Dark Matter Finale Book vs Show

Find out how episodes 7-9 of Dark Matter which stars Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly, compare with the book by Blake Crouch!
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00:00 intro
00:42 ep7 plot
02:54 changes and thoughts
06:46 ep8 plot
08:06 changes and thoughts
10:19 ep9 plot
12:40 changes and thoughts
15:04 show ending
16:04 book vs show

[@I_am_Raziel]

It's a great show. I am glad Apple chooses quality. EVERY Apple TV scifi show is phenomenal!

[@WhytheBookWins]

I'll be covering Lady in the Lake in July which Apple is also adapting! Not scifi, but it looks like it'll be good.

[@jamiestark80]

I’m crossing my fingers that Apple also adapts Recursion and Upgrade from Blake Crouch.

[@HananZabin]

​@@jamiestark80 I was thinking the same thing.. I would love to see them as shows as well

[@xitij2049]

Actually, if you pay close attention, it was hinted already that Amanda 2 and Ryan 1 ended up in same world. When Jason 2 threw Ryan 1 in that futuristic world it was night, and the background was lit up in green color and when Jason 1 left Amanda 2 in that perfect world he looks back one final time before entering that box, and we see that whole green Chicago in night again, it looks literally the same as before.

[@SmartCookie2022]

Apart from the aurora borealis being absent in the second skyline. Sure, it was daytime, but it wasn't obvious and could easily have been yet another parallel Chicago with subtle differences.

[@DesignerShark44]

@@SmartCookie2022 no they eventually met in the finale, they were in the same world

[@a.akacic]

that was fairly obvious. nothing shocking and only normies would treat that as an amazing insight

[@a.akacic]

@@SmartCookie2022 cope

[@debonlr]

@@a.akacic loser

[@MarcosSantos-dj6lk]

I feel the show is way superior to the book. Probably Jason 2 is not killed because they want a season 2 with they end with a lot of possibilites open to a original season

[@maryshaffer5675]

Jason 2 regret was believable. The Jason's love for their family was believable too. But, I'd like to see what happens when authorities get involved in the murders and track all the crimes left .

[@HodajuciParadoks]

The sad part is that.....every version of Jason after he was kidnap is original one...just made different decisions, the one we fallow we see as original, but he is not, all of them are, that is the point of the box, both are the truth, what ever decision someone makes is the original, just different part taken. All of them are Jasons that were kidnaped from World 1. That is the sad part. Sad story.

[@HodajuciParadoks]

The theory of multiverse, is every decision anyone makes make a different universe, it is infinite and forever growing...and it is not big decision , every decision no matter how small. Not just one person every living being , and all of their other versions ...it is like a tree of decisions..but for everyone and everything, not even living thing...what could happen will happen that is the point. If you head starts to hurt you are on the right path.

[@I_am_Raziel]

Infinite amount of infinities.

[@realbosstakea]

im still confused on that part like at what point are they all the same like im confused fr theyre all jason 1 from what standpoint in time? after he gets kidnapped? or are they all jason 2's that were rich and trying to the family?

[@I_am_Raziel]

@@realbosstakea As of from the point where Jason 2 puts Jason 1 into the box.

[@realbosstakea]

@@I_am_Raziel but wouldnt there only be jason 1 and 2? like wasnt there a 3rd jason? when did the 3rd jason come into play?

[@natalielintner9623]

Thanks for making this video. I read the book a few years ago and could NOT remember how it ended. I really liked all of the additions to the story in the show, especially since it was Blake Crouch who adapted his book for the screen.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah definitely! So cool Crouch himself did the show and it seems to have been an opportunity for him to improve upon his own work.

[@emsleywyatt3400]

One little bit of dialog from the book that I wished they'd kept was when Jason was explaining to Daneila and Charlie what was going on. First he explains the kidnapping, then he begins to explain the multitude of Jasons saying "this is where it gets weird. Charlie says "GETS weird?".

[@misitugaga1185]

Thank you so much for analysis I love it ... You are so right about the chemistry between the actors. Amazing.. I've not read the books but I think the tv writers did a great job with closing out the show but at the same time leaving it open for a possible season 2 .. I hope there is a season 2 ...😊

[@WhytheBookWins]

Thanks! And yeah, ties things up enough while still leaving options. I hope there is a season two as well!

