s01e07 — Искупление

Some hard psychedelic stuff

Aftertaste: waste-free

Ohh, the most psychedelic series. Despite the fact that some moments in the series in the last episode were not revealed, I am glad that at the end they mentioned the whole topic with Arina and her mother, and also said about the son of a policeman

Execute, not pardon - the first thoughts that came to me after this series ended. I knew that finals are extremely rare, but there was still hope. However, I want to note the camerawork, it is, anyway - fire!

Very interesting, but nothing is clear)

Glukhovsky deceived everyone. He quickly explained to everyone about the Afterlife, then set off on a false trail with a combination and water, in order to eventually close the circle. A masterful job, a brilliant finale.

I knew it would be like in AIU. The whole treshak in the last episode. Oh, it's painful.

Since the first episode, the phrase has been spinning in my head: so many questions and so few answers.
This series squared her off.

Yes, it's not for nothing that the final song that sounds during the credits is "It seems to you". Each of the characters, in fact, chose to remain at the mercy of their delusions. Probably, the only way out is death, so only Elya, the convicts and the military were conditionally "saved", and even then by the will of the owner. And maybe Denis. Sonya swam out - but in vain ...
from the train running in a circle around the Marshes, goosebumps.

It turned out to be a complex, rather ambiguous and yes, very psychedelic series, but it was memorable and hooked. It was shot cool and stylish. And there is something to think about.
I think there will be a lot of theories about "what they really wanted to say in the Swamps" :))

And who noticed that Glukhovsky himself was sitting at the table in the monastery? I thought it would be the Last Supper, but there are two sides to it, so it turned out a little more interesting...

That's what I understand-hopelessness, otherwise you can't call everything that happened...

that's the conclusion: never drink water from the car of left - hand drivers

There are more questions than answers. The journalist could not do this for character development, they merged the hero stupidly

It 's all bullshit , it turns out to be water
It 's such a shame to understand that in fact the story is simple and , moreover , it is possible to see it in some places (survive 2 ) , and all the small details were just traps for building theories . The most banal and boring theory about water did not even deserve discussion . But the genius of the writer 's thought , the father of the Russian post - apocalypse , decided that hell , purgatory , and afterlife are not as interesting as fucking water and allusions to political construction in our country . Although it's worth noting that the moment with Arina is really strong. But hence the sin immediately (if the journalist saw Katya's true face , then why didn't he see her mother instead of Arina?)
The whole openness of the ending is in a looped train , which in fact is the same trap as teleportation , an accident and other moments . The only thing that pleased me was that many of the theories that people put forward under the past series were confirmed .


Or maybe I 'm wrong and the heroes are really dead , there is no water , this is hell , and Glukhovsky has outplayed everyone

I feel like that train that goes around in circles and won't find the end point, asking myself a million questions. Well, to be honest - vatafak?

Mdaa...))))

I'll try to write a sober impression after watching it.I was wondering how to get out of Glukhovskaya, hallucinations, or some kind of hell and mysticism.The first way came out, the water was still to blame.And here I'm disappointed, because there are so many plot holes left.There are a lot of scenes that either turned out to be meaningless, or it's very difficult to explain them.Glukhovsky seems to have got out of it, interestingly turning the plot, and it seems to have driven him into a kind of cliche, while placing a very strong emphasis on him throughout the series.By the way, I was surprised to see Dmitry at the same table with the heroes. Now about the questions. Maybe someone will answer.Why was the owner calling for his mother and what was that scene in the monastery with his grandmother?Why is the cop sitting in the village?After all, he's staying somewhere, so he's leaving it.Because of a hallucination-a son?How could someone who was the master control the hallucination when he changed his face near the circle, how did he control people, how did Denis get this pain in his head?How did the priest hang himself and not die?How does the host teleport to the church?Why did no one even try to leave there at all, if, as we were shown from above, the space is not looped?And a billion more questions, which unfortunately formed plot holes.They just make it difficult to understand what happened in the end)
I probably liked the series more than not, but I expected more from the ending

In principle, Glukhovsky said everything himself a long time ago. It turns out)

— What is a Swamp, how did you come up with this place?
— The swamps are an inverted reflection of the metropolis, primarily Moscow. Moscow and the urban space for a conditional Muscovite or St. Petersburg resident, young, firmly on his feet, confident, is an understandable space, he clearly knows the rules of functioning of this place. This is a space of materialistic culture, a logarithmic space, accessible to understanding. But there is also Chthonic Russia, provincial, located outside the cities of millions, it is not subject to any clear logarithm, it cannot be put into formulas understandable to an urban dweller.

A lot of things that have absolute value in the city are not perceived as something real in the outback. Especially if we take Moscow — it is a kind of kingdom of life, the kingdom of Eros, where the very thought, the memory that people are mortal and finite, is rejected. Moscow is a holiday that is always with you, although it will continue even if you are gone. But the space beyond the MKAD is the realm of Thanatos, a space where death is often much more real and convincing than life. Where people cling to life much less, because it is not so interesting and bright, but death is the real thing that happens to everyone irreversibly. Therefore, people live in anticipation of it. Like the Mexicans, in whose culture death plays almost a more important role than life.

Swamps are the place where the rules stop being followed, and some stories related to the fabulous, the irrational, and the subconscious begin to work.

It seems to me that the final should be interpreted as follows: everyone got what they wanted. And we, as the audience, in the person of each hero, got the ending we wanted. It is quite in the spirit of Glukhovsky to give such a finale.

Everything is cool in the series except for the word "FAK".. Does someone really swear like that outside of the show biz? I have never heard from my friends, native Muscovites, please note. Well, you have no restrictions on the mat, and you actively and appropriately apply it throughout the series, but for some reason there is this ridiculous "fact"..

By the way, in addition to water, there is another recurring symbol - circles. There are prisoners in the circle, calling it "will", although in fact it is the same prison, there is a railway around the Marshes, even Arina's mother has a round pool in which she hides her true face and body.
Everyone who runs away from some problem of his own (and this is not only all five main characters, but, as the last minutes of the last series showed, everyone left in the Swamps in general) gets into a circle where his problem, as it seems to him, either does not exist, or, as in some cases, for example, Katya's, on the contrary, is so large that it takes up their entire life. And everyone decides to stay. He doesn't even try to get out of the vicious circle. As the owner said, who probably is also not the owner of this place, but one of the stuck people: "I'm not holding anyone, they don't want to leave themselves."

The beginning with crazy Denis is disturbing!
When Sonya went to open the closet to the creepy sounds, it was very scary.
A creep gathering at the table, as if it happened, they kind of arrived, the table was like after a get-together.

Denis unexpectedly ridiculously gave a spoon to Maxim's forehead!)
And then what horror began with escapes around the monastery, a very frightening and fascinating picture of a nightmare!
The cars have a mega tense scene, it was scarier for Sonya, this moment with her hair, as if he already imagined what kind of worms would come out of her head.

