Mystery·Open
Reversing the Joining
Can an Other be restored to an individual — and can the world be undone?
Updated through S1E9
Carol's whole mission assumes the Joining can be reversed. Manousos actually tries it, experimenting on an Other named Rick to bring an individual back — and it fails.
What's confirmed in canon
S1E9Manousos's attempt to restore the Other "Rick" to an individual fails.
Where the community lands
The failed Rick experiment is the strongest evidence the Joining is one-way, which would make Carol's "save the world" a fantasy and Manousos's "destroy the Others" the only real option. Whether a working method exists is the hinge of the whole series.
Still open
Q1Is the Joining reversible at all?
Q2If not, does saving the world mean killing the Others?
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