Dark Matter Season 2: Cast, Story & Everything We Know (2025)

Warning! This Post Contains Spoilers For Dark Matter Season 1!

Continuing the streamer's trend of delivering top-notch science fiction, Apple TV+'s Dark Matter thrilled in its first season and left the door wide open for more interdimensional excitement in season 2. Created by Blake Crouch and based on his 2016 eponymous novel, Dark Matter concerns physicist Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton) who finds himself in an alternate universe and must work his way back before his alternates can harm his family. Like most modern science fiction programs, the plot serves as a jumping-off point for its heady ideas, and Dark Matter cleverly explores fascinating possibilities.

Generally well-received by critics and viewers alike, Dark Matter's mind-boggling plot was filled with twists and turns, but it never grew tedious or confusing. This was due in large part to the show's strong writing and brilliant performances, all of which added up to a satisfying, but far from conclusive, season 1 ending. With questions still looming about which universe Jason, Amanda, and Charlie ended up in, Dark Matter season 1's finale was practically inviting a second season to not only explore Jason's storyline further, but the storylines of various other characters who were merely teased in episode 9.

Dark Matter Season 2 Latest News

Apple TV+ Orders A Second Season

As befitting the first season's inconclusive ending, the latest news confirms that Apple TV+ has ordered a second season of Dark Matter. The news broke less than two months after the series went off the air in June 2024, and represents the streamer's ongoing commitment to top-notch sci-fi content. Show creator and original author Blake Crouch shared the news on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, including a cheeky edited image of Joel Edgerton's Jason standing in front of a white board with "Dark Matter season 2" written in big letters.

Crouch also shared his full thoughts in a longer statement, seen below:

Thanks to everyone who tuned-in for season one—book fans and new fans—and of course our partners at Apple and Sony, my amazing producing partner, Matt Tolmach, our tremendous cast and crew, and the great city of Chicago—you were so good to us. In the process of writing and filming season one, we discovered that there’s so much more story to tell, and we’ve only scratched the surface of these characters as they fight for survival and to find their way home through a landscape of mind-bending realities. See you in the Box!

Dark Matter Season 2 Is Confirmed

Apple TV+ Quickly Renewed

With such an open-ended conclusion to the first season, it was clear from the start that Dark Matter was never envisioned as a limited series. However, it was never certain if the burgeoning sci-fi hit would be revived for a sophomore season. In August 2024, Apple TV+ put the issue to bed when they ordered a second season of Dark Matter less than two months after the debut season ended. Few details are known at this time, but it's implied that writer and series creator Blake Crouch is involved once again.

Dark Matter Season 2 Cast

Anyone Could Return

Being a show steeped in time travel and multiverses, the cast of Dark Matter season 2 could include any number of characters from season 1. No matter the circumstances, the show has implied that there are copies of each person in endless numbers of universes meaning no one could truly be gone for good. With that said, season 2 will likely see Joel Edgerton back as physicist Jason Dessen, and his numerous alters, while Jennifer Connelly will probably be back as Jason's wife, Daniela, the object of affection for many of the other Jasons.

The presumptive cast of Dark Matter season 2 includes:

Actor	Dark Matter Role
Joel Edgerton	Jason Dessen
Jennifer Connelly	Daniela Dessen
Oakes Fegley	Charlie Dessen
Alice Braga	Amanda Lucas
Jimmi Simpson	Ryan Holder
Dayo Okeniyi	Leighton Vance
Amanda Brugel	Blaire
Aina Brei-Yon	Dawn Lawrence

Dark Matter Season 2 Story Details

Which Universe Did Jason Choose?

Perhaps the largest question left after the ending of Dark Matter season 1 is which universe Jason and his family fled to? The show offers no conclusive answer, though it can be surmised that the family picked one where they do not exist in an alternate form. While some of the alternate Jasons, most notably Jason2, had a change of heart, it's clear that many versions are still determined to get to Daniela. This means that no matter which world the family went to, they will always be hounded by Jason's alters.

Another possibility for the season 2 story is to shift away from Jason and his family, and that was teased heavily in season 1, episode 9, "Entanglement". Not only did the finale imply that Ryan1 and Amanda could team up, but it also implied that Dawn, Leighton, and Blaire would no longer play minor roles. Each interacts with The Box in some way in the finale, meaning they will soon be jumping between worlds and opening the door for all sorts of strange quantum entanglements in Dark Matter season 2.

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Dark Matter (2024)

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Sci-Fi

Thriller

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.

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Cast

Joel Edgerton , Jennifer Connelly , Alice Braga , Jimmi Simpson , Oakes Fegley , Dayo Okeniyi

Release Date

May 8, 2024

Seasons

1

Writers

Blake Crouch

Directors

Jakob Verbruggen

Creator(s)

Blake Crouch

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Apple TV+

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Sci-Fi