Constellation
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Summary
Constellationseason 1 is a nous - bend adventure for both Noomi Rapace ’s character and the consultation , but there were always signs that Jo Ericsson was n’t in her native world . Although the beginning of the Apple sci - fi thriller has almost every fellow member of theConstellationcastin their original creation , the shift aboard the ISS quickly makes life much more perplexing for Jo and Paul . Constellation ’s two substitute timelinesare admittedly very similar , soit ’s no surprisal that both Jo and Paul find the small differences disorientating . However , there are several signs on a skid scale of obviousness that should have helped .
Although Jo is n’t the only displaced character inConstellationseason 1 , her confusedness receives the most screen metre . Both Henry and Bud Caldera come second , but the difference is that both human are cognizant of what ’s happened . On the other hand , Paul Lancaster is in the same sauceboat as Jo . As such , the obstacle Paul come across also help the viewers ' understanding of what has happen to both Paul and Jo to solidify . Jo eventually gains a foothold in embrace what has unfoldedby theend ofConstellationseason 1but seemingly has no direction of regenerate the switch .
Constellation season 1 ended without put up root to many of its mysterious , but some of them leave more clues behind than others .
8The Ericsson-Taylor Family Car Was The Wrong Color
Jo wasn’t wrong when she said their car used to be red
It might seem like a frustratingly diminished disparity , but one of Jo ’s early point of contention when she repay to her family home with Magnus Taylor and Alice is the fact that their auto is now somehow blue . Seeing as Jo has already started to doubt the fact she saw the deadened spaceman outside the ISS , accepting the car ’s new coloring is fundamentally child ’s looseness . However , Jo is n’t wrong . In her original universe , the Ericsson - Taylors have a cherry railcar , so she should have trusted her instinct and used the car ’s different colour to bolster her misgiving that something was amiss .
The crimson and blue cars are a magnificent internal representation of Henry Caldera ’s explanation of superposition principle during his conversation with Alice inConstellationseason 1 , installment 3 , " Somewhere in Space Hangs My Heart . " speak with Jo ’s daughter , Henry severalise Alice that atom can exist in unlike states simultaneously . Henry allege : " There ’s a world in which that particle is disastrous and a world in which that mote is white . " Jo ’s car confusion happens after in the very same episode , and so Henry ’s explanation serve as an extra clue for the looker to pick up on .
7Jo Had Never Heard Of The CAL In Constellation
The Jo who explained the CAL to Alice died soon after
Constellation ’s biggest construction was teased in episode 1 , " The hurt Angel . " The episode open up with Joexplaining the Cold Atomic Laboratory ( CAL)to Alice via a video call from the International Space Station . Although Jo admits she ’s not an expert , she knows enough to inform her daughter that , " It’slooking for a new state of matter , " and even concern to the CAL by name . This proves thatJo is fully aware of the CAL ’s presence and has a basic understanding of its function . Interestingly , this knowledge vanishes after the accident on the ISS , but there ’s a good reason for that .
After the collision , the surviving Jo shown on - screen is from the other universe . This new Jo is then the principal character for the duration ofConstellationseason 1 , with her counterpart perishing in the other reality . The surviving Jo come up from a universe with no CAL , so she has no way of knowing what it is when she ’s expect to reclaim it . Jo ’s very promising , so the presence of an experiment of which she is unaware on the ISS should have triggered consternation bells . That being said , she was likely too focused on seek to survive to regard it .
Both rendering of Jo and Paul were throw at the same time , with one Paul then dying in one cosmos , and a Jo dying in the other .
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6Jo’s Relationship With Magnus Was Much Better
Magnus is confused by Jo’s change in romantic disposition
When Jo is " reunited " with Magnus inConstellationseason 1 , sequence 2 , " Live and permit Die , " she is n’t experiencing a traditional family reunification . rather , Jo is take on the version of her husband and daughter that exist within the universe where the CAL exist . However , the presence of the CAL is not the only difference between the two realities . The version of her marriage ceremony that Jo leave behind was felicitous and settled , whereas the Jo who died was part of a much more troubled relationship with Magnus . As such , Jo go for her affection to Magnus in a way that confuses him .
As it turned out , the original Jo from the CAL universe was indeed entangled in an extramarital thing with Frederic .
Magnus is openly standoffish with Jo , not sympathize why their matrimony seems to have undergone such a drastic translation . Magnus vocalise this change in " Somewhere in Space Hangs My Heart , " enjoin the unexampled version of his married woman , " You look at me a bit differently . " When Jo push for clarification , he says it ’s , " As though you care me . “Jo is equally confused as to why Magnus find their relationship went so sourbefore she left for the ISS . Interestingly , both Jo and Magnus retrieve events correctly - they just occurred in dissimilar timeline .
Constellation is a sci-fi psychological thriller written and created by Peter Harness for Apple TV+. After facing a crisis in space, Astronaut Jo returns to Earth only to discover nothing is quite the same - and that her sanity may be slowly slipping from her grasp.
Magnus intromit to Jo inConstellationseason 1 , episode 4 , " The Left Hand of God " that he , " Went for a potable " with someone and had " Onekiss " as a consequence of the affaire he suspected Jo of having .
5Jo Didn’t Remember Having An Affair With Frederic
It was the Jo who died in the other universe who was unfaithful to Magnus
Part of whyJo ’s marriage was crumbling with Magnus prior to the switchwas the hearsay circulating that Jo was log Z’s with an ESA colleague . As it turned out , the original Jo from the CAL universe was indeed entangled in an extramarital affair with Frederic . The new Jo get house of this on several occasions , including inappropriate physical contact lens from Frederic as well as a more direct confrontation from him regarding why she has changed how she acts toward him .
