This post contains spoilers for the first two -- and only -- seasons of The OA For two and a half years, whenever I have found myself in need of a cathartic cry, I have looked to The OA. You know the scene. It comes at the end of the first season, after eight deliciously bizarre episodes full of kidnappings, near-death experiences, cosmic dancing, and the hopeful promise of alternate dimensions. Prairie (Brit Marling, who also created the series), or the “Original Angel,” as she prefers to be called, has spent the season telling her miraculous story to a group of …

Be aware there are spoilers for The OA Season 2. Anyone who watched the wild, unpredictable first season of Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij's hyper-bingeable Netflix series The OA knew to expect surprises in the second season. Boy did it deliver with robots, tree internet, and a telekinetic octopus, just to name a few. But the most welcome surprise of the new season is the addition of Kingsley Ben-Adir as a new co-load, Karim Washington, a private detective with a dark past who gets tangled up in OA's (Marling) world of interdimensional travel and metaphysical …