Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S02E04 - It's Been a While

[u/mwthecool]

Episode 4 - It's Been a While!

Mark answers the call to save an alien species, but the mission has unexpected personal consequences.

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[u/Professional-Cow7023]

The Maulers never made it so tthat they wouldn't know. Not knowing just seems to be a consequence of cloning in this universe.

[u/macedonianmoper → u/Professional-Cow7023]

Always assumed it was intentional, otherwise you'd know simply because the original was laying on the left bed or something

[u/someguyfromtheuk → u/macedonianmoper]

I assumed the cloning process wipes the last minute or two of their memory so they don't remember lying down and activating the machine.

[u/macedonianmoper → u/someguyfromtheuk]

Yeah but that would still leave you with ways to prepare to know you're the real one, like taking a while before setting down, or writing a note, or wearing different clothes, too me it seemed like a way to ensure neither "the original" nor the clone would slack off, in this case "the original" had no way to hide his defects proving himself to be original, which lets him slack off, a sort of Ulysses pact

[u/Thrallov → u/macedonianmoper]

they don't want to know truth it becomes messy, they willingly delete memories before cloning

[u/macedonianmoper → u/Thrallov]

Exactly, this is why I'm arguing it's an intended consequence, if the Maulers truly wanted to know who the original is all they need is a marker.