The Peripheral - Season 1eps8 -

Wilf reunites with Aelita, who explains that the implants in their heads are used by the RI for behavioral modification and to suppress horrific memories of the Klept's past massacres.

In the Season 1 finale of , titled "The Creation of a Thousand Forests," Flynne Fischer executes a daring "reboot" strategy to save her world from Cherise Nuland’s plan to trigger a local "Jackpot" apocalypse. Key Plot Developments

Ash betrays Flynne by revealing to Cherise that the Research Institute (RI) data is stored as bacterial DNA in Flynne's brain, causing her seizures. The Peripheral - Season 1Eps8

Deputy Tommy uses a sonic weapon to neutralize Sheriff Jackman and Corbell Pickett, though Corbell survives and is hospitalized. The "Reboot" Plan

To eliminate the threat of this data falling into the hands of the Klept, Cherise plans to blow up a missile silo in Flynne's timeline (2032), which would destroy Flynne and her entire town. Wilf reunites with Aelita, who explains that the

She destroys the coordinates (the golden watch) for this new stub so Cherise cannot track her there.

Flynne returns to her original timeline and has Conner shoot and kill her. This convinces Cherise that the data threat is gone, sparing the town from the silo explosion. Deputy Tommy uses a sonic weapon to neutralize

How the (stubs vs. main timeline) work. More about The Jackpot and what caused the world to end.