have the same idea as they all believe they're the real Jason. The Jasons are also all in different stages of injuries etc from going through deadly worlds. It'll be so cool if they include all that in the show!!!!

[@universalcollective427]

You know, I'm all used up on alternate timeline scifi stuff, been drowning in it the last 5 years or so, and I tapped out of Dark Matter half way through episode 2, but I am glad you're doing recap vids for this series so I don't have to fast foward through the eps to get the general gist of what flavor of AU they're going with here.

[@TheRealBatCave]

Kina like to many superhero films, just tired of em

[@freelanxe]

I think episode 3 is a good place to pick it up, the show was too slow and confusing the first two episodes

[@tormundgaint1022]

Have you watched Dark on Netflix? Best tv show

[@universalcollective427]

@@tormundgaint1022 the fact the german scifi show about the past neatly skipped over the holocaust really made me hate that entire production. you can't do that.

[@lillol3245]

Relax the show is absolutely okay

[@mickkimes8016]

keep it going man!! Dark matter videos have been great

[@mattyboyb523]

Love the video as always you pick some great shows to follow and typically provide very in depth analysis. This show is fascinating and right now it’s the best out there as far as I’m concerned there’s something I don’t think you discussed that I think is extremely important and I’ll have to go back to the show and , pause and watch closely, but I think that’s what the Jay as we know him was going through the contents of that strong box and it was birth certificates with Social Security cards of the family, and there was an additional member perhaps their first child died ???

[@maxwellleung6068]

Amanda mentioned Jay met his-ex ( Daniela )the night before he went into box , so there must be the trigger of his decision somehow

[@AllyourBase3]

We technically knew that since Daniella told good Jason that he has come to see her before he disappeared

[@TangoNevada]

Agreed, that was the trigger and he pretended the trigger was guilt over Blair not returning.

[@alienmartinez459]

Yay🎉 another upload!

[@chikogota]

off course jaye understood how to make money, the new car gun and the secret place wont come cheap, on the first episode you notices tons of stuff that easily can be a job to get money, clean or not but it is a setup

[@DJSkandalous]

he most likely can re-create technology from his world into the new world. Since Ryan didnt get as far in that world, he could also invest into his company fully knowing the possibilities they have. My bet is he either brought technology with him or information on technology at which he can sell.

[@jimmiesavage437]

We love you too ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ great video once again

[@somejackball]

good episode! and now i'm starting to think something similar is going on at Lumon on Severance. could explain Ms Casey/Gemma. remember Ricken's book reading, about Schrodinger's cat

[@radientproductions9799]

LOVE THIS SHOW!

[@julius-stark]

I have to admit, this show could have gone in so many different directions but they seem to be side-stepping the obvious and giving us just enough mystery without it feeling like Lost. Reminds in ways of Counterpart which was cancelled too soon.

[@jai_lyricz]

ALSO IT TOOK THEM WAAAY TOO LONG to realize Jason wasn’t their “Jason”😂😂😂🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🙄‼️‼️but yall are supposed to be so intelligent wow smh

[@alanpennie8013]

*Hand out those stupid pills guys. We've gotta stretch out this story any way we can*

[@jai_lyricz]

@@alanpennie8013 smh episode 6 was sooo lame they could’ve kept that!!would be nice if we could get some semblance of an answer, like OG Jason acts so dumb tbh but his counterpart is smart. Hard to believe they’re one in the same 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@tormundgaint1022]

Thank you again

[@DJSkandalous]

I dont think they killed Ryan, they probably sent him in the box and we may see him later on. If you know only 1 person returned through the box, using the box to get rid of Ryan would be the best resort than rather having to dispose of a body.

[@nawwk79]

Jaye tied a ribbon on the door he is from and one by one tried every door until he found Jason's reality.

[@cmeeki4]

Fantastic breakdown and I'm thinking of rereading the book, while watching the show.

[@wanted_flamingo]

Does each universe they travel to have a box there already,or how does that work? Jason had no box builtin his universe.Yet his alternate come from another box in that universe. So where did it come from?

[@Vexarax]

if it follows the book accurately that will be answered :)

[@ruffgirl1776]

Reminds me a little of Counterpart With JK Simmons

[@marca5883]

Intrigued by this series so far💚🇬🇧🌱

[@Q-Dads]

Great breakdown. You didn't mention much about Maximillion or Blair. Which reality do you think the Blair we saw is actually from? And do you think we'll see Maximillion from another reality?

[@Philip-0]

7:26 This was the moment we realized that the box was built by Tesla.

[@ThatVinylChannel]

No, I think she was saying 4 people missing INCLUDING Daniela Vargas, or at least that is what I took from the conversation between Amanda and Leighton. They really didn't show us what they did with Daniel's body of if the police found it.

