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Plot hole in episode 7 (SPOILERS)


When Takeshi is talking to Reileen (his sister) he figures out that the reason she could not remember the ship exploding was because she must have been backed up before and accordingly that she was backed up to a version of herself prior to what occurred on the ship.

We are shown what transpired on the ship, and that her last words before the explosion was that "they gave her life". She repeats those words to Takeshi during the conversation and says that was the last thing she said before dying.

But if she was backed to a version of herself prior to those events on the ship, there would be no way for her to remember her last words.

Unless I missed something that seems like a glaring plot hole to me.

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THANK YOU. Nobody has mentioned this that I have seen. I just rewatched the ending of the episode just to confirm I wasn't crazy. This stopped my binge in its tracks. I was so taken aback by how sloppy that was that I just gave up watching. I might pick it back up after I have time to forget about it, but yeah the show was already kind of clunky already. Maybe it's one of those plot holes that gets put in there intentionally to throw the viewer off, but it doesn't seem like it is?

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good find! that is indeed a plot hole, there is no way she could recall that moment.

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She also claims to have backed up the resistance leader. Its possible she spoke to her at some point after the explosion in VR.

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What?! Can you elaborate a little more? I totally missed that.

Edit: there is already a spoiler warning at the top, so spoil away

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As a last ditch effort to get him to spare her life, the sister claims she kept a backup of the resistance leader before she offed her. She may be lying, but it could be true. Also, the protagonist says he is going to try to look for her at the end.

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She wouldn't have remembered, but she may have just made that up. She was good at manipulating Tak.

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