I knew that Denis would come to his senses, it was not for nothing that at the beginning of the series they showed the situation as with a social network, that he was fighting the system, and this moment with a screwdriver, and hands in his eyes, already his heart was pounding harder!
I knew that Arina was a mother, and a daughter in an inflatable pool!
And many people were right about the water!
And Sonya will never leave!
Emotions are overwhelming, I really liked the series, I waited painfully for the last two episodes, the actors all played their roles amazingly!
All the nerves are tickled, I'm impressed!

Denis was running from death.
Max ran away from the editor-in-chief, who forced him to write jaundice.
Elya fled from Daoud, who forced her to live according to the laws of the tradition of her people.
Sonya was running away from her father, who was telling her how to live.

It turns out that all the heroes fled from the "master" to freedom in their lives, but in the end they still found a new master who would solve all their problems.

Well, as I suggested two episodes ago. Water and there is no magic. Thanks for the other ideas. It was interesting to discuss it.
The series is excellent, and you can review it a second time. Cruel, yes, but at the same time with an appropriate satire on the current nature of most people. Everyone has their own key.

Who understood what was wrong with Katya? She drank water and sees herself as old, so maybe. But then it's not clear who she lives with, how she eats. There is an illogic here.

Glukhovsky is powerful at the table and also flirts with Arina)

mmmmm слив

Yeah. As expected, most of the questions will be left unanswered, such as an open final and figure it out for yourself. They decided to write everything off, but in this case there are a million plot holes.

For example, if everyone has their own glitches, then why can strangers "see" other people's glitches? We were shown how Sonya hugs her sister, who is not really there. Okay, I see. And how could Denis or later Max see the same sister?

Of the same stupidities, the moment with the fact that Max was able to see Katya in her true form at the table, but he couldn't see Arina (not once). What is the logic?

Or how did the owner find out the fears of specific people in order to manipulate them? He is not a telepath (if we discard the theory that he is the devil). That is, okay, water acts as a hallucinogen, but where does he have information about everything to use this information? Well, such inconsistencies can be typed on a very large and long list.

In general, they pumped it up, and in the end it turned out to be a psychedelic zilch. Except that the actors were very pleased with the game, everything is very real. And according to the plot, a million questions both were and remained.

First of all, a separate greeting to those who, after watching the 7th episode, came to read the comments, because they didn't understand a damn thing))))
And secondly, I didn't even understand Mom's conversation with Denis.That's right, someone asked a question here:why did his mother send him to this monastery so fiercely, did she know something?
I did not understand the moments when Max and Sonya run away:why is Denis being washed?And the moment with the convicts, too.Is that true?What would it take to catch up with the atmosphere or does it mean something?
Well, the moment with Katya.One was "cured" on water, the other begged her sister, even the son's mind was hallucinated.Everyone gets what they want.Did Katya really want to grow old most of all?Nonsense!And anyway, how did she disappear?
And Ale?Is death ultimately her weakness or her strength?Why is it only with her?And the same Max was released, for example

Still, there are still many questions left after watching the finale. I'm not even going to guess now: is this really an afterlife or just a hallucination from the water? Although, of course, everything is obvious about water - it fulfills people's desires.

I am interested in a couple of points: why did the priest laugh at Sonya when she hugged her sister? There was a feeling that he had seen the whole truth, that his sister was not really there, and Sonya was standing there alone and talking to herself.
Why did Father Vitaly get a headache when his son started strangling the priest? When Vitaly was talking to his mother, he himself pointed to the same place near his head and said that his father was sitting here.
Why did Sonya start singing some creepy song when Denis was killing the Owner?
And who actually talked to gg over the phone? If it had been the Owner, he would not have said such things to him on behalf of Denis's mother. And Radio Liberty would simply not let Max on the air. And for some reason, the policeman was very angry with Arina for showing this place.

So many questions and so few answers. Despite all this, I will review the series over and over again - not only because of the metaphorical plot with biblical references, but also because of the amazing camerawork and acting.

Thanks Glukhovsky, KinoPoisk, kast, Aigel and all the other people mentioned in the credits for such a gorgeous series.
There will still be a lot of debate about it, and not a few copies will be broken about the plot. I would still like, of course, some kind of chthonic, mythical explanation for all this psychedelic, but it turns out that the world is real, and water plays the role of a glitch catalyst. But this does not explain much, holes and inconsistencies appear in the plot. So the Swamp is still a mystical place)

And the main idea of the series is in the song Aigel:
Everyone needs a master,
A dog, a man, a cow.

I see a clear anti-alcohol message in this film. Local water is a metaphor for vodka. Why is everyone drinking in Russia, Glukhovsky reflects. Because in another way, if the eyes are not flooded, it is impossible to participate in all this.
The film is strong. The owner, after all, turned out to be an omnipotent entity (only his transformation from an ordinary person into a demon is unclear). Glitches were glitches, but he could resurrect a priest, know all the past of those he killed, teleport to the temple. Thank you for explaining that all this is due to his boredom - he can do anything, and everything is available to him, and only a safari for people pleases. After his death, he joined his parents - I did not understand this moment, as well as his conversation with his mother (why she did not recognize him).
There are details that have not been explained: an arrow over the forests, people in white shirts in the forest, a mermaid, eating ants, a seller on a train (in the credits there is, but not in the film), a burnt two-headed eagle. But in general, it's great, I haven't seen a series for a long time that would be so addictive.

Eh. That's what Glukhovsky categorically does not get, so these are the finals. And the looped train suddenly reminded Rick and Morty

It seems to me that they died after all and it was an afterlife, just water as an addition to see their fears and, failing to cope with them, remain to serve the master forever.About the convicts and the circle: they are closed in the zone, but freedom is outside, and in the marshes, on the contrary, they are free inside the circle, not outside it. Maybe so? they could not free themselves and remained to serve the master, but in such a familiar environment.Arina is also there forever, since she still cannot understand even in the afterlife that she should not be so jealous of her daughter and is stuck there forever. The priest also seems to want to be free, but he still takes money from the owner and serves. Like the cop (but he doesn't want to leave at all because of his son, sometimes he lets go of this pain, but he drinks water and again understands why he is here). And Muscovites also seem to see their fears when they get here, they can't get free until they accept, but Elya could be shown at least from afar, for example, hiding in the middle of the forest, although she already said that she had no strength to run and surrendered to the owner, maybe it let her go from this place, with Katya sad she wanted to die? But here, on the contrary, she lives, old and does not remember anything, stuck, Sonya can not let her Sister go until the last, and even when she runs away (just escapes from the swamps) he believes in this miracle , so he goes in a circle . Denis went at all, it seemed he did not want to live, resigned himself to cancer, came just to see and then a miracle, even wanted to betray everyone for the sake of a healthy head, stay here (it's good for him there-his words), but after calling his mother, where she asked what did you do for this? And he says that it is better to die as a worthy person, in the end he freed himself ( I hope ), and Max stayed there , accepted that in principle there is nothing there and you can stay with Arina, since he can't prove anything about Vitaly Viniaminovich, of course he tried to find out what was going on until the last, but everything was in vain, he chose the option not to bad for yourself ( plus helik ahah )

Многие топят за теорию с водой. Мне кажется не все так просто. Вероятно, ребята погибли по пути в топи. Их души застряли в посмертии. И началась игра за них с хозяином. Хозяин - дьявол. Он исполняет желания в обмен на душу, которая застревает в топях или посмертии. Денис - болезнь, Соня - сестра, Максим - карьера, Эля - свобода от жениха-тирана. Катя мечтала о молодости и внимании мужчин, но тут под вопросом. Почему она постарела? Милиционер - живой сын, мама Арины - поменяться телами, Анна Петровна - муж и сын рядом, отец Илья - деньги на храм, беглые - своя территория.
Насчёт воды, хозяин сделал на ней акцент, чтобы подтвердить теорию журналиста, который так хотел прославится этим сенсационным репортажем. Из-за выбросов с завода вода приобретает какие-то усиливающие желания свойства. Остались вопросы конечно...

