Wayward Pines [** Spoilers **]

hatrickpatrick

allym wrote: »

That sheriff loves his ice cream

*Loved

oleras

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

*Loved

sasquatch obv

allym

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

*Loved

Although we don't know.....

Mc Love

Could they be on the island from Jurassic Park albeit without any flying creatures.

hatrickpatrick

Mc Love wrote: »

Could they be on the island from Jurassic Park albeit without any flying creatures.

I think it's pretty obvious that they're on Craggy Island, and this series is set in a post-apocalyptic future in which Ted was jailed for the money resting in his account, leading Dougal to become the main parish priest. I mean we've seen what kind of chaos can happen in just half an hour when Dougal is let out of the house to do a funeral

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJhbP4q32vs

CastorTroy

Theresa became suspicious of the sheriff pretty quickly.

Wonder why Ethan is so important to them that they have to keep him happy, even bringing in his family.
Going to be interesting finding out.

Ponster

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

EDIT: Just occurred to me - are the walls around Wayward Pines designed as much to keep something out as they are to keep the population in?

When he climbs the tree to get to the backpack we see some guy shooting in the distance. My guess is that based on none of the locals owning guns that it was someone hired to keep whatever is on the far side of the wall in check.

hatrickpatrick

Ponster wrote: »

When he climbs the tree to get to the backpack we see some guy shooting in the distance. My guess is that based on none of the locals owning guns that it was someone hired to keep whatever is on the far side of the wall in check.

Yeah I didn't make that connection until I rewatched, assumed the first time that the shooting guy was just hunting for food.

I'm starting to wonder if the town is set in a post-apocalyptic future after a zombie outbreak or something. Whatever it was that came in and took the body looked vaguely humanoid. The amount of dust on the cars would also suggest that a lot of time has lapsed. The question is though... How are they travelling between times? It's pretty clear that whoever's giving the orders over the phone is in the "real" world, as evidenced also by Jenkins meeting Adam in episode one and the cop, Pope, intercepting the family.

Ponster

I could understand some sort of scenario where the folks in the town are there perhaps for their own good. But the time-travel aspect is difficult to tie in with that. Ethan sees his wife and kids being admitted to the hospital which we presume is an hallucination but it looks like they were in the hospital in episode 3.

Either way, He doesn't yet realise that jenkins is an important person (the only one that we've seen travel out of the town) and Jenkins himself seems to know why Ethan is there, why he seems to have been selected, and why it's important for him to integrate.

hatrickpatrick

Can we use whatever time travel method they're using on the show to jump straight to next Thursday, and indeed every thursday after that when each episode is over?

Is it possible that Wayward Pines exists in some dimension? People outside of the town obviously know of its existence, but the shopkeeper said it was a rundown town, when it really isn't.

Wolverine359

I'd be willing to bet we're going to be seeing more of Terrence Howard and Juliette Lewis yet, pure speculation here but the storyline has been pretty crazy so far so I'm thinking there'll be some kind of reset or alternative-version town introduced soon. Or something equally bizarre thrown in to justify their return. It'd be strange to have relatively big movie stars as recurring characters and series regulars only to go out in the first 2-3 episodes.

Sure, maybe it's the twist factor of "wow I never saw that coming" or "woah I can't believe they've been killed off!" but I'm hoping for more (even though I find the sheriff character loathsome and not in a love-to-hate-ya kind of way, and I hope he's gone for good). I'm at least expecting to see them in flash-back sequences. But I have no idea what to expect to be honest, the whole thing is bonkers but compelling to watch purely because we want to find out what the hell is happening.

The story is moving along pretty quickly it seems and I can't imagine Ethan will decide to settle down and bide his time, so I think we as viewers should be getting some form of explanation for why the town exists soon. Hopefully it'll be somewhat satisfying while maintaining enough mystery to keep us glued and hungry for more.

MargeS

It's so odd to terrorise the town folk into submission rather than tell them that the world outside the wall is post apocalyptic, or so it seems.

