The Nolan Zone

I still always chuckle at this shot of Spinel in prison.

Most specifically the position he's in physically.

He's overwhelmed with self-pity and mentally shattered, completely unable to do anything, but physically he's down on his knees and he's looking down on the ground.

So much for trying to make the world kneel before you, huh, Spinel? The man who tried to make the entire world kneel before him is now kneeling before the entire world...in a prison cell, one buried underground with a small barred window and where he's completely isolated and alone, unable to be a part of said world anymore.

For good reason, we're talking a lot about Jax, but I wanna analyze this scene with Caine for a second. His scene is very symbolic, and I think when he connected to the internet here, the scene of him almost walking through the door shows that he had a chance to leave. Caine could have escaped the computer and gone into the internet, but he hesitates at that door, and then stops and just stands at the barrier and decides to search everyone's names.

I think this is silent bit is Caine considering leaving, but then he decides that he can't until he's made things right. Instead of running away, he's going to go back and do what he can to fix things, even if it means they hate him. Even if it means he has to change.

I feel like Caine might have been wondering where Jax was before he noticed the abstraction sleeping in the tent. And that he likely feels a bit more personally responsible for what happened to Jax, since it happened not that long after he tortured the humans with their traumas and was deleted, throwing the humans' futures into uncertainty.