Как проще всего понять то, что мы увидели? Денис просто крепко спал, он даже не болел.

Очень тусклый финал, который ничегошеньки не объяснил. Массовые, но выборочные галлюцинации от воды? Нами управляют наши желания, но не все, не всеми и не всегда? Формулируйте точнее, а то исполнится так, что не порадуетесь, но это не точно? Бред какой-то.
Весь сериал смотрится очень хорошо, но финал перечеркивает всю красоту и прелесть. Давайте просто напихаем туда все возможные варианты, а зрители сами придумают подходящее именно им объяснение. Это халтура.

Очень грустно после просмотра последней серии. Жалко героев. Да, они не святые, но и не настолько ужасны, чтобы заслужить подобное.
Дениса жаль больше всех. У него изначально шансов не было из-за болезни. Так и уйти спокойно не дали. Соню зачем-то оттолкнул от себя своими выходками в последних сериях. Из позитивного только разговор с мамой.
Хотела написать что-то объемное, но пока не могу, надо остыть от серии(

Очень много люди расписали про Топи=Россия, и я, возможно, пропустила кого-то, кто, как и я, орал и бегал по потолку от зеков в круге: это же дорогая наша любимая система исполнения наказания, когда человеку не помогают встроиться обратно в общество по выходу из тюрьмы, и он возвращается обратно, потому что в тюрьме всё просто и понятно, свое родное. Вот и зеки эти несчастные сидят в своем кругу и радуются, что вот тут-то они на воле, а вы все там в тюрьме. Хотя казалось бы, вроде и бежали. От тюрьмы не убежишь, правильно Козлов в самом начале говорит, что она по мозгам дает.
И что ж ты козел-то такой, Козлов? 😭 Даже почти человеком казался, когда у "ведьмы" за Макса просил, а в итоге вон как. Но фотография сына рядом с деньгами - это, конечно, красиво. А всё равно лучший мальчик, и пошло оно к черту, его мелкое зло

Короче, мне финал не понравился. Ничего не объяснили, нагнали психоделики. Такое себе

Нуууу такое себе, хотя думаю детальное объяснение этому сериалу не нужно. Тут много вариантов нагнали в сюжете, выбирай на свой вкус.

Психодел, но более менее понятно.
(Все нижеперечисленное мое мнение)
1. Разговоры по телефону это как некое испытание душ. Журналист в итоге поддался дьяволу и остался в Топях. Денис поддался, но услышал голос матери (либо это было проявление совести его или реально из мира живых услышал мать, мб он ей снился) и убив Хозяина он очистился и пошёл дальше.
2. Слепой дед таинственная фигура, но это наверное Бог или некий ангел, т.к он исполнил желание милиционера увидеть сына.
3. Под прошлыми сериями прям угадали с постаревшей Катей и коррумпированным священником. Катя боялась старости - стала старой, священник воровал - был заперт вечно в Топях, пока не надоел Хозяину.
4. Смерть от руки хозяина это скорее всего путь в Ад. Т.к Эля убила своего мч, не держала слово и вообще темная личность. Зеки- каннибалы - тут все понятно. Афганец - много нагрешил на войне. Священник - за коррупцию поплатился.
5. Завод - олицетворение Ада.
6. Топи чистилище (это становится понятно из 2 и 6 серии)
7. Соня сошла с ума из-за сёстры, которую видела только она и некоторые люди рядом с ней (прям как бабка видит мужа, но без неё мужа нет) и застряла в Топях, т.к не смогла «отпустить» как предупреждал дед.
8. Бабки, деды, Арина и мать, мент и его напарник-афганец, наши герои - мертвецы.
9. Хозяин и сын - черти или сам Сатана
10. Глуховский в камео. 🥰

Моё понимание такое - сначала расстроилась, что слил конец и замутил изъеденный сюжет с водичкой! Что? Да ладно! Почитала комменты, подумала, нашла смысл следующий - ребят едут в монастырь, имея своего хозяина. Один - боль и рак, другая - смерть сестры, чувство вины, протест против отца, третья - подвластность и потерю любимого, и журналист с карьерой. Сразу же - история с журналистом самая... ну такая, в смысле хозяин у него конечно сильный, но гораздо слабее, чем все остальные. Согласитесь, болезнь, смерть близкого, убийство и ... карьера - разные весовые категории, ведь так! Это объясняет то, что до последнего журналист был самым... адекватным что ли. Он в принципе не плохой парень и его энтузиазм прям даже в страшной ситуации был с ним. Но в итоге, жажда славы пересилила и он слился. Ну это ладно, после - по сюжету. Вероятно гг действительно находит этот монастырь, сервис, все такое, вполне возможно, что монастырь предъявляем требования к количеству человек - типа должно быть группой. Москвича, который в теме постоянных сервисов и условий обслуживания, это не смущает. Смущает только в конце - и это отсылка к разным городским и деревенским менталитетом людей. Что для москвича изначально казалось просто сервисом, впоследствие выглядит как плата в количестве душ. Приезжают они все со своими тараканами в Топи, а там стоит такой наглый чел, с сальной улыбкой. Происходит авария - вернее две аварии, причём одна со смертельным исходом (первая), вторая с исходом, как бы переходным, ведь герои должны как-то попасть туда в этот уже иной мое и оправдать его себе. Обе аварии происходят, когда одна из девчонок коверкает название посёлка, А водила ее поправляет. Это ещё раз говорит о разности москвичей (она коверкает и ржет) и провинциалов (водила аж из сидения чуть не выпрыгнул от, казалось бы, безобидной шутки). Потому что - и тут та сама Глуховская деревня - менталитет разный и отношение разное. И так весь фильм - реальное, нереальное, социальное, политическое тесно.

