Mallozzi had a clear five-year plan for the show, so when he realized it might be cancelled, he offered to go to the network and sell them on the creative direction the show was planning to take in the seasons ahead. The series, which originally focused on the small crew of a spaceship waking up with no memories of their lives or mission, was, as of the end of Season 3, headed into an all-out alien invasion plot with the added bonus of an android insurrection, so he and his team clearly had massive ideas for Dark Matter going forward. Unfortunately, he was told flat-out that the decision wouldn't be based on the show's upcoming creative direction, and that going in to pitch wouldn't do them any good.