Quote:Haha I echo all your sentiments.


Can we talk spoilers in here?

I saw a good theory and one that actually would hold up if they did a season 2. The group of 5 in her current life are the same 5 from her captured days, but they're in a different dimension. 

 

Alternate dimension Theory:

Homer and French are both jocks who provide for their families (Homer for his son, French for his mother and brothers) and who have identical cuts on their foreheads; we even see Homer's reflection when French stares in the mirror. Buck (a singer) passes a car crash with a red backpack in the road, similar to how Rachel (also a singer) described the accident that caused her NDE to Prairie (as Reddit user phargmin points out). Jesse is a stoner outcast with no parental guidance in his life, just like Scott, who says he has no one in his life he even wants to tell about his captivity. Betty is an older woman who enjoys the company of younger men, just like Renata. (The only question mark is Steve; is he somehow the alternate version of Hap? Or of Prairie herself?) It is even specifically mentioned that inter-dimensional travel would cause amnesia, explaining how none of these people remember who they really are and why Prairie doesn't seem to recognize them.

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