RUSSIAN DOLL Season 2 Ending Explained! 

What did you think of Season 2? For my Season 1 video click here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xGg2q8YJHJs.html

Did anyone think that maybe Nadia's mom was crazy because she experienced Nadia taking over her body? Maybe when Nadia saw her mom in the mirror her mom saw Nadia, which is why she broke all the mirrors is season 1.

I saw someone describe the bag with the coins as her baggage, both literal and emotional. So she left the baggage of her past behind. I'm pretty confused by most of the show, but really enjoyed it.

This season was a bit slow and some plotlines were a bit unneeded but the ending made it up for me. I found myself tearing up more this finale than the last because it hit close to home. Nadia boards the final train with 4 important family members all of which had a shot of looking after baby Nadia. She had her grandmother who had arranged to take the baby, Ruthie and then finally Nora. Her decision to give Nora the baby despite knowing the trauma she will pass down was really emotional because it showed us how much she loved her mother and at the same time of despising her, would give up the other life of being raised by someone else; as we learnt you cannot change history's outcome and by handing it to someone else, Nadia would have experienced different trauma so her personality remained cynical. I'm not saying it was Nadia's destiny to have trauma but its bittersweet admiring that the person you love is flawed but you wouldn't have it any other way.

I think Alan and Nadia are connected because in 1982 his grandmother seen Nadia be born at the train station we see later on when Alan talks to his grandma that she worked for the Newyork metro and if you see that scene where Nora was having Nadia Alans grandma is in the back with the crowd

Anyone else think the character Horse was some kind of Loki-esque trickster character who's responsible for all the death loops/time travel?

I enjoyed it but it was a lot less straight forward, It was good but not as good as season one. My main gripe is the lack of Alan through the season, Nadia was A plot while Alan was B plot, which was similar in season one but they had to stick together to work it out midway through that season. This season felt like they were never actually together and never really needed to help each other which isn't bad just felt weird and disconnected. Alan being Bi or Gay or confused about his sexuality's was interesting and kind of nice to see him happy but just wasn't expanded enough to make it a satisfying conclusion for him. It was a good watch but not as engaging or exciting as season one.

I love season 2 but the finale did not land for me....too much of Nadia instead of a balance story between her and Alan! I would love if we could explore more of Alan's backstory and family generational traumas and how it would connect to Nadia.

Finally got around to watching this. It was good if somewhat confusing. It seems like the opposite message from season 1 in a way. There was 1 little moment I have to mention. When Nadia is waiting in line at the library, the man in line in front of her asks where the ducks in Central Park go in the winter. Holden Caulfield asked this repeatedly in The Catcher in the Rye, which is all about dealing with grief & what happens to someone who isn't able to process emotional trauma. I have to think it's a deliberate reference.

Wow the meaning of this season was deep. The message really coincides with what I'm facing in my life right now. Being stuck in past traumas, hating yourself because of it and wishing things could have been different in your mind. When Nadia missed being there for Ruth's death because she was trying to take her baby self and getting to the past again, it symbolizes when you miss living in the present moment because you're too focused on the past. I feel like Nadia "absolved herself" in the end by forgiving her past and forgiving and accepting herself in the present. She also never would've had Ruth as a godmother had her mother not raised her first, so it's like either way she realized the beauty in what she always had despite the negative things in the past.

If there is a season 3 I’m pretty sure Horse is gonna be a bigger part in it, but damn that Alan sub-plot was random as hell lol.

The first season gave us a lesson that we can change some things and help other people and, as a result, improve our lives. The second season gave us a lesson that not all things can be changed and that we need to make peace with the past because it makes us who we are today. I see it as a loop. If she failed to realize that she can't change the past in Season 2 and that she needs to accept and embrace it, she wouldn't be able to help Alan (the consequences of this we actually see in season 2 when she sees his dead body, realizing she failed to prevent him from unliving himself) and helping Alan was a significant milestone in Nadia's growth.