Дальше девчонка ищет как им выбраться. Это очень символично, потому что именно она пропадаем затем, остальные же словно в каком-то оцепенении. Я не помню, как их по именам, ну понятно кто. Ах, да, Катя) по имени актрисы. Это мужик - водитель с гробом - он типа перевозчика. Он из направляет. При этом говорит фразу, что Катя здесь - самая живая. И так оно и есть. Вероятно именно Катя выбралась живой из этой аварии, остальные нет. Кто-то погиб сразу, кто-то после. Поэтому герои так по-разносу себя ведут. Так вот Катя. Она потом возвращается в образе пожилой женщине. Многие пишут - под воздействием воды ребята ее видят такой. Не согласна. Мне кажется, что она выжила, но после сварим совсем сломалась. Будучи жизнерадостной девчонкой для других, она скорее всего очень несчастный человек внутри, одинокий, который хочет просто нации плечо и близкого друга, но да свечки поверхностностм многие не воспринимают ее всерьёз. А она между прочим всегда помогает. Даже в образе старухи, она сдерживает милиционера. Всю жизнь после аварии она рассказывает - коты, предательство, все покатилось под откос. Как можно было упустить этот момент!? Какая вода?! То есть счастья она не обрела, ее хозяин ее не отпустил и она вернулась обратно, как в то место, ключевое место, где погибли несколько ее друзей. Поэтому ее неприкаянная душа ищет своего хозяина там. Кстати, специально или нет, но тираж ее в возрасте явно пьющей женщины, возможно и смерть пришла от этого

Well, now we need to release water under the brand "TOPI". It will go worse than Coca-Cola and Shishkin Forest And Mudyuga vodka. It's a pity! But there is no God in Glukhovsky's series, only rocket fuel and Satan. Hopelessness is depressing (The Coat of Arms burned down, BB killed, but they did not say how to live well and happily.

Elya is a Chechen. Everything is simple here. Why her head was cut off is because she is a murderer, anyway, she is cursed. She cannot be in the interval between life and death, she is different from the guys and her fate in the afterlife is different - maybe hell, maybe deliverance, but not here. The same thing happens with the two runaways. This imaginary will in a circle of 10 by 10 meters and beheading. Perhaps they worked out the sin - they ate the third, perhaps on the contrary they refined it to punishment. In general, all the characters of the village are definitely some kind of characters, perhaps from the Bible. Or they play this role. They probably can't leave for one reason or another. For example, a girl with her mother - the image is immediately obvious - bare breasts, horns of hair, promiscuity. Perhaps this character is evil, but she is unhappy and in her own way I feel sorry for her. She wants love, but she cannot dispose of it. Probably, the exchange of bodies took place after the death of her and her daughter, it is not known how the deceased died. She is definitely a witch and treats the dark ones more, but she is not devoid of light qualities, she wants to trust the journalist too tenderly in her own way, seeing from his side the sincerity of interest and self-sacrifice. The access point that she showed (to the displeasure of the policeman) is one of those cases when SMS messages, calls come from dead people in a strange way, they dream, perhaps this is this point. She is not available to everyone "there" and is probably not encouraged to reveal her secrets. But, please note, all the phones turn out to be broken. That is, an access point, not an access point - it doesn't matter anymore.Why the owner is just such a master (the driver). Because this is the last person the guys saw, he is unpleasant to them and contains all the nasty things that the four of them managed to feel together. The image does not matter here, I think. In general, there are constant references to the wake in the film. From the second part, the grandmother puts saeki in front of the journalist, and he looks at her helplessly. She fusses, as in the presence of the deceased, she "decorates" them.

Glukhovsky was in the role of the Master who made the ugly Mother happy with Arishka. Arishka Glukhovsky's father

I have a lot of questions about the series, but what confused me the most at the end was the behavior of a journalist. Why did he decide to stay? His motivation was to make cool stuff. He gave it up to become the editor-in-chief of the "local" rt. He sold and betrayed people who became friends with him and just agreed with a maniac (he was sure that he was a maniac, otherwise he would not have asked to be released). But at the same time, he just stayed in the swamps. If the owner fulfills wishes and makes deals, why was the deal connected with the main office? If, in the end, Max doesn't fucking need her. Yes, and water as a source of hallucinogen is certainly interesting, but how did the Owner even know what a journalist needed? And the main name of Maxim's boss. It's like Glukhovsky wrote the ending on the last day of filming.
To be honest, it seemed like a hack to me.
But thanks for the AIGEL in the sound, it was right on the subject.

A mystical utopia?
I'm not going to reconsider, look for signs, discuss theories - I won't.
there is such an application for genius that I, a mere mortal, cannot understand. in the beginning, I was hooked, but there were TV series that were much more confusing, but more interesting

As for the "returned from the dead" - this is Sonya's grandfather and sister. There is such a belief - it is necessary to be able to release the dead and deceased relatives, otherwise they will not feel safe there. My grandfather died, my grandmother probably died too, but she invoked the spirit of my grandfather in this afterlife - so he does not know peace, he seems to be with her, and he is glad, but he seems to complain that he cannot leave.They're both out there. Sonya also "resurrects" her sister, she cannot let her go, calling her to be eternally in the afterlife, and she forever binds herself to this place and to the monastery. Therefore, the Owner does not kill Sonya, he says - she will beg for my sins. He knows that Sonya is under the yoke of her "master" - she will be in the monastery forever. And by the way, these souls who have returned are not interested in the Owner at all, because they have already been identified and they (grandfather and sisters) have their own owners - those who cannot let them go and keep them. (Sonya returns her sister again, after she runs away from the monastery and dies, thus not giving her peace of mind). The master is certainly a demon or Satan, his son is not accidental here either, this is a metaphor for the Bible, son and father, and the dark forces - they always absurdly copy Biblical stories. The phrase "My son's deeds will be greater than mine" is not accidental. The owner here is strength, power, an assistant, they sell his soul, make deals, he decides when to send someone (to cut off his head) to hell. Everyone here is either his servants or slaves. He tempts, takes a fee. He didn't tempt Elya because she's already his-she's a killer anyway. He tempted the Gg with the retreat of pain, the journalist with glory. He probably tempted the girl with her mother (daughter) with the opportunity to exchange bodies. He bought the priest for money, but the priest passed away by hanging, realizing his sin, but not redeeming it, so time after time the priest is doomed to let go of demon sins, take money, put it on the pillow and suffer mentally again, and subsequently hang himself. Apparently this cycle was endless, until the owner lets him go, killing him, or drives him to hell, because Sonya.

The owner cannot tempt the grandmother, he pretends to be her son, but she does not succumb to his persuasions and whimpering, she is rude to him, rude, does not want to hear anything, as if she does not hear at all. He doesn't touch her. The character of the old woman (although she is not such an old woman) is quite understandable. She did not have a bitter life waiting for a loved one, she suffered a lot, was pious, faithful. Being here is her choice, she does not succumb to temptation, she is already tempted, but only by her love and desire to be with someone with whom it turned out so little during her lifetime. This is an almost pure character, why almost - she is not clean anyway, since she does not let go of her "master", so she takes money from young people for housing - money is generally such a symbol of evil here. And yet - she often seems to be inactive, but she has such a role, she can't help, just make it a little easier. Therefore, from her there often comes some kind of sepulchral, memorial helpfulness, these saechki, bath, food, clothes, a call to salt, to ask. As for the water, the heroes must understand for themselves that they died, this is their test. The film repeatedly says that many people do not understand, it is difficult to understand, it is difficult to accept and let go, to reconsider their principles. By and large, no one has reviewed it to the end, except for the years. Already renaming Maman to mom with a heart in her phone, we see how gg realizes the important thing that is valuable to him in life. Of course, he doesn't talk to any mom, just like there is no radio with the symbolic name Freedom. This is a conversation with yourself. The journalist, having done such a job and got through to Freedom, could not get free, but gg still managed, but where he got after - back or into another world, the ending of the film does not say. It is unequivocal that we no longer see his soul among the inhabitants of the Swamps, so he has found peace ..... however, it is not clear what kind of strange silent old man in a fur coat is, who definitely suffers throughout the plot.

