Constellation
Summary
In episode 4 , Apple TV+‘sConstellationdrops a elusive source to a famous cabal theory , which seems to explain all the lapses in Jo ’s memory . Constellation ’s possible action arc adopts aGravity - esque narrative , where its main character , Jo , races against time to make crucial repairs to the International Space Station before returning to Earth . However , the show ’s basal storyline unfolds when Jo is back home , strangely surprised by how unfamiliar her surround and familial relationship seem .
AsConstellationprogresses , Jo , like the people around her , adopt that prolonged infinite travel took a toll on her mental health . However , the more she explore the world around her and set about to seek the answers to the mysterious variant in her computer memory , the more she actualize that her reality is not what it seems . While many aspects of what is happening to Jo remain shrouded , Constellation ’s episode 4 ’s conspiracy hypothesis nod ply some answers .
In its first 4 episodes , Constellation drip several reference point to an 89 - year - former thought experiment , which seemingly gives away its central theme .
Constellation Seems To Reference The Mandela Effect In Episode 4
InConstellationepisode 4 ’s porta moments , Jo makes a jest about Nelson Mandela , and Alice claims she does not know who that is . This come off as a subtle denotation to the Mandela effect , which isa phenomenon where a person seems to remember something differently from how it actually happened . While there are many explanation for the Mandela impression , including gap in human memory or repeated photograph to misconstrued selective information , one conspiracy hypothesis suggests that the Mandela impression ensue from multitude tapping into memories from an alternate universe .
The Mandela Effect Explains The Distortions In Jo’s Memory
As highlighted inConstellation ’s first four episodes , Jo safely returns home despite being need in a grievous chance event at the International Space Station . However , thing take a strange turn for Jo after returning home because many thing around her are not as she remembers them . For example , while she recalls that the color of her auto was red before she leave for blank , she discover a downhearted one in front of her home . In another conniption fromConstellation ’s instalment 4 , Jo initially say her healer she found a forte-piano in her home but does not know how to play it .
Constellation ’s Jo is experiencing the Mandela effect , where she is not only realizing that her memories are discrepant but also able to get to the memories of her alternate self .
However , moments later , after she lays her fingers on the piano , she finds herself wreak it effortlessly while being capable to read melodious notes . Scenes like these establish that Jo is somewhere in a liminal space between two worlds , where memories from her two parallel life are starting to converge . In other parole , Constellation ’s Jo is experiencing the Mandela effect , where she is not only realize that her memories are discrepant but also able to reach the memories of her alternate self .
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NewConstellationepisodes premier every Wednesday on Apple TV+ .
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configuration is a sci - fi psychological thriller write and make by Peter Harness for Apple TV+ . After facing a crisis in space , Astronaut Jo returns to Earth only to reveal nothing is quite the same - and that her saneness may be easy slide from her grasp .
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Custom Image by Dhruv Sharma.
