First, we have multiple timelines. Then, we have multiple worlds. Now, we have different versions of characters existing from separate choices that are made (i.e. Jonas). These complexities will either be absolute genius or sheer ridiculousness. And we’ll know in two episodes. Maybe.
Why does it feel like there are wayyy too many versions of Martha out there? And why does it seem like both sides (Adam and Eva) want to keep the loop going? Neither want characters to divert from their paths, and these characters repeat everything regardless — which is kind of annoying. And is anyone else disappointed that Noah isn’t playing a bigger role? He was being set up as this major antagonist.
Again, everything could come together in a remarkable way and make an impressive amount of sense. OR what seemed like a well-thought-out story over the course of three seasons could ultimately result in a whole lot of randomness, that was simply made to appear clever.
Obviously, I want things to wrap up nicely, but there’s something frustrating about a show that delivers more questions than answers. That’s been the journey of this series. So will it even matter what the destination reveals itself to be?
As the end nears, the talking -- especially the exposition -- increases. We're getting a lot more "tell" and a lot less "show" at this point...
i don't totally get it but that's what i love about the show
My head hurts. I love it.
It’s getting more confusing, yet it’s starting to make more sense. And it was really adult-Bartosz that young-Noah killed in 2x01!
That was absolutely insane, best episode of the season and top 3 of the whole show. I am shocked and confused, but mostly shocked
Too many Marthas to keep track of, and now there's three layers of complexity to the puzzle: Timelines, Worlds & Choices.
Every time I think I've grasped everything, the show throws another curveball at me aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
Bartosz : "You're all crazy you know."
Yup, inbreeding will do that.
Putting Schrödinger's theory into action was long overdue. Feels more like an afterthought now, given that there are only a couple of episodes left. As if it suddenly dawned on them that leaving it out for that long was making the show appear much less clever than it sought to be. Just think about how deliciously labyrinthine and thought-provoking this show would've been had they brought it up in season 2 at least!!
I have to wonder if all the Marthas are just there as a defense against wealthy vigilantes and alien boy scouts.
i paused watching at 24.44
Review by VeroBlockedParentSpoilers2020-07-12T19:56:10Z
"Time travellers. Assemble!"
Before I start rambling on I've gotta say that the final 10-minute montage, the music, the rhythm, the parallels up to a t, was one of the best in the whole show.
After the episode, I've got one question. How the hell are they gonna wrap this up in just two episodes?
Honestly, I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm team Adam. This suffering is too harsh and too confusing for me to keep track. I'd rather everyone dies than keep track of how many Marthas are there.
In total this episode, we've seen 5 Marthas, plus original world Martha. And what probably looks like an Entanglement Martha.
There're two Jonas, one who goes to world B with alt short hair Martha, and another Jonas (adult Jonas/Adam) who stays in the bunker. Like Schrödiger Jonas.
Alt short hair Martha brings Jonas to World B. Then, she goes back to 1888 to meet adult Jonas and give him the cesium he needs to open the portal. Then, she goes back to Adam in the future and gets locked up in a cage only to, moments later, be sat up right under the portal and for Adam to kill her son via Apocalypse in both worlds.
In World B, Jonas (who has no idea of what's going on) goes to see alt long-haired Martha (who has no idea what's going on), she basically tells him to cool it and Jonas meets Eva, who brings him to her secret bunker and tells him that she wants to save both worlds.
Then, this Jonas decides to insist and, since long-haired Martha doesn't believe him, he brings her to the future where they meet adult Martha, who then sets them back to have sex and conceive the child that will be the key to the family tree.
Long-haired Martha and Jonas go to the nuclear plant, where long-haired Martha gets a cut, similar to the one adult Martha has, which triggers Jonas' alarms and discovers everyone is lying to him. So, he decides to go back and demand answers from Eva. When they get to Eva's secret bunker, another Martha (big scar Martha) emerges from the shadows and kills Jonas, thus living long-haired Martha sobbing and confused. Big scar Martha ends up writing a letter to Jonas that is delivered by adult Martha in 1888.
After that, long-haired Martha goes back home and cuts her hair, thus becoming short-haired Martha, she goes with Bartosz to the nuclear plant but are intercepted by adult Magnus and Franziska, who give short-haired Martha the apple device to go to our worlds and save Jonas so that he could go to alt world and long-haired Martha can learn it all.
The thing that strikes me is that Adam wants to destroy the origin of the entanglement (that's alt Martha and early-expired Jonas), but he's the one who creates it in the first place by sending Magnus and Franziska to give alt Martha the apple device, right? That makes no sense to me because, if alt Martha doesn't save Jonas, they don't conceive a child, so no one would exist. But (and that's a big but) "der Anfang ist das Ende, und das Ende ist der Anfang", which literally means that Adam has to make sure that everyone exists and that the origin (Martha and Jonas' son) is born so that he can break the cycle. Also, if big scar Martha is pregnant, that means there's another Martha. Like Entanglement Martha. So, in some point in the past, short hair Martha had to made a decision (similar to Schrödinger Jonas) and thus, create two pregnant Marthas.
This episode was, by far, the most confusing one, not because of not being able to follow or understand what's going on, but because there're way too many Marthas and that's confusing the shit ourñt of me. Of course, as soon as I see more episodes, I'll probably realize I'm completely wrong in everything I've said.