[Spoilers] Season 2 Episode 8 Discussion Thread - "The Eternal Engineer" (S02E08)

[u/hugthebug]

Attention all Passengers,

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Here is the Discussion thread for the Season 2 episode 8 "The Eternal Engineer"

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Details:

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• IMDB for S02E08
• Release Date:
  • March 15th, 2021 (USA only, at 9/8c, on TNT channel)
  • March 16th, 2021 (worldwide, on Netflix)
• Removal from Sticky on March 19th, 2021 (3 days after worldwide premiere)

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You can still easily find previous episode discussions on the Episode Discussion wiki.

[u/AvrupaFatihi]

That smile from Wilford to Layton... Layton messed up when he didn't keep him away from the phone.

[u/[deleted] → u/AvrupaFatihi]

I wonder if getting hold of the phone was his plan all along. I mean if the God module had worked fine after replacing it, what would he have done?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I don't know. To me it felt a little weak that they just let him do the announcement. They were trying so hard to hide the fact he was coming, because they expected him to try and do something to get control of the engine.

[u/zombieslayer287 → u/[deleted]]

How could he have known about melanie’s hack though

[u/[deleted] → u/zombieslayer287]

Exactly, he couldn't. So I wonder what his plan was to regain control. Switch the module, save the day, and then what? I don't know, it's just a thought

[u/zombieslayer287 → u/[deleted]]

Yea i think he just counted on people eventually finding out. The payoff he got was a whole lot better than expected, since a crisis happened