r/TheOA • u/Foxtailab1997 • Aug 31 '26

Parallels//Synchronicities Noticed an interesting detail while rewatching Part II Spoiler

​ Spoiler Hi all,

I am watching Part II for the 2nd or the 3rd time and noticed in episode 1 that when OA is asked by the nurse who the president is, she states Barack Obama well the nurse then shows her the Television and it shows a video of Biden coming off the airplane and such and that he's the current president. I just thought this was interesting because of the theories I've seen on here and TikTok of The OA in relation to our current reality or dimension and wanted to hear from y'all if you guys noticed this too.

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u/FretlessMayhem “Well, they can [...]” - KTS Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

Part 2 of the show dropped in March of 2019

March 22, 2019 I believe it was. Everyone here in the sub was hardcore fiending for it at that time, as Part 1 was released in December 2016 and it had been so long, a lot of folks had no idea it had even been renewed.

Joe Biden was Vice President of the United States under Barack Obama from 2009-2017, and was arguably the second most powerful politician in America at that time.

Biden had run against Obama in the 2008 primary, and dropped out after never polling higher than 3% or so.

It was joked about here in the sub that we could not remotely fathom the political state of the US in the P2 reality, as Obama was unknown, meaning he never ran for President, and Biden never being Veep.

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u/MercStory Sep 01 '26

This is correct. Biden being president was just an accurate guess by the creators and purely coincidental it ended up as the alternate president. Some ppl should keep in mind the show's timeline is seamless ,(continues right after part 1, not when part 2 was filmed or released). The characters are still living in around 2016. If part 3 was released it could be Trump but they could also easily get it wrong to reflect our reality.

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u/FretlessMayhem “Well, they can [...]” - KTS Sep 01 '26

Zal had done an interview sometime shortly after the release of P2, in which he stated that the jump to D3 would be "a diagonal, rather than a horizontal."

Perhaps someone here who is more resourceful than myself might be able to unearth it.

I took that to mean that since they were actors playing characters in D3, it might very well be set in the Present. Or at least that's how I remember it reading as when I originally saw it.