What to watch: Pay attention in ‘Dark Matter,’ you’ll be glad you did

Two new series — one an absolute guilty pleasure and the other a sci-fi head trip — are worth a look this week.

But two indie features are even better: Oscar winner Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s exceptional eco-themed drama “Evil Does Not Exist” and Francis Galluppi’s noir homage “The Last Stop in Yuma County.”

Here’s our roundup.

“Dark Matter”: Cerebral sci-fi brain twisters such as Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” and this nine-part series (seven episodes would have sufficed) from Apple...