" __ I cast a beautiful net __ I’d catch __ beautiful things."

Hi OA fam! 👋🏻 first of all, so glad to be here. I watched the first season back when it first came out and somehow life took me away from ever watching the second until now.

I watched both seasons through over the past couple days and wow… what a rush! As an avid observer of existential spirituality and the subconscious mind, I absolutely loved it. Shows like this are so fucking deep and a glimmer of hope, especially when we swim in a world of reality show fluff. Unfortunately most people look to TV as a distraction/numbing mechanism instead of a place to explore the multiverse of the mind and have these powerful introspective experiences. It’s a shame it got canceled and I am actively manifesting it comes back!

I do have a couple questions/observations:

1. In her Skype with Nancy after jumping, she mentioned “did you see a blind girl” when they were going to adopt their son. Didn’t Nancy seem to insinuate yes to that? But later on as OA unravels the timeline with Nina, she declares that their paths split at the car crash… so wouldn’t that mean that Nancy wouldn’t have seen a blind girl at all, as in Nina’s plot she wasn’t ever blind or in a car accident at all? Thanks for any clarity on this!

2. I could have SWORN that when Karim opened the rose colored window, it would have been something to do with the birth of MO’s child. Is that his child btw… did we ever find that out? There’s definitely something deeper going on there…

I thought the reveal would have either been:

a) him being birthed into the world, as the consciousness of Mo’s child (starting over again, reincarnation)

OR

b) revealing some powerful insight about how the act of giving birth and experiencing having/being around children are actually the greatest key to our “fuel”/power/energy — they are the humans most untainted, innocent, curious, and connected most to God/Source/multiverse. Pretty much the opposite of how he approaches life, which was very cynical in nature.

This all sparked in my brain when he read the poem on the back of the door… something like the end is actually found in the beginning.

Makes sense to me. Anyone else felt that?!

I love the allegory to “taking off the rose colored glasses” and all the other messages intertwined within. Yassss!

Anyway… rants at 2:30am after finishing S2. Happy to be here with ya’ll!

Just rewatching season 1 of The OA again with subtitles on (because how else am I supposed to hear properly duh), and in Chapter 5 Paradise about 17 mins in we see BBA getting ready. The subs pick up the radio which says authorities are looking for a shooter that killed 17 people inside a shoping mall. He left the scene at Claude Mall and was last seen walking towards…”

Nothing is by chance with The OA as we know, I guess we’ll never know for sure but I bet this was the shooter that entered the school and killed OA.

I like the foreshadowing actually as it makes it less by chance that OA was there at “right time wrong place” when she got shot, and that actually the shooter was on the run from episode 5.

I wonder at what point we’ll stop discovering new and hidden clues within the OA.

Probably never 💜

The theory behind leaving the doors open never resonated to me until this morning. It dawned on me it has symbolism to mean an open mind, third eye, etc.

IDK

Thoughts?

so i’m trying to make an edit of the oa but i need the clip of where she says “my biggest mistake was believing if i cast a beautiful net i’d catch only beautiful things” i’ve recorded it from my tv but it’s low quality for obvious reasons. so can someone please link/ send that clip if they have it please 🙏

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/streaming-services-cancellations-study-hbo-max-highest-1235718137/

Only thing is I don't have a Homer. Or at least I haven't met mine. Timeline jumping is something I wish was possible...this current timeline on Earth is horrible. Definitely for myself, but also for most of us, I think.

I just want to be free (literally and figuratively, from my mental and physical prisons-not literal incarceration, but there are many ways in which a person can be imprisoned). I am ok, safe, but far from being truly free. The show gave me hope in ways I can't even begin to express, and I pray that one day Brit and Zal will be able to tell the rest of the story somehow. 🙏🏻

Not sure if anyone shared this interview yet. The fan said:

"Jason, my disappointment of not being able to see the end of the series The OA with the cast that was lighting in a bottle knows no bounds. Your portrayal of HAP was easily one of the best parts of the show. My question is how much of that portrayal was creative freedom and how much of it was trying to stay true to the character written in the scripts?" and the article below shows his response.

Jason Isaacs Wants to Return to 'The OA' for Original "Five-Season" Plan

"They built all the foundations, and then they let all of the actors flesh it out and that's why I think there's not been anything like it. I've never seen anything like that show. I really adored it and, by the way, although it was canceled after Season 2, they have all five seasons in their head. And if you saw Season 2, you know, where we left it, we can pick it up anytime, we’d be willing to if we get a chance." - I sure hope they're all still trying!!

The OA is the featured Netflix Series show to watch on my Netflix right now. Does this seem odd to anyone else? Do you think they would put this here if they really don’t intend on ever saving the OA? Has this happened for anyone else? 👀

Saw this and immediately thought, Prairie!

