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Wayward Pines [** Spoilers **]

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    #32
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,728 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Really enjoying the show so far. Although the
    throat slit scene in episode 2 looked fake a fook

    I really need to know what's going on! It really seems like a mix between Twin Peaks and The Truman Show.


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    #33
    allym
    Registered Users Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭allym


    I'm loving this so far. I need to know what's happening and I'm just so confused!!!!


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    #34
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,204 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    I thought the second was alright. Knew yer wan who was helping him was going to be killed off. She was too sympathetic.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

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    #35
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    Is this typical summertime fare? A la "The Strain" or "Under The Dome" or is the acting & scripting better than those two?


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    #36
    Mr E
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    Probably not far off those two... watch the first and see if it hooks you.


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    #37
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    Thanks, but nope, life's too short, and I've plenty other actual quality to get through.


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    #38
    TerrorFirmer
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    I have to say after two episodes I'm absolutely hooked - it really does make you want to keep watching just to see where it's all going. Really looking forward to the next episode. Truman show meets Lost.


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    #39
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    I don't know if anyone caught it, but briefly In episode one when I rewatched it, the doctor from wayward pines meets Ethan's boss and the boss asks him if they can "call it off", to which the doctor (Jenkins?) replies "it's done, all taken care of" which implies that the secret service is in on whatever's going on, and are feigning their ignorance about what might have happened to him.

    Couple of theories:
    A social experiment?
    A punishment for agents who misbehave? Are Ethan and Kate both there because of their affair?
    Testing a new method of mind control?
    Trying to make people entirely and blindly compliant to authority, a bit like the process of breaking down Jason Bourne's independent mind in The Bourne Ultimatum, before he can be used as a human robot?

    Probably none of the above, but those are the main ideas which have occurred to me. The fact that Ethan's boss is suggested to have been involved in, possibly even requesting or authorising Ethan's abduction strikes me as massively significant - surprised it's not getting more discussion online.


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    #40
    tommy2bad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,255 ✭✭✭tommy2bad


    Loughc wrote: »
    Really enjoying the show so far. Although the
    throat slit scene in episode 2 looked fake a fook

    I really need to know what's going on! It really seems like a mix between Twin Peaks and The Truman Show.

    Never trusted her, still don't.

    I'm enjoying it as it unfolds but for all that a bad ending (it was all a dream) would ruin it. Lost no matter how good it was for a while was ruined by the cop out ending.


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    #41
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    OK, 3 episodes in and I'm definitely hooked. I love shows that make me ask WTF is going on and this is one of them.


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    #42
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    DaFUQ @ that ending O_O
    Ethan was an absolute idiot to shoot him IMO, he seemed to be in the kind of mood where he would have told him wtf was going on had he just kept the gun pointed at him.

    WTF was up with that whole animal sound thing at the end? This series is getting incredibly bizarre.

    100% completely addicted at this stage :D

    EDIT: Just occurred to me - are the walls around Wayward Pines designed as much to keep something out as they are to keep the population in?

    What if the town is a Noah's Ark type project in which certain people have been chosen for whatever reason to exist in this town protected from whatever post-apocalyptic mutants / zombies / whatever exist outside? What if the town is the only "normal" bit of Earth left at some point in the future, and the idea is to try and continue the human race in some form?

    So. Many. Questions. :D

    EDIT: Sorry lads, assumed we were operating on the Love/Hate principle that spoiler tags were redundant after the episode had aired. My bad.


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    #43
    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    @hatrickpatrick, you might want to put some spoiler tags in your post


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    #44
    Sugarlumps
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    Excellent show so far, always had a soft spot for Dillon.


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    #45
    JP Liz V1
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    Why are spoiler tags needed once the episode has aired?
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #46
    Agent Coulson
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    Once aired the episode is fair game.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I was a bit uncertain about the first two episodes - the fact they kept jumping back to the family, splitting up the action, was a bit jarring and took away somewhat from the action, but now that the family is with him in the third episode, it seems and feels a lot more cohesive.

