i hate these kind of endings. im more of a good ending kinda' guy.
so for me the real Jamie helped with the truck and went back inside while Ariel died in the car accident.
and thats it for season 1 for me.
I don't think that's how it was, but I wanted that too.
Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, and / or doesn't.
I have changed the ending in my head too. But I am playing along with their pretend fake switch on us. They showed us a pair of naked muddied legs coming up toward Jamie helping Rajesh. Why would Ariel have been naked before crossing the river? None of the other characters took their clothes off going through the mud. Even if it was Ariel sneaking up behind him, maybe Jamie fought him off and whacked him over the head. Rajesh would have seen it too. So maybe Jamie really is in the bunker and only gave the evil Ariel sneer at the end because he finally defeated him for good. Jamie finally bested Ariel in the end; he was no longer Doofus. While crawling naked on the ground, it was more a desperate plea of a sheister proclaiming he was the real Jamie. Naked muddied legs and then a naked crawling man screaming = Ariel to me. Remember when Jamie got upset and the river parted? If Jamie was upset he was locked out of the bunker, God would have found a way for him to get in. If there was a 2nd season, Ariel would have found his way in from the manhole cover and created havoc. But let's just believe it really is Jamie in the bunker.
shareSome very interesting points, black!
Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, and / or doesn't.
The legs coming up behind Jamie had jeans on.
If you watch it here:
http://www.nbc.com/you-me-and-the-apocalypse/video/end-of-days/3005146
from 5:42-5:52 minutes remaining you see the top of Jamie's naked leg and the bottom of his pink boxers in the foreground and the bottom of legs with Jeans and sneakers coming up in the background, then about 5:58 it switches to a view from behind so that the clothed person is closer to the camera. You can now see the bottom of his jacket. The jeans and jacket match what Ariel was wearing earlier. Jamie is still changing the tire and the clothed person is coming up behind him.
Oh crap.
Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, and / or doesn't.
ok crap indeed. Ok I was wrong on that point. Hmmm…ok Jamie still could have bested Ariel and as the son of God blasted Ariel's clothes off lmao. And if not, Jamie got in through the manhole cover and trigger happy Leanne would have shot Ariel dead. Boom, Jamie survives.
shareIt's clear the producers wanted a second season (else why not tell us who was in the crate), so you have to consider what they would want to have happen then. If Jamie is outside, well, he apparently has miraculous powers so he could survive and perhaps work to get in. Meanwhile Ariel is inside trying to keep people from discovering who he is. Which has potential.
The other way, Ariel - no supernatural powers - is outside. It's highly unrealistic that he would survive. So you toss out the Ariel/Jamie thing that is a huge part of the first season and focus entirely on what goes on inside the bunker. This would be a much narrower sort of drama, and I think it less likely that the writers would do it this way.
Also, at then end when he's thinking, I'm stuck in here with a bunch of "freaks," which character is more likely to think of these people - most of them friends or family - as freaks?
You can choose whatever ending you want, but I'm pretty sure the writers have Ariel in the bunker.