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I binge-watched all 5 episodes into the wee small hours this morning.
I also first thought this was a modern day recreation of "The Prisoner," but then some questions crept in:
If this town exists 2,00 years in the future:
How are the cars maintained in pristine condition?
How are the homes maintained in pristine condition?
How are roads, utilities, and general infrastructure maintained in pristine condition?
Where does new clothing come from? Roofing shingles? (Sure does rain a lot.) New sewer pipes and electrical cable and water pipes?
Who made the mail boxes? Replacement tires (and virtually any mechanical parts) for the cars?
How about food? Who grows it? Where?
Meat? Fish? Poultry? Who provides the farms for those?
I see no steel mills, no iron works, no petroleum refineries, no dairy or livestock farms, and no place generating electricity for the town - or for that ominous fence.
Looking forward to tonight's episode.
I hope you enjoyed your binge.
The old cars in the bunker had flat tires, dead batteries and covered in dust. There is evidence of degradation for the stored vehicles.
As far as all the equipment, the town, food and infrastructure . . . that bugged me until I learned they were in an arch and had been awakened in the distant future. It was all planned long ago. They are in the year 4028, some 2,000 years from now. But they are in a recreation of 2014. We have already seen a part of the huge support complex with what looked a bit like an under ground bunker and many acres of space. In that bunker we see support personnel in the distance, a New York style car elevator for vertical parking to hold a lot of cars. They imply what we see is just the tip of a very large iceberg so to speak. Lots of storage spare parts etc. So unlike some sci-fi that asks you to swallow something magical to make it all work, this seemed very well written to me. Very tangible, feasible and possible.
I do not think the town is necessarily 2,000 years old. They mention the year 2014 as the source point of the people, at least the ones we have met so far. I think only the hibernating frozen people they wake up are that old. The town may be new. I think they are what they said they are. They are "the first generation" of something that was a long time in the making. Kate has lived there 12 years so maybe it started shortly before they woke her up? I suspect the town is actually 14 years old but who knows. Next episode has even more answers.
I can't wait for the next episode: THURSDAY, JUNE 25, ON FOX
Fox says:
Hope Davis (“Allegiance”) Guest Stars
Ethan gets a tour of the facility and personnel that manage the day-to-day operations of Wayward Pines and learns more about the history and how the residents ended up in the eerie town. Meanwhile, at the realty office, Theresa finds a map of an unusual plot of land she wants to investigate and Kate and Harold are planning a covert operation in all-new “Choices” episode of WAYWARD PINES airing Thursday, June 25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (PIN-106) (TV-14; L,V) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1
ETA: An interview with Chad Hodge says:
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The truth about the town is pretty much the same as in the books. Did you ever consider changing the twist at all?
CHAD HODGE: No, never considered changing the twist. Never ever. The truth of what Wayward Pines is, which is what Blake Crouch came up with in his books, that idea is one of the main reasons I wanted to do this show. I thought it was so brilliant and one of those twists that you can go back and literally every plot hole you think you’ve found is plugged.
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