S&M s3 e5 spoiler. Ending. What's going on?

[ryannumber1gamer]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

And, as for the two Sams and two Maxes in one universe paradox, I look at it like Bender's Big Game. One Max was killed and one Sam was killed, now there's only one Sam and only one Max, as it should be. So, the universe corrected itself.

So what would happen if 100 Maxes hid under the office after using time travel?

[Woodsyblue]

Originally Posted by ryannumber1gamer

So what would happen if 100 Maxes hid under the office after using time travel?

Season 4 would begin.

[wellgolly]

I dunno, it make sense to me.

When Sam and Max screwed up the timeline by stealing their future selves' time machine, they pretty much were left to have their own adventures. We don't know the details of what happened, other than the ones Max gave us (Sam becoming an electromagnetic monster and being killed in some delightful, terrible way)
You can think of it as the ending of their own personal Season 3 we never got to see.
Personally, I like the idea that Sam wound up becoming the monster in the timestream where the duo had a time machine, since it implies they unintentionally screwed with events that would have set The Devil's Playhouse in motion and wound up causing....whatever happened.


As for Max knowing he was meant to replace his friend, you're giving him too much credit. This is Max we're talking about. He was probably aimlessly jumping around until he found Sam, without any sort of forethought about things like his doppleganger.
I assume he would have just tried to kill him and take his place.
(Sorta) fortunately, he happened upon Sam experiencing a similar partner-loss situation.



The more you think about it, the more perfectly Sam & Max the whole ending is. They enjoy the hell out of what they do, and completely disregard anything besides their main goal.
The pair altered the beginning of the universe, just to get a chicken. They even have their own wing of hell, for chrissakes.

So that whole elevator thing was a fun change of pace: to only see the consequence of that kind of universe-altering side effect, rather than the act itself. Not that they care. For anybody else, this friend-from-a-different-timestream thing would have been a problem, but Sam & Max would just shrug it off.
It doesn't matter whether it's the "real" partner, just that they got their friend back.

[Hudomonkey]

I think it is a happy ending and It may be a bit paradoxy but it is Sam and Max what do you expect

It parallel past Max and Sam and Max live happily ever after

It doesn't need explaining it just leaves the future open and allows for a possible happy ending

[Maximus123458]

People really need to stop trying to find logic in this game and realize they're playing Sam & Max :P