"The lack of racial diversity in Alt-Evergreen isn't just the result of a thoughtless approach to casting background extras. In this parallel universe, our heroes are horrified to learn, the Nazis won World War II. Since then, they have so thoroughly penetrated and remade the United States that nonwhite people don't even exist in the day-to-day world. Perhaps recognizing that this exceedingly dark twist will be a hard pill to swallow, "Ignorance Is Chris" gives viewers lots of sugar, in the form of comic relief, "
"It's enough to get a ride to A.R.G.U.S. headquarters, where she and Chris level with each other, once and for all, about their feelings. Chris confesses he's in love with her; Harcourt confesses that she already knows, but doesn't even understand herself enough to know what her feelings might be. It's exactly the kind of dilemma that might require Harcourt to"
Chris enters Alt-Evergreen and immediately notices subtle differences, including an alternate Beatles lineup. The world lacks racial diversity because Nazis won World War II and have remade the United States so thoroughly that nonwhite people no longer exist in daily life. Harcourt, Adebayo, Economos, and Adrian travel through the door to retrieve Chris and initially find only small Mandela Effect–like changes. Harcourt impersonates another Emilia, bluffing about taking a big dump to distract Keith. Harcourt and Chris confront their feelings; Chris confesses love, and Harcourt admits awareness but uncertainty about her own emotions.
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