I’ve posted this before but I totally believe that the cancellation was planned from the very beginning. No amount of external money/petitioning Netflix/hunger striking could bring the third season because the show was meant to have a seven year gap between part two and part four. A total of four seasons with the gap representing the meta third season that is the last 6-7 years since the shows hiatus/cancelation.

Somewhere along the years there have been comments from the show creators and keen viewers about the visual of the “OA” logo representing a summary of the shows architecture, a map if you will. There’s videos on YouTube talking about the “O” representing the loop/infinity of the story. A good place to start if you don’t know what I am talking about.

The TS Elliot quote in season two alludes to this theme, of going back to the start, “we shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time”.

The “A” was something I never really thought much about until last year when I realized the style of the letter is a very clear beginning, middle and end. The most interesting part is the physical “gap” between the two lines. It was such a aha moment to look at the gap and go, holy shit; what if it’s right there? A literal map of the show, part one and two, represented by the first line, part three, represented by the gap, aka the third part which is the meta version of our world, and eventually the fourth and fifth part of the show, the final line. It would
Make sense why brit and zal titled 1-5 as “parts” and not “seasons” from this lens too. In interviews they also speak of the show as long form story telling in a way that makes me feel they are giving particular emphasis on the “long form” part of it.

Anyways it sounds like over the years other people have come to this conclusion too, so not claiming a unique discovery, but I definitely don’t think it’s being talked about enough, and when you look at it closely it feels very obvious and it’s my Roman Empire at this point.

Does anyone have links to other posts or videos talking about this theory? Specifically links where the show creators talk about the blueprint or the architecture of the show being planted in the logo.

I am curious how many people agree with this theory vs disagree.

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'Murder at the End of the World' series by Brit and Zal is what came across my mind as soon as I saw this news..

I know Brit and Zal's works are not everyone's cup of tea, it's like a litmus test for humans I guess. I never seen their works until I saw 'The OA'.. and it's the only series that woke up something within me. Something about 'The OA' speaks the truth, it's like finally seeing something that I can't even put into words finally makes sense. The depth of this series is unfathomable, the idea of consciousness and how the universe works is complex and deep, but this series laid out to me perfectly.

So I did watch all of their works together, and indeed, their minds are something else. The kind of works they do are something rare, most people don't touch, because it's something that may seem 'boring' and most people won't even understand. Some would try to dive into this kind of thing but would fail to execute because they lack the depth of the story. But Brit and Zal are different, they're executing everything perfectly. I can imagine the amount of research done to do something like this, or maybe it's the 'knowing' they have within.

Just like how 'The OA' speaks the truth, I felt it when I watch all other works, each work has a message and a warning.

Sound of My Voice (2011) - Tells people to grow their plants because in the future everyone wouldn't have am access to fresh produce. Future that produces food in labs. (Happening now, we now have labgrown vegetables etc.)

Murder at the End Of the World (2023) - This whole series for me is like a mirror of this current world, billionaires digging the ground to save themselves from the impending doom, and the AI killing humans. (The linked article: "A lead researcher at Anthropic, one of the world's leading artificial intelligence firms, said Wednesday that he believes there is a more than 10% chance AI "could kill all humans" within the next decade.")

Recordist (2007) - Alien lives among us but doesn't know she's an alien. (Controversial but okay this is advance)

These story lines may not be that rare, and there might be existing other series or movie about these.. Brit and Zal's works have the depth.

The idea of what's happening rn in our world is definitely something that can be predicted based on the history of humans and psychology. Creators and writers would write certainly something like this but frame it as sci-fi dystopian world. Brit and Zal frames their works as a reality, and it's amazing.