The Big ‘1899’ Questions We Need Answered in Season 2

I’ve finished 1899 on Netflix, all the way through to its frustrating ending. I have questions. A lot of questions, actually…

Warning: Spoilers for 1899 ahead.

The show begins as a seemingly straightforward period piece about a spooky steamship heading from London to New York in 1899. Every one of the passengers, we soon learn, is lying about their past, running from a secret or passing themselves off as someone they’re not. Usually all of the above. That might have been enough of a story for some showrunners, but 1899 hangs a sharp right turn into Lost and Westworld territory, and soon viewers are trying to untangle time travel. And dimensional pathways. And simulations. And transferred…