[@Vile_old_Bastard_3545]

It was obviously 3 others that went missing including Jaye. How hard is that to understand? If you include Daniella then that is because they have got rid of her corpse before the cops could find her.

[@DJSkandalous]

yeah I took it as Jaye is the 4th

[@RH1812]

I’m reminded of Sliders. A lot.

[@Metallic-Sun]

OT: any chance you'll do a review of Sugar ?

[@alamingarba6479]

on what days do they get released?

[@Turtledira]

So good at confusing people even the showrunners can't keep who knows what straight.

[@mrloso]

HOLD on, if she visited Daniela's gallery in episode 1 how is Blair missing ??? That wasn't a flash back either, that was when Jason went looking for Alternate Daniela & For Jaye's return to his original world to leave Jason, I believe he just imagined going BACK to the world where he created the box since that's the MAIN and most powerfully defining trait of his universe.

[@mattyboyb523]

My bad, lol. Must’ve chosen the wrong Schrödinger door. I played the video for my wife and see that you do discuss the second son. Maximilian. And this was a twin??? Gotta watch this episode again.

[@birujinggasaja]

the ? who build the box in original Jason or suddenly the box already in that reality?

[@cappybenton]

Wunderbar

[@kalidzakaria1]

It's like that 90s show called Sliders where he spent 5 seasons trying to return to his world 🤔

[@EasilyAmused42]

Which universe are we in? Are there only 2 universes that we are aware of? Start paying attention to the minor things that seem like production glitches, are they? We could be looking at an infinite number of different universes with each episode. What did EJ say he was looking for? "Perfection"

[@DaVille914]

I see this show going for a few seasons

[@LottoDub720]

Leighton's acting is bringing down the show

[@jroygbiv]

the 4th person that went into the box is Jason

[@jigen1504]

Some questions I have. Ok especially after realizing Jason wasn’t J, why would he presume that Jason was actively involved? I would figure that if Jason was involved then he wouldn’t be so loud about being different. If he wanted to replace Jay why would he crash around like a bull in a china shop?

[@TwinFlyDSW]

I hope they did not kill Ryan 😭 but it looks like Velocity were able to reverse engineer his compounds. I wonder if Dawn’s, superposition, severed fingers might cause a complication down the road similar to Elizabeth in Bioshock Infinite? 🤔

[@AllyourBase3]

None of the Leighton stuff is in the book so I'm curious where they are going with it.

[@jigen1504]

#2. Why would dude have Jason beat to a pulp then turn around and ask for his help. It seems he would’ve used sugar b4 the salt

[@yuriramos9937]

So only Jason knows the realities addresses inside the box?

[@karllisisaac9498]

he says 3 because to him jason has returned

[@tylerparker3237]

The reason for Jaye going into the box is explained by Amanda. He met with Daniella the night before he went into the box. He likely felt a strong sense of regret and realized he has a reverse regret machine!

[@alanpennie8013]

As has frequently been remarked he also has his own Daniela standing right there, and she's currently unattached and still quite into him. Sometimes this show is so stupid it hurts my head.

[@A1Vega]

so jaye and jason already existed in the same "realm" or whatever and he just sent jason to a different one?

[@matheusvalestra2727]

What's with the birth certificate? They had twins? The female twin is one of the volunteers to the box and went missing?

[@Shadow_wo1f05]

I guess no ahs part two videos

[@kevinaryaldi6923]

I just finished watching all three episodes. Honestly, I'm a little sick of why Jason didn't tell from the beginning the part where he was kidnapped by someone with a mask and got injected. Even though he already realized that he hypothesized what if the one who kidnapped him was another version of himself. why didn't he explain that when he was interviewed again after he was arrested? that's really annoying

[@vinyfiny]

My brain is telling me Leighton's grandpa is him from another reality or something, but it doesn't seem like there's any time travel related to using the box so I'm probably wrong🤷‍♂️.

[@Imfromfrankston]

Episode 3 of Dark Matter feedback. Why did they kill of Jennifer Connelly? And it was absurd the way Jason just got over it without any grief. Also why are they so irate and heavy handed about not having the correct Jason? It’s not some military funded classified mission. I mean the guy himself built the box. I just have to suspend disbelief with all the unnecessary angst at this point and think it would have rung truer to have gone down a different path or at least it could have demonstrated why it was so serious and why all the violence was necessary. I mean Elon Musk wouldn’t be treated in that way by his own company would he? Reply

[@Fhhbfdeehhf]

Abraham built a box irl

[@tinaf7395]

3 missing plus “Jaye”

[@hugosoares9392]

I assume he said "3 missing" because the 4th is jason

[@Thegreeks08]

Hold up!!!…lol…someone please help me..Layton thinks “jaye” is “jason” ?..and just doesnt want to tell him the secret of how to use the box?..Jason tells Amanda “you just dont know who you think you have”..or something like that..and all of a sudden Layton walks in and has figured it out that Jason is actually 2 Jasons?…im probably wrong..