Skerries

and it seems that there actually is a town called Wayward Pines as evidenced by the kid giving wifey directions but it is it just a normal town which may be a portal to this alternative town?

Ponster

MargeS wrote: »

It's so odd to terrorise the town folk into submission rather than tell them that the world outside the wall is post apocalyptic, or so it seems.

Which is why it has to be a lot more complex than a simple post-apocalyptic story...

and it seems that there actually is a town called Wayward Pines as evidenced by the kid giving wifey directions but it is it just a normal town which may be a portal to this alternative town?

Hard to tell if the kid was a plant? I was surprised that he knew about the accident...

Also when Ethan get out of the delivery truck and found himself in some sort of warehouse there was a door with "Wayward Pines" over it suggestion that it isn't the only 'town' like this.

yabadabado

Skerries wrote: »

and it seems that there actually is a town called Wayward Pines as evidenced by the kid giving wifey directions but it is it just a normal town which may be a portal to this alternative town?

I think the kid in the shop and the worker were a plant.Did we see those same kids earlier on?Was it E01 or 02 that they passed by on bikes?

MisterAnarchy

This show is getting crazier and crazier .

Solid fourth episode ,I think we will find out soon whats really going on .

I liked that quote by the sheriff in episode 3

You think you want to know the truth ,but you dont ,its worse than anything you could even imagine

allym

Oh. My. God

tommy2bad

Well you can't say they are dragging it out. This show moves along.

Mr E

Another great episode. I think next week is a biggie. Expect some answers.

MisterAnarchy

Mr E wrote: »

Another great episode. I think next week is a biggie. Expect some answers.

I think the big question is not so much where are they but what year or even century are they really in

allym

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I think the big question is not so much where are they but what year or even century are they really in

Yeah I definitely think that there has been two timelines up until now. What's happening in Wayward Pines is the "real" timeline and the stuff with Ethan's family was in the past.

It doesn't explain how they got there but it would explain how he couldn't get through to them on the phone, and why Kate genuinely seems to have been living there for so long. Kate also definitely knows what's happening and seems to be on the sheriff's "the truth is more disturbing" wave length.

I say this now, next week will probably throw all that out the window :pac:

Mc Love

If there is a timeline story, how does the hospital psychologist go between them

MisterAnarchy

allym wrote: »

Yeah I definitely think that there has been two timelines up until now. What's happening in Wayward Pines is the "real" timeline and the stuff with Ethan's family was in the past.

It doesn't explain how they got there but it would explain how he couldn't get through to them on the phone, and why Kate genuinely seems to have been living there for so long. Kate also definitely knows what's happening and seems to be on the sheriff's "the truth is more disturbing" wave length.

I say this now, next week will probably throw all that out the window :pac:

Dont forget about nurse Pam being about 30 years older when that guy woke up in the hotel .
So its probably at least 2030 perhaps later.

allym

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Dont forget about nurse Pam being about 30 years older when that guy woke up in the hotel .
So its probably at least 2030 perhaps later.

When she turned around I nearly died.
Scary, scary woman.

And with the psychiatrist, I don't think he was going between timelines, but that the kidnapping Ethan stuff happened in the past. So when we saw him talking to the Secret Service agent that was years ago. I've absolutely no idea where they've been between then and now.

ricero

I'm more interested in what was watching ethan at the end of episode 4 and what took the sheriffs body at the end of episode 3. It looked human but also like an animal. Perhaps an experiment gone wrong

CastorTroy

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Dont forget about nurse Pam being about 30 years older when that guy woke up in the hotel .

So he said, but he was drunk, remember.

Thing that goes against teh alternate timeline with Kate being there so long, don't forget Beverly thought she was only there about a year when it was something like 19 years

allym

CastorTroy wrote: »

So he said, but he was drunk, remember.

