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Another crazy theory then: the society of polyglots consists of time travelers from the future- or travelers from alternate, post-apocalyptic dimension, the one where our moon was destroyed. I’m still most invested in “aliens” theory :) Any Fringe fans around here? The typewriter in the case was a little callback for me to that show. Plus, they didn’t show the keys, we don’t know if there are letters, pictograms or anything else there.

I’m loving this, the mood, the cinematography, the mystery. As for the big advertised twist, I’m really hoping for something like The murder/ lost girl case is not as interesting as John himself. It’s the necessary background to move the mystery of John’s true identity along. I’m surprisingly fine with that.

I’m currently liking the show, but I enjoy the 50s flashbacks and Shaws storyline in general much more than the Randa kids. They are both annoying and, though technically workings adults, behaving like bratty teenagers. The only younger character I’m interested in atm is “May”. Can we just focus on Shaw past and present, please?

Neither is McDonalds, yet they went there past episode… On the other hand, hot cocoa from a machine would be a novelty to Timely, a person from the past. I can see how something average to us would be groundbreaking to them.

It may also be that a collar does not consider itself to ever be a weapon, rather a gift. Or, since the act has never been done, there are no safety protocoles around it: collar encountered exception unknown error:) I really loved this season, this episode I got teary eyed a couple of times and for different reasons: Hopper, Heroes of the Horn, standoff against Ishmael, sinking of the ships… so many great moments! On the funny side, Rand’s Indiana Jones moment was a nice touch. And the tough prisoner guy (whose name escaped me and is now gone forever) saying: „I’ll hold them off!” and then perishing on his next breath.

I have an issue with Velma as a show: I don’t understand the severity of reception. Having watched 2 episodes, I don’t understand why is it supposed to be much worse than any other adult oriented cartoon. I usually ignore the „oh no, woke-lgbtq-people of color broke my franchise” crowd, but this time it’s not only these channels, it’s almost everyone. And I don’t see why. Velma is not an amazing series. It’s average. But I don’t really see how its treatment of legacy characters is different from Comissioner Gordon’s reimagining in Harley Quinn (which is considered funny). Why is Velma less funny than some jokes in Rick and Morty? I don’t see a stark difference, why one is much worse or better than the other.

The kid that played Poppy was incredible, spot on! For most part of the episode, I was thinking the boy who was cast as little Ian was not doing a good job… and then the father appeared and I understood. Wow. Right in the feels. It was a sad, beautiful episode.

Well, that was seriously disappointing. The production values were from the 90s, dialogues written like poor fanfiction and the plot was totally predictable. One good thing was seeing Warwick and Joanne on screen. Having said that, hello my new angry watch! Haven’t had one for a while.

Alright, not really sure how we can speculate if it’s „no spoilers” thread, but I may have one thing:) Aneurin Barnard’s eyes are naturally green, however his 1899 character has dark brown eyes. The actor wore contact lenses on set. Knowing the creators of the series, this can be important:) edit: the allele for brown eyes is always dominant over the other two (green and blue). So the fact that Daniel has brown eyes can be important. Won’t write more as spoilers…

Yes! My shipping heart loved this scene! To be fair, I really liked (narrative-wise) how their relationship progressed throughout the series: from mutual interest, frail trust, distrust, back to trust again. In the previous episodes we had at least two scenes of Maura running towards Eyk and him just firmly stopping her with prodding questions (1.04 and 1.05). Here he just hugs first, asks questions later :)

But then the UK version was completely different:) I think the US Life on Mars paralels were on purpose, especially with the Bowie song (albeit, not the titular one). I also believe the 2099 is another layer of simulation, what’s with Maura’s eye pupil being a triangle in the final shot - a clear indication that something’s off (if it was a US network show, I’d say that was made for shock value and will be forgotten next season, but since it’s Jantje and Bo, I have faith it’s a serious clue)

Maura’s scars are addressed in-sim, so is Krester’s. I imagine Angel’s scars come from either the priest that Ramiro killed or self-flagellation. Now would the scarred charactered beling to one group IRL or is that just a coincidence? A way for the sim to show code corruption, maybe? —- I’m also wondering if Maura that woke up has all the memories or just her sim 1899 ones? When she saw Eyk post waking up, she visibly gasped and stepped back, then looked at her ring. Now this could have just been her shocked reaction to seeing him alive after he got „deactivated” (which would fit the 1899-memories Maura) or maybe she was surprised to see him at all IRL for some reason? Anyways, Season 2 announcement cannot come soon enough!

I did rewatch the series, looking for clues I missed and of course there were those lingering looks from Daniel and the boy moving to protect Maura many times. But because I’m weird, I’m currently wondering why the creators made it so that the captain’s white beard streak and the subtle scars on his face match (one is the elingation of the other) and why did they find it important to add these marks to Eyk’s face? I mean the actor would have looked weathered enough without them, so… maybe it’s important. (also, the silver shell Daniel’s using to hack has ICCIC written on a side: International Conference on Cognitive and Intelligent Computing:))

Had a lot of Lost vibes throughout: a group of people with „flasbacks” about their past, forced to work together. I binged the series during the weekend and enjoyed it very much. Got me speculating like no other show for a while. The characters were all interesting, which I find always surprising (in a positive sense) and the mystery was alright. Happy they’ve wrapped up the ship plot (mostly) and opened a new chapter. There are still some questions left, of course: why did Daniel turn off the little girl? Is Daniel alive or a protective program created to save Maura? Is Ciaran actually Maura’s brother or another construct? I hope season 2 is going to happen. And, on a complete shallow note, captain Eyk is extremelly easy on the eyes.

There was this moment at the beginning, when Alex opened the wardrobe and took the shirt while looking at Sam - with no reaction. Perhaps he thought it’s a mirror and he’s seeing himself? (Still with Alex is Sam theory :))