It was a good season with incredible writing, but somehow I wanted the second season to be an extension of the first. When season one ended, I waited for the continuation of that show. This season, to me, felt like a completely different show. I missed the atmosphere and energy of the first season and also who the characters both Alan and Nadia were. I missed Alan’s innocence and very human character who was lost in the loop. This season he was literally his grandma and pretty much excess. Nadia seemed sometimes a parody of who she was in season 1. Anyway, the writing of season 2 did give the story closure. I can let it go now and respect Russian Doll still for being an amazing experience. We have Horse to thank for that I guess, as it seems he was the one who initiated the whole time thing in both season 1 and 2.

2 Questions unanswered: 1: Where did the gold go in the end, the universe actually just took it away? 2: Was Nadia missing for a month after her birthday, did no-one notice her missing after Ruth dies and before the wake?

This season had such good cinematography! The last season did too but this season had me rewinding scenes over and over again! Natasha is a truly talented actor and director!!

I actually enjoyed Season 2's trippy and darker trajectory. To me, there's an important life lesson learned here and it's choosing to let go of things that we cannot control. Letting go frees up our headspace and allows us to truly live, to be in the moment. The metaphysical, existential and mind-bending plot was absolutely brilliant and I cannot wait for Season 3. RIP sweet Ruthie.

the finale hit me so hard i cried like a baby, it made me realize some stuff about myself and my traumas, it felt like a therapy session, and I'm grateful!

I feel seaon 2 time collapse explains why she died over and over again in season 1. Basically somehow she fucked with time and caused her own infinite death day. Kind of like, what came first, the chicken or the egg. Did she create the infinite death day, or what it always meant to be. I kind of feel it's all up to different perspective and interpretation at the end of the day.

It sounds like a lot of people don't know this, and I'm old so I'll shed some light, the "guardian angels" are not entirely figurative, but an actual group. They're also known as the red berets but across America, and especially in NYC you will see these people in the most populated areas of the city. It's pretty awesome, vigilante subway heros!

i found alan‘s timeline completely unnecessary because it didn’t really bring anything important to nadia‘s story, if it would have been only nadia‘s plotline and had less slow moments this season would have been really awesome

Teenage Nadia was reading Demian on the train which I believe has a heavy theme of self exploration (inner conflict and resolve/peace) and in the end knowing oneself is worth more than gold. Loved the faith from the creators believing in the audience to appreciate the wisdom conveyed, very Pygmalion-effective. ❤

Nadia was a bit too much for me this season. It was like “we GET it, you’re a seasoned New Yorker but jeez maybe chill with the sarcasm while supposed to be undercover” it felt like watching Juno at some points. Good season overall.

I loved that they didn't do the same thing. They gave more new story that intertwined with the original story. I really enjoyed it for the complexety it gave but also managed to make it clear what was going on.

It would have been nice if Alan and Nadia found that connection between their mothers. If there’s a season 3, maybe the focus will be on Alan’s side? His grandmother seemed fascinating too.

a better ending than I was expecting from a time travel story, and glad they didn't leave on a cliffhanger, since a 3rd season of Russian Doll, seem unlikely, since Netflix. The music was full of bangers... I'm sure that cost them an arm and a leg for the rights.

I couldn't get my wife into it, but I loved both seasons. Unique, creative story, witty dialogue, killer soundtrack, and Natasha is electric. A very underrated physical actor. She conveys so much through facial expression.

My main question is how was Oatmeal fed/taken care of from March 30th, 2022 to April 30th?

She says “she can only do what has been done” , an idea crossword my mind, what if her mother wasn’t actually schizophrenic! What if she actually experienced Nadia being in her body and taking control over it! And that made her act coucou … anyone? That would also explain why she went on a rant and broke all the mirrors in a scene in season one.

