Biggest thing that stuck out to me:
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In the last two screenshots you can see a line reading “DELETE THIS M***********, HAHAHAHAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”. The start of the line is obscured but it very possible could read “BUBBLE:”. I’ve seen speculation that Bubble is what’s left of the other AI (that Caine “ate” in the starting sequence) and this would definitely support that theory.
Nice, thanks for the screenshots!
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I tried pausing but didn’t check everything and missed the (probably) Bubbles line. Would be strange though that Caine keeps Abel around instead of deleting. But that theory makes the most sense with the antagonistic behavior of Bubbles this episode.
Caine and Bubble seem to be interlinked too close for that. Obviously the whole sharing a tongue thing (oh god that metaphor hits so much harder after this episode) but also – both Caine and Bubble were missing from the end credits, which seem to suggest that both are dead
But then, who was Kinger fighting, trying to encourage him to kill Caine? Was Bubble willing to accept his own death as release from Caine’s control. Did Bubble just not know? Or is Bubble not the blue dot, and the real “Abel” is still out there, finally ready to reveal themselves? Perhaps deleting only Caine and not Bubble from the credits would have been too obvious, but Bubble will still be coming back next episode?
Its weird. Every other episode I had some idea of what might come next. Wasn’t always the right idea, but at least it was something. Now? I’m at a loss for what could possibly come next.
