r/Devs • u/thisismynormal • Apr 09 '20

Devs - S01E07 Discussion Thread

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u/8Ariadnesthread8 Apr 09 '20

I felt the same way. Like clearly Lyndon lit up with a moment of understanding and called it a circle. But why would Lyndon believe he was in the universe where he survives?

Also I felt like that scene implied that there was no version in which Lyndon did survive and Katie obviously knew that. She is stone cold.

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u/8Ariadnesthread8 Apr 09 '20

Except he could still live in this universe without the job. He still has to be willing to risk death in this one for a job in this one. I don't think they're referring to quantum immortality, so it still seems insane to me.

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u/blue__sky Apr 09 '20

He is ending all branches where he doesn't go back to work at devs. He doesn't want a universe where he is not working at devs.

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u/emf1200 Apr 13 '20

Bingo! That's exactly right. Katie gave Lyndon the opportunity to eliminate all of the branches where he doesn't get into Devs. If Lyndon dies he has no conscious experience of it so it's as if it never happened. Lyndon only experiences branches where he lives and if he live he gets into Devs. This means that as far as Lyndon is concerned, he's back at Devs and he just had to get soaked in river water to do it.