After the pilot episode for Season 1 of Devs ended, many of us had a huge amount of questions we needed answers to. From a brutal kill to an inevitable lead character shift, it definitely presented a promising TV show without revealing much of its premise. We were hooked.

Nonetheless, the season finale upped the ante. It actually generated more questions in the midst of a resolution that yes, solved characters’ arcs, but left audiences begging for an extension of its ridiculously cool and relevant concept. These days, we are more driven by technology than ever, and whenever films and TV shows add it to the premise, even as a gimmick, we are usually hooked.

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Alex Garland, Devs’ showrunner and the enthusiastic sci-fi filmmaker behind Ex Machina, Annihilation, and Men, isn’t commonly known for sequels or spin-offs. But considering his work as a writer in a very popular zombie franchise (with a script written for 28 Months Later), who’s to say he cannot give Devs another shot in the form of a spin-off or a second season? The show’s premise regards technology, how we depend on it, and the dangers of such dependence, which gets more relevant every day.

Yes, we want more Devs and its beautiful-looking and massive quