The Creation of a Thousand Forests

**The Creation of a Thousand Forests** is the eighth and final episode of the first season of *The Peripheral*. It aired on December 2, 2022.

## Synopsis

Lev sabotages Flynne’s treatment. Ash finds an unlikely ally. Wilf discovers some unsettling truths about Aelita. Flynne tries to save her world from Cherise.

## Plot

EMTs arrive to Corbell Pickett’s house and Tommy starts to stress. Corbell is still alive. The police get a call about another attack at Clanton Urgent Med, where Dee Dee tells Tommy what’s happened. Tommy tries to calm her down.

Detective Ainsley Lowbeer offers to help Burton and Flynne in exchange for their help back. They consider her offer, asking if she can help them heal their mother, but Ainsley says it isn’t possible as Ella only has 23 days left to live.

Ash meets with Cherise Nuland and tells her where the stolen data is. She explains it’s in Flynne’s brain. She also says she can’t trust Detective Lowbeer. Ash tells Cherise that Lev isn’t to be trusted and that she wants her to kill him.

Flynne and Wilf continue to search for Aelita and for answers. Wilf apologizes for using Flynne. The two talk to Aelita’s younger self but Ash is watching them all so they’re cautious. Adult Aelita shows up to tell them the Klept killed their families because of a contagion in the camps. Over five million people were murdered. The Klept suppressed everyone’s memories to avoid retaliation. Aelita is with a group of people who support her and her mission. The answers to their questions lie in Flynne’s head.

With Corbell in the hospital, Atticus tries to step up in Charge. The guys get drunk and pass out in the back of Jasper’s car. He calls Billy Ann while on the train tracks and unexpectedly a train comes. Jasper runs out of the car but doesn’t have time to save his friends.

Tommy finds Flynne to tell her he heard something about a militia group with a plan to blow up a missile silo. Flynne pretends not to know anything about it. She goes into the Sim to talk to Ash and tells her Cherise is behind it.

Flynne meets Conner in London, not in the Sim but in real life. Flynne asks for his and Lowbeer’s help to open up a new stub. Lowbeer says she knows how to do it.

Flynne gets into a fight with other peripherals but wins. Cherise tells her she will find Flynne but Flynne tells her Cherise is the one being hunted now.

Flynne tells Conner if she’s gone - Cherise won’t have a reason to blow up the silo. She makes a plan with Conner. Flynne walks by a creek and Conner is nearby with a gun, waiting. Flynne counts down and a gunshot goes off. She wakes up next to Lowbeer who asks her if she’s ready to get to work.

Post Credit Scene…

## Quotes

> I think I want to be the hunter now. I know exactly where you are. And you have no idea where I’m gonna be. Not without the coordinates.
>
> Flynne to Cherise

## Trivia

* The title is a partial quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, which in full becomes most revealing: "The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn" - who is Flynne, since her childhood nickname was "Little Acorn".

## Notes

* *Goof:* In the 40th minute of run time, during Flynn's brief fight with janitor, brush shaft visibly bent - rubber prop has been used.

## Cast

### Starring

* Chloë Grace Moretz as Flynne Fisher
* Gary Carr as Wilf Netherton
* Jack Reynor as Burton Fisher
* Eli Goree as Conner
* Charlotte Riley as Aelita
* JJ Feild as Lev
* Adelind Horan as Billy Ann Baker
* T'Nia Miller as Cherise
* Alex Hernandez as Tommy Constantine
* Austin Rising as Leon
* Amber Rose Revah as Grace

### Guest Starring

* Louis Herthum as Corbell Pickett
* Chris Coy as Jasper
* Melinda Page Hamilton as Ella
* Katie Leung as Ash
* Alexandra Billings as Detective Ainsley Lowbeer