I know it isn't part of the main plot but there were 2 exchanges between Greta Lee's character and Nadia that stood out: - one when Nadia returns to her appartment (where Ruth gets their valium pills) - Nadia walks to the table and she gives Nadia this strange sort of blank sort of angry look and Nadia responds with a "What's up? You're being odd" etc expression - the other when they are just arrived in Budapest (just before they get on the escalator) and she **definitely** makes an animal growling noise at Nadia and doesn't appear to be quite 'there'; Nadia sees this and is concerned and confused. BOTH times neither character says anything and it's never addressed again but, equally, both moments were very specifically included in the show. #WhatsUpWithThat

I think Horse (the homeless man) is somehow related/responsible for the loops. In episode 1 he called Nadia 'Nora' even before she went on the train. The train is supposed to be some form portal to the future and back and the fact he called her Nora before was crazy to me.

I first attempted to watch this with my husband, who quickly got turned off by the time travel aspect (he doesn't like period pieces anything). Now I finally got around to watch it on my own. Personally, I loved the glances into all the different times and locations tied by the two characters' family histories. It had history, family tragedy, the omnipresent question of 'what if', all things I love. And, oh my God, that soundtrack. Beautiful cinematography too. Tbh my head was spinning quite a bit at the end of my binge, it clearly not being a pure time travel tale but going far into all kinds of metaphysics, of things real and unreal, possible and clearly utterly impossible. At times I was wondering if Nadia was caught in purgatory, trying to resolve the baggage of her family history that culminated into her being what she is before being able to move on. What I do think happened here - but that's really just my very own personal interpretation - is that Ruthie, the dearest person in Nadia's life, died without her being able to be there for her as nobody could reach her for some reason or the other, inflicting a two-fold trauma on Nadia, for once the trauma of pure loss, but also the trauma of severe guilt of not having been there for the most important person in her life at a most crucial moment. It's a traumatic moment throwing up deeply existential questions. What ensues in fantastic time travel and accessing of liminal spaces I see as her working through her very being seeking to find answers and solutions for how things could have been better. When Nadia finally 'comes to' she literally 'lost' a good chunk of real-life time (presumably between her learning of Ruthie's death and coming to the wake), similar the way we often can't remember an intense phase of deep grief very clearly and it all just feels like a blur in hindsight. But again, this is just what I took away from it. And that's another thing I really liked about this show. Nowadays you have to have ba**s as a writer to not deliver an easy-to-understand unambiguous storyline wrapped up with a neat ending as a bow. It's more like a surrealist painting. It may speak different things to different people, or even different things to the same person if you watch it at a different time in your life. I loved this and I will definitely be rewatching it a few times.

I have a question. So in season 1, the timeline split and both Nadia and Alan ended up on a timeline with a version of the other that hadn’t experienced the time loop and multiple deaths. How did the versions that had that experience end up on the same timeline? I’m actually annoyed by this little plot hole so if someone could explain it. Whether I missed something or you just have an explanation that will make me feel better doesn’t matter. Also, as smart as Nadia is, why in the world did she think she could take herself as a baby from 1982 and raise herself as her own in 2022? My brain is bending thinking about what would happen to her past self that would affect her current self as time progresses. Like this isn’t two separate Nadia’s.

The most unbelievable part for me was that a black female exchange student from ghana is able to go to DDR (East german) in the 80s....and she even seems to have a "great time" there.

MTA Agnes is from the 80s, she stares at Nadia on the train in one scene when she’s acting strange. Then we find out she’s Alan’s grandma later on. It’s not that she didn’t age, it’s just that Alan saw a younger version of his grandma in the void just as Nadia saw a young version of Ruth on the train.

Nothing could be done any differently than the way it was done. She gave herself over to her mother. In the end, nothing can absolve us but ourselves.

I enjoyed season 1 more. Season 2 seemed off and a bit boring. Oh well, maybe they'll have better content in season 3? Here's to hoping.

Such a great and straight forward analysis thank you

The beginning of season 2 was great. I would have loved less Che and more Young Ruthie. I like the historical facts given out about Hungary. The ending was too trippy for me. They need a season 3 to explain the time gap better, or it would feel like a last-minute change to quickly wrap up the story.

Thanks for explaining. I just watched all of season 2 in one go and I was confused, but it makes more sense now. It was even better than season 1, and now I can't wait for season 3.

i watched season 2 in 3h and 30 min and after that i didn't know what to do with my life. I just loved it SOOOOO much. Agnes helping Nadia was not only with passing trough the void. See, Agnes was pregnant in '63, Alan's mom was born later that year or early '64. Agnes was about to graduate and move away from Germany and there was a mention of New York when she was talking to Lenie. So if Agnes was in New York working in the Subway system in '82 she have crossed paths with Lenora and this is how all comes around with Nadia and Alan. EDIT: I know my math was a bit off but... listen... Agnes may have not been pregnant in Germany so Alan was not in to his grandpa but Agnes was last year in university so she was about 24-25 at that point. Her move to New York was about the same time. If Alan's mom was born in '65 that makes him 27 if he was born in 1995

Anyone think that there is a connection between Alan's grandmother being present at Nadia's birth? Trust between Nora and Alan's grandmother was already established in an earlier episode in S2, and she shows up again to help Nora give birth - a process that's really difficult and could lead to the death of the mother or baby. It's possible that if Alan's grandmother wasn't there to provide the support Nora needed, Nadia may not have been born. If that was the case, Alan wouldn't have lived passed his first initial death. Everything and everyone had to be in their respective positions so that Alan and Nadia could survive and live, despite their mental health.

I'd say it was a good season! It was confusing a lot of places, but to go to such an extent of time travel and time literally collapsing due to parallel existence of one being in one timeline, it really was a great concept! Wished we could see bit more of Alan but meh, we gotta keep going with what we have so yea.. I'd rate the season a 8/10

Season 2 felt like a straight up acid trip.

Lol was "Big Tobacco" one of the major financial backers of this show? With the almost non stop and lovingly filmed amount of smoking in this show they must be! "Russian Doll, brought to you by relaxing, full flavored, menthol cigarettes." "Broken the space time continuum? Relax and have a delicious menthol cigarette, YOU'VE GOT TIME."

I did not expect annie murphy is here, I love her

Agnes never finished telling Alan the thing he forgot she told him when he was young! I wonder what it was 😯

I binged season 1 a few weeks back and today finished season two. So it pretty much took me two days to watch the entire show and it’s probably one of my favourite ones. We got the inside on Nadia’s mother but I’d love to see more of Alan’s background

Thanks for this. I was totally confused by the series.

I was really excited about season 2 and the actress is so fun to watch. However the balance was all off I missed Alan very much he's a food actor and made it more fun. And idc about her mom or the coins it felt like a weast of how good of show that I wanted it to be. I finished the season but just because I like the actors it was pretty blah she could have been the reason her mom was crazy but no just boring bs

Thank you very much! ✨

I think the final episode did a good job of wrapping up a slow season. I was surprised it was only 7 episodes. My only complaint is that it felt like Nadia’s character for half of the show was making up lines off the top of her head and speaking complete gibberish. Lol.

I have loved loved this show! It’s a common concept being stuck in a time loop but this is just I dunno I like the unease that is laced throughout the show. Would love for there to be a season 3 but if not that’s fine too works either way

This show makes sense. Jewish families go by the mother's line

I think they’re fallen angels stuck in time and space searching for peace before they lay to rest.

Also, Alan seem more comfortable in her grandmother's body while being kissed/kissing another guy could explain why he was awkward with girls. He could be gay?? On the other hand, Ruthie seems to be in love with Nadia's mother seems to indicate that's why she took care of Nadia; also they could be lesbian lovers; These should be explored and are missed opportunity to make the story more cohesive!

I loved both seasons but I felt like Alan’s story wasn’t told. I truly felt like he was discovering his true sexuality and he wanted to come out as gay. This was also the hidden reason why he originally killed himself in season 1. As for Nadia I wish she could have had that last goodbye with 2022 Ruthie. It was a devastating look into what if. But of course that question only leads to heartache and all we can do is go forward trying not to hold on to a bag that will sink us like the one Nadia almost didn’t let go of. Another unanswered question was what the mother actually did with the coins what was her hidden reason for a car and a trunk full of fur coats and who Nadia’s father was. But maybe these are questions that need to be answered for season 3 hopefully! I just adored everything about both seasons. The whole cast was perfect. Even Oatmeal the cat was amazing!

