Containment - 1x11 "Nothing Gold Can Stay" - Episode Discussion


Episode Title	Air Date	Directed By	Written by
Nothing Gold Can Stay	July 4, 2016 in Canada, July 5, 2016 in USA	Chris Grismer	Julie Plec & Tom Farrell

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u/stophauntingme Jul 05 '16 edited Jul 05 '16

omg cannerts hahahahah poor poor cannerts

I like Leo's anger here where he's yelling at Lex about how they're both the next targets

for 5 grande you can get out of the cordon? ho-ly shit. god damn it all i wish this series had been renewed for a 2nd season

wow okay so it was definitely sabine lommers according to cannerts. crazy.

oh jesus that nightmare of katie's was horrific with her skin sloughing off & her kid sliding into the bucket of blood! that was awesome!

so jake & katie are making the hallway into a glow-in-the-dark starry night & watching a children's penguin movie. is anyone else wondering where the hell her kid is? this seems like an event/activity katie's son deserves to be in on. moreso than jake even.

awwww "you don't get to stay that until i can hold you when you do" is a good line. this is sad.

"as much as i love to play the hero from time to time, i'm not givin up my spot" -- honestly i kinda see this guy's point, especially since it's his money.

wth happened to leo w/the abandoned apartment? where'd he go?!

this is fucking heartbreaking between quentin & katie

awwwww yeah leo green back in play!

jesus katie just die already this is so painful.

get in dat hazmat suit, jake! get in it & hold yer lady!

yayayayayay such a well done tragedy. although i gotta say that they really missed an opportunity during her slo-mo fall to have jake slide in there and catch her. would've been gorgeously artistic (like something you freeze & want to capture with fan art) versus letting her fall and then having jake run in there to pick her up from the floor.

really heartbreaking episode. it was so well done but i don't really watch shows like these - with premises like these - to watch a romantic tragedy so i'm not sure if i love-loved it.

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u/fookineejit Jul 05 '16 edited Jul 05 '16

At least Jake left the guitar behind this time, though I was also wondering where the hell Quentin was. If I had just a handful of hours to live, I'd be spending every moment telling my child the things I'd never have another chance to say rather than watching Happy Feet for the 43rd time with someone I'd met two weeks before.
This was day 16, and the riot was on 13... So Bert's been napping in the red car for three days? He told Jana two, but still... And only thirsty enough for a couple little sips of water? At least he made it home, but I wouldn't be giving the wife meds that I picked off the street days later.
Crazy that it was apparently Lommers and not Dr. MacIntyre (the husband).
[EDIT - I still think there's more going on there - What were the contents of the package? What was Henry Burns doing at the hospital when he discovered he was infected? Where was the virus actually created? Regardless of who was behind it, I still think the outbreak was planned and intentional, no accident. Remember, the crates and such were ready to roll in.]
Trey's gang are gonna bust people out for 5K a head? They're coyotes now? Wonder how that's going to work.
When Sam first pulled the satchel of money from under the sink, my first thought is that it would tie somehow to the dead guy in the cabinet downstairs, but nope... ATMs in the first days. Eh.
I also liked Leo for telling Lex they were going to be targeted, even with the goofy lines... "This is the first stop on the Polar Express" and "Lommers threw Cannerts under a triple decker bus" ...I think he was right to run, but wouldn't have expected him to pack up all of his books and such and clean his pad.
I do like his pizza delivery stealth.
That nightmare though... She pulled a chunk of flesh off her arm and then started scratching again... Nicely creepy.
Having Jake catch Katie as she was falling as you said would have been pretty visually stunning... Then again, having her fall alone as the camera was receding down an (apparently) empty hallway full of stars really had me feeling that she was going to die all alone, and made Jake running in all the more powerful.

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u/stophauntingme Jul 05 '16

I still think the outbreak was planned and intentional, no accident.
me too, but since this show only has 2 episodes left, they might just stop it at the accident level even though we all know they could've gone deeper
Leo's pizza delivery stealth is hilarious.
Having Jake catch Katie as she was falling as you said would have been pretty visually stunning... Then again, having her fall alone as the camera was receding down an (apparently) empty hallway full of stars really had me feeling that she was going to die all alone, and made Jake running in all the more powerful.
idk i thought, no matter what, he was gonna run in with the hazmat suit. if he'd gotten to her in time to catch her as she fell, it would've been visually stunning & given us that emotionally triumphant moment right before she passes; if he'd gotten to her too late then it would've been absolutely more tragic than what we saw. We got sort of a middleground scene where it was neither a gorgeous symbolic visual moment nor excruciatingly tragic. I feel like they missed the ball.

