"Relative Universe" S1E9: People make things happen, and things happen

Sophia 2022-03-08 08:01:34

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For a long time, the "Cold War mentality" in the play has been relatively obvious. After a long period of preparation, the Cold War finally began to escalate into a hot war, and the climax finally came.

The next episode is the finale of the first season, and the pit is now bigger than ever, big enough to swallow all the conspiracy and helplessness, no matter who it is, it can only follow the flow in it.

I don't understand your communication technology

The season is coming to an end, and many of the setting problems have been explained closely, but the electronic communication is still a bit "mysterious".

After Ian's "eyeliner" Kashpa escaped, he used a public telephone to connect Pope with a very convenient touch card phone .

This type of technology cannot be said to be very advanced, but it does not seem to be backward, at least compared to the present world, it still has merit (please ask professionals to popularize it).

Another thing that makes the audience brooding is the " white transparent phone " used by the agent in the first episode - some people thought it was a bug before - it appeared again in this episode, and the user was Pope's subordinate, as if intentionally. Proving "that's how I designed it", the different mobile phones used by the two horses appeared one after the other in the same set of shots.

Combined with the previous clues, it proves that the mobile phone technology content of world B is indeed lower than that of world A. Maybe... just the design concept and appearance are different, right? The design in this regard is still the cow of the A world, and Jobs of the B world may not have lived to the 21st century...

Kasper's behavior was "strange": in this circle, there was no reason he couldn't guess what he might face, but he still went to see Pope without hesitation.

When they were intercepted by Emily and Ian, Kashypa even blamed them for ruining their "only chance", which made people even more puzzled, what kind of conditions could make people so desperate.

With the appearance of personal items in the box, the answer was officially revealed: Pope used "travel" to bribe others. These people have one thing in common, that is, they have an extraordinary yearning, longing, hatred and other complexes for the A world , like a card Shipa wanted to travel through the past to see his "surviving son".

I finally understand why the "radicals" in the B world have such great power and can be used by so many people - anyone who regrets his life and desires to change or start over can theoretically be "captured", They don't need to have "radical" extreme thoughts, as long as they have an unwilling heart, it is enough, and in the B world, such people abound.

Infatuated man and scheming woman

This episode of a short story between Ian and Emily B is a background for the complicated relationship between Howard and Emily. The more I look at it, the more I feel that Emily is scheming, the more I feel that Howard is not easy, and the more I feel that Ian is good bitter...

Even dared to come to the door with a gun to force Pope into submission, Ian was considered to be willing to give up, but such a high-spirited man was discouraged by Pope's understatement with one or two words.

Ian is indeed "strong in the outside world", who made him hit the soft underbelly by Pope? Emily has been lying to you all the time, you know she is lying to you, but you are still waiting for her to tell you the truth, so romantic~

A man with hesitation in his heart can't be hard-hearted no matter what...

As if seeing Ian's restlessness, the shrewd Emily naturally "couldn't bear it", and took the initiative to thank and comfort him.

This kind of action can be understood as being sorry, or it can be understood as preventing Ian from thinking about it - after all, from the fact that Ian has done so many thankless things, Ian is just being used by Emily.

I don't know what to do. Who told them that one would be willing to fight and the other would be willing to suffer ... Even so, Ian was still waiting for Emily to tell the truth.

But at this time, Emily immediately pretended to be ignorant again, and Ian's unhappiness can be imagined... not to mention that when Kaspera was interrogated later, Emily "enjoyed" the victory. Ian less.

more and more like the person you hate

After the two Howards contributed the most exciting "opponent scenes" in the last episode, their performances in this episode are very exciting, but ironically, they seem to be more and more like each other .

The opening scene was 7 weeks ago after Emily A was admitted to the hospital. Andre (real name Reiner) took the opportunity to chat with Howard A. Although Howard was low, he always insisted on his unswerving determination to his wife.

This main tone, coupled with the background of the previous episode, and Emily's "scheming" in this episode, combined with the words and deeds of the two Howards, it will be more interesting.

Huo A understood the reason why Kasper worked for Pope, and at first held great sympathy, but after unexpectedly learned the truth of his wife's car accident, he immediately turned his face in anger.

It's been a long time since my wife had an accident and was hospitalized and her life and death are unknown. Are you the one who did it? ! For what, just for unrealistic fantasies and delusions? !

"That's not your world, and that little boy isn't your son!" No matter how you listen, Huo A seems to be talking to himself.

Huo A is definitely the No. 1 person who likes to be touched and filled with chicken soup the most. At this moment, this calm, sober and irritated and impulsive attitude broke out, and he obviously had enough mental crit.

After a while, Huo A had another big conversation with Ai B. He didn't understand it at first, until he said "I don't understand you", that he realized that this was actually what Huo A wanted to say to his wife. .

Who made the two Emilys so similar , including their unseen spy status... Huo A looked at Ai B and understood Huo B's feelings more and more .

