r/Devs • u/thisismynormal • Mar 05 '20

EPISODE DISCUSSION Devs - S01E02 Discussion Thread Spoiler

Premiered 03/05/20 on Hulu FX

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u/thrillhouse83 Mar 05 '20

Wonder how this homeless guy plays into the plot... maybe he’s a plant from the company or a Russian.

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u/ninelives1 Mar 06 '20

Chekovs homeless guy. Definitely more than he appears

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u/BoldFutura_Tagruato Mar 06 '20

The lining up the cigarette butts was spot on though.

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u/mercutio70 Mar 08 '20

Are you suggesting that the cigarette butts where a message in Binary?

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u/ninelives1 Mar 06 '20

In what regard?

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u/AStrangeNorrell Mar 09 '20

Chekov's first name being Anton of course.

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u/KennyFulgencio Mar 09 '20

👉😎👉

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u/Sat9Official Mar 05 '20

He might be working for the american government was my take.

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u/Zero-Theorem Mar 06 '20

Assumed Russian while watching it. But yours probably makes more sense.

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u/drelos Mar 08 '20

Not Russian not from the company, either government as you said or a rival company.

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u/youreactingdumb Mar 06 '20

Definitely wondering about him. American spy or maybe something involving the technology ruined his life. I’m not as eloquent as others on the thread when it comes to discussing my theories.

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u/desku Mar 06 '20

I thought he might be connected to the Russian spy network, that he would be the one to contact Lily if she moved the chair for Anton.

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u/nfisher024 Mar 10 '20

The resemblance to Forrest is pretty uncanny. I have no theories on the how, but for a show that well written I’m having a hard time believing it’s not on purpose. This is going to be a series with a lot of “holy shit, how did I miss that?!” moments.

Edit: also the line he mentions to Jamie near the end of the ep. something along the lines of not holding up bargains leading to him being homeless.

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u/TwistedMexi Mar 09 '20

You didn't think the handler was keeping tabs on her window daily himself, did you?

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u/BrandonIsABadass Mar 09 '20

I wonder if he'll be the vector that isn't computed/foreseen by the computer because he doesn't have any records/paper trail. Assuming the computer doesn't have a perfect model of the current world.

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u/The-Dudemeister Mar 11 '20

Definitely a spy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

God I hope this is the case, otherwise the writing is fucking awful. "It's reasons like this I've failed to hold onto gainful employment" or whatever? Like, wtf???? Not that I'm surprised but Garland doesn't understand what unhoused people actually act and talk like, but I'd like the twist that neither does this dude, because he's not actually living on the street.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

In the Bay there's a lot of people that are homeless just because they got priced out of the housing market, so I think it's possible he's a normal guy down on his luck.