A Murder at the End of the World
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Summary
AlthoughA Murder at the End of the Worlddoes not explicitly mention which node were invited by Andy and which one by Lee , one can guess who was invited by whom based on some hidden clues and details . InA Murder at the final stage of the World ’s instalment 1 , Martin , Sian , and David speculate whether Darby was invited by Lee or Andy as they make their way to the retreat . While Martin believe that Andy must have invited her , David take issue and claims that Andy would only invite people who have work up something from the ground up . Martin also explains that Andy Ronson invited five of the nine guests while his wife , Lee , invited four .
Episodes 1 and 2 ofA Murder at the End of the Worlddo not resolve this mystery , and it remains strange whether certain fictional character were invite by Lee or Andy . However , the episodes drop several subtle clew that allow viewer to become armchair police detective and deduce who was invited by whom . give how Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij ’s shows and moving-picture show are write intricately with attention to every minuscule item , the client lean alone could tender answer to several rudimentary enigma .
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9Sian - Andy
Brazillian doctor and astronaut who stepped on the moon
InA Murder at the oddment of the World , Sian is introduced as a Brazillian woman who started her career as a doctor but by and by run short on to become an spaceman . When Darby first meets her on the carpenter’s plane to the retreat , she mentions that Sian even stepped on the Moon . afterward , inA Murder at the End of the World ’s instalment 1 , Andy Ronson commends Sian by say that she could be the one saving humanity ’s future with her research on the colonization of the Moon . give how Andy Ronson takes the time to specifically mention Sian ’s achievements during the welcome dinner party and even calls her a closemouthed booster , it seems evident he invited her .
8Bill Farrah (Fangs) - Lee
An artist who is close friends with famed hacker Lee Andersen
view that Bill Farrah is known for being an artist who criticizes technical progress with his artwork , he belike would not have encounter an invitation for the central hideaway inA slaying at the End of the Worldif it was n’t for Lee . Andy and most of his guests are proponents of technological growing , specially AI . This set Bill at betting odds with them , do him unworthy of being on Andy ’s node inclination . However , forhacker Lee Andersen ( Brit Marling ) , Bill seems to be the perfect Edgar Guest for the retirement not only because they used to be close protagonist but also because Lee has faced the dire consequences of unchecked technical developments in the yesteryear .
As her backstory reveals , she was doxxed after she publish a vital pronunciamento about how misogyny was ruin the early promise of the net . Her hater even post phony AI - generated videos of her to destroy her online reputation . give how Bill creates activist art that brand technology , it create sense for Lee to ask for him .
7Lui Mei - Andy
A Chinese AI technology titan
A Murder at the End of the Worlddoes not ab initio unwrap much about Lui Mei . Andy Ronson also does not explicitly mention that he invite her to the retirement . However , since Lui Mei is one of the biggest actor in the Earth of AI technology , it would be lucid for Andy Ronson to invite her to the retreat and show her the advancement he and his hoi polloi have made in recent long time .
6Darby Hart - Lee
A Gen Z sleuth and author of “The Silver Doe,” who looks up to Lee Andersen
Darby seemingly gets a last - moment invitation to the retreat inA Murder at the oddment of the Worldafter she mentions Lee Andersen as one of her inspirations in her account book , " The Silver Doe . " This alone install that she was take in by Lee . However , there could be a deep ground why Darby was called to the retreat because it seems strange how her ex - young man , Bill , was also invited and murdered on his first night at the venue . Although the accurate reason why Darby received an invitation remains a mystery , Lee in all probability had some hidden motive when she decide to call Darby to the retirement .
5Ziba - Andy
An activist who pioneered the use of end-to-end encryption in her activism in Iran
As established inA Murder at the End of the World ’s episode 1 , Ziba is among the few guests Andy specifically acknowledges during the welcome dinner party . He praise Ziba for pioneering the use of end - to - conclusion encryption during her activism in Iran , confirming that he invited her after being impressed by her work . Ziba , however , seems vastly critical of robust folks like Andy Ronson who collect money . She take she would not have advert the retreat but only showed up because she want to touch a alike - minded activist like Bill .
4Martin - Lee
A renowned filmmaker
Lui Mei mention that she is a cock-a-hoop fan of Martin ’s movies , which establishes that he is a talented filmmaker with an telling wrinkle of work . Unlike most other invitee ask over by Lee , Martin seems relatively inert about engineering . InA Murder at the End of the World ’s installment 2 , he even take Andy Ronson ’s AI assistant ’s help to create a movie , which impersonate how , despite being invited by Lee Andersen , Martin is the kind of somebody who can get along with both advocator of technology and its critic .
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3David - Andy
An Argentine-American venture capitalist
David ’s initial interactions with Darby and other Edgar Guest on the plane to the hideaway paint a picture that he is an chesty man of affairs who takes huge superbia in his high-pitched last Charles Frederick Worth . Although Andy Ronson does not explicitly bring up that he ask for David , David seems sure that it was Andy ’s idea to have him at the retirement because , accord to him , the differentiation between the people who build material businesses in the human beings and the unity who do n’t is important to Andy . David ’s pompousness and pride corroborate that Lee Andersen would not have invited him since her guest leaning includes more grounded people like Rohan , Darby , and Bill .
2Rohan - Lee
A climate scientist
A slaying at the closing of the Worldintroduces Rohan as a climate scientist , which is enough to support that he was on Lee Andersen ’s guest list . While Rohan does not openly knock technology like Bill and Ziba , he likely has deep concerns about its farsighted - condition impingement on the planet because of his profession . Rohan ’s reaction to Bill ’s dying inA slaying at the End of the World ’s sequence 2 also suggests that he had a story with Bill .
1Oliver - Andy
An expert in robot mechanics
Oliver is another guest at the retreat who gets acknowledge by Andy Ronson at the welcome dinner party . Ronson says that Oliver ’s work in robotics is beyond what he read in skill fiction as a kid . Ronson ’s admiration for Oliver ’s workplace inA slaying at the End of the World ’s episode 1 not only establishes that he tempt him to the retreat but also suggests that he has been following his workplace in robotics for quite some time and has even collaborated with him to develop relevant technologies that could save the major planet in the futurity .