Next, the girl is looking for a way out for them. This is very symbolic, because it is she who disappears to no one knows where, while the rest seem to be in a kind of stupor. I don't remember their names, but it's clear who they are. Oh, yes, Katya) by the name of the actress. This guy, the driver she finds with the coffin, he's like a carrier. Bible stories, that sort of thing...He directs them. At the same time, he says the phrase that Katya is the most alive here. And so it is. It was probably Katya who got out of this accident alive, the others did not. Someone died immediately, someone after. That's why the characters behave so differently. So that's Katya. She then returns in the form of an elderly woman. Many people write that under the influence of water, the guys see her like this. I disagree. It seems to me that she survived, but after cooking she completely broke down. Being a cheerful girl to others, she is most likely a very unhappy person inside, a lonely one who just wants to have a shoulder and a close friend, but yes, candles are superficial, many do not take her seriously. And she always helps, by the way. Even in the image of an old woman, she restrains a policeman. All her life after the accident, she tells me - cats, betrayal, everything went downhill. How could you miss this moment!? What kind of water?! That is, she did not find happiness, her master did not let her go and she returned back to the place, the key place where several of her friends died. Therefore, her restless soul is looking for its master there. By the way, on purpose or not, but the circulation of it at the age of a clearly drinking woman, perhaps death came from this

Interesting TV series, just super

It seems to me a mistake to try to explain every scene in the series with the only correct interpretation and fit it into real life. It doesn't really matter if they really died or if it's a dream)

Everyone will see their own within their own horizons. For me, the series is an offer to reflect on the modern Russian, his sins, fears, dreams, and his values.

Water is an allusion to vodka or any other substance that a person resorts to in order to escape from reality when it is especially difficult to exist in it. Perhaps this is about how sometimes people do not want to let go of their pain, but prefer to "forget" and imagine that everything is as before - a loved one is nearby, a lost child is alive, an incurable disease has disappeared and thus drown themselves. Drown their pain.

I really liked the unobtrusive mention of the relationship between the authorities and law enforcement agencies - I serve, but if I am in mortal danger, I will not save, they will appoint a new one anyway. A burnt two-headed eagle. The corruption of the church.

And about Moscow - the salary is higher in Moscow Time, but here (the regions) there is nowhere to spend it. And as Max makes a choice for himself, "fuck this Moscow," he realized that his career, fame, and money were not so important to him. I made a choice to live in my Swamp, where nothing happens, there are no prospects, everything is in a circle.

And so a large number of people live. Home-office-shop-house. Drown the sadness with water. And again in a circle. This is a series about ordinary life in Russia with the help of beautiful dark metaphors.

- we'll have to work it out. Stand up!
* gets up*
- Sit down!
* sits down*
- yes, not here, behind the wheel!

Made me laugh 🤣🤣

In the end, what is not clear to me is why Sonya was never able to get free? Her whole line is based on the fact that she wants to free herself from the pressure of her father and start a new life. then he comes to the Swamps, begs his sister despite the crisis of faith and gets stuck there (the priest is sure in the last episode that she will not go anywhere). but in this episode, she lets her sister go, first when she sees that she is unreal, dissolves in her hands, then when she runs away from the monastery with Maxim and says goodbye to her. So why is she stuck in this circle?

The coolest picture for such a series. Scenarios in the spirit of "riddles for the sake of riddles - think for yourself" rarely work.

In general, if desired, you can find a lot of non-docks in their gals. A lot has been done for the sake of a spectacular picture, not logic.
The series is beautiful and very interesting, but in some moments it is absolutely not thought out.

The actors' acting is great, psychedelic is great, from the very beginning it was clear that nothing would be clear) and so it's good

Throughout the entire viewing, I thought that everything that was happening was just a glitch of gg, who at the beginning of the first episode mixed pills with a drunk

The ending is nothing like this.
But damn, they never tried to leave there, actually! I was really waiting for it to show how they go-they go and find themselves in the same village. It is said about this in the series and in the annotation, but not shown.
I was also strained by the moment when a journalist tries so hard to escape, rushes along with a girl in a car, and suddenly stops. He doesn't care that they caught up with him, he's not afraid of either the owner or the cops who surrounded him. It is clear that he is so hungry for fame, but it is expected that they can banally prevent him from telling everything.
They also revealed the endings of everyone except Sonya, where did she swim out and run away to?
And the train at the end, why is it spinning there?)
And the owner is such a thoughtful person in everything, and in the matter of announcing his story to the whole country, he stupidly relied on the greed of a journalist.
Well, the main character is handsome. He realized that it was all a hoax, that he was going to die, and dragged the owner away with him, a fiery finale in this regard. Also, their psychedelic laughter, well, super)

@Maxq32: I voiced it as soon as they mentioned the combine, that is, somewhere in the first episodes) But it's really boring. Although it's not just water here, isn't it?

"Swamps" is a big beautiful metaphor for our reality. It's just that Balabanov's "chernukha" is not in favor now, well, here's something prettier and more colorful for you. But the meaning is the same.
And all these numerous tarot card divination over theories in this series is direct proof that we are in those very Swamps, alas.

There is a feeling that Glukhovsky wanted to show us that we are all really in these Swamps, everyone has their own role, but we are all in this one way or another. Perhaps he didn't even just want to show his attitude, but there was no one to encourage him to act. In this case, the story with the water is funny, because it can be interpreted in different ways (in particular, as watching a TV series). Glukhovsky just wants to hug after that. Sorry dude, we're not getting out of here, we probably don't even want that.

And now to reality: the team that worked on the painting are thugs. Everyone who is tied to the picture and sound — you are the top. It's very cool and decent. It was very pleasant to watch.

What confuses me the most is that I don't understand the main thing, which of the two options has happened now:
1. Glukhovsky has now revealed to me his understanding of the world and my empathy requires me to somehow tell the person that I saw his opinion,
or
2. what did the series make with cool mixes and also the continuation can be sculpted if the audience comes in and there will be money?

And who understood why there was an emphasis on identical patches for Benjamin and Denis?)

