The following contains spoilers for episode three

Dark Matter recently premiered on Apple TV+. Based on Blake Crouch’s bestselling science fiction novel of the same name, the series follows Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton) who is walking home one night when he is abducted by a man who looks exactly like him and sent into an alternate reality where everything is different. In the alternate universe he doesn’t have a wife (Jennifer Connelly), nor does he have a son (Oakes Fegley). Eventually he discovers that the version of himself from that dimension created a box that enables people to jump between universes. With the help of Amanda Lucas (Alice Braga), the girlfriend of his alternate self, he starts his journey traveling through the mind-bending landscape of different lives he could have lived, searching for his way home to his real family. 

Recently, Edgerton and Braga spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the series. Edgerton talked about playing a multitude of different Jason’s for the series and how he balanced their differences, yet inherently same core. “I think it was imperative that the core of who Jason was in any given incarnation was essentially the same,” the actor told the site. “On one level, the swagger of success and science awards and all that is there, but [there’s] this question of, is he even really happy with that success? On the other hand, you've got Jason who thinks he's unhappy, who's then going to find out, he actually realizes, he has a pretty decent life, there's just little differences. I think it was important to lean on the intentions of each character as the differences, rather than presume to want to play an entirely different character, which would have been the wrong way to go.” 

Recently, Reginald the Vampire returned to Syfy for an all-new season two. The series follows Reginald Andres (Jacob Batalon) whose life was upended last season when he was turned into a vampire. Although not the stereotypical vampire, Reginald found a place with his sire, Maurice (Mandela Van Peebles), while continuing to try to maintain a normal existence working at the Slushy Shack with his former girlfriend, Sarah (Em Haine), who he hopes to win back. 

At the end of lasts season, Reginald was required to pass an assessment with the threat of his death and that of his sire if he failed. With the help of his friends, including unlikely vampire ally Angela (Savannah Basley), he passed, and the Deacon was killed, with Maurice taking on the job. 

In season two, Maurice must learn what it means to be Deacon while also dealing with a new threat to all the vampires: angels. 

In tonight’s all-new episode of Doctor Who, titled “Boom,” landing on a planet at war, Kastarion 3, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) steps on a landmine and must reign in his emotions and use his wit to save Ruby (Millie Gibson) and the planet, all without moving.

Tonight’s episode was written by previous showrunner Steven Moffat. Known for many classic episodes, I expected it to be be better than the previous two (and more serious), and I wasn’t disappointed on either front. This episode felt more like the series I love. Don’t get me wrong, I love the comedy too, but as I stated in last week’s review, at times I found the episodes to be a bit too silly. This episode had more emotional gravitas and was at times heartbreaking.

Once again, Gatwa was phenomenal as the Doctor, and I liked seeing him rushing headfirst into danger rather than being too scared and hanging back like in the previous two episodes. Of course, it may have been the wrong move to do so, but it often is. Fans also got to see a more vulnerable side to the Doctor in the episode as well, which I appreciated. Gibson was also really enjoyable to watch. Once again I feel a bit of Clara (Jenna Coleman) in her and love that she doesn’t just follow what the Doctor says, and she risked her life to save him. The two of them continue to have fantastic chemistry on screen. 

The following contains (slight) spoilers for the end of 201.

The second season of Outer Range comes to Prime Video starting today. The series follows rancher Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin), who in season one found a dark void on his farm. In season two, he and his family are dealing with the disappearance of their granddaughter, Amy (Olive Abercrombie), while also trying to understand the revelation of Autumn (Imogen Poots)’s true identity. Meanwhile, the family is at risk of losing their land again to the neighboring Tillersons, now that Perry (Tom Pelphrey) is no longer around to face trial.

This season, Royal is finally able to tell his wife Cecilia (Lili Taylor) about the void and what happened previously, but is it too late? Not necessarily, according to star Brolin, who spoke with SciFi Vision recently about season three. “I think there's an inevitable recalibration that has to happen within the whole family unit that he doesn't really anticipate,” the actor told the site. “I don't know if he knows what is going to come, but what happens is it all becomes very chaotic, because instead of not saying anything, and being in a perpetual mystery, you're actually known now to be not trustworthy.”

The actor added that Royal's relationship with his family and himself, almost everything, changed. “You would think that by coming to terms with yourself and your own dishonesties, that everything gets better instantaneously, and that's not the way it works,” Brolin added. “The consequences that we suffer usually happen way after the fact and not really during the fact.”

On Monday, the all-new season of Harry Wild premiered, not only on Acorn TV, but also with a co-premiere on BBC America. The series, which is in its third season, follows recently retired English professor, Harry Wild (Jane Seymour), who has a knack for solving crimes, often to the chagrin of her son (Kevin Ryan), a detective of the Dublin police. Now she and her unlikely sidekick, the young Fergus (Rohan Nedd), run a detective agency.

This season, one of the new developments is a potential love interest for Harry in the form of Harry Benedict (Lachlan O’Mearáin), another private detective she meets on one of their cases. “We're not quite sure where that's going, but we do know that there is definitely a sort of a tease that he will become something,” teased Seymour in a recent interview with SciFi Vision, adding that there is a “wonderful kind of very unusual sort of a seduction” at the end of the season. “[Harry] is not used to suddenly having feelings for someone or dealing with someone who has feelings for her,” said the actress.

