even with people who knew him well and apparently put up with his cryptic bs + him just disappearing for extended periods of time, he still didnt feel like he could trust them with his personal history. the choice wasnt made out of desperation; he would genuinely rather trust some random stranger from the internet to make sure he doesnt die than them (which is sad but seeing how amanda treats julie i can also sort of see why)

adam was probably mia friend #1... the way noah dropped everything to try to help him and didnt blink an eye at the possibility their friend was staying in a wrecked house alone, how they barely seem to acknowledge how weird any of the actions he's taking are, means that theyre completely used to it. which is an unsurprising character choice but the fact that he was apparently charming enough in the past for all of them to overlook this so easily is interesting

jonah was SO ALONE. i feel like knowing your friend has closer friends than you would be excruciating, and the terms of their arrangement means he wouldve been deeply aware that he's the 'second choice'. at this point in the story he is literally just some hired guy. everyone we're introduced to so far we know through adam; what kind of connections did jonah even have? sarah? you can barely call it that bc she was concerned for him and his dying more out of human decency than any personal feelings...

and yet it's obvious that jonah and adam both got attached and felt dependent on each other in some way, what with the amount of personal stuff adam's shared with jonah, and the way jonah seems to feel responsible for adam as if it's his job to protect him. vice versa for adam to jonah judging by the crushing guilt he feels over jonah's death. i hope he gets to haunt the narrative

(also i like the little implication that adam was a standoffish absent sometimes cold friend and yet he had so many people who cared for him meanwhile jonah is playful, chatty, extroverted, wears his heart on his sleeve, and still has nobody to love him back </3)

I feel like introducing this new group is probably a net good for the state of the show (ties the plot back down to a bunch of teens as it was originally planned to, establishes adam's continuing role in the story, connects evelin and mayyybe sarah? rip joner tho ur always in my heart). noah being a foil to jonah will be pretty cool to dig into— i don't think he actually died tbh— and i like the seer-like role julie is taking, plus setting up a conflict between her and amanda (noah saying that it's 'her job to gaslight her' got me raising an eyebrow bc it implies a lot abt their relationship)

I think it's become fairly clearly Noah is in some shape or form connected to Jonah. They have a similar personality, and both acted out of cowardice, leaving Adam behind at a house.

And both of them died as a result of it. It might even be why Adam targetted Noah first, because it reminded him of Jonah.

Julie might be a Alternate too, another sleeper agent, Six once said 'Don't make me wake the others', so it's safe to assume there's 3000 sleeper agents out there, and her grey profile makes sense, Adam had a grey profile too.

Amanda dislikes Adam, seen as the last text she sent Adam in vol 4, she was his previous ex, she also doesn't care about something if it's not her problem, and she's fine with the unknowing, a opposite of Adam who sought out answers, but she also abandoned Noah at that house, so she has mixed traits of both of em.