Warning: contains finale spoilers for Constellation.
Space messes you up. That’s the conclusion reached by former 1960s cosmonaut Irena Lysenko in Apple TV+ sci-fi Constellation. Irena knows space’s secret, which is that sometimes the astronauts that come back down from missions aren’t the same ones who went up there.
Every so often, spooky space physics pull a switcheroo and swap people from their own universe to a mirror versions with slight but unignorable differences such as the colour of the family car, to whether they’re alive or dead.
Before we get into Bud and Henry’s complicated finale business, a bit of context is needed:
The Mirror Universes
In Constellation, there are two mirrored universes plus a crossover space in which parts of both overlap, enabling people in Universe A to get the odd, destabilising glimpse of what’s going on in Universe B. Think Stranger Things’ the Upside Down,...
Space messes you up. That’s the conclusion reached by former 1960s cosmonaut Irena Lysenko in Apple TV+ sci-fi Constellation. Irena knows space’s secret, which is that sometimes the astronauts that come back down from missions aren’t the same ones who went up there.
Every so often, spooky space physics pull a switcheroo and swap people from their own universe to a mirror versions with slight but unignorable differences such as the colour of the family car, to whether they’re alive or dead.
Before we get into Bud and Henry’s complicated finale business, a bit of context is needed:
The Mirror Universes
In Constellation, there are two mirrored universes plus a crossover space in which parts of both overlap, enabling people in Universe A to get the odd, destabilising glimpse of what’s going on in Universe B. Think Stranger Things’ the Upside Down,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: contains spoilers for Apple TV+ show Constellation.
If, while watching TV, you become fixated on the obvious emptiness of a supposedly full coffee cup, or the way that a sipped glass of wine appears to magically refill itself between cuts, you’re either watching a boring show or a great one. Continuity gaffs happen all the time, but for TV audiences to really notice them, either a story has to be so dull that minds wander, or so fascinating that viewers are willing to comb through every mundane detail to piece it all together.
Apple TV+ space sci-fi Constellation is the latter. Its story of Swedish astronaut Joanna Eriksson (Noomi Rapace) coming back from a mission to find that her world is filled with subtle changes, has turned viewers into detectives piecing together the full story. Their work, confirms series creator Peter Harness, is not going unrewarded. Spoilers ahead.
If, while watching TV, you become fixated on the obvious emptiness of a supposedly full coffee cup, or the way that a sipped glass of wine appears to magically refill itself between cuts, you’re either watching a boring show or a great one. Continuity gaffs happen all the time, but for TV audiences to really notice them, either a story has to be so dull that minds wander, or so fascinating that viewers are willing to comb through every mundane detail to piece it all together.
Apple TV+ space sci-fi Constellation is the latter. Its story of Swedish astronaut Joanna Eriksson (Noomi Rapace) coming back from a mission to find that her world is filled with subtle changes, has turned viewers into detectives piecing together the full story. Their work, confirms series creator Peter Harness, is not going unrewarded. Spoilers ahead.
- 3/26/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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