Original Angel?
MiM
That would work, actually. Thanks, now I don’t need to stay awake at night wondering about it forever. 
The main character says* at some point that it means “Original Angel”. Before that, I kept thinking: “It must stand for ‘Orignal something’ but that would be too corny”.
I also wish I could get back the hours I put into watching the child of Lost and New Age hipster Touched by an angel.
*With a bad mix of offhandedness and taking themselves too seriously.
I think it was “Original Angel”. Yep, just checked. Original Angel.
FWIW, since Wayward Pines has been mentioned, I liked Wayward Pines better. Don’t get me wrong, it was terrible. But it was terrible in a B movie, doesn’t-take-itself-too-seriously terrible way. The OA was all about taking itself seriously, and it righteously sucked.
I still cringe whenever I think about the cafeteria. :smack:
ETA: double ninja’ed
You forgot to capitalize Seriously.
(Read that in a “Safe Space Coordinator who has had Enough” voice.
I thought “OA” was a mishearing of “Away,” a reference to the afterlife. Is that wrong?
Yes. It really was for “Original Angel”.
wiki page, one of the episode pages contains the “reveal” of her name.
Does that strike anyone else as the name a pre-teen girl would choose after listening to rap?
With all its flaws, what did the show get right? It evidently got some things right but I can’t put my finger on it.
Maybe Athena or Mahaloth can help with that. About all I can admit to is liking the character actress who played the teacher.
Ah, okay. That apparently happens in the fifth episode; I watched through the fourth. Thanks!
I figured out the O stood for original based on something she said early in the season. Can’t remember what it was now though. Then later they confirmed Original Angel. I think they wanted it to also sound like “away.”
Like LOST, it presented an interesting mystery. Also like LOST, the eventual reveal sucked.
All I can admit is thinking “that’s Phyllis from ‘The Office’” every time I saw the teacher…
Yes, agreed.
I thought the scenes with the doctor/researcher were generally good. The design of his cells was kind of ingenious, with the spring underneath (although you don’t want to think too hard about the toilet and drinking water being the same, especially if you are the furthest downstream). And I love the scene with him and his mentor in the morgue.
Saw the first two new episodes last night. It’s watchable and engaging. Puts a little whitewash over the horrible ending of season 1, but I just accepted it and moved on.
Problem is that it’s been off so long that I don’t remember who any of the characters are, so I only vaguely recalled the ending of the second new episode.
The scene of the group in the field wasn’t from the first season, right? It fell flat with me, seeming like something cobbled together to bridge the two seasons, part of the whitewash of last season’s finale in the cafeteria.
If you’re about to start season 2, I recommend rewatching season 1 first. Which I guess I’ll do this evening since the girlfriend can’t watch the new ones with me tonight.
I like the PI. Hope he didn’t come out of that water with fifteen different diseases. But what’s with everyone’s assumption that a giant-ass house has exactly one entrance? Not sure I trust Nina’s social worker… she seems a little sinister. The lady who flies with crows is interesting. I’m sure her remarks about the birds will be important later.
I don’t yet feel qualified to remark on the whole garden of forking paths arc since I’ve only seen a couple of the new episodes, but it’s an engaging premise.
I started Season 2 last night and I’m on episode 4. I’m enjoying it so far. Still very weird and engaging.
No, that scene wasn’t in season 1. It was just a quick flashback to show us how Hap and his captives crossed into the parallel dimension. I think it was kind of necessary to show what happened after Hap released Prairie, and to set up the situation at the mental hospital.
I like him, too. So far, he’s a relatively grounded character amidst the New Age stuff.
I didn’t think the ending of season 1 was horrible, and I don’t think anything in this season is ‘whitewashing’ it. In fact, they are building everything in this season from it. The only slight whitewashing I detected was the scene with Prairie’s dad and French, regarding the books that were found under Prairie’s bed in season 1. Just kind of swept that mystery away quickly, though with a very plausible explanation.
This show is back? You’ve got to be shitting me.
Zoo got three seasons.
Episode 4 is the craziest yet. There is a particular scene that is really ridiculous. Would probably be a breaking point for anyone on the fence about this show. I’m still in!