Biohackers Season 2 had a mysterious ending, but considering clues that were dropped throughout
the season, we know who did it and why. And it was a payoff to three specific conversations
over the course of the season. On top of that, there's a very dark takeaway that I missed
until I rewatched the season today. So I'd like to share that, but first, let's do a
high-level recap of Biohackers Season 2. As a reminder, Season 1 of Biohackers ended
with Mia and Lorenz being kidnapped by Andreas Winter after Mia gave Andreas data to expose
Lorenz for her unethical Homo Deus project. The opening scene of Biohackers Season 2 takes
place three months later. Mia woke up while sitting in front of a test that she was doing
about a hamster s memory. That memory experiment was a nod to Mia's own memory arc over the
course of the season. Mia's journey was about finding out what had happened to her and why
she was dying. Here's what really happened. Lotta's father
had financed Lorenz. But he did not like the Homo Deus project. Wolfgang von Furstenberg
feared that if every child was immune from disease, then humans would overpopulate the
world. So he exposed Lorenz to the authorities. But he dealt with Mia differently. First,
they texted her friends and told them that she would be quarantined for three days on
back of the mosquito train incident from Season 1. Then, instead of killing Mia since she
knew too much about Homo Deus, Mia volunteered to be given one of his other experimental
drugs - Oblivion - which erases one's memory. So she did that. Andreas Winter experimented
on her. Then, she went back to her friends and partied a lot. So her friends would chalk
up her periodic blackouts to her partying. Niklas broke up with her. She hooked up with
Lotta s brother, Uli, at some point. And then she began dating Jasper again after he got
back from Indonesia, where Lotta had helped him escape to and where he was trying to figure
out how to cure his Huntington's Disease. After three months, something changed. Mia
forgot about everything that had happened over those three months. That was the opening
scene. She woke up at her desk confused. Then, she started having flashbacks of a conversation
at the park and being captive in a van with Lorenz, so she met up with Lorenz who told
Mia that Wolfgang kept notes in a red notebook. Lorenz tried to help Mia to find that notebook,
at first, out of self-interest. Because Lorenz would be able to leverage what was in that
notebook so as to expose Wolfgang for his other unethical projects that he was financing
and effectively buy herself freedom since she was currently being prosecuted for Homo
Deus. But eventually, for several reasons, Lorenz
came to care for Mia. She began to look at Mia as the daughter whom she had never had.
They figured out that the way to reverse the effects of Oblivion was Neuronal Sonification.
The tattoo clue. S-O-N for Sonifcation. Lorenz saved Mia's life.
Mia got back all her memories, but when she woke up, all of her friends were prisoners
to Wolfgang and Lotta. Mia ran from Wolfgang, Niklas freed Jasper, Jasper saved Mia from
Wolfgang, then Mia tackled Wolfgang over a balcony, and he was hospitalized. At the hospital,
Wolfgang told Lotta that he needed her to do something, which we will get back to.
In the second to last scene of Season 2, Mia visited Lorenz at a children s graveyard.
That graveyard was where Lorenz s life trajectory had begun. As a student, that children s graveyard
had broken her. That children s graveyard was why Lorenz became who she became and why
she did what she did, which was some pretty dark stuff, but ultimately, for a great purpose.
Lorenz's lifelong goal was to never let another child die from disease. And for Lorenz, the
ends justified the means. In poetic fashion, Lorenz was shot at that very children's graveyard
where her life of discovery had begun. Technically, we do not know for sure that she died, but
considering the location, it would be the perfect spot for her to pass the torch on
to her child of sorts, Mia Akerlund. So the big question is, who did it? Who shot
Lorenz? Well, Lotta's father had told her that he
needed her to do something for him. Considering the fact that Lotta's brother had told Mia
earlier in the season that Lotta was the best shooter in their family, other than their
father who was in a hospital bed at the time all signs point to Lotta. Lotta shot Lorenz.
And it makes sense. Lotta had three specific discussions around the ends justifying the
means. At first, Lotta argued against that theory in a discussion Niklas. But then, Lotta's
brother reminded her that she had helped Jasper, who was a fugitive, escape to Indonesia to
do Huntington s disease research. In other words, Lotta had practiced the theory that
the ends justifies the means by helping Jasper escape the country. Then, in this scene here,
Lotta suggested that she had a change of opinion on the matter.
So Wolfgang told Lotta that he needed her to do something for him and she was stated
to be the best shooter in her family other than her father, which means, Lotta most likely
shot Lorenz under the premise that the ends justifies the means.
But there was more to it than just that. Right before she was shot, Lorenz asked Mia why
she had wanted to meet there. And Mia was like, what? You asked me to meet here. In
other words, Lotta didn't just kill Lorenz. She wanted Mia to see Lorenz die. Let that
sink in. But there is a silver lining. In the final
scene, Mia threw away the necklace of her middle name, Mia, suggesting that Mia is going
to finally embrace the entire truth. She is not Mia. She is Emma Mia Akerlund. And Emma
Akerlund is literally the embodiment of Lorenz s lifetime of work. So there s a good chance
that Emma picks up where Lorenz left off in Season 3. Emma will try to bring Homo Deus
to the world so as to prevent children from dying of disease, and if possible, curing
Jasper of Huntington s Disease as well. Another great season. Can t wait for part 3.