What happened in the end? - The Odyssey (2020) Discussion

[–] synergyblades-1 18 years ago

Yeah, he woke up at the end of Season 2, with Season 3 being a bit of an oddball one 'cos he was simultaneously in Upworld and Downworld, with each episode being a sort of half-and-half split. It was never mentioned how he appeared in both at the same time, since Season 2 sort of implied that when he wasn't in Downworld, he was awake in Upworld, and vice-versa, but it might have something to do with the two creators not being onboard for Season 3 (so I heard).

In the very final episode, Finger plants a bomb that destroys the "wall", supposedly between Upworld and Downworld. Everyone looks very confused as a group of adults around a garden table peers into Downworld, and that was about it... very odd, I'm sure "the rules" went out of the window at that point.

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[–] cgshowbiz 17 years ago

it was explained in Jay's voice-over at the beginning of every ep....that "a part of me was left behind".

*Christina*

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[–] jsih4 17 years ago

Hi,

yea I have always wondered about the last scene of the Odyssey, Finger takes down the wall. so what will that do to all the kids and thier world

I found a website that explores what that might have happaned after the wall was blown up. It talks to the guy that wrote the last epasode. its cool

http://axedonacliffhanger.com/

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[–] heytravil_nomad 17 years ago

i remeber this episode.. i thought the wall was the symbol tween childhood and adults. and when the wall was down i guess the implication is jay grew up and so did everyone else.
and it was a good way to end. i guess as any

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[–] soulhawk523 17 years ago

I never really saw it as a standoff. When the wall exploded, and the "big people" looked at the "kids" I got the feeling that both groups were stunned. And like that one kid said. "They are just afraid of us, as we are of them"

Winners do what they have to, Losers do what they want to.

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[–] schwarzenneger 17 years ago

The last thing i remember about the series was that, that the kid woke up and found his father who explained that he has to hide himself from some people... and when his father leaves, the kid falls into coma again. Can anyone tell me what did his father tell him, and were there any more episodes after this one.

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[–] dls-16 17 years ago

schwarzenneger,

his father is on the run, because when he was in the navy, he was supposed to hunt down people involved in international arms smuggling, and those people had found him on that trip.

they have a whole flashback explaining it--he and jay are driving to the lake, when he realizes they are being followed.

to save jay's life, he pretends he drowns.

after jay finds his father in downworld, and his father comes to see him in the coma in upworld, jay wakes up--but he is in both worlds at once.

he becomes leader of the downworld, but fractal blows a hole in the wall, and we see a bunch of grown-ups having a picnic or something. all ages, colors, backgrounds. both groups (kids & grown-ups) are stunned

I think that the world beyond the wall isn't jay's world at all: it's part of Fractal's theory from earlier. That is just one dimension of many, it's the grown-ups dimension. Maybe that's where kids from downworld go when they turn 16. (Brad was the only kid we've seen turn 16, and he dissapears....)

I have a hard time beliving the Brad in downworld is EXACTLY the Brad that is Jay's father: I think they are the same person, but they aren't aware of each other's existence.

So, I think they just integrated the two worlds: now, the kids and the grown-ups will get along.

At the same time, in real-life, Jay's father and he are back together, and he finally tells his mother--thus, bringing their two worlds together.

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[–] jsih2 17 years ago

That was only the end of season two. The show went on for another year

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[–] kenburke0627 17 years ago

SPOILER WARNING! SPOILER WARNING! SPOILER WARNING!

In case you haven't guessed, the following statement contains spoilers.

the final episode was called "Time Bomb".

In the real world, Jay gets pictures taken of himself and his father and gives them to his mother, proving beyond the shadow of a doubt his father is alive.

In the down world (or whatever the dream world was called), a bomb is exploded that blows a whole in a wall the separtes the kids world from the adults world.

PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS: This was a good series. While it is meant for children, it does not come across as childish and, as such, can be enjoyed by all.

I am glad it is out on DVD.

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[–] jsih2 17 years ago

I actually found a site that talks about the end of The Odyssey and what might have come after if the show had kept going. It interviews the writer of the show!

http://axedonacliffhanger.com/

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[–] Manfromthehorizon 17 years ago

I really hate it when these kick-ass shows end with an unresolved cliffhanger.
all the actors are too old to reprise their original parts. Not to mention Ashley Rogers is dead now so there is no way the writers can make a comeback special.

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[–] negativeloner 12 years ago

The first season was brilliant. The second was good. The third was unwatchable. I seriously don't know why they woke Jay up so early, shortcircuiting the story and forcing it to slide into absurdity in the third season. A season that should honestly have never been produced. It was horrible, bad, awful, just...incredibly, horribly lame. Waste of talent.

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