94. Can You Cooperate? (Dark Matter S2E1)

So season one.

Jason won from World One.

He used to be a physicist, but now he's a physics professor in Chicago.

He's married to Daniela and they have a son, Charlie.

And he has a friend, Ryan, who just won a prize for groundbreaking work in neuroscience.

Jason 1 gets kidnapped by Jason 2.

Jason 2 sends Jason 1 to World 2 where Jason 2 never abandoned being a physicist, but he did abandon Daniela, who then aborted Charlie.

Jason 2 regrets leaving Daniela and wants her back.

Jason 2 pretends to be Jason 1, and like infiltrates his life in world one.

But Daniela notices there's something off about him.

And she discovers his go bag, which includes a drug that is used for dimension hopping in the box.

The box is a big black box, which is like the TARDIS bigger on the inside.

There's a hallway with infinite doors and, And if you take the drug, when you open one of those doors, you go into another dimension.

And whatever you're thinking about in the moment of decision of opening a door influences what dimension you end up in.

In World 2, there's Layton, Jason 2's partner, and he's a rich CEO guy of the company that built the box.

And there's Ryan 2, who works for Jason 2 and Layton 2.

He developed the dimension-hopping drug.

And there's Amanda.

She also works for this company.

We'll call her, you know, also Amanda 2 to keep things straight.

Okay, so she's a psychologist and Jason 2's girlfriend.

She helps Jason 1... escape from World 2 into the box.

Jason 1 is determined to get back to his reality in World 1 so he can be reunited with his wife and son, but the box is sending him and Amanda 2 to random hellscapes.

Eventually, Amanda 2 learns to think of a utopia, and they go to a great version of Chicago where she chooses to stay because she's done with dimension hopping.

Jason 1 carries on, finally learning how to think of his original dimension.

So season one.

Jason won from World One.

He used to be a physicist, but now he's a physics professor in Chicago.

He's married to Daniela and they have a son, Charlie.

And he has a friend, Ryan, who just won a prize for groundbreaking work in neuroscience.

Jason 1 gets kidnapped by Jason 2.

Jason 2 sends Jason 1 to World 2 where Jason 2 never abandoned being a physicist, but he did abandon Daniela, who then aborted Charlie.

Jason 2 regrets leaving Daniela and wants her back.

Jason 2 pretends to be Jason 1, and like infiltrates his life in world one.

But Daniela notices there's something off about him.

And she discovers his go bag, which includes a drug that is used for dimension hopping in the box.

The box is a big black box, which is like the TARDIS bigger on the inside.

There's a hallway with infinite doors and, And if you take the drug, when you open one of those doors, you go into another dimension.

And whatever you're thinking about in the moment of decision of opening a door influences what dimension you end up in.

In World 2, there's Layton, Jason 2's partner, and he's a rich CEO guy of the company that built the box.

And there's Ryan 2, who works for Jason 2 and Layton 2.

He developed the dimension-hopping drug.

And there's Amanda.

She also works for this company.

We'll call her, you know, also Amanda 2 to keep things straight.

Okay, so she's a psychologist and Jason 2's girlfriend.

She helps Jason 1... escape from World 2 into the box.

Jason 1 is determined to get back to his reality in World 1 so he can be reunited with his wife and son, but the box is sending him and Amanda 2 to random hellscapes.

Eventually, Amanda 2 learns to think of a utopia, and they go to a great version of Chicago where she chooses to stay because she's done with dimension hopping.

Jason 1 carries on, finally learning how to think of his original dimension.