I haven't watched anything for a long time with such interest, thanks to the creators for the incredible picture, the acting and the constant stream of thoughts on the topic "what is going on here anyway?" After the first minutes of the first episode, it became clear to me that the characters died, and after 30-year-old Katya disappeared and 60-year-old appeared, it came to an understanding that she was actually pumped out in this world, and this is her who has already returned in her old age to the afterlife - a world where time is distorted and space. In fact, no one spoke to anyone on the phone and they had no communication, this confirmed that Denis heard the voice of his mother, who allegedly called him (or rather Sonya) herself. In fact, he talked to his conscience. Max spoke with his vanity and fell for the promises of the owner. Water enhances hallucinations, which is proved by the final scene with Kozlov. The actor who plays the Host is simply incomparable. And the role of Denis Yankovsky is the best of what happened. I also had the idea at first that the one-eyed grandfather might be Denis upon his return to the afterlife, but it's worth remembering his diagnosis. Most likely, at the end of the last episode, he is already dying completely. By the way, during Sonya and Max's run through the monastery, they showed both free, and Lisa, and washing Denis's body while the old women were crying, and Arina and her mother, but Eli was not there. And I agree with the comment above about analogies with modern life in Russia - the dialogues of the final series are almost all about this. In general, I'm going to review what I usually don't do with modern TV shows, but it just went right there.

I really liked the whole scene in the monastery, with the general feast, with the attempted escape of the journalist and Sonya, with the conversations woven into this environment. It was all very reminiscent of similar moments in Lynch's works, when they communicate with the viewer not at the level of logic, but somewhere far away, with the help of images, sounds, visual metaphors, and such a set in skillful hands creates a powerful impact. Not every detail needs to be chewed and put in your mouth, besides, they gave you enough clues. The main thing is the feelings that arose when watching, and the key thoughts that sounded simple and succinct.
As a result, I give the series a positive assessment, certainly gives grounds for reflection, nicely scares before going to bed and once again gives reason to smile sadly, recognizing myself in someone on the screen.
And then everyone chooses for himself: the owner, the train, in which you can endlessly turn in circles, and your own way, but in fact it is not so important - because no matter how much you wander, you always return to these swamps.

An interesting collection of photos from the shooting https://www.instagram.com/timakovo4kat/

A little wild Denis is certainly a delight. But there are so many questions left for the series and the story, it would be nice to have season 2. Still, there is a lot more that can be revealed. And so the aftertaste is pleasant: it will also be possible to review the series)

I don't know what kind of water they drink there, but I want the same one

Not a TV series, but solid Bondarchuk guns - they screwed everything up, nothing in the end did not add up to a complete picture. After the last episode, the feeling that you were deceived and watched in vain at all;(

Topi is Russia. That's the whole point of the series.

If we assume that Glukhovsky wanted to show Russia, then the Host is Putin, Denis is business, Max is journalism, Elya is Chechnya, but I don't understand who Katya and Sonya are. The poisoned water is obviously vodka. The whole of Russia drinks because it is better to live like this than to see reality clearly.

Well, damn, I really wanted some kind of explanation, but unfortunately we won't get answers, it turns out to be a story for the sake of a story, there are no exits and many characters are not disclosed.

I can't take away just how stylishly some scenes are made from which you squeeze in, especially when the owner was killed, I even at some point was like, well, they didn't kill anyone, they just tried, but in fact nothing is clear

And it's a shame that the characters who are like this, I'll do this, I'll deceive everyone and you won't stop me, they become puppets, because it's more comfortable that way

In the last episode, Yankovsky seemed to start playing another character, not at all like what happened in previous episodes, and why did he not swim out with Sonya because the disease did not go away anyway? Or what. Such heroism is not entirely clear.

It is also still not clear why the first scene was shot at the beginning of the series one at a time, and at the end in a completely different way.

Many unanswered topics and many expectations were discarded and immersed in the theme of hopelessness.But very stylish)

It's like I understood so much and everything that I didn't understand anything!But I really liked it, it's something magical!Just yesterday I watched Glukhovsky's interview and found out what he looks like, I was very pleased with his presence during the meal.
I also need as many explanations as possible for the series!

Ofk the ending is merged into banality, I saw most of the things from the ending in the comments to the last series, I could not surprise.

The brain wants to find a simple and rational explanation, and it's easy to fall for this hook. I don't think it's here, or at least it's definitely not: "And everything is clear - it's just water. Thank you goodbye"

Water is more propaganda than vodka.

In general, the series, as an allusion to Russian reality, turned out to be very good. But ideally, I would like it to be a complete story in isolation from metaphor. So that an ordinary person can see just a good plot, and a thinking person can see the idea. Immediately, the idea was chewed head-on, and the story fell apart, completely surrendering to allegories.

However, a lot of things have remained unclear. For example, what does the same Arina symbolize with her mother? What's the point of an accident where everyone is dead? We definitely need to review all the episodes again.

In general, Glukhovsky is handsome. Just like that, out of nowhere, to take and dump a natural political Silent Hill is my hobby!

If the owner Vitaly Veniaminovich, the full namesake of Baba Nyura's son , seems to be her son , then why did she communicate with him so strangely at the table ?Some unanswered questions

It seemed to me that the Owner's son looked like Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks. From the last season, just where he is in two "guises", so to speak) here, too, you can reflect

How cool Sukhanov is!

Surprisingly, the series came to me very much, I watched each episode 2 times in anticipation of the next one, and most likely I will review it after a while. I liked that the characters do not shake, they are psychologically whole in their simplicity and motivation. Of course, there are questions about how some are shown. In my opinion, the Ale was underdone.
The series got into my mood, and we were on the same wavelength, so the lack of chewing for all reasons doesn't annoy me, I don't need it.

I would prefer a more unambiguous explanation of everything that is happening. But you probably can't shoot the second season with a more unambiguous one.

I'm surprised how many people are unhappy with the finale and like they weren't given answers... It's like it was with lost, where all the answers were evenly given on the series, you just had to watch, no, everyone was waiting for the uncle to come out in the finale and tell everything. So here, after the series, not a single open question arose, this work, although at the level of metaphors, is understandable and simple.
If you want an interpretation of events, then they died at the very beginning of the series, and further and further it is the world of the dead, the events in Moscow are also not in the real world, this is the beginning of the path of souls who still think they are alive. Then there is a master in the afterlife, maybe there are many of them, as well as options for Swamps and each has its own. Souls come to him and he accepts them in exchange, but souls cannot just accept that they die and he creates illusions for them. For Christians, it makes prayers magical, for skeptics, here's some water with lsd. Etc. A cop is an old soul who resisted for a very long time and eventually accepted the rules of this world. He showed the journalist that his desires were insignificant and gave him another goal. And so on

"Nothing is clear, but it is very interesting."