[@realbosstakea]

whats really cool about all the evil jasons is no matter how evil they are they wouldnt dare hurt daniela and charlie.... like thats pretty chill for jason 1 to know that hes chill like that

[@007NowOnline]

Well, in the show, Jason1 did find a world where Daniella called the police because her "violent ex-husband broke out of prison" and is in her house. So, potentially, some of them could be abusive husbands too.

[@user-rz6bi5cs9y]

@@007NowOnlinei thought all the jasons we saw were just alternates of the prime jason specifically not other versions (that could be the abusive ones)

[@Lyrikal757]

@@user-rz6bi5cs9y Jason prime and the flip of a coin decision leads to two new Jason’s. Their flip of a coin leads to four new Jason’s. They were identical up until that first choice split. So the moment of kidnapping drugged and put into the box is exactly the same for alllll of them. But what happened next had infinite variations because any choice that could be made, go left or right, spawned infinite others. And some of those made it back home

[@Lyrikal757]

@@007NowOnline that was a world where he”could have been” but at some point made an entirely different choice. Like all of the worlds we saw where he was alive still. Like his own world he was ripped from. So yes. There can be a violent one. There can be a hippy version etc etc. but that’s not Jason prime (kidnapped Jason) and his variants

[@alpacamale2909]

The author confirmed that one of the worlds was the world of Wayward Pines.

[@HananZabin]

Really ?? Omg that's amazing

[@MaxVroomfondel]

I believe the author has said that Jason 1 is the one we've been following all through the show as in the book.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Oooh, okay, guess that debunks that theory then.

[@JoshNieves]

Loved the show and the finale. My only question would be, how was Ryan looking for Amanda when they never met in the first place?

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah I'm not sure how he would have known about her...

[@HananZabin]

I think Ryan was looking for people who were dead or missing for a couple of years and suddenly appeared like Amanda

[@prezli]

I just don’t know why there aren’t multiple Jason 2s if he had explored so many worlds

[@MaxVroomfondel]

There would be only they're off in other universes, they would have idea of Jason 1's universe.

[@frankcastillo2855]

Season 2 idea: a rom-com exploring the universe where Daniela did choose the shared custody option.

[@WhytheBookWins]

😂

[@sc00bzuk]

This is my first time to your channel and I gotta say that I really enjoyed your comparison video here. I haven't read the book but have been quite captivated by the show and genuinely looked forward to each episode. I guess, based on what you've said here, I don't need to read the book as the show has done a better job with the story. I do hope they decide to do a second season as there are a lot of open plot holes. Where do the Dessen family end up? What's the story going to be with Ryan 1 and Amanda 2? Where will Blair 2 end up now she's decided she's ready to go back into the box? Will we get to see more of Leighton 1 travelling? What did actually eventually happen to Leighton 2? This is quite a complex story with potentially a crazy amount of multiples of the various characters running around that have ventured into that box. I just hope that if they do a season 2, they don't mess it up and it holds the same quality that the first season has.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Glad you liked the video! The show has been getting so much praise so I would be surprised if it doesn't get a season 2. But we will see...

[@emsleywyatt3400]

If they do a season 2 they should address the world which now has a boatload of Jasons. What would that do?

[@MaxVroomfondel]

I'm thinking Jason 2 would possibly get more of the drug from another universe and give all the other Jason's the opportunity to go and find a universe of their own to live in. Probably a stretch but it's all I can think of.

[@frankiew1922]

Nice idea for a channel. Always down to read before watching

[@realbosstakea]

also when ryan was trapped in his world it was chicago, and he met amanda at the end in seattle, so he had to be tracking her down... but if so how and why? they never crossed paths before? but ryan knows how to make the drug and now he knows amanda, so he is definitley going to be a protagonist szn 2

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah that's a good question...

[@anthonyleluika7240]

My guess is that he set up some sort of camera/surveillance around the box to find out if Jason 2 ever came back. Maybe he could have looked back and saw that Amanda and Jason 1 came together while also seeing that Jason 1 left so she was the only one to find. just a thought because i asked the same thing

[@realbosstakea]

@@anthonyleluika7240 Damn... thats smart asf, good theory bro... ryan would definitley set up a camera system especially since hes the smart one who also figured out the drug formula

[@HananZabin]

​@@anthonyleluika7240it didn't cross my mind .. wow it's possible

[@paulallenk4830]

Hearing you recap the complicated multiple storylines reminded me of being in Advanced Chemistry class in high school. I could hear my teacher talking but my mind started to wander and I found myself thinking of Cher's 1970's hit song "Dark Lady" which I highly recommend you watch on youtube as she sings with a giant hat on her head in glorious 1970's Cher style. Sorry, back to Dark Matter. I tapped out after episode 3 and would have stayed with it if was 6 episodes but didn't have it in me to watch all 9 hours. Thank you Laura for letting me know how it ended and seriously...watch that Cher video !!!

