Counterpart
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Clare and Yanek murdered their others.
Decency and villainy can be, in some instances, two sides of the same coin.
Yet the finale largely chooses to believe that reconciliation and peace are possible, if not easy to achieve.
Hes now come to see it as a form of cowardice, and doubts a new beginning is possible.
We would all like to be the better version of ourselves, he tells her.
I dont know if its possible.
And whos to say whats better, anyway?
Theyre the same person, reacting to a drastically different menu of options.
The message ofCounterpart: As they go, so do we.
Evocative graphics, great score, unskippable.
They like each other.
And theyll miss continuing to take a stab at hold the peace between Alpha and Prime.
Weve been taught to believe that the existence of this other world was some aberration of nature.
What if its about acceptance?
That seems like a good working thesis for the episode, until it isnt.
