The Key
Maura rushes up to find her mother, holding a green bug. She decides to call the bug Alfred, but before putting him in a lockbox, Maura encourages him not to, telling him not to trap it inside a cage. As a result, Elliot decides to let the bug go. As he does, he opens his eyes and finds himself before that strange pyramid in the dark.
Henry is there to greet Elliot when he wakes up, showing off the monitors and claiming that Maura has fooled them all. However, she’s the only person who can get them all out of here. “If you’re brave enough, I can show you the truth,” Henry says. He wants Elliot to remember, and with a few button presses brings him to Maura’s memory of the hospital.
Do the passengers learn the truth?
Eyk Larsen is onboard the Kerberos, having swum over and questioning her about what’s happening. Maura admits her memory is ravaged, but she brings up what she knows about Henry and the boy, going on to admit the world doesn’t make sense and it’s all a simulation. None of them can actually remember boarding the ship, giving weight to this idea, but the language barrier is somewhat of a sticking point.
Every passenger on the ship has an envelope. They all appear to be here for a reason, and as they consider what that might be, Daniel uses his machine to try and get the electrics working again. However, upon hearing what Maura has to say, everyone begins to disillusion themselves and eventually leave her. The only person who stays with her is Eyk Larsen, given he’s seen the hatches and what lies within.
What does Henry show Elliot?
Maura and Daniel explore a hidden passageway in the ship. They find a panel with a torch and another passage leading to another room. Daniel is able to control the electrical panels in this room, making the black metal stuff grow faster and spread throughout the ship.
Henry leads the boy to Room 1011 and remains determined to show him the truth. Encouraging him to take a seat, Henry injects Elliot with something that sees him wake up inside another memory. Apparently he’s dying and Maura intends to try and help him. Instead of letting him go, Maura promises to make him forget everything so they can all be together.
Maura injects Elliot with a syringe, and he flashes back to the time when he was with Henry. Elliot is trapped in this simulation so Maura can keep him alive. It’s like Plato’s Cave Allegory again, and the idea of knowledge has limits - this is like a Doll’s House, according to Henry. ..
What is the purpose of the black pyramid?
The Elliot family has been lying to Elliot all along. There is a way out, but Maura is the only one with the key. That key happens to power the pyramid, and as the black pyramid is opened up, a keyhole happens to be there with the word “Wake Up.”
The simulation changes from the very core of its architecture, thanks to Daniel. Daniel distorts this ship world and throws each of the passengers into different simulations. The code is being manipulated and spreading the virus (presumably this black metallic stuff) across the ship. Henry is surprised when he sees this, wondering what it means. After brief flashes of horrors across different worlds, the rabble of surviving passengers join together once more in the hallways of the ship.
Who is the Creator?
With the simulation falling apart, Eyk and Maura head deeper into the mental hospital. However, they’re stopped by the turncoat officer, telling Maura she needs to hand over the key. With the simulation falling apart, he presses some buttons on his machine and forces Maura to hand it over. He also apologizes to the captain and presses another button, sending him crashing to the ground.
Maura is led to her father, where he presses more buttons on that handheld console, and as such she’s brought to the mental hospital and tied down in a chair. Elliot watches silently as Henry reveals that Maura is the true creator of this simulation. She made it with Daniel and forced everyone into this loop.
Henry is determined to leave this place, but in order to do that it means forcing Maura to continue into the simulation again. The key is turned in the pyramid and… nothing happens. ..
How does Daniel change everything and make sure Maura remembers?
A passenger has changed the code and the simulation is completely corrupted. As the remaining passengers join together, the simulation is deleted.
Maura and Daniel find themselves in a child’s bedroom, tucked away down a hatch. Daniel’s plan to corrupt the code seems to have worked, and he explains that this is the first simulation the pair ever created. ..
Daniel reveals that he has also switched the values in the pyramids, with the one Henry has, happening to be completely useless. Daniel goes on to say that he changed the code because he felt that Maura was being held here against her will and needed to be saved.
Maura’s brother is actually in control of the simulation, and he’s urging her to wake up so they can stop him before it’s too late. ..
Maura wakes up to find herself strapped to a strange machine. All the other passengers and characters are there too, also stuck in stasis with machines on their head. Maura’s wedding ring is still on her finger.
How does 1899 Season 1 end?
The camera zooms out to show the Prometheus spaceship, which is filled with other chambers. A message is printed on the monitor, reading: “May your coffee kick in before reality does.”
The Project Prometheus survival mission seems to be a reality. The monitor blinks with several revelations, including the fact that there are 1423 passengers and 550 crew on board. The date is actually October 29th 2099, not 1899. A message from Ciaran comes through, welcoming Maura to reality, but it’s not really her reality.
The Episode Review
Maura’s brother is the one in charge of the construct, and she is a far bigger part of all of this than we realized. This shocking finale brings everything around to several big revelations, which makes it all seem much more complicated than it actually is.
This year’s mysteries were solved by looking at the ship’s operation. This was a nice way to pay off some of the big questions that remained. However, certain elements – like Mrs Wilson picking up her cup of tea in episode 1 simultaneously to everyone else – don’t quite make sense given what we know now. ..
However, it is still unknown whether the reality Maura has “woken up in” is actually true or just another part of an elaborate mouse trap, designed to keep her busy while her brother does something far more sinister. ..
With just a few words, I introduce you to the latest twist in the case of the missing girls: The police have found new evidence that could lead to the arrests of both suspects. But as each new development is made public, it seems as if there’s more and more that needs to be revealed in order for this case to finally be solved. Will the detectives be able to bring these two killers to justice? Or will they continue to walk away with nothing?
