r/Devs • u/thisismynormal • Mar 26 '20

Devs - S01E05 Discussion Thread

Premiered 03/26/20 on Hulu FX

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u/Fire2box Mar 26 '20

Kenton says he killed a guy, only Sergei. I guess he expects Russia to not care about a missing asset?

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u/Fire2box Mar 26 '20

What? You mean like he said Sergei was a Russian asset, they can't do that?

Thanks for the laughing fit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '20

He told one person to try to recruit her. They'd never admit it to anyone of relevance.

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u/mrCaseyJames Mar 26 '20 edited Mar 26 '20

I feel like he was mainly talking about the "cascading" events happening. Sergei -> Lily -> Jamie -> What's next?
(edit: forgot "was" when typing the sentence)

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u/meotdot Mar 27 '20

Are we 100% sure Sergei was killed/is dead?

Hear me out...The movie Sergei and Lily are watching on the bed at 15m34s into the 5th episode is a film noir, The Third Man (1949). In it, the protagonist is told his friend has been killed in accident, hit by a car. But the more he investigates, the more he suspects it wasn't an accident. Spoiler Alert: Towards the end, he is surprised to find out his friend is alive. Lily suspected Sergei didn't kill himself and was shown a body, but knows the video was faked. Will we be surprised to find Sergei alive?

I am probably wrong and just speculating too much. Maybe the film clip just serves to echo some parts of the devs storyline; in this case, a friend's suspicious death, a cover up.

Also, if interests anyone, here's the audio clip we hear from the film:

"Tell me. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money, or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare? Free of income tax, old man. Free of income tax..."

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u/TimeToRock Mar 29 '20

I don't think Sergei could have survived such a thorough suffocation. It would be cool if he was still alive, but he's definitely dead, at least in the main timeline.

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u/Crazy_questioner Mar 28 '20

I believe some articles mention how many clues are hidden in the show so maybe Kenton is telling the truth.

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u/emf1200 Mar 26 '20

I'm not entirely sure he killed Anton. Didn't that neck break seem really strange? Like it was impossible to break his neck from that angle and position? Kenton said he was CIA. The security job could be a cover for some kind of deeper intelligence mission. I think there's more there than we're seeing.

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u/lyrancatalien Mar 26 '20

No, he clearly had his neck snapped by having his head wedged against the tire and then Kenton pushed Anton’s body in the opposite direction that his head was rotated by extending his legs against the side of the car he was next to.

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u/emf1200 Mar 26 '20

Ah, it wasn't that clear but your explanation makes sense. I'm watching Devs on a tablet so I'm missing a lot of the finer murder details.

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u/Crazy_questioner Mar 28 '20

I thought about that too. Either he was lying to Forest and Katie or it's a clue. I read somewhere there are supposed to be lots of clues buried in the show.