My thoughts on the ending (Spoilers, obviously)

Please only read this if you've seen the whole series.

So I finished watching the series and at first, the conclusion disappointed me a little. It was a bit like Breaking Bad, how things seemed to get intense and crazy towards the end, but the actual ending was very slow and peaceful. But I've given it some thought and now I really love the ending. Here's what I think they were going for with it.

Let's look at the fates of the characters, firstly. Tim, who became arguably the main focus of the series, does survive, but appears visibly scarred by the events and even leaves town. Jessica is revealed to be alive and recovering. Jay, Alex and the rest are dead.

The interesting thing is, I noticed some parallels between the ending and the beginning. A character (Alex/Tim) who has been scarred by something, informs a friend (Jay/Jessica) that he needs to leave, but does not go into any more detail than that. Now, the first time it happened, what followed? the confused friend tried to figure out what happened, got in over his head, and all this insanity happened involving the Operator, and many friends were roped in, resulting in the deaths of many.

So, I think the ending is trying to imply that this whole thing continued as a sort of cycle, that Tim would become the "next Alex" (who tries to disappear) and Jessica would be the "next Jay" (who later finds him and brings this all back to the surface). What if Jessica got curious, tried to track Tim down, found the Internet entries, found out about Jay's death, demanded answers from Tim, got her own friends roped in, and it all resulted in more attacks from the Operator?

The ending is very much open to interpretation and is intended to be ambiguous, so I don't think there really is an answer. Either way, I think this is an interesting angle to look at it from.

What do you think?