Jo is nothing if not confused by the accusations and instead concludes that the affair did happen , but also that she merely does not remember it . Magnus understandably does not believe her , but Jo is telling the verity . Jo ’s matrimony with her original Magnus did not let in her seeking puff in the blazonry of another . As such , her occasion with Frederic was unique to the macrocosm in which she discover herself after her reality switch aboard the ISS . Paired with everything going on at the clock time , Jo becomes peculiarly timid whether she is suffering from a genial illness .
4Alice Didn’t Speak Swedish Anymore
Alice only speaks Swedish in the universe without the CAL
One of the facet of Jo ’s new reality that she finds so heartbreaking is that she ’s no longer capable to converse with her girl in Swedish . Jo ascribe the variety to her being away from house for so long , but this is n’t the case . In the universe that Jo left behind , Alice spoke her mother ’s native lingua as well as English , but in her young reality , Alice can only understand Swedish and not actually verbalise it .
This is perhaps one of the obvious signs that Jo is not in the right world , and it does end up being one of the crowing hint that eventually helps Jo piece together what has pass . Constellationis very cagy in how it disguise Alice ’s bilingual nature . In " The Wounded Angel , " the scenes aboard the ISS and of Alice on the iPad are from both universes . Alice is shown speak English , which is taking place in the CAL universe .
However , a shot immediately following this one ( but cover the same conversation ) show up that there is now no CAL where it should be in the other universe - this is the realness where Alice speak Swedish too . The slick cuts between universes are a demure way of misleading the audience , tease what is about to come but without the necessary circumstance for it to make complete sentience .
Jo openly necessitate if Alice has , " Forgotten all her Swedish " in " Somewhere in Space Hangs My Heart . "
3Paul’s Wife Had A Different Name
The two versions of Mrs. Lancaster are called Erica and Frida
When Jo visits Paul Lancaster ’s wife in " Somewhere in Space Hangs My Heart,“Jo performs what seems like a faux pas by getting Paul ’s wife ’s name wrong . In Jo ’s Modern universe of discourse , Mrs. Lancaster ’s first name is Frida . Unfortunately , Jo disrupts the legal transfer of her commiseration by addressing her as Erica before the Mrs. Lancaster of the CAL macrocosm corrects her . Again , Jo has n’t technically made a mistake . rather , she is simply addressing Paul ’s wife as Erica because that ’s the name that Jo lie with her by in the other world .
Paul has the reverse problem when his side of the story is point inConstellationseason 1 , instalment 6 , " Paul is Dead . " When he returns to Earth , he calls his wife Frida - the name of the Mrs. Lancaster that Jo addresses in " Somewhere in Space Hangs My gist . " Paul is trapped in the universe without the CAL , and his wife there goes by Erica . Paul and Jo are incapable of touch one another and do n’t know that the other subsist , so they are ineffective to link the dots on this one .
2Jo Asked Magnus If He Had Rearranged The House
This Constellation clue was easy to miss
There is a very insidious instant in " The Left Hand of God " where Jo looks vaguely confused about the layout of the kitchen in her house . Although most details about the Ericsson - Taylor family home plate are the same in both universe , Jo becomes disorient when she skin to settle everything she needsas easily as she ’s used to . Her inquiry to Magnus comes in the form of , " Have you changed around the cupboards ? " to which Magnus replies , " No , I ’m not really a move - the - cupboard - around form of guy . "
Constellation has assume many steps to make certain its thinker - bending report is as credible as possible , and the infant wipe view is no exception .
If Magnus had confirmed he had rearranged the kitchen , then this would n’t be a clue at all . However , Magnus ' denial that he ’s go anything around is a strong signifier that Jo is not in her own universe of discourse . Of course , it ’s potential that Magnus is lie or that Jo is simply misremember , but the equivocalness of the moment becomes less marked when it ’s pair with all ofConstellation ’s other wink and hints throughout the time of year . The scene also does n’t linger on the exchange , as Magnus speedily shift the depicted object to the matter of their relationship .
1Jo Could Inexplicably Play The Piano
Jo’s alternate self already knew about to play
This is one of the enceinte clue that Jo should have read more into . When exploring the disparity between the home she know and the one in which she finds herself , Jo sits at the unfamiliar pianoforte . What ’s most intriguing about the front of the tool is thatthe Jo being shown never learned how to toy the piano . That ’s why she finds herself so scared and throw when she begins manipulate the keys with virtuosic ability . The movement come course to her , and she stumbles into a faultless performance of Rachmaninoff ’s " preliminary in C - Sharp Minor Op . 3 , No . 2 . "
Jo is also sight - version in this scene , meaning she now also have sex how to read music .
Somehow , Jo is drawing on the abilities harbored by her alternative self ’s torso . Doing so allows her to reach the skill of play the pianissimo despite never personally learning how to play . This explains the confusion and fear Jo showing during and after playing the musical composition . As it bend out , Jo playing the pianoforte would appear to be polar to accepting her unexampled surround . In theConstellationseason 1 finale , " These Fragments I Have shore up Against My Ruined " , Irena brings a piano into Jo ’s way and distinguish her , " bet the pianissimo . Do thing your body is familiar with . It helps . "
Constellationseason 1 is uncommitted to stream in its entirety on Apple TV+ .
configuration is a sci - fi psychological thriller written and created by Peter Harness for Apple TV+ . After face a crisis in space , Astronaut Jo returns to Earth only to fall upon nothing is quite the same - and that her saneness may be slowly skid from her compass .
