Now that looks interesting. Somehow, the nefarious opening shot of the Lumon megacampus strikes me as ironic considering this is an Apple production.

That said, two technical questions...

1) How do the Innie versions know what movies, oceans, dentists, etc even are? Those are all things each of them have mentioned so far (along with a ton of other Outie objects/experiences), and I'm just wondering if I missed a line of dialogue or something that further explains how this whole thing works. The Innies obviously know English from the jump, so I'm assuming knowledge is different than memory? Still, how can you picture in your minds eye what a dentist is, but not remember ever seeing one? I guess those are just completely different parts of the brain?

2) How do the Innie versions not go insane from a never-ending existence of work? Like Helly said, to them, they're *always* at work, and it sounds like there's no feeling of hours-long sleep/extended unconsciousness in between work days. Yes, they can feel refreshed from sleep, but to an Innie, at the end of the day, it sounds like they get on the elevator, start going down, and then, in a blink, they're suddenly going up in the elevator the next day for a new day of work. If so, wouldn't they go batsh/t insane without experiencing any kind of down time/time away from the office? It's basically a never-ending work day that lasts years and years, and I don't know if I can think of anything more horrifying. So how do Innies stay so chipper?

Granted, neither of these things ruin my enjoyment of the show by any means, and I'm guessing the answers basically boil down to "don't think about it," I'm just wondering if I happened to miss any additional explainer lines.

TCTTS said:

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That said, two technical questions...

1) How do the Innie versions know what movies, oceans, dentists, etc even are? Those are all things each of them have mentioned so far (along with a ton of other Outie objects/experiences), and I'm just wondering if I missed a line of dialogue or something that further explains how this whole thing works. The Innies obviously know English from the jump, so I'm assuming knowledge is different than memory? Still, how can you picture in your minds eye what a dentist is, but not remember ever seeing one? I guess those are just completely different parts of the brain?

2) How do the Innie versions not go insane from a never-ending existence of work? Like Helly said, to them, they're *always* at work, and it sounds like there's no feeling of hours-long sleep/extended unconsciousness in between work days. Yes, they can feel refreshed from sleep, but to an Innie, at the end of the day, it sounds like they get on the elevator, start going down, and then, in a blink, they're suddenly going up in the elevator the next day for a new day of work. If so, wouldn't they go batsh/t insane without experiencing any kind of down time/time away from the office? It's basically a never-ending work day that lasts years and years, and I don't know if I can think of anything more horrifying. So how do Innies stay so chipper?

Granted, neither of these things ruin my enjoyment of the show by any means, and I'm guessing the answers basically boil down to "don't think about it," I'm just wondering if I happened to miss any additional explainer lines.

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1) I am assuming it works somewhere along the same way that an amnesia works. You understand the world, but your interpersonal connections are all severed.

2) On the flipside, what about the outtie version also going crazy from feeling like there is no purpose in life? People derive pride and accomplishment from their work, and essentially the outties only know a life of leisure.

LMCane said:

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when does the leftist sucker punch drop?

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Can just not watch tv, but seems like if you're looking for this can always find it and ruin the show.

We've officially reached the point where these morons are now popping in to complain about the mere *possibility* of politics in an utterly apolitical show.

Can't go anywhere on Texags anymore without MFBarnes trolling around.

Wow. Wow. Wow.

The second Cobel asked Mark's sister if Mark ever sees his wife around - in what we think is a hallucinatory/mourning-type way - I knew she was still alive. I just didn't think she'd be someone we already knew. What an incredible twist.

Even before that moment, though, this episode had me hooked, and was fantastic from top to bottom. Feels like so much just changed.

It almost pisses me off, though, that this show isn't dominating social media or water coolers or whatever right now. About halfway through this episode it hit me that this is the first post-Lost series to truly hook me in nearly the same way Lost did. I'm just so damn intrigued by the mystery of it all, can't wait for them to keep peeling back the layers, and am baffled as to how it hasn't caught on more or why this thread isn't on fire every week. Don't get me wrong, it seems like it's doing well enough, and reviews are all great, I just think it deserves so much more attention.

Anyway, I can't wait to see where these final two episodes go. And to be clear, they're the final two of the season - not the series - as season two is apparently about to start filming.

Oh, and "You smug motherf/cker" / "Let's burn this place to the ground" were just amazing line deliveries from Turturro. I love this cast so much.