Season 2 was really trying to find its footing as to what it was and what it's message was u like season 1. It takes a while for this season to grab you because of how slow it was in the beginning. Also, what made season 1 great was it's plot twists and the mind fucking it did to you trying to wrap around the idea of the "Groundhog Day" situation that was taking place. Didn't have that at all this season. Also, they could have explored the fact that Alan could possibly be gay (he enjoyed kissing/being kissed by a guy while in his grandmother's body)or just included him more in the season cause he definitely didn't have much screen time this season.

Wanted to see more Alan, some parts were uneven, but still quite good. I went in knowing there was just no way they were going to top season 1, so my expectations were tempered. Still a very strong, original show. And Pink Floyd! Two songs from different albums! Natasha Lyonne never struck me as a Pink Floyd gal.

Lots of references too and music from the band the Bauhaus: “Belalugosi’s Dead, Exqusite Corpse, spiral stair case album cover..;)

Absolutely loved it. About to rewatch to catch all the nuances I’ve missed

I was sure they’d connect part of mom going crazy to Nadia taking over her body… and also thought we’d find out Nadia was at the helm in some of the memories when we saw mom going crazy with watermelons, etc.

I still think she's dead. So is Alan. They're both in purgatory.

One thing that didn't make sense to me was Alan knowing what happened.. Because of we're in the universe where Nadia remembers what happened then Alan should only remember that she saved him from committing suicide and not the loops..

I never got answers to why Horse seemed so familiar to Nadia in season 1, like when she first sees him she remarks “hey I think I know that guy” so I thought somewhere in season 1 or season 2 we were gonna see why he seemed familiar to Nadia but no nothing.

I’ve never watched this show but it seems so intriguing!

this show had me in tears with it's baggage

I loved Season One, was pretty disappointed with Season two, I only powered through because I like the characters. It felt like when I finally started to enjoy season 2, it ended. This season had too much Nadia imo, and I kinda started to find her annoying half way, which worried me.

Loved this show!

Masterpiece!

Season two is so much better than season one. I like the twists and how it all came together at the end. Nice ending. And I wonder if there will be a season three? 🤔

Season two went very well!!! I loved seeing Nadia and her mom! Both lovely actresses! Alan was great again!! This show has such good energy!

Why was Nadia always so confused when she when back and forth in time? Wasn't she choosing to do so? It always seemed as if she didn't know what was going on.

I love this drama dude!

Reminds me. Gotta check out the first season.

I wasn’t able to go through all the comments and I’m not a fan of repeat commenting but I don’t have time to make sure…. I say that to say this… the very end as Nadia walks to the bathroom I noticed that Ruth was not a part of the party or seen and when Nadia looks in the mirror, if you very closing pay attention, you will see Nadia squint an eye and move her mouth ever so subtly into basically morphing her facial mannerisms to replicate Ruth. It’s fascinating, subtle and yet such powerful acting. Just phenomenal work Natasha!! And for a moment, it crossed my mind that perhaps Nadia was almost choosing to stay in her loop as her various friends and family to help them the way she helped Alan, or perhaps Ruth was shining through as the guide nodding approval to Nadia for being “the only ones that can forgive ourselves” (paraphrasing?) Anyway, I thought it was a beautiful delicate and perhaps too much overthinking but yeh, there it is. My two cents. (Like anyone will even read this so many years later 😂))

I find it funny how I just watched the last episode today on the 30th of April 2022

I get vibes of season 1 when they play harry nilsson’s song in episode 6.. and that was 4 years ago.. love that song.

Love season 2 , However season one will always have a soft spot in my heart

Will there ever be a season 3. This has got to be one of my favourite netflix shows❤

I think the whole thing is imagined and was a coping mechanism as she lost her one true mother

Despite the setting and clothing differences, does anyone think it’s possible that Nadia fucked time up SO bad that in the end it brought her to the beginning of season 1?? The look Nadia gives there girl going into bathroom was so weird for them to do again if it’s not connected

Watching this makes me feel smart after knowing that I got some of the details right after my first viewing.

