Warning: contains finale spoilers for Constellation.
Space messes you up. That’s the conclusion reached by former 1960s cosmonaut Irena Lysenko in Apple TV+ sci-fi Constellation. Irena knows space’s secret, which is that sometimes the astronauts that come back down from missions aren’t the same ones who went up there.
Every so often, spooky space physics pull a switcheroo and swap people from their own universe to a mirror versions with slight but unignorable differences such as the colour of the family car, to whether they’re alive or dead.
Before we get into Bud and Henry’s complicated finale business, a bit of context is needed:
The Mirror Universes
In Constellation, there are two mirrored universes plus a crossover space in which parts of both overlap, enabling people in Universe A to get the odd, destabilising glimpse of what’s going on in Universe B. Think Stranger Things’ the Upside Down,...
Space messes you up. That’s the conclusion reached by former 1960s cosmonaut Irena Lysenko in Apple TV+ sci-fi Constellation. Irena knows space’s secret, which is that sometimes the astronauts that come back down from missions aren’t the same ones who went up there.
Every so often, spooky space physics pull a switcheroo and swap people from their own universe to a mirror versions with slight but unignorable differences such as the colour of the family car, to whether they’re alive or dead.
Before we get into Bud and Henry’s complicated finale business, a bit of context is needed:
The Mirror Universes
In Constellation, there are two mirrored universes plus a crossover space in which parts of both overlap, enabling people in Universe A to get the odd, destabilising glimpse of what’s going on in Universe B. Think Stranger Things’ the Upside Down,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
The following contains spoilers from the March 27 finale of Apple TV+’s Constellation.
Apple TV+’s Constellation on Wednesday wrapped its eight-episode run by tying up some loose ends, before leaving viewers with a couple of twists — and a startling final image — to puzzle over.
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Apple TV+’s Constellation on Wednesday wrapped its eight-episode run by tying up some loose ends, before leaving viewers with a couple of twists — and a startling final image — to puzzle over.
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Coming off of last week’s fiery, reality-overlapping ordeal at the cabin, the...
- 3/28/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
It is believed that the notion of multiple realities is founded upon the principles of dichotomy found in symmetry. While different realities, which are alternate versions of each other, share a number of similarities in some of their fundamental principles, some random acts and events differ from each other in both major and minor ways. After all, the varying possible outcomes of a single incident and how that triggers further changes are the core precepts of multiverse theory.
As a thrilling cosmic sci-fi series, Apple TV+’s Constellation aimed to focus on the intriguing concept of alternate realities with a strong emotional undertone. The series excelled in doing so by highlighting the relationship dynamics between astronaut Jo Ericsson and her daughter Alice (and an alternate version of her), but the series’ most complex, poignant commentary on duality in uniformity is shaped through the study of character duo Bud Caldera and...
As a thrilling cosmic sci-fi series, Apple TV+’s Constellation aimed to focus on the intriguing concept of alternate realities with a strong emotional undertone. The series excelled in doing so by highlighting the relationship dynamics between astronaut Jo Ericsson and her daughter Alice (and an alternate version of her), but the series’ most complex, poignant commentary on duality in uniformity is shaped through the study of character duo Bud Caldera and...
- 3/27/2024
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
With just two episodes left in the season — and coming out of last week’s eye-opening “Paul Is Dead” installment — Apple TV+’s Constellation sci-fi thriller this Wednesday will shed even more light on why exactly astronaut Jo Ericsson (played by Noomi Rapace) has been so damn puzzled by the life she returned to following a deadly Iss mission.
Last week’s aforementioned “Paul Is Dead” episode focused on William Catlett’s character, revealing that in one reality Paul Lancaster actually survived the incident aboard the International Space Station, though Jo did not. That Paul similarly returned to a “home...
Last week’s aforementioned “Paul Is Dead” episode focused on William Catlett’s character, revealing that in one reality Paul Lancaster actually survived the incident aboard the International Space Station, though Jo did not. That Paul similarly returned to a “home...
- 3/18/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Considering alternate, parallel realities to be a mirror reflection of the prime one, so far in Apple TV+’s Constellation, the narrative focus has been fixated on astronaut Jo Ericsson’s tribulations after getting displaced and trapped in a world, which is a distorted reflection of her own. With the latest episode, titled Paul is Dead, as the focus shifts to the reality where Jo belongs, a number of troublesome revelations muddle the distinction between both worlds.
In the previous episode, Jo decided to seek answers on her own after getting a hint of the massive cover-up persisting across the majority of the spacefaring organizations and realizing that her account of the events in the Iss was being deliberately suppressed as it was going to become an exposé. Taking her daughter Alice with her (alternate reality version), Jo went to the Denmark Marine Observatory, where the veteran Bang siblings, the ‘Space Listener’ duo,...
In the previous episode, Jo decided to seek answers on her own after getting a hint of the massive cover-up persisting across the majority of the spacefaring organizations and realizing that her account of the events in the Iss was being deliberately suppressed as it was going to become an exposé. Taking her daughter Alice with her (alternate reality version), Jo went to the Denmark Marine Observatory, where the veteran Bang siblings, the ‘Space Listener’ duo,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
Warning: contains spoilers for Constellation episode four.