    It's a very intriguing prospect - would really like to see how they figure out the time differences; Juliette Lewis' character, who didn't last very long at all, says she was there for just a year, when in reality it has been 15-16 years, yet Kate should only have been there 5 weeks has been there 14 years.

    Just after finishing episode 3 and they really like killing off their main stars. Adios, Terrance Howard.


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    #48
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Why are spoiler tags needed once the episode has aired?

    It's to bring posts on Boards.ie in line with the Irish media over the last few days. 99% redacted. ;)


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    #49
    hatrickpatrick
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I was a bit uncertain about the first two episodes - the fact they kept jumping back to the family, splitting up the action, was a bit jarring and took away somewhat from the action, but now that the family is with him in the third episode, it seems and feels a lot more cohesive.

    Personally I feel that having his family around is going to be a nightmare for him. Especially with the Kate nonsense. It's hard to plan your escape from a freaky open prison when you have to also attempt to smuggle two other people who have no idea what's going on and both of whom seem to be unable to prioritise getting the hell out of there over their suspicions about Kate. Priorities, people!


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    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,204 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    At least he's reunited with his family this early on. A full season of them chasing him would have been annoying, imo.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

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    #51
    allym
    Registered Users Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭allym


    That sheriff loves his ice cream


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    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    allym wrote: »
    That sheriff loves his ice cream

    *Loved :(


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    oleras
    Registered Users Posts: 2,721 ✭✭✭oleras


    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    *Loved :(

    sasquatch obv


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    #54
    allym
    Registered Users Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭allym


    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    *Loved :(

    Although we don't know.....


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    #55
    Mc Love
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    Could they be on the island from Jurassic Park albeit without any flying creatures.


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    #56
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Mc Love wrote: »
    Could they be on the island from Jurassic Park albeit without any flying creatures.

    I think it's pretty obvious that they're on Craggy Island, and this series is set in a post-apocalyptic future in which Ted was jailed for the money resting in his account, leading Dougal to become the main parish priest. I mean we've seen what kind of chaos can happen in just half an hour when Dougal is let out of the house to do a funeral ;)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJhbP4q32vs


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    #57
    CastorTroy
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    Theresa became suspicious of the sheriff pretty quickly.

    Wonder why Ethan is so important to them that they have to keep him happy, even bringing in his family.
    Going to be interesting finding out.


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    Ponster
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    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    EDIT: Just occurred to me - are the walls around Wayward Pines designed as much to keep something out as they are to keep the population in?

    When he climbs the tree to get to the backpack we see some guy shooting in the distance. My guess is that based on none of the locals owning guns that it was someone hired to keep whatever is on the far side of the wall in check.


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    #59
    hatrickpatrick
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    Ponster wrote: »
    When he climbs the tree to get to the backpack we see some guy shooting in the distance. My guess is that based on none of the locals owning guns that it was someone hired to keep whatever is on the far side of the wall in check.

    Yeah I didn't make that connection until I rewatched, assumed the first time that the shooting guy was just hunting for food.

    I'm starting to wonder if the town is set in a post-apocalyptic future after a zombie outbreak or something. Whatever it was that came in and took the body looked vaguely humanoid. The amount of dust on the cars would also suggest that a lot of time has lapsed. The question is though... How are they travelling between times? It's pretty clear that whoever's giving the orders over the phone is in the "real" world, as evidenced also by Jenkins meeting Adam in episode one and the cop, Pope, intercepting the family.


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    Ponster
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    I could understand some sort of scenario where the folks in the town are there perhaps for their own good. But the time-travel aspect is difficult to tie in with that. Ethan sees his wife and kids being admitted to the hospital which we presume is an hallucination but it looks like they were in the hospital in episode 3.

    Either way, He doesn't yet realise that jenkins is an important person (the only one that we've seen travel out of the town) and Jenkins himself seems to know why Ethan is there, why he seems to have been selected, and why it's important for him to integrate.


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    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    Can we use whatever time travel method they're using on the show to jump straight to next Thursday, and indeed every thursday after that when each episode is over? ;)


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