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(After the first three, Apple is releasing one episode a week.)
What follows are but a handful of the seemingly infinite questions I had while watching those episodes.
When doesSeetake place?The title card informs us that centuries have passed.
Like, two centuries or more like five centuries?
This question sounds pedantic, but there are important ramifications for what were supposed to understand about this world.
Bright-green plastic tops of kids applesauce pouches?
Where are all the insulated Whole Foods tote bags?
Where are the giant McDonalds signs, their disintegrating but impossibly sunny glowing arches gleaming over the dystopian landscape?
Where are all the commemorative cups everyone got from their college reunions?
Where are the ice-cube trays?
Momoa says chet-chet sometimes, but thats about it.
How does this language develop if no one uses it to talk to one another?
Wouldnt the tribemostlyuse its own tribal language?
Speaking of battles, there are lots of fight scenes in this show.
In the split-second moments while Momoas just grabbing a guy by the hair?
So a deadly virus wiped out most of the worlds population, and all the survivors were blind.
Turns out, this part of the premise is totally plausible!
(Real-world examples include HIV and group-B strep.)
So its not impossible that after a nonspecific number of centuries, everyone is still blind.
Heres where things fall apart, though.
Its a male baby, though Jerlamarel, the mysterious lone character with vision.
The best explanation for how everyone could stay blind for centuries is a maternally transmitted virus.
Why would you name a very important character Jerlamarel?No one can pronounce Jerlamarel.
Why is Alfre Woodard in this?How much is Apple paying her?
I really hope its a lot.
Lots of furs, lots of knobbly knitwear.
The Witch Finders, for instance, wear very uniform black clothing.
Many of the fabrics appear to be relatively recently made.
No child wandered over there?
Whither the disillusioned blind teens?
How did this show come to be?The greatest mystery of all.