Nothing is wasted in Apple TV+ Constellation. Its story of an astronaut coming back from space a changed woman is a sci-fi puzzle that viewers are invited to solve, and clues to its mysteries are everywhere: in apparently trivial details, in paintings hanging on walls, in the title of a children’s book… and even in the silliest gag.
In episode four, recently returned astronaut Johanna Eriksson (Noomi Rapace) tries to assimilate back into life on Earth. Her husband Magnus and daughter Alice surprise her with a combined birthday and Christmas party, to catch up with the celebrations she missed while on her International Space Station mission. As part of the dinner, the English-Swedish family pull Christmas crackers and groan at the cheesy jokes they contain. Magnus reads:
“The Spanish fireman has two sons. What are they called? José and Hose B.”
It’s a bad pun,...
Nothing is wasted in Apple TV+ Constellation. Its story of an astronaut coming back from space a changed woman is a sci-fi puzzle that viewers are invited to solve, and clues to its mysteries are everywhere: in apparently trivial details, in paintings hanging on walls, in the title of a children’s book… and even in the silliest gag.
In episode four, recently returned astronaut Johanna Eriksson (Noomi Rapace) tries to assimilate back into life on Earth. Her husband Magnus and daughter Alice surprise her with a combined birthday and Christmas party, to catch up with the celebrations she missed while on her International Space Station mission. As part of the dinner, the English-Swedish family pull Christmas crackers and groan at the cheesy jokes they contain. Magnus reads:
“The Spanish fireman has two sons. What are they called? José and Hose B.”
It’s a bad pun,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
An Apple TV+ original Constellation is a sci-fi thriller/psychological horror that revolves around an astronaut named Johanna Eriksson, who returns to Earth after a disaster on Iss. This accident claims her teammate’s life, and following the incident, several strange events begin to torment Joe. In this series, we will see Joe on his quest to uncover the hidden truth about her space travel and find out what caused her to undergo such drastic psychological changes after returning home. The series introduced us to so many interesting characters, which already set the mood for a gripping thriller. Let’s discuss the characters we have been introduced to in the first three episodes of the series so far.
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Johanna “Jo” Ericsson
Played by Noomi Rapace, Johanna “Jo” Ericsson is the central protagonist of the story. Jo is an astronaut, working on the International Space Station (Iss), jointly run by NASA,...
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Johanna “Jo” Ericsson
Played by Noomi Rapace, Johanna “Jo” Ericsson is the central protagonist of the story. Jo is an astronaut, working on the International Space Station (Iss), jointly run by NASA,...
- 2/22/2024
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
The new Apple TV+ series “Constellation” is a space drama, a category in which its deep-pocketed platform has developed something of a preoccupation. But the show also exemplifies a type of series so recognizable it’s become practically a genre unto itself: a story that calls for the concision of a feature film that’s been stretched out to fill a TV-sized number of episodes.
“Constellation” stars Noomi Rapace as Jo Ericsson, an astronaut who survives a deadly collision at the International Space Station — only to experience disturbing visions back on Earth. The what/why/how of Jo’s experience in orbit could make for a gripping mystery, but creator and sole screenwriter Peter Harness stretches these questions over eight hours, killing their momentum and stretching the show’s worthwhile elements far too thin.
The first two hours of “Constellation” (both directed by “Game of Thrones” veteran Michelle MacLaren) are a riff on “Gravity,...
“Constellation” stars Noomi Rapace as Jo Ericsson, an astronaut who survives a deadly collision at the International Space Station — only to experience disturbing visions back on Earth. The what/why/how of Jo’s experience in orbit could make for a gripping mystery, but creator and sole screenwriter Peter Harness stretches these questions over eight hours, killing their momentum and stretching the show’s worthwhile elements far too thin.
The first two hours of “Constellation” (both directed by “Game of Thrones” veteran Michelle MacLaren) are a riff on “Gravity,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
Written by Peter Harness and directed by Michelle MacLaren, Apple TV+ added another intriguing series, Constellation, to their library of sci-fi thrillers. Constellation, a sci-fi thriller/psychological horror, revolves around an astronaut, Jo, who returns to Earth after a catastrophic accident in space that claimed her teammate’s life. Apple TV+ has just released the first three episodes of the series, which has set the mood for a grim storyline with intriguing turns and twists. Let’s see what happens in these initial episodes of the series to know what nightmares Jo has to go through in her quest to learn the hidden truth about space and Earth.
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How Did Paul Die?
Constellation Episode 1 opens in the deserted land of Vindelalven, in Northern Sweden, where Johanna, the protagonist of the story, comes to a shelter with her daughter, Alice. The two of them were frightened, and it seemed...
Spoilers Ahead
How Did Paul Die?
Constellation Episode 1 opens in the deserted land of Vindelalven, in Northern Sweden, where Johanna, the protagonist of the story, comes to a shelter with her daughter, Alice. The two of them were frightened, and it seemed...
- 2/21/2024
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
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