The new Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller,Dark Matter, has been one of the best shows of the year. The seriesstars Joel Edgertonalongside Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi, and Oakes Fegley. Based on the blockbuster book by New York Times bestselling author Blake Crouch (Wayward Pines), the nine-episodeApple Original seriespremiered globally on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Wednesday, May 8, and airs every Wednesday. The fifth episode is out today, May 29, and we have an exclusive sneak peek at the episode, whichyou can watch above.Learn Matterwith the synopsis below:
“Hailed as one of the best sci-fi novels of the decade,Dark Matteris a story about the road not taken. The series will follow Jason Dessen (played by Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago —is abducted into an alternate version of his life.”
“Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amidthe mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.”
Episode five ofDark Mattercontinues Jason and Amanda’s quest to return Jason home to his original family. Among the many alternate realities they wander into is one where an original scientist from the experiment has been hiding for all those months. If you recall, before Jason 2 entered the cube to replace Jason 1, a couple of other scientific pioneers experimented with the reality-hopping machine. Well, Jason and Amanda have found one of them, and by the look of her, she has seen some horrible things. Check it out in the clip above, and watch the new episode today on Apple TV+.
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Blake Crouch serves as creator, executive producer, showrunner, and writer alongside executive producers Matt Tolmach and David Manpearl for Matt Tolmach Productions. Edgerton also serves as executive producer.Dark Matteris produced for Apple TV+ by Sony Pictures Television.
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New episodes ofDark Matterair weekly on Apple TV+ through July 12, 2025. You can watch it through the link below:
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Dark Matter
Based on his novel of the same name, Dark Matter is a sci-fi drama-thriller television series created for Apple TV+ by Blake Crouch. The series follows a physicist who is kidnapped and thrown into an alternate reality where he witnesses one potential path his life could have taken. However, he learns that the lives of his family are in jeopardy by an alternate version of himself.
