The film keeps jumping in several different time periods: when Turing worked at Bletchley Park, his last days before his death, and his childhood when he met and fell in love with Christopher Morcom and Decrypt. This kind of mixed structure is intended to fully show Turing's personality image and the reasons for its formation. Because Turing is very fascinated by passwords, mysteries, and games, the screenwriter hopes that the entire movie is an "imitation game". Only by thinking like Turing can audiences solve the many mysteries in the movie.
On June 7, 1954, after escaped from prison with "chemical castration", Turing fell to the ground at home after eating apples soaked in cyanide solution. Director Morten Tedum said in an interview that because it is telling real stories, the film did not avoid these stories. At the end, Turing, who is mentally affected by drugs, silently walks towards the computer "Christopher" he regards as the incarnation of his first love. It is not deliberately sensational, and it is more embarrassing than the picture directly showing his death. Screenwriter Moore also believes that the film aims to show Turing’s legendary life and great achievements, and it is more important to pay attention to these than to vigorously portray his suicide process.