Later, Huo A decided to go back on the grounds of "missing his wife".

Not to mention whether he can successfully wear it back at this stall, at least, he no longer wants to follow anyone's arrangements or be at the mercy of anyone. Huo A is determined to make his own decisions, not to be automatically beautified by fate. .

Looking at Huo B again, after being sent by Quill to escape, he was desperate in world A, and had to find Reiner again to hide things.

"I used to think that you were the loneliest person I've ever seen. I'm sorry for you..." Huo B might be happy when he heard this evaluation of Huo A, but Reiner changed the subject and said, "but you don't actually Lonely", which is equivalent to the continuation of Huo B's defeat at the end of the last episode.

What did he do in the end? Voluntarily surrendered to Aldridge, confessed everything, and issued a stern warning.

According to Huo B's nature, killing him would not leave his destiny in the hands of others, but would try his best to find a way out... But this time he chose to be frank and open, not to hide or play tricks. Although it is really helpless to say this, but I always feel that Huo B has been contaminated with some of Huo A's "stupidity".

Say one thing and do another, the two Howards are not "real".

spy life

After Nadia completed the assassination mission, she was waiting to report to Claire and ask for money...

And this is the only reason why she kills now, because besides the bloody "work", everything around her is hypnotizing Nadia, telling her that she is a "master" who came to the new world-until she accidentally encounters Nadia A She was reminded that she was just a "passer-by" in this world.

This is also the invisible ceiling I said in episode 6: as long as the huge lies and gap between the two worlds exist, the truth of her identity will always be a curse that cannot be solved.

The gloomy "recognizing the wrong person" in the clothing store made Nadia recognize the reality again, so she could agree to be so happy after Claire gave her more work.

Nadia has always been pure, even when hesitantly swayed—compared to both Claire and Quill.

In order to further "confirm" that Howard had a problem, Quill deliberately informed him to run away first, so that Aldridge was "convinced" of his words... Howard also did not guard against Quill, after all, this guy really doesn't seem to have any scheming, Who would have thought that he would set himself up .

I really watched and laughed once when Quill drew the gun. No wonder Huo B easily surrendered. This kind of rookie holding a gun is easy to miss.

Quill throwing dirty water on Howard is a "good move", but it's not a "good move". As Howard said, Quill can only delay it for a while.

Having been the director of the Strategy Department for nearly five years, Quill doesn't seem to have learned much about espionage except for showing off, acting like a prostitute, and being dumb.

Huo B easily grabbed the gun and fled, Aldridge also kept the idea of ​​​​laying a long line to catch big fish and did not expose it. Fancher also called him to urge him to go to work... No one looked down on Quill and did not treat him as a character, including Claire.

Claire is really different, she also despised Quill from the bottom of her heart, thinking that she had deceived him - she did talk (the handcuffs were undone), but it was not enough (it became an anklet).

In desperation, Claire could only throw out more blunders, such as admitting that she had arranged for three spies to come over, and could instruct "Baldwin" to kill Huo B... In the end, she even reminded Quill not to go to work today.

Claire is confident that she can "get" Quill. On the one hand, it is out of her long-term understanding of Quill, and on the other hand, she has the meaning of "waiting and watching" . She knows what kind of drastic changes the three-person action will bring to World A Building. , After this limelight, maybe everything will be clear.

Quill didn't know how many twists and turns in Claire's heart, all he knew was that he had discovered the other party's secret phone number, and until now, Claire is still playing tricks on him.

I didn't want to admit it before, but now Quill finally understands that his image is more ugly and funny than expected.

It's time to lie, here's Truth or Dare: I look down on you, but it doesn't matter, I want to live the best of others in my life, so I'm your good wife.

Claire reiterates that she had nothing until she had a child, and now she has ample motivation to plan for herself.

But this time, the emotional card is no longer useful, because in the ears of Quill, whose self-esteem has been reduced to worthless, he is not even qualified to be a father, but Claire's intelligence/sperm extraction machine.

So there was the car accident that was "broken and broken".

"We only want to see the person we want to see", we all choose to indulge in the lies we want to believe, you made this mistake, but I'm not forgiven, I'm such a fool ...

Quill understands that he can't run. If the last episode was a desperate counterattack, then his words and actions at the end of this episode inherited his cowardly character, speeding, running a red light, and crashing a car .

I'm totally leaning towards Quill wanting to crash and kill him with a fake wife, which fits his messy life style.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that he dares to play the bitter trick to escape from the shell... that is, the span of the characters is a little bigger.

What is the plan of the "radicals"?

Let's talk about the last long-planned surprise attack.

First of all, it must be understood that the three "shadow" agents who have passed through know that they are going to carry out a suicide operation with no return. It can be understood from the eyes they stared at each other before they set off that this is their last day.