Tonight was the long-awaited premiere of Doctor Who on Disney Plus, and fans got not one, but two episodes.

In “Space Babies,” the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) end up at an abandoned Baby Farm on a space station. The twist is that the government closed the station but outlawed stopping the birthing machine, so instead they abandoned the babies as well. Before the Doctor and Ruby can rescue them, they discover a literal bogeyman.

In “The Devil’s Chord,” the Doctor and Ruby go to the past to meet the Beetles but don’t find what they expect when they discover the Maestro is stealing all the music of the world and changing history.

I was super excited going into the premiere tonight especially with it being Russell T. Davies now, and I really wanted to like it, but honestly, I was a bit let down. Don’t get me wrong, there were parts about the episode that were brilliant and I loved, but other parts fell a bit short. It was kind of a mixed bag.

Yesterday, the new reality competition The GOAT (Greatest of All Time), hosted by Daniel Tosh, premiered on Prime Video and Amazon Freevee. Fourteen reality stars move into the GOAT manor and compete to win $200K over the course of various challenges related to the shows that they were contestants on, to find out who is the “greatest of all time.” Contestants include Joe Amabile (The Bachelor franchise and Dancing with the Stars), Reza Farahan (Shahs of Sunset), CJ Franco (FBoy Island), Justin Johnson/Alyssa Edwards (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Paola Mayfield (90 Day Fiancé), Joey Sasso (The Circle, Perfect Match), Jason Smith (Holiday Baking Championship), Lauren Speed-Hamilton (Love is Blind), Tayshia Adams (The Bachelor), Kristen Doute (Vanderpump Rules), Teck Holmes (The Real World, The Challenge), Wendell Holland (Survivor), Da’Vonne Rogers (Big Brother, The Challenge), and Jill Zaria (The Real Housewives of New York City).

Recently, contestants Amabile, Farahan, Franco, Johnson, Mayfield, Sasso, Smith, and Speed-Hamilton spoke with SciFi Vision about being contestants on The GOAT and about a variety of topics, from getting used to being in front of the camera all the time, why they decided to do another reality series, which contestants were all about the competition, and much more. 

Orphan Black: Echoes Official Trailer - Premieres 6/23/24

AMC NETWORKS RELEASES OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR RIVETING SCI-FI THRILLER ORPHAN BLACK: ECHOES PREMIERING SUNDAY, JUNE 23

Starring and Executive Produced by Krysten Ritter

NEW YORK – May 9, 2024 – Today, AMC Networks released the captivating official trailer for the highly-anticipated drama Orphan Black: Echoes. Set within the original universe of the Emmy® Award-winning series Orphan Black and starring Krysten Ritter (Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Love and Death), who also serves as executive producer, the sci-fi thriller will premiere on Sunday, June 23 at 10pm ET/PT on AMC and BBC AMERICA; available to stream on AMC+. New episodes will air weekly on Sundays at 10pm ET/PT.

Set in the near future, Orphan Black: Echoes takes a deep dive into the exploration of the scientific manipulation of human existence. It follows a group of women as they weave their way into each other's lives and embark on a thrilling journey, unravelling the mystery of their identity and uncovering a wrenching story of love and betrayal. Ritter plays Lucy, a woman with an unimaginable origin story, trying to find her place in the world. The series also stars Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard, It’s A Sin, Line of Duty), Amanda Fix (North of Normal, High School), Avan Jogia (Now Apocalypse, Zombieland: Double Tap), Rya Kihlstedt (A Teacher, One Mississippi) and James Hiroyuki Liao (Barry, The Dropout).

Dark Matter premiered yesterday on Apple TV+. The series, which is based on the critically acclaimed science fiction novel of the same name by Blake Crouch, follows Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physicist, who when walking home is abducted and sent to an alternate version of his life, where everything is different. Dessen must navigate the maze of realities to return to his own reality and save his real family from a terrifying enemy: himself.

Recently, Crouch, who also serves as showrunner on the series, and executive producer, Matt Tolmach, spoke with SciFi Vision about bringing the novel to television.

Surprisingly, they originally started developing Dark Matter as a film, according to Tolmach. “The challenge then was how do we reduce this sprawling story into two hours,” Tolmach told the site. “...It isn't that we didn't nail it, [but] I think the material was telling us to do something different.”

Reginald the Vampire returns for season two to Syfy today. The series centers around Reginald Andres (Jacob Batalon), who last season was turned into a vampire. Reginald is not the stereotypical vampire, but he finally found a place among them, when at the end of last season, he passed his assessment, with the help of his sire, Maurice (Mandela Van Peebles) and the vampire Angela (Savannah Basley), who became an unlikely ally. This season, as Maurice becomes the new Deacon, the vampires deal with a new threat: angels. Meanwhile, Reginald continues to struggle in his personal life, wanting to reconnect with his co-worker/former girlfriend Sarah (Em Haine). 

Recently, SciFI Vision spoke with Haine about where Sarah's relationship with Reginald is heading this season, how knowing him has impacted her, Sarah’s unique friendship with the angel, Uriel (Max Montesi), challenges this season, and more.