The Mezzanine

For this challenge, I thought I'd take a minute to tell you all about my most recent TV discovery: Dark Matter.

This show is by one of the Stargate writers, which is how I noticed it. It's also (so far) entirely awesome.



The premise goes something like this:

Somewhere in the galaxy, on a far-future spaceship, a bunch of humans wake up from stasis, without their memories. They have no idea of who they are or why they're there – and they name themselves after the order in which they woke up.


Our main characters are:

One – the optimistic idealist, who sees the best in everyone (especially himself)

Two – the leader (and main woman in the cast)

Three – basically Jayne Cobb

Four – samurai sword-fighting, die-with-honour guy (who is dishonourable, thoroughly untrustworthy and likely to stab you in your sleep)

Five – teenage girl, who's very good with technology

Six – strong silent type (and actually quite nice)

Android – supposed to be an emotionless robot; actually more like Kryten (in that she gets jealous, worried, etc)



They spend a lot of the time flying around the galaxy, trying to figure out who they are, and trying to avoid the many, many people who want them dead for reasons they can't remember.

It's really fun! And well-worth checking out if you're a sci-fi fan.