Up until Dark Matter 1.8, we had a Jason -- Jason 1 -- visiting a variety of alternate realities. All of that flipped in 1.8, where we had an onslaught of different Jasons showing up at the worst possible times in World 1. That made for a crackling episode in which all hell broke loose. And now we finally can see the poster for the series fulfilled.
At first, it looked like Jason 1 killed Jason 2, or maybe versa. But we soon learned that the victim was Jason 3, or the first of a flood of Jasons, all of whom were at odds with Jason 1's understandable, transcendent desire to be back with his family -- i.e., the family that he knew, and who knew him.
Here let me just tip my hat to the bartender. He's a great science fictional character. He no longer questions or even seems to wonder about the proliferation of Jasons who show up in his bar. He just greets them, serves them, and takes them in all in stride.
We already know that all Jasons have a violent streak, and when competing with each other for Daniela 1 and Charlie 1, sheer violence quickly comes to the fore. Daniela is also willing to be deadly violent to save herself and Charlie from Jason 2, and she pushes him down the basement stairs.
This season could have ended right after that, with Jason 1 finally reunited with his family. But 1.8 is not the final episode this season -- there's one more -- and there's no way that Dark Matter could end with quite so happy an ending.
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