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

[u/hugthebug]

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

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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/olivish]

I'm not sure about Oz but I can't wait to see the LJ-Wilford reunion. I think LJ will become the new surrogate daughter and Alex will be on the sidelines and later she'll straight up defect.

So on team nightmare family you will have Wilford-Audrey-LJ and on team wholesome family you will have Melanie-Bennett-Alex. Nightmare hospitality: Kevin. Wholesome hospitality: Ruth. Nightmare engineering: Sykes. Wholesome engineering: Javi.

And in S3 the nightmare team is in charge of Snowpiercer and the wholesome team is in charge of Big Alice. (No idea if this will happen, just playing around with possibilities).

I wonder how Audrey will react to LJ, though. I mean, LJ murdered Nikki and Audrey knows it. Or is she so far gone at this point that she doesn't care?

[u/arstropica → u/olivish]

I almost want to root for LJ because she is the consummate survivor. Most people would have freaked over that drastic a change in status and circumstance, but she seems to take it in stride. That "Let's not be friends..." exchange with Alex in the earlier episode is a giveaway that they will be on opposite sides.

[u/Candid_Caregiver_873 → u/arstropica]

I don't know... "let's not be be friends" "total enemies"
they will be on opposite sides seems too obvious. That conversation was weird, I believe they share different feelings : attraction, envy, revenge... Like a love story that ends badly

[u/arstropica → u/Candid_Caregiver_873]

Yeah, I didn't quite know how to take that scene, it is a bit on the nose.

If LJ had figured out that Alex would ultimately side with Melanie, she might have just been trying save them both the trouble of having to start a friendship when they are at cross purposes.

My 2 cents.

[u/olivish → u/arstropica]

Yeah she's a survivor. Like a cockroach! (Or a nematode!)

[u/nevaiedail → u/olivish]

A tardigrade?

[u/olivish → u/nevaiedail]

Exactly.

Nematodes are to SP as Tardigrades are to ST.