[@HananZabin]

I also loved the show more than the book . The thought about Rayan and Amanda is that Rayan maybe was looking for people who were dead or missing for a couple of years and suddenly appeared like Amanda .. I really would love to hv a season 2

[@chuvst3r]

the lottery system is so ridiculous it sounds like comedy honestly 😭

[@truejim]

My theory is that the final world the family entered is the Dark City world, so Jennifer Connelly is the same character in both Dark City and Dark Matter. 🤡

[@realbosstakea]

i also dont get how there were so many at the end like how did they all conquer their emotions to find this exact world?

[@WhytheBookWins]

Seems so!

[@HananZabin]

Love .. They all loved Daniela and Charlie so much .

[@willdeynes]

I thought it was a really good story, but a few things i could not wrap my head around. How did they pay for things when they were traveling between multiverses, and, how would you explain no one questioning this random giant box in the middle of a highway.. in a park.. etc..

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah the box always happening to appear in an abandoned location seems a little too lucky... And yeah, the book gets more into how he and Amanda are running low on cash but the show doesn't get into it. The series does show that different worlds have different looking money based on what Jason2 has in his storage locker which I thought was a cool detail.

[@TheNinjaMarmot]

Thanks for this. Now I can binge on it.

[@jamiestark80]

I totally agree about reading the book after watching the show. I read the book years ago and just tried to reread it after watching some episodes of the show. I didn’t make it far into the book and lost interest.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah kind of disappointing that it doesn't hold up. But Crouch was able to improve on his work through the show so that's cool.

[@filmlover123]

I love your channel! Thank you for doing it! By the way, you look like the great Vera Farmiga.

[@WhytheBookWins]

I'm glad you like my channel 😀 And wow, I have never heard that one but she is beautiful so thank you!

[@Ghosty_McGhostington]

I refuse to believe the author wasn't somehow influenced by steins;gate, which I strongly recommend watching if you really enjoyed the whole premise of timeline divergence and struggling to get back to your native reality. Also, I loved the double plot-twist ending! It's rare to watch something I can't easily predict the ending of, and this one did it twice within like ten minutes!

[@RookieDIY]

The marquee that shows It's a Wonderful Life, is also lists Upgrade, which is another Blake Crouch book.

[@ecbrown6151]

Upgrade is such a fun movie

[@jeraldbrewer6087]

Congrats this is an excellent analysis of book v screen adapt. I do have one minor quibble. I read the book twice --like you-- and --like you & Blake Crouch-- think the series is an improvement on the book. However I loved the book equally both times I read it. On 1st read I was sooo caught up in the action & the thrills (imagine Jason Bourne in a sci-fi setting) that the emotional heft didn't register. The emotions & heart caught me by surprise on the 2nd read. So I liked the book as much the 2nd time around. The lead performances by Edgerton , Connelly & Braga absolutely lifted this show above the book. I remember Edgerton from his cameo in the great "Zero Dark Thirty", but Braga was a new face to me. I've seen Connelly numerous times & have always liked her. IMO she's never been better than she was in this series. Her performance in the "Jupiter" episode is jaw dropping. The acting, editing & production all around are Oscar worthy (if they qualified). Finally whoever thought of choosing that particular song by Coldplay from their 1st album in that particular spot in the finale is genius. Finally Part 2: the show was originally slated to be 8 episodes but Blake & EP Matt Tolmach decided that it needed a 9th episode after seeing a 1st cut & they were right.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Thanks! And yeah I hope this gets some Emmy nominations!

[@debonlr]

Congrats you come off as a Person that loves smell there own farts with crap like I read the book twice wow just wow you read a book not once but twice

[@SmartCookie2022]

I can understand why Blake Crouch expanded his book for the possibility of further seasons. The same applies to the so-called loose ends with Blair Caplan, Leighton Vance and Detective Jamie Mason which will be picked up in the second season, should Apple TV decide to give it another season. I read the book when it first came out so I was perfectly fine with the TV show as most of the intricate plot details were slightly sketchy to me. What I DO remember is liking the book immensely. The show was just as much fun, but perhaps a little too drawn out. Nevertheless, it was one of the best TV shows of this year.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah agreed!

