Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOLER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Ariadne,” the Season 1 finale of “Russian Doll.”It’s been more than three years since the first season of “Russian Doll” launched on Netflix, and as such, even the most die-hard fans of the Natasha Lyonne time-loop dramedy need to forgive themselves if they don’t remember exactly how the first-season ending played out.
But it is important we get that straight now if you want to enjoy Season 2 right when it launches Wednesday.So here to clear up what she considers a “misnomer” about the conclusion to “Russian Doll” Season 1, which had a lot of threads to follow in its closing moments, for Variety is star and co-creator Lyonne herself.
As a refresher, the finale, titled “Ariadne,” followed two different versions of Nadia (Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett), where in each pairing, only one of them remembers each other and the entire time-loop fiasco they had been experiencing.
As viewers, we’re able to follow this with the help of a split screen, and the fact the original Alan is wearing a red scarf on his side, and none on the other, and original Nadia is in a white shirt on her side, and a black on the other.
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