[@DieFresh]

Bro what 😭

[@ReuelWilliams-ug7ho]

So many plot holes that I hope get fixed in later episodes: 1) If Jaye came out of a box to enter Jason's world that means that Jason's world had a box. However, that makes no sense since Jason never scaled it up. 2) Why wouldn't Jason just tell them that Jaye abducted him. Why keep it a secret and get beat up? 3) How could Jaye possibly know which door to open. There would literally be an infinite amount. 4) How would Jaye have directed Jason to know which door to open to get to his original universe. Why even carry him back to the old universe in the first place where he could possibly come back? I mean you're willing to abduct him and basically lie to his wife (which is creepy af and totally non-consensual) so your moral compass is already shaky. Seems more logical to just kill him.

[@birujinggasaja]

similar to myu question in each world need a box too, or suddenly in every possible scenario it already build up?

[@cheesenotcheesyenough9088]

I’ve read the book and the majority of these are answered by the end

[@Vexarax]

@@cheesenotcheesyenough9088 yep as someone who loves the book, it's slightly frustrating seeing all these people mad at the show when the answers all exist already lol. If it actually sticks to the story from the book it will be great - but I've been disappointed by tv adaptations before! fingers crossed :)

[@Looshington]

@@VexaraxThat’s not the books job to explain what’s happening. I’m sure the book and story ARE GREAT, but we are only being presented with the information on TV. And TV has been more than known to unfortunately add some plot holes in otherwise great work! It’s up to them to execute, can’t expect people to hold on for answers they have no concept of coming or not.

[@Vexarax]

@@Looshington yes the book starts out seeming crazy but it’s all explained by the end so that might happen with the show. The show was adapted for screen by the guy who wrote the book :)

[@A1Vega]

so this box just pop up in diff realities n nobody else see the shit??

[@CarlosEduardo-up6ob]

I think its important to remember that the relationship the impostor jason is having with the wife is extremely non consensual and disgusting.

[@alanpennie8013]

Oh indeed. He's a very bad dude. Makes you wonder about Jason 1, who was quite happy to cheat on the wife he's supposedly so obsessed with.

[@alanpennie8013]

Apparently the story ends with a great Jason massacre, and I don't think anyone's gonna be too sad about that.

[@rvheem7702]

I think it’s possible that he is data mining for crypto currency - hence why he has money to spend on all those fancy things…

[@jai_lyricz]

I just think it’s crazy how in these shows it’s never the government discovering all this stuff is just like a regular dude or some random company&&the government has no idea about it and doesn’t take it over😂😂😂😂🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️‼️‼️

[@DoporaBHe6o]

damn f this I am going to read the book

[@Vexarax]

it's really good! :)

[@ivormoto6136]

To anyone who has read the book. Please spoil it under here for me.

[@Vexarax]

do you actually want me to? I'll give you the basic overall gist (SPOILERS BELOW) There's literally hundreds/thousands of Jasons who all think they're the real Jason and are all trying to get back to Jason's original world. He ends up going through hundreds of worlds trying to get to his world before the other Jason's get there, but many of the worlds have been destroyed by plagues and apocalypses etc. There are many Jasons in varying stages of extreme injury and disease etc, because they spent too long in the wrong worlds. By the time he gets there, there are many other Jasons there already and they all have to try to kill all the other Jasons so the last one left gets the world :D The book is SOOOO good (I can't remember the exact details as it was a few years ago I read it, but that's the basics)

[@fouronetwoer]

The character Jason makes me want to turn the show off. I'm only still watching it because I'm interested in the other dimension theory. Other than that this is very poorly written. If you're trying to get back to your reality, work with people from Jay's reality to help you figure it out. I know they have to drag it out somehow but they could have wrote this very different. Jason has to be the smartest most dumbest character I've ever watched. It's like watching a scaring movie and the character runs into the house or fields instead of getting into the car. Jason could have told them he wasn't Jay. They could have still introduced Daniela and built upon that, they could have still introduced Ryan, maybe make him a villain. And Jason could have still entered the box in the 3rd episode. He's gotten two people killed. I would have immediately said I'm not Jay, lets's figure out how to get me back. He's just fuckin stupid. My bad for the long ass. message.

[@bztube888]

The cavewoman was a little over the top.

[@BiPolarBear128]

tried watching this series but it was soooooo boring and didnt seem to go anywhere ..snooze fest

[@datacorz]

Bye, Felicia.

[@alanpennie8013]

At least I don't think they can stretch out this story to more than one season. So there's that.