Thing that goes against teh alternate timeline with Kate being there so long, don't forget Beverly thought she was only there about a year when it was something like 19 years

This is true. I'm thinking it has something to do with what happens between being kidnapped/leaving their real lives and ending up in Wayward Pines. But I really don't know. Freezing/time travel/ aliens... Too many options :pac:

Although, whatever the hell that thing was at the end does make it seem more like another planet or really, really far into the future?

So confused.

Wolverine359

So far, it's like a really long multi-episode story from the Outer Limits. :pac: It's bonkers, but I'm gripped. And when the answers to the mysteries start to reveal themselves, I'm just going to enjoy them, good or bad!

tommy2bad

Wolverine359 wrote: »

So far, it's like a really long multi-episode story from the Outer Limits. :pac: It's bonkers, but I'm gripped. And when the answers to the mysteries start to reveal themselves, I'm just going to enjoy them, good or bad!

Yes that's exactly what it reminds me of more so than twin peaks or lost, outerlimits or night gallery or twilight zone. It's got that old fashioned puzzle meets drama thing.

Mocha Joe

Seemed like what the psychologist was doing with the new species of pines and saying about them was very very relevant. Great character so far. We'll definitely see a lot more of him I assume.

LFC CONNAUGHTON

Anyone watched that related Gone programme? Does it spoil the show at all?

InTheTrees

I was suprised to recognise the Doctor/psychiatrist from english tv (The Detectorists). Its amazing how many english actors end up on US tv playing americans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZDxo6ZHR0M

ricero

anyone know when episode 5 is available online ?

Mc Love

ricero wrote: »

anyone know when episode 5 is available online ?

late tonight, early tomorrow

MisterAnarchy

Mc Love wrote: »

late tonight, early tomorrow

Its out now

Alfred Borden

Why are they getting released early?

JONJO THE MISER

Im hooked on this, cant wait for tonight's episode.

ricero

jasus some twist :eek:

So .. spoilering until tomorrow ..

this is in 4014? Insane. It does explain how people have different perceptions of how long they've been there - guess they've been unfrozen at different times?

Also did that one guy say that he saw

rows and rows of me or rows and rows of men?

allym

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So .. spoilering until tomorrow ..

this is in 4014? Insane. It does explain how people have different perceptions of how long they've been there - guess they've been unfrozen at different times?

Also did that one guy say that he saw

rows and rows of me or rows and rows of men?

I thought

he said rows of men.

So glad that questions have been answered but I'm gonna go insane waiting for the next episode.

catallus

This is delightfully nuts

tommy2bad

Maybe it was because the pace was a little slower but I wasn't convinced by the "explanation " .
Too many things don't add up, the resources required to set up this scenario would have been better spent fighting the threat which btw dosnt seem all that threatning. What's the point of bringing random adults if it all about the children? Why not just a dedicated few to look after them, there seems to be plenty willing adults without the unwilling who have to be met in check by fear which just wastes resources.
This can't be the whole story, it's only a conceit to build on and we are more than halfway through!

Will I Amnt

Was really enjoying this up until tonight, not sure how I feel on it now. It was the mystery of it all that had me hooked, now that it's out it's just another generic man v life form series. I'll stick with it for a while but my hope for it has died a fair bit after that episode.

catallus

tommy2bad wrote: »

This can't be the whole story, it's only a conceit to build on and we are more than halfway through!

Presumably so. Still, I am finding it fun

Mr E

That episode will make it or break it for a lot of viewers.

RobertKK

Didn't see that coming in episode 5.

I started watching this from episode 3, came in late one night, turned on Fox, at 2am and it was on, and I just kept watching since.

JONJO THE MISER

I dunno about this at all.
Lots of things dont add up.
How did the scientist meet with the cia boss in present day seattle, where the hell are all the supplies like milk and the like coming from etc etc

MonkstownHoop

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I dunno about this at all.
Lots of things dont add up.
How did the scientist meet with the cia boss in present day seattle, where the hell are all the supplies like milk and the like coming from etc etc

When he met the CIA boss they had probably frozen the bodys and weren't telling the family what was going on

The Black Oil

The revelation was a bit wtf. I am enjoying the show anyway.