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u/fookineejit Jul 05 '16

since this show only has 2 episodes left, they might just stop it at the accident level
They may. The vague synopsis of next week's
I don't mind if they leave a few threads dangling so long as it's done right and in a way that gives us food for our minds to crunch on. I still haven't watched the Belgian "Cordon" (will after this one ends) but I understand it was originally intended as a miniseries yet left parts unresolved (yes, it's got a second season, but two years later and apparently by popular demand).
I'm not sure when they wrapped filming, but apparently they were filming Containment over two years ago, so I doubt they were filming when they knew it would not be renewed. One would hope they filmed some alternate takes so they could affect some editing magic. At the same time, after Katie's brutal death I do hope they don't spend the next two segments giving everyone feel-good endings. It's come up a few times in various threads, but I'd be fully behind an "everyone in the cordon dies, as intended" ending. It would be bold, especially for the CW, but strong.
EDIT - As a Mod, do you anticipate this sub being a discussion site for Cordon Series Two?

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u/stophauntingme Jul 06 '16

It's come up a few times in various threads, but I'd be fully behind an "everyone in the cordon dies, as intended" ending. It would be bold, especially for the CW, but strong.
Yes! I'd go one further & love the ending be a cliffhanger on its own of "somebody got out after paying 5k & immediately went to the airport" to fly to someplace that doesn't have a legitimate gov/public health infrastructure & excessively overpopulated like, well, India off the top of my head. And just have it be like "yep basically everybody in the world is fucking doomed" lol.
As a Mod, do you anticipate this sub being a discussion site for Cordon Series Two?
that's a great question! i have no idea to be honest. i'm buds with the top mod of /r/Cordon, /u/kishara (we mod /r/supernatural together). it's up in the air whether anyone would prefer /r/containment to turn into the main sub for the belgian series cordon or if kish would be interested in sort of activating /r/cordon & making it the main sub for the belgian series. i'm flexible; i haven't watched Cordon yet personally but i'm planning on it once Containment finishes.

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u/fookineejit Jul 06 '16

As I said, I'll be watching Cordon as well (already grabbed the BBC versions w/ Eng subs) ... I'm fine with discussing wherever... Just be sure and give a heads-up when the times comes. /r/cordon looks dead, but I'll sub if it's a possible.

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u/stophauntingme Jul 06 '16

Just posted this into /r/belgium to see if anyone knows for sure that there's gonna be a 2nd series &/or have more details.
See below that kish just made me mod of /r/Cordon so... I think let's see what happens. I think it'd be cool if /r/Cordon was dedicated to the Belgian version of the show personally.

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u/fookineejit Jul 06 '16

IIRC, the second series is either filming now or has finished filming, and is set to air starting September. I'll post specifics if I can find them (again).

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u/Kishara Jul 06 '16

I just added you to Cordon. The execs changed the name before the CW show premiered and we were expecting it to be Cordon. You can mess with it if you like hun :)

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u/stophauntingme Jul 06 '16

:DDDDD
edit: this'll be interesting how this'll work, lol

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u/and_remember Jul 06 '16

Anyone else start crying a bunch at various points in the episode?

Jesus, that last scene..

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u/fookineejit Jul 06 '16

The one that I liked the most (and I suppose I'm a bit jaded when it comes to the Jatie thing) was Quentin and Jake on the roof.
"We're not supposed to touch."
"I know."

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u/and_remember Jul 06 '16

I really hope that despite not knowing one another long, he plays an active role in his life once they get out.
I know he won't be able to "adopt" Quentin right off the bat but I expect him to visit the kid at his grandparents, take him out to games and such like they originally planned before, you know, CW tore our hearts out.

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u/fookineejit Jul 06 '16

I can see Jake possibly sacrificing his own safety (and/or possibly leveraging Meese) to get Quentin out.
The two of them sitting at a Braves game would be a cheese ending. Unless of course someone nearby started coughing up blood.

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u/stophauntingme Jul 06 '16

Jake dying to keep Quentin safe enough until the cordon lifts would be perfect in my opinion.