This show really has some heart to it and Natasha's just chews up every scene. Side note: Krugerrand's wouldn't of been in that stash when she went back to the WW2 period, they didn't exist until the late 60's.

Thought her goodbye to Ruthie was incredibly poignant. It symbolized her ability to find closer, but also to learn acceptance and gratitude

So I didn’t read anything about the show before I started it, so the entire time I was thinking that Nadia turns out to be a schizophrenic or multiple personalities like her mother and all of her friends including Alan or just her different personalities. I got so confused on the second season especially because she was experiencing symptoms of her mothers schizophrenia/DID and that Alan had a similar condition and might have met each other when they were hospitalized or something. Im glad that this a multiverse plot and not the latter. I am going to rewatch now that I know! But either way - I love this show. It’s so well done

Remember a lot of Tarkovsky "Stalker" on those final scenes with the water. Anyone agree? For me is a huge reference.

Did anyone noticed the old woman leaving the bathroom when Nadia enters and how Nadia took a very funny look at her? Could this mean something for season 3 and future time travel?

'shine on you crazy diamond"

The way young Ruth looked at Nadia when she said goodbye 😭😭😭 I think Ruth figured it out but knew it could never be explained

I DIDNT KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER SEASON BRB

I hope lowkey this show last maybe at least 5 seasons ngl this season has so much to offer and with the end of season 2 and has a impact to continue

i know im not as healed as nadia. i would have put the baby me in the bag and tried harder to pull both 🤣

I think they made honor of its name "Russian Doll", perhaps there are some details that didn't make it perfect but if you liked season 1 definitely will like this one

Series one was amazing, series two was good, well brilliant. The first series was unexpected a older idea done very well in a fresh way. . The second has been done before also but was more expected as it was explained early on but I still really enjoyed it. I wish they treated the audience with a bit more intelligence in the second part. Great story of finding one's self and not living in the past.

okay nice! but what did this with Ruthie and not being with her when she dies have to do with all of this? this was super important in the end… i thought maybe bc nadia was chasing after the past and too concerned about her past, her mother and her guilt that she missed put on what was really important: ruth. also also maybe her girlfriends.

If season 3 comes up do you think we'll get to see Allan in his timeline?

Was watchable but maybe not rewatchable like S1. I needed more Alan and I like it hinted him being gay and why it didn't work with women and he was happier. Good idea maybe not the best execution but still entertaining enough.

Just watched both seasons. Season 1 was good, season 2 was a little confusing. I got the premise of the entire season. Instead of time going in a loop, it was going through the river stream of time. Which the train represented. It was a linear stream with very little paths to take. What confused me was why Nada didn't realize that she literally had no options to change time til probably the last 10 minutes of the final show of season 2. She was trying to derail time entirely in all of season 2 but it simply was not permitted. It was frustrating to me cause I kind of got the premise of where the entire story was going and new how it was going to end on episode 2 or 3. Yet the Main character kept doing the same stupid shit all the way up til the final episode. Also it felt like they had to reset Nada's character growth from season 1 just so she would continue to do the same stupid shit for season 2. In season one she became more selfless, then in season 2 she was back to being selfish again. This show could of easily left out video games as a metaphor and it still probably would of made sense. For the show barely tied video game references to the actual show. I found it funny she tried to act like she knew quantum mechanics when really a video game developers highest math is calculus. And I wasn't sure if she was a game designer or programmer in which if she was a designer, she would need hardly no math besides algebra. Hell I ive been a software developer for 15 years and barely know calculus and never even touched quantum mechanics. I also figured they might have done a wizard behind the curtain cliff hanger at the end of season 2 revealing some type of technology controlling time or something but it kind of ended 50/50 like it might renew a season or it might not.

i think ppl are forgetting that shows have to leave some loose ends in order to be renewed for another season. like maybe we didn’t get a lot of alan in this season because he will be the main focus in the next.

I feel like there will be a season 3 for Alan's side of the family