Season 2 Episode 7: Chikhai Bardo

Aired: February 28, 2025

Synopsis: An old romance intersects with a deadly present threat.

Directed by: Jessica Lee Gagné

Written by: Dan Erickson & Mark Friedman

  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Sorry, I went through the transcripts again, and I made that “charred remains” thing up. Mark indeed identified her body. My assumption is that they pronounced Gemma dead, even though she was only knocked out/in a coma.

    This makes sense either way. I just missed that line in the episode.

    Most of it isn’t guessing, it’s just reading the subtext.

    100% I disagree with this comment. You are guessing what you think the answers are. You don’t know the purpose of sending her into a room where she exists only to write Christmas thank you cards. It’s a cool concept, but we have no idea the purpose.

    No, I don’t expect all the answers. My only point was that the episode brought up more questions than answers. I honestly don’t think that is even a controversial statement.

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      100% I disagree with this comment. You are guessing what you think the answers are. You don’t know the purpose of sending her into a room where she exists only to write Christmas thank you cards.

      But the subtext explains this! First Gemma says that she hates writing “thank you” cards, then we see a severed version of her being forced to write the cards. The purpose is to force her into a situation she hates.

      From this arises the question: why are they doing this to her? The doctor keeps asking her how she felt after each room. The episode also happens to bring up the severed birthing center. This implies that they are testing how strongly her outie version is affected by her innie versions being forced into situations she hates.

      Now my second answer is only speculation, but they’ve set up the other “twists”/reveals in similar ways. But that’s also why I’m sure we’ll learn more about this in the next episodes.