Having cooled off from the series, I can say for sure that I liked the series. I don't understand the arguments around the details, because in the last series it was made clear that for the creators, first of all, it is important to show the characters at the moment of choice, and only this matters. Yes, the world of Swamps is infernal, it has its own laws and its own mechanics of processes, but this is all secondary. The main thing is the choice. In this regard, a policeman who understands the whole essence of what is happening is very indicative, but his choice is not to feel pain for his dead son, and he makes this choice consciously.
As for the characters, from the very beginning of the series I was very worried about Denis, and I'm glad that he was able to get out of the Swamps. It doesn't matter where, the main thing is that he did what he wanted. Of all the heroes, he was the only one who thought all the time about how to get out. And the owner, indeed, did not keep him. Sonya was holding him, "she's his hook," he just couldn't leave her here, but as soon as she was in the same car with him and helped with the owner, his hook broke.
Sonya is probably the hardest character. On the one hand, she feels evil very subtly. After Denis makes a deal with the owner, she begins to be wary of him. She can be seen staring intently at him, trying to figure out what's on his mind. On the other hand, Faith blinds her eyes and makes her weak-willed. Why, believing in God, she does not even allow the thought of temptation by the devil. Why doesn't he let his sister go? She's too kind. Even when Max talks about leaving, she still thinks about Al and Katya. And the strangest thing happens to her: on the one hand, she leaves the Swamp (moves away from direct contact with the villagers), but remains on the train. The finale of her story is open.
Everything was clear with Max from the beginning. The hero chose an illusion in which he is doing well, instead of real life. In fact, this is the choice of the majority. The same woman Nyura, thanks to the Marshes, returned her husband. She doesn't care where to live, the main thing is with her beloved next to her.

It is said that when Lynch was filming Twin Peaks, the script was written during filming, the series was made by different directors, so there were many unanswered guns and unanswered questions in the series. The same goes for Lost. But then the whole series was filmed, everything had to be worked out by the screenwriters. A dozen inconsistencies have already been mentioned above. The cinematography is excellent with allusions to Tarkovsky. But the story ended with a thoughtful puffing of cheeks and meaningful winks from an army of reviewers and commentators. There was no twist in the finale. Now Glukhovsky will be invited by YouTuber bloggers, where he will explain, spreading his thoughts along the tree, what he meant. It was necessary to do this in the film. Everyone goes crazy in their own way and glitches cannot be shared. It's strange to write off water after all the turns. The materialistic explanation does not stand up to criticism. It turned out to be a kind of Charon, who decided to chop heads on the shore instead of transporting them by boat. The Glukhovsky Metro world has worked carefully, what happened here is unclear. Either he wrote it so vaguely, or something was cut when transferring it to the screen. And the train a la Strict regime Comedy finally spoiled the aftertaste, turning the story into a farce. Suddenly.

And I liked the ending. Without any mysticism, everything is understandable (well, almost everything) and in general everyone got what they wanted.. but you need to be more careful with desires

It's a great ending, but it's not necessary to decide which version is true - man-made or mystical. They don't contradict each other.

How quickly Glukhovsky went from mysterious mystical to direct political overtones in one episode. Everything from the initials of the Owner, to working with the opposition, which can be bought, is such a bold allusion to Russia. I was hoping for something more subtle. More precisely, I hoped to have no politics at all in the mystery series, but where can I get away from it. Nowhere, as there is no escape from the Swamps, so there is no escape from the political subtext in Russia.
Thanks for the series to the cameraman, director, actors, sound, and everything. It's much better than a Whirlpool. Gradually, the film search is going in the right direction.

"Everything will be difficult with the finale of the series, too, and the authors advise to understand it in the same metaphorical way. "We do not know how the big story will end: the final rationalization of the historical plot is impossible. And it is also impossible to rationalize the plot of "Swamps". But the viewer will understand our ellipsis and believe in it." (c) Director Mirzoev.

Amazing cinematography and musical accompaniment, the plot that you puzzle over the whole series, even with seemingly obvious clues. There's a lot of naked Yankovsky, but excessive nudity has been a feature in Russian TV series lately.
The finale is in the spirit of all episodes: think for yourself, decide for yourself.

I don't know, I'm thrilled with the series! the whole story, starting from the very first episode, hinted at dualism in what was happening. After all, there were even two accidents in the beginning. and the ending turned out to be appropriate =) it does not matter whether they died or all this is real - each hero experienced his own catharsis and got what he aspired to.
Yes, the series does not chew and does not put the plot in its mouth, but that's what art is all about! anyone can stupidly tell a linear story, but only a few can make you reflect on the topic of history.
follow the available plots to the Territory. Psychology is in the Swamps.

So they pumped it up in the beginning, and as a result they got a vulgar creation by Glukhovsky with rude allusions and a meager ending. Master, hooks, everyone needs a master, say it a hundred more times. Pretentious zilch, but it's a pity.

This situation with the owner is very well arranged. There is an understatement in everything, apparently in order not to resemble the already familiar stereotypes about demons, angels, broadcast through hundreds of films. The feeling of the Russian hinterland, darkness and hopelessness. Blackness, filth, lust, abuse, malice, hatred. The main characters are people with real problems. With ugly problems, turned inside out. The characters do not have superpowers, the series excludes special effects. The whole presentation goes through the dialogues and relationships between the characters, through their fears and prejudices.
I still have the feeling that there is a simultaneous narration of two time lines. They sometimes seem to break into each other.
Maxim Sukhanov famously played his character. Glukhovsky, as always, has more noir in his repertoire, more than in the subway. The camerawork stands out very much, as well as thanks for the soundtrack and to everyone involved in the work.
Such paintings make you thaw towards Russian cinema.

Unfortunately, the puzzle did not work out..
Why did they show that 2 accidents did die? are all those who once died in the Swamps now living in captivity of their fears/desires and calling it a miracle? Why is it enough for someone to be afraid (Ale, Katya), someone has to swear to the owner for their desires (guys), someone drinks water (cop), and someone just believes (Sonya)? What is the root cause? In death, the master, the water? What's the owner's story other than that he was a director before he started growing maggots and curing cancer? Why did other scenarios periodically flash in the frame? How does this scheme work with the resort in general? Is it disposable or should I wait for an anthology?)) in general, did the Owner bring them all to replenish the zoo, or did he still need the heads? At first, he wanted to execute everyone, and then suddenly -"this one will be the driver, this one will confess me."..Why is the concept important "everyone needs a master" - how does it fit in with the personal fears and desires that they have been captured by?

It's a shame that they never told me what happened to Katya. The fact that she is the same strange grandmother, I realized from her first phrases about her friends. But what happened to her and why she was so reincarnated... It's like they forgot to tell you

In short, we are all in hell, the owner is a certain BB, curly-haired journalists are sold for gels, Durov is under the FSB, but he will save everyone. I'm going to drink some vodka. But how interesting everything is. And life is not boring. The dry grass is tormented.
Russian Orthodox psychedelic.
Drown Stupidly Top.

An endless stream of stoned consciousness..

But if he delves into mythology. And take it as an assumption that the Host symbolizes Charon, the carrier of souls to the realm of the dead. This may explain the fact that he took them to the monastery in the first episode. And the water of the Marshes is the water of the Styx.
According to mythology, Charon transports the souls of those who have found peace. And all those who are stuck in the Swamps are not rested souls. Moreover, all those who died on the safari of the Owner, one way or another, received reassurance before death.

