Ideology Behind Ad Vitam

Episode 2 of Ad Vitam starts where episode 1 left us. One of our main characters Christa was beaten up at the end of episode 1 and was rushed to the hospital and the plan to get the suicide cult that Christa was apart of was a success. Episode 2 starts with Christa in the hospital, she is talking with a boy named Nahel. They talk about what happened at the ceremony that Christa was at. Christa says she saw the leader of the suicide cult she was apart of. Nahel says that is impossible because he is dead. Then Nahel leans in to kiss Christa as if they are lovers and he disappears when a nurse opens the door. This makes us think that Christa imagined that entire encounter. After we see that, Darius our other main character walks into Christa's room in the morning or day time and finds out Christa is still going to part take in finding the suicide cult. Lesky interrupts the private moment that Darius was having with Christa by telling Darius that they found the where the call came from. Darius and Lesky go to investigate the place and find out they aren't going to be able to figure out who made the call because the owner of the place doesn't keep track of who is entering their place of business. We then see Christa at her parents home and she gets a visitor so to say. The boy then says lets go if you want me to help now is your chance. They proceed to leave Christa's parent's home and Christa cannot see where they are going. Once they arrive at their destination the boy is revealed to be someone from the same cult Christa was a part of. His name is Linus, and he is a survivor of the last mass suicide. He gives Christa food and then while they are eating Linus is interrupted by a girl who takes him away to talk with someone. While Linus is away Christa looks around and finds a tape with Nahel's name on it. She takes it and returns to her seat. After they finish eating, Linus takes her to a place where minors are allowed to "let loose" and be "carefree". He then starts talking about how there will be more mass suicide occurrences. He then takes out a Rubik's Cube that is all black. He fiddles with it and it opens and contains drugs. He urges Christa to take one and she eventually does. After taking the drug she has visions or what we later find out to be a simulated close to death experience. She finally wake up on a train and then she is in the police precinct. This is when we find out that the drug Christa took was a type of meth. This also when Darius finds out what happens after Christa left her home. Once Christa is home she watches the tape and it is Nahel. He is getting reprimanded for not being somewhere when he needed to be. They repeat this line multiple times: "Actions speak, actions don't lie". After watching the video Christa goes out to the garden where there is a tree which she hid a gun in and carved Nahel's name on. She takes the gun and checks to see if its loaded because she is about to commit suicide. Luckily her mother catches her and stops Christa from doing so. Christa then spends gets sent out of her parents house and gets picked up by Darius and spends the rest of the episode at his house. Darius and Lesky are then at the place where the phone call came from and they spot the girl that was with Linus when Christa was with him. Darius goes in and chases her for a long time until she reaches a dead end and kills her self by jumping over a wall and falling to her death. This causes the owner of the party business to lash out in anger and he then repeats the line that Nahel was saying on the news.

    The ideology in this show is suicide is a weird thing because death has been cured and many people believe that those who commit suicide are dumb for taking their lives. Those who commit suicide believe that living forever is wrong. These ideologies slam heads all the time because they oppose each other. This is shown by the fact that Darius and Lesky are trying to prevent something, like the mass suicide that happened 10 years ago, from happening again. And characters like Linus are trying to make people commit suicide more because people try to force regeneration down their kids throats.