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When the unthinkable happens, reality bends.
You also get mass theorizing, a collective mania experienced by everybody else.
Except they still can, because extremely low probabilities are still, nonetheless, possibilities.
The universe remains chaotic, despite every attempt to make it knowable and controllable.
Its an efficient format but a complicated one.
The show manages to lean into that darker side of the ledger with deftness.
Which is to say: Does Les hurt justify her indulging of conspiracy theories?
However, theres a haziness to the way it handles this exploration.
But most of this, I think, has to do with the shows commitment to genre tropes.
Episodes end with cliffhangers and the promise of another lead.
A midpoint revelation recontextualizes what we understand about Les brother, suggesting a far more fantastical story arc.
On a technical level, the podcast is a marvel.PassengerListsounds amazing.
Under Dryden and Shippenss direction, the podcast also offers solid performances.
It also seems deeply interested in its heavy themes.
What, in the end, does this missing-plane drama really want to say about grief?
Were not sure yet, but its flying in the right direction.