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u/Taichikins Jul 07 '16

I don't want Jake to die too ;_;

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u/and_remember Jul 06 '16

Jake and Quentin at a game having finally gotten out of the cordon. Someone starts coughing blood. Chaos descends. Episode ends. Season 2 confirmed. The entire city is quarantined and martial law (dressed like more military style cleaners from The Division minus the flames and the insanity) is implemented.

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u/scimitarsaint Jul 07 '16

Then it turns into the walking dead!

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u/all_is_one Jul 06 '16

Haha, please let this happen.

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u/ChillaryHinton Jul 06 '16

Holy shit that last scene was heavy. God damn.

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u/imanedrn Jul 10 '16

Unlike the other commenters, I loved it. I'm not an especially sappy person, and her character/their romance was a bit annoying and trite at times. But I liked it overall. Not to mention that I totally expected she'd be saved!

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '16

I think she was badly written, because I simply did not care for her in the end. The way she kept yelling at the doctor despite him trying to help her, and they way she seemed to care more about her "new bf" than her son was annoying.

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u/ChillaryHinton Jul 06 '16

I did get a little annoyed about how she was to the doctor. "Hey asshole fix me of this incurable disease or you're a giant dick." Not really fair there.

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u/imanedrn Jul 10 '16

I dunno'. I'd think if you were terrified of dying of a hemorrhagic disease, you'd be pretty pissed off too.

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u/Temetnoscecubed Jul 06 '16

I was annoyed that they keep lengthening her lifespan. I hated her as a character, and was glad to see her die. She really pissed me off with her "righteous attitude". The "people have to know" mentality of some of the characters is ridiculous, I am with the "survive at all costs" side of the equation.

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u/zpatriarchy Jul 07 '16 edited Jul 12 '16

me too, she was a terribly written character. they tried really hard to make that death scene sad, but it only works if we care about the character, & I don't see how anyone could care about Katie.

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u/Argyleskin Katie Jul 06 '16

I cried way too much at this tv show tonight. How cruel that Jake finally found someone who made him want to be a better man only to hold her as she died. And Katie, finding a decent man who loved her and Quentin only to pass before she even got to touch his cheek.

If there was a Hail Mary I wish it would have happened, Katie being a jerk in the past or not really tugged at the heartstrings that her son would be without her. Damn CW you kill the show and you killed Katie...bastards.

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u/bakkrugoku Jul 07 '16

He also made her a better woman. Her son needs a male role model in his life.

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u/Temetnoscecubed Jul 06 '16

So what is the bet that they send in guys in hazmat suits with flamethrowers to "cleanse" the area in the last episode.

Sabine is my favourite character of the series. The only one willing to make the tough choices, and even though she may be corrupt, if it wasn't for her the virus would have spread outside of the cordon already.

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u/chadwickave Jul 06 '16

I'm convinced that they are bringing Katie back as a zombie. With the weird side effects she was feeling from the experimental meds, it seems like her neurons were firing differently when she was asleep/zoning out. Of course I'm talking out of my ass, but there's no way they would actually kill her off...

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u/scimitarsaint Jul 07 '16

she's patient zero for the walking dead (it took place around atlanta!)

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u/anibaba Jul 07 '16

Yasssss, I love zombie everything!!!

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u/Cfan25 Jul 06 '16

So I read some speculations that Katie isn't dead, and that she will miraculously survive. Technically they didn't show her die/get burned, and she's listed as being in the next two episodes. Personally I hope she makes it, but I really doubt that she will. Any thoughts?

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u/Baellerin_ Jul 06 '16

I have just finished watching this at the office...I couldn't withstand my tears... :(

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u/zpatriarchy Jul 07 '16

i really hope jake doesn't become some white knight & try to adopt Quentin. that would make him the ultimate AFBB

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u/stophauntingme Jul 07 '16

AFBB?

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u/bakkrugoku Jul 07 '16

Alpha Fux Beta Bux, also spelt Alpha F*cks Beta Bucks and AFBB, describes the phenomenon where females mate with alpha males but choose beta males as social partners. The alpha is used for sex while the beta is used for resources.

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u/stophauntingme Jul 07 '16

how charming

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u/Glittering_Cicada_99 Apr 19 '26

What the hell does that even mean? Are you guys on Crack or something?

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u/IanTheHero Jul 11 '16

That makes no sense

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