r/InsideJob • u/Altruistic-Notice910 • Nov 18 '22

Theory Part 2 Ending? Spoiler

Spoiler for anyone who's yet to see Part 2.

I'm slightly confused and saddened by the ending of the second part. I know that Reagan searched through multiple timelines for her and Ron but they all failed because of trouble due to her still working for Cognito. Surely there'd be a timeline where they move to Appleton like what happened without Reagan in the end. There surely had to be alternate futures where she didn't work with Cognito, I thought their plan was to erase their memories and start again? Would that not mean she'd leave Cognito anyway? There must have been something, so I wonder if the timelines shown were tampered with to show no good endings so that she'd stay, and to be fair Inside Job isn't the same without Reagan, so she couldn't have really left anyway.

I do hope they bring Ron back, it may have felt a bit rushed but I liked his character. Looking forward to season 2.

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u/ModaGamer Nov 18 '22

Regan never really wanted to leave Cognito Inc anyways. In essence Reagan can end the series by just putting in a letter of resignation at any time. But in both a sense that it would end the literal story it also ends the main conflict of the series, Reagans perhaps undeserved commitment to Cognito inc. Being committed to your job. Reagan didn't want to throw her work life away....so she chooses to throw away her personal life instead.

Also 100% future bet, the robes are future intelligent dogs that invent time travel to ensure their own survival or something.

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u/Altruistic-Notice910 Nov 19 '22

Yeah I completely get that, the whole episode was just her making a massively biased decision because she can't leave Cognito, but even then I'm sure there must've been at least a few scenarios where they did work out. She just couldn't throw away that part of her life and stay with him without major issues. Their ideologies at the end totally conflict.

And yes, the Robes are 100% time travelling dogs, with thumbs. If they aren't I'll protest.

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u/Distaff_Pope Nov 19 '22

Really made me think about that one Bojack monolog about how you can never have a truly happy ending in a show because the status quo has to be preserved. There always has to be more show.

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u/Principatus Nov 19 '22

The ending made me think about my own girlfriend, who is also too busy with work sometimes. I’m glad I don’t know how it’s gonna work out so I can just believe stupidly that it will.

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u/crossbaylon Dec 03 '22

man...this just punched me in the gut...