[@TheAbsurdMan3794]

Now we want book vs series of Three Body Problem😊

[@WhytheBookWins]

I tried reading that book but quit halfway through 😖 there were things I liked but overall I felt like so much was going over my head

[@TheAbsurdMan3794]

@@WhytheBookWins I also tried to read it but i don’t know why i can’t read fictional books, and there are videos on KZbin of this book but i just don’t like them, and I thought you would explain it because i love your way how you relate books to tv😊

[@gaudimarra4814]

Great Review - Thanku :)

[@WhytheBookWins]

😊

[@moulin1995]

I would’ve preferred only 2 jasons, but still loved the show though i feel like multiversal travel might be worse than time travel

[@WhytheBookWins]

Seriously! I would much rather time travel.

[@dbagette]

Since this is a story that involves infinite possibilities/storylines, it could be possible that season 2 could be a follow up of both the show and the book 🤷‍♀

[@iloveaudiostuff]

Wow, Book vs Show is super cool - thank you! The thing I was most confused about in Ep.8 is why “Our Jason” doesn’t explain in detail more about the box (how it works) to Daniela & Charlie until after they’re on the run together… Seems like Daniela immediately grasps what’s going on and deeply trusts “Our Jason” but he didn’t even explain the complexities to them. I honestly believe they had filmed a scene where Jason explains the box, but they scrapped it since it’s not easy to explain succinctly what’s going on with the box…..

[@WhytheBookWins]

In the book, and I think the show as well, Jason had been working on a mini version of the box when he and Daniela had been dating. So she was aware of what was potentially possible with a larger version of the box. Granted, that was like 16 years ago for her so I'm sure her memory on it would have been a little foggy lol.

[@007NowOnline]

Great review. I agree. I loved the book but I think that the show was better and more detailed. I do hope though that they can find a way to continue the story line and also show us new and exciting dystopian and utopian worlds. Or do a spin off with the other characters..... So much more potential and plotlines to be had.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Thanks!

[@realbosstakea]

i also wanna know leighton 1 and leighton 2 stories played out... leighton 1 last scene he was walking in the box looking like he got mauled by a prehistoric monster... and leighton 2 was living his best life visiting who knows what type of worlds

[@007NowOnline]

I think you mixed those two around. Leighton 2 is the one fron Jason 2s world, he ran into the box to chase Jason 1 and Amanda 2. Leighton 1 is the one from Jason1s world and he was shown the box by Jason2. Leighton 1 went in the box with hope and excitement. Leighton 2 went into the box with anger and hopelessness. I suspect Leighton 2 ended up in a world similar to "mad max" considering we last saw him open a door to a desert wasteland. And Leighton 1 visited some futuristic steam punk world based on that cool outfit he had on. 😂

[@realbosstakea]

@@007NowOnline swear that shit was chill asf

[@kristijan8518]

Did I miss something or the show didn't explain why OG Jason created copies but Jason 2 didn't create any

[@WhytheBookWins]

Hmm good question. there has to be Jason2 copies out there but maybe they didn't make it back to the original world and ended up with a Daniela from another world...?

[@kristijan8518]

@@WhytheBookWins wouldn't at least one of them return to the original world? He has been missing for a year

[@emsleywyatt3400]

He probably did but they're not the focus of the story.

[@mbethely1]

16:28- The detective situation was about getting rid of ryan. didnt it lead to ryan not telling on jason. It also showed the decline of jason 2.

[@autumn905]

Hopefully you read and review Wayward Pines. I have not read the book yet but I recently finished the show, was looking for something similar and found out about Dark matter under similar watches. I'll say Black Crouch really does like a lead guy trying to figure out where they are and whats happening. Wayward pines season 1 is really good. The mystery and answers keeps you hooked.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah I've heard great things about Wayward Pines both book and show!

[@realbosstakea]

damn pretty and brains the world has hope

[@alpacamale2909]

I think Ryan might have developed a way to tell if someone belongs to that world, just like in the show Fringe where every world and humans have their own frequency. I like that the kid didn't make any stupid decision, I'm tired of that troupe.