And how can I understand anything now?🤪
Well, the only thing is that I still tend to the theory that these are still 7 circles of hell, and all the characters are the personification of 7 deadly sins
But of course, there are a lot of questions
The host of the campaign is Sonya, otherwise I can't explain the last frame
But I hope that they will stop there and will not shoot the second season, although there is a groundwork
We'll see

What a trip 😨

The scene with the run.... Just WOW It's very beautiful

The season finale seems to be a space with a brain explosion, but also an extra and not very high-quality cgi with Sonya on a train traveling in a circle. It would be better for the next season if the intrigue was left. And this is our second series in a year, which is not a shame.

Lyaya was left to sit and think, but what was it.. They got confused, as if they greedily wanted to cram everything into one thing - the horrors of atomic technology, and a creepy Russian fairy tale, and mysterious temples with purgatory, and the lack of a Master and Margarita. A lot of good things have been lost behind this tinsel of the sacrament, plus a lot of things are made as if from a fool. Sit and look for the meaning, and choose the end you like.
Some characters had no development at all (didn't they have enough budget for a Pomeranian?)
There was such scope for creativity, for Easter eggs, but so few clear scenes

And I understand correctly that miracle vodka is vodka, the owner is the one whose name cannot be pronounced, and the country goes in the ass in a circle. And there is no way out of this

I have a question for supporters of realism — why did my mother recommend this "monastery"? Why did I have to take my companions with me? Because of the safari on people?

The last episode recalled the universe of the Master and Margarita. The owner is the same Woland...

For Russia, this is a cannon series. Well done , I 'm waiting for the 2nd year of the season

What a cool Sukhanov in the series! It should be shot more in movies, horror films and mysticism, very textured.
And about the meaning of the series - so it 's practically a political satire . Glukhovsky is in opposition to the government, Topi is Russia, which is going in a circle waiting for a new owner....and datura water is the media, TV, propaganda, what we are all permeated with...

Swamp (swamp) is an allusion to everything that surrounds us. There is a conditional owner who poisoned the local nature and water, and to whom everyone obeys - the cops, the inmates, the church (the murdered and reanimated corpse, who was killed again), corrupt journalists, "ilitka".
The owner manages everything through fears - he breeds maggots in the heads of his victims, and then throws fishing rods. After all, as it was said, the owner loves to fish very much. You got hooked, you succumbed to fears - either death or you will stay in the swamp forever.
The water from the swamp is a metaphor for the lies that accompany the power of the owner. As soon as you stop "drinking" this lie, you immediately begin to see everything differently. If you watch the series carefully, the cop was the last one who did not drink local water, always drank something of his own (from a flask, beer from a bottle, etc.). But he eventually gave up, because deceiving himself and living in an illusion is easier.
And the main conclusion is that you cannot break out of the vicious circle, because the problem is not at all in the owner, but in the people who need him vitally.

It didn't start badly, but it ended... as usual.
I really liked everything that does not relate to the plot: the color scheme, musical accompaniment, cinematography, editing, atmosphere, acting, as for me, is also on the level. But the storyline, taking into account the denouement, is terrible.
Now you really get tired of the tendency that you need to dig something out in order to "see the deep meaning." And I don't want to, I want to watch a decent series, maybe with a smaller budget and bombast, more mundane and with deep characters. Which, after watching, leaves any other emotions except pity for the time spent.
There is too much useless junk that can be thrown away and the "plot" will not suffer. Although the actors do not play badly, but the characters themselves are empty and not interesting, you feel the same emotions for each of them for all the series - none.
Conspiracy theorists and couch philosophers are probably happy to find evidence of the impermanence of existence, but I didn't see anything new, original, clever or even remotely interesting. As a child, I watched "When cicadas Cry" - the same setting of a rural backwater with its secrets. That's just the first season is 15 years old today, and with all its flaws, it looks many times better than "Topi" 2021.

Interestingly, they did not explain what happened to Katya all this time, she was at the table, and no one asked her, although it started with her disappearance.
And yet, what kind of abilities the owner had and where they came from did not become clear how he "cured" Denis and returned the disease.
In general, it reminded me of the book "twilight" by Glukhovsky, where everything that happened turned out to be a near-death "imagination" / dream or how to say it all...

Water means it's more dead than alive.. But I'm still inclined to think that they died and that's the afterlife, alas.. And all that is told only for the sake of a few strong monologues and dialogues, well, allusions to a lot, but everyone will see their own in them. It's gone for me!

It turned out to be a great series. However, it looks like a constructor with unnecessary details. You can assemble 2-3 different independent stories from it, but one big one does not work very well, it falls apart, and you like it in parts. But in general, it is a lively, catchy movie. Somewhere it irritates, somewhere it touches, you agree with something, you want to argue with something. The main thing is to evoke emotions and start the thought process) There would be more of this.

I went to read the comments and realized that they are more interesting than the series) by the way, Glukhovsky reads them here too and even quotes Dima, hello

What bullshit! In two words - the ravings of a madman 😖 another version of purgatory... life in despair ...
I watched to the end with the hope of a tolerable ending, but ....
I summarize: it will appeal only to those who love psychedelics... blurred boundaries between everything and everyone.
What is the series for the rest ? 🤮
The only thing I kept at the screen was a beautiful picture, the director's work was excellent!

Launch Travolta with a raincoat 😁

Well, it was powerful, very powerful.

The only thing I didn't understand was the one moment whose picture Max took at school and left with her. And then they didn't remember about her.

Light drugs from Dmitry.

Meanwhile, Glukhovsky's Instagram:
"I have answers to ALL questions about the plot of the Swamps.
but I'll tell you what the fuck."

ndeee

It seems to me that the swamp is a reference to modern Russia...Cyclicity one king will leave and a new one will replace him. The ending with the cop (the fact that he drank water) is a reference to the fact that it is easier for people to live in a cocoon of propaganda and lies than to change anything.

A modern Woland?

After watching the series, I realized that I didn't understand anything. What did Glukhovsky want to say with this story? There are so many questions, and I don't even know if I liked the series as a whole or not, but the ending is not that open, it's kind of closed, but I left even more questions about the result. But what I definitely liked was the camerawork.

If you get away from the political meanings of the last series, then Topi is a wish–fulfillment artist.
What did Katya want? Forget yourself. This is what she got, turning into a distraught old woman with flashes of consciousness.
Elya went on the run after the murder. What did she do in the Swamps? I was running. Then for someone, then from someone.
Max went to "dig", the Swamps throw him a story with a maniac. Dig, investigate, enjoy.
Sonya, being in the car with her father, tears off the cross, showing her doubts about faith. Everything that happens to Sonya in the Marshes shows her that "miracles" are not from God, but from the devil.
Denis needs to accept death. And everything that happens to him is related to this. Conversations with Grandfather Benjamin. A conversation with Sonya at the monastery, when he confesses that he realized his impending death. And as the final chord, the mother's call. Death will be too early for everyone, as the owner says, but the key point is the memory of you. How you'll be remembered is what's important. More importantly, using the example of the "begged" Lisa and Benjamin, it becomes clear that for our loved ones we do not die, but continue to live in their hearts.

I hope there will be no continuation of this 💩

Has anyone figured out why Sonya is dressed like Lolita Arishka on the train?

Okay, who is this one-eyed grandfather who flashed throughout the series?😬