From the intelligence of Huo A in the last episode and the identity certificate in this episode, it can be determined that the three are Oscar Wolfe, Rashad Lomani, and Helen Moore, who replaced the "deity" in the A World Building. , respectively, lurking in the (Security Inspection) Receiving and Receiving Department, Strategy Department and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and sending and receiving staff, civilian staff and ministerial secret techniques, which correspond to the positions of the three key departments of the lower, middle and upper departments.

Through the delivery of the external courier - Oscar - Rashad - Helen, the three were fully armed, and Helen and Rashad launched attacks one after another.

It is not difficult to see that the two were not killing each other without any rules. They clearly shot, wounded or killed with a purpose and choice. For example, Helen spared Minister of Foreign Affairs Fan Che at the beginning and left him in the wind. Messy, and attack ordinary staff (should be to continue to retain Claire's value).

The same is true of Rashad, who has the largest "attack range". He did not kill anyone he saw in the office area of ​​the Strategy Department, but dispersed the crowd as much as possible. Obviously, the primary purpose was to create a wide range of panic and chaos as soon as possible.

——These two people are just bait. Once World Building A reacts, it will definitely be the two of them who will receive the strongest counterattack. The real "main force" is Oscar, who has been quietly guarding the entrance of the passage floor for a long time, waiting for Rashad to open the door . , he entered the channel layer, breaking through the layers of obstruction and rushing to the channel mouth.

After all, it was in a building where it was strictly forbidden to carry weapons. Except for a few customs and security guards who pretended to be armed with guns, the rest had no resistance at all, and it was not too outrageous for three professionals to kill.

Some people say that Helen also has a special mission, that is, to rush to the "fourth floor" to start killing, I think it is indeed possible.

Rashad obviously didn't know the exact location of the access control switch, so he had to turn all the switches on, and he was interrupted before the last few buttons were done, so Helen could only continue to stay below the fourth floor to create chaos.

People are not as good as heaven. If the original security configuration in the building is used, the three can be more active, but they happened to bump into Huo B who came from the head, and Aldridge who asked Huo B and others, so Rashad He and Helen were killed one after another, while Oscar struggled to climb to the "border line" with his last strength- according to the rules of both parties, people in World A can't touch him now.

The B-world "radicals" blended this attack for a long time, so what was their purpose? opllx simply lists several possibilities:

1. Blow up the channel and cut off the communication between the two worlds (the action failed) - this is the first thought of many people, the problem is that it can be executed in the B world, there is no need to spend so much trouble;

2. Replace your own people and further control the A World Building (the action is half successful) - Selective killing will create many job vacancies, and opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared... But after this battle, the A World's review will be strict A lot more harsh, and it will be more difficult for the "shadows" to continue to lurk;

3. Triggering a war between the two worlds (the action was basically successful) - this is the one that I think is the most likely. The "terrorist attack" of the three people will obviously not be recognized by any world, and the official of World A thinks it is World B's Conspiracy, World B officials think this is a crazy provocation by someone in World A. If Oscar crosses the border with arms, it will be an armed invasion... No matter what the two sides think, this attack will arouse potential conflicts and turn the Cold War into full heat. ;

4. Place a special device (failure of the operation) - regardless of Helen, Oscar must have a special mission to rush to the passage. With the technological level of World B, there may be some secret weapons, but this is more of a theoretical possibility.

Having said so much, no matter how well-planned you are, you can't stand the ever-changing situation.

It stands to reason that Huo B turned himself in as a loser , because even if he told the truth, Aldridge did not intend to let him go - but the attack happened suddenly, Rashad opened the door and accidentally released Huo B, Huo B also So headshot Helen and save the life of an acquaintance.

That's right, this person is Howard's current theoretical boss , and he was still complaining to Quill a few episodes earlier, demanding a complaint and punishing Howard's analysis department leader.

If it wasn't for Huo B's surrender, Aldridge and other gunmen would not have accurately appeared at the scene of the incident, ending the actions of the three Oscars in advance; and Huo B's subsequent series of actions not only let him get out of trouble ahead of time The game also gave him an opportunity to gain trust and turn the game over in a situation where he had no solution. The rules of the game will change in the future, and he can seize it.

In addition, the "fourth floor" executives who have always been mysterious and unpredictable in World A have also named this time to intervene in the confrontation and transactions between the two sides. If the attack occurs, I am afraid it will seriously affect their future decision-making.

The "radicals" in the B world may have succeeded this time, but they certainly cannot be called a complete victory - this is an uncontrollable reality, because everyone can only "do their best and obey the destiny".

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  • Kelli 2022-03-23 09:03:26

    I already understand what the theme is to be expressed, but it is better than new and clever, wrapping the theme with sci-fi spy wars. Although the parallel world is not new, the plot drawn by the first two episodes is quite attractive. I envy the quality of British and American dramas that do not lose to movies, and add a star to the beautifully composed title. will chase.

  • Hester 2022-03-17 09:01:10

    When the music at the end sounded, I thought they had switched identities like Bai Ye chased the murderer.