I know some people theorize that the cancellation and the ending of season 2 were somehow planned or something, I personally don’t think that. I do however think there is so much potential to work the cancelation into the story if/when Brit and Zal decide to continue it. I just imagine that the whole experience of the show’s cancellation and the years that have followed has been extremely impactful for Brit and Zal, caring so much about something and having it stolen from you essentially. Especially with the reassurances and validations of their art from their very passionate fanbase (I’ve never seen a canceled show have this much support after this many years) they really had struck gold with something that resonated with people so deeply and have been locked out of creating it. I just think there’s so much this show touches on and so many directions to use their experiences to make something even more meta and thought provoking. It’s just a thought, but I’ve been wondering if this extremely unconventional way of telling a story (in the event they finish) would cause them to pivot the story’s direction and just needed to write my thoughts out somewhere lol.

It really tickled my mind, why lady ( The OA spirit guardian ) when she dies first time as girl speak with her in Arabic? Any suggestions ?

Here are my recommendations for shows if you miss the oa and want something similar.

Another Earth: another metaphysical speculative sci-fi and the first feature length movie by Brit and zal. Beautiful and heart breaking, it made me fall in love with them. It’s a science fiction about multiple worlds but it focuses on the humanity of that experience and less the science.

The East: this one is a “Brit and zal create a cult universe” movie. It’s a beautiful movie about a group of eco-terroists being infiltrated by a spy and they start to make her question her views on life.

The sound of my voice: this one is incredibly similar to the oa. Go in blind.

Caddo lake: not by brit and zal but it’s another speculative sci fi movie that focuses more on the human experience and less on explaining the science. It’s beautiful and heart breaking.

Severance: Adam Scott is great in this, it brings up a lot of questions on consciousness and what that is like the oa while also having these weird culty vibes.

Servant: another “culty unreliable main character who is still charismatic and might actually be the real deal” show.

The endless/something in the dirt: these are loosely connected (in the same universe) and basically it’s about this lovecraftian entity in California that has some ability to distort time and gravity. It is less about explaining the entity and more about how would people react to this and fit it into their brain?

Highly recommend this if you are an OA fan. Go into it blind. Brit Marling plays a cult leader named Maggie running a mysterious group out of an LA basement. This couple decides to infiltrate it and expose whatever she is doing in a documentary.

It has a lot of similarities to the OA. And Brit marling is fascinating. Honestly if she were to actually have a cult I would probably follow her, she had this like charisma and kindness and alot of insight.

So, I was reminded recently of a lens I used to view the show in. My challenge is to watch The OA as if the characters are aware of your presence, à la Blue's Clues. Aware that they're in a show being viewed. Maybe you don't know which one or how many, but that's part of the mystery. And, that they're keeping it a secret like "Among Us".

Watch it as if those characters are aware of the impending cancellation and thus their end. And, that they're on a quest to get their message to as many people as they can before it's over. With that in mind, it's kind of a tragic, touching meta story that directly involves, you, the viewer. That's it. lol.

I’ve never posted before so if I’m doing something wrong, I’m sorry. I just saw this on Instagram and this may be a way to get the show back?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBbhtqmvGca/?igsh=MWQxeDZxamNnODN5ag==

Are we the next universe. Is this why it hasn't been renewed..

It's been a long time since I watched oa, but it has to be one of my all time favourite shows.. but something I always thought, is are we that next universe (in an artistic sort of way)

That it's not continuing on tv for artistic and symbolistic reasons?

I know they say it's been cancelled. But is this really how they wanted it to end, and imply that we are now, in the present - new universe for them. Not some tv show, not a film product.. but in an artistic view (maybe coping here) that that's why we're not getting a new season?

I was watching YouTube and they were speaking about San Francisco streets that is all.

Sidenote I just want to say I dream a lot and whenever I do have dreams I’m in houses like the house on Nob Hill and the architectural designs are always in my dreams and I could never understand it there is always high ceilings and windows sorry haha thanks for coming to my Ted talk

Watching the 2nd season (for the 5th time I think), but this is the first time I just jumped into s2 without rewatching 1 first. Maybe it will help me notice some new things.

Also IDK how I always forget Zendaya is in the show! I love her in season 2.

And the relationship between Homer and Prarie/Nina in s2 is so complex … it’s almost painful to watch her trying to convince him they are lovers all season.

RIP the best show ever

I have watched this show many times since it first aired on Netflix… watching it one more time now. And was trying to look up Curi or the German Sleep Study. I found there’s a Reddit and I was like wow there’s a forum for this too? Hi family. I am a believer.

todays OAs bday according to her ID in part two lol libra season

https://screenrant.com/othe-oa-season-2-ending-real-world-tv-set-cliffhanger-canceled/#threads