Dark Matter
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Too many of these scenes unfold exactly as wed expect.
So far, so weak.
Their argument is interrupted by Jason yelling via the live feed from his cell that hes ready to cooperate.
He brings him to the Box.
Jason A says he had an idea for something like this years ago, but he abandoned it.
So your memories stopped before winning the Pavia, Leighton says, holding our hands a little too tightly.
Jason is excited when Leighton tells him that the breakthrough that made the Box work was adaptive shielding.
Thats it, Jason A swoons.
Joel Edgertons trick is to speak all his clunkiest lines in the lowest octave of his voice.
It works for the most part!
That adaptive shielding prevents leakage from the world outside the Box.
Amanda reiterates that hes the only person to come back out of the Box after stepping into it.
Have we heard the last of the Zippo-flick sounds to signal a change in dimensions?
We know weve switched in the next scene because Charlie is here, browsing at a skate shop.
It certainly seems so to the Talented Mr. Jason B, who rubs his mouth contemplatively.
I oversaw trials for Lavender Fairy, the drug Ryan built, she adds.
Jason A asks her what happened the day he disappeared 14 months earlier.
Daniela B was inspired, evidently.)
His dossier on the enigmatic Blair Caplan is unhelpfully thin: Ds friend, lawyer, not close?
You must love being a lawyer, he stammers.
Hes more confident schmoozing with the other guests.
This is the first time Ryan A has seen Jason since Jason angrily rejected his job offer by phone.
You look good, Ryan tells him.
Youre an impostor, Leighton tells Jason A.
Another version of the Jason we love.
All true and correct, but Leighton isnt buying Jason As claims of innocence.
After their guests have gone, Daniela A and Jason B share a slow dance in their living room.
The past few days have been different, Daniela says.
But theyve been different.
(Jimmi Simpson is very good at selling this dialogue.)
Amanda comes to break Jason A out.
Im sorry, she says.
Shes also not terribly competent because she leads them both right into Leighton.
(Her annual performance evaluation should note that, too, I suppose.
Exhibits admirable tenacity in her pursuit of management objectives and what have you.)
Inside the Box, dozens of Lavender Fairy are conveniently stored for whoever needs them.
Amanda injects herself and Jason A as they wait out the three-minute countdown before the Box will open again.
Are you not entertained?
