Probably Unanswerable Questions
How did Noah get off the Ferris wheel? Does Allie recognize Lon when he turns up at Sarah Lawrence? What injuries did Lon incur and how did he survive them? Why are Noah and Allie's kids so cold-hearted?
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- The big one, shared by two hosts: how did Noah get off the Ferris wheel? There is no explanation; the guess is they kept moving the wheel slowly, car by car, until he could drop, which already seems dangerous.
- When Marsden arrives at Sarah Lawrence, does Allie instantly recognize him? One host thinks you are supposed to think she does; another just wants to raise it, having had too many items for picking nits; a related question is the extent of his hospital injuries and how he survived a full body cast with presumed internal bleeding, so only in the magical world where he looks hot in uniform six months later does she recognize him.
- Asked, this viewer went back and forth on rewatch: it seems like she recognizes him, but also like a cute guy is just looking at her, and they walk fully past him so he has to say 'remember me'. — Andrew Gruttadaro
- Her friends ask who that guy is, so she was not talking him up as the hot man in the body cast who asked her out; the earlier house-building question is answerable, the answer being no, and the Ferris wheel also turns out to have an answer.
- Asked for a question, why are Noah and Allie's kids so cold-hearted, asking to leave her there and check on her once in a while, and needing it explained that their dad wants to be with their mom? — Andrew Gruttadaro
- The kids are defended: it is complicated when your mom does not recognize you, elder care is very complicated and society has no answers, so it is an unanswerable question for everyone.