The Biggest Differences Between The Peripheral Series And The Book – Looper

Since Aelita is much more involved in the plot of “The Peripheral” on Amazon than she was in William Gibson’s novel, it makes sense that she also has a secret master plan at work. Throughout Season 1, the characters struggle to understand why Aelita stole from the RI, where she put the data once she had it, and where she went after escaping from the RI’s security forces.

The final episodes of the season got around to answering those questions. Ash discovers that the stolen information has been encoded into a bacteria in Flynne’s brain, a fact she later learns for herself. Wilf, with Flynne’s help, manages to find Aelita hiding out in a place that once was the refugee camp where they met as children. Once they’re reunited, Aelita tells Wilf that she discovered the RI uses its technology to suppress people’s memory and modify their behavior. She wants to use the stolen data to start a revolution against the RI and the Klept, and she has the help of Neoprims, people who’ve shunned 2099’s society and technology.

Obviously, Aelita herself doesn’t live to see the end of William Gibson’s “The Peripheral,” but what’s more shocking is that her plan doesn’t show up in the novel either. From the ground up, Aelita’s role in the show seems to be an invention of its writers, which means that how her plan will eventually work out is a total mystery.