[@Ghosty_McGhostington]

Imagine being the people left behind in Jason 1's timeline, like "where the fuck did all these dead bodies come from?!, A whole ass family is missing!!, What in the almighty fuck happened to our vacation house?!, Why are all these random cars crashed/abandoned/stolen?!" 🤣 That poor detective gonna get fired for sure 😭

[@realbosstakea]

you would think that there would be a junkie addict jason at 1 point lol that wouldve been more realistic, imagine hes all shooting upon the street all homeless trying to pretend hes shooting the box drug, and everyone around him thinks hes crazy when hes talking about how he used to time travel in a box lol

[@WhytheBookWins]

That one probably does exist! He just didn't make it back to the original world

[@HananZabin]

I hv a theory about the other Jasons that were left behind.. they are all different versions of our Jason with the same motivation to go back to thier family. I would love if Jason 2 in season 2 makes ampules and help the other Jasons to find a world created from different decisions made from Jason 2 and Daniela and Charlie.. they would go to . The show and book only focused on our Jason. Although every decision they made differently would creat a new world Example.. When our Jason and Amanda from her world tried to escape a couple of hours later . So this means that infinite number of worlds of our Jason were created when Jason 2 came . I really felt so sorry for the other Jasons i cryed when they let them go . Its so painful to lose a loved one 😣

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah such a great but sad scene at the end!

[@HananZabin]

They didn't show us what happened to Layton from Jasons 2 universe. Is he alive or dead . Or where is he

[@WhytheBookWins]

Seemed like he was dying last we saw.

[@belaswhicker2033]

I fully believe the Jason who ends up with Daniela at the end is the original Jason. What would be the point of swapping the original out?

[@WhytheBookWins]

But all of the Jason's are the "original"... But I see what you mean, that it makes more sense for the audience to have been watching the same Jason all along.

[@belaswhicker2033]

@@WhytheBookWins But the all the otherJasons split off from the original into different Jasons at the moment Jason 2 swapped universes with him. But the original Jason was in Jason 2’s exact universe. Everything that happens to original Jason in the Jason 2 universe is a shared realty with Jason 2. I could be totally confused, though. Lol

[@TheMetatron]

Did evil Layton die if so, I missed that did they allude to it I was waiting to see how or if he died in the end montage but nope I thought maybe that character is going to be used if there is a season 2.

[@WhytheBookWins]

We saw him at the end of one of the previous episodes and he was bloody and looked like he was on his last leg. It didn't show whether he actually died or not though.

[@ecbrown6151]

@@WhytheBookWins seeing as mental state has such a strong influence on the worlds one opens I think he’s pretty screwed

[@KatDaddy313]

Your are very pretty ❤ you look good when you speak ❤😊😊😊

[@gilachess]

I am glad. Because I am not a good book reader.

[@MrAgit62]

Why there was only one Jason 2 and not more?

[@WhytheBookWins]

Blake Crouch did a reddit AMA and he said for the sake of having a more streamlined plot, he didn't include multiple Jason2's. He wanted the story to be focused on Jason1.

[@MrAgit62]

@@WhytheBookWins thank you

[@angelikafieseler741]

So I kind of lost interest in the finale but what I want to know is where is the detective and what a freak out in that world do all the other Jason’s disappear step in the box and disperse ?

[@WhytheBookWins]

Things are resolved with the detective since a new Ryan has shown up. But hard to say what will happen with all of the other Jason's.

[@ecbrown6151]

Jason has some serious mental issues, the experiences he and his alters have had are certainly traumatizing but they take place over a somewhat short amount of time. For his alters to end up be so divergent from one another is a bit worrisome. It’s understandable that Jason 2 is drastically different, they are split by 17 years, the alters though, they shouldn’t be so wildly different.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Hmm yeah I don't know, some of them went through some really traumatic stuff and the mental toll of being in the box isn't something we can understand since it doesn't exist.

[@TheHypercarnivoreChef]

I love this TV show but the final episode was too rushed, should have been 2 episodes

[@moulin1995]

The show was too long on its own

[@charleslewis9700]

Your husband won the lottery

[@debonlr]

nope jjust nope it was boring as sin the sets ups are just that set ups not much gets payed off the eps in the box were fun then most the b plot and c plait was boring

[@a.akacic]

clearly book doesnt win. lol. mental gymnastics

[@WhytheBookWins]

In the video I say the show wins.

[@frankaliberti]

Oh, give me a break. Alice Braga is a terrible actress, and her chemistry with Joel Edgerton is horrible.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Thanks for sharing your opinion! I loved their scenes together though.

[@jaysonwilder259]

My theory is the book and the tv show are different Jason 1’s which is just 👌🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@pjmsky9125]

to me this is a terrible show.. terrible story.. it makes no logical sense using drugs inside a box to skipped towards other dimensions ?? It breaks all rules of time travel and space. Total disaster! Apple TV has the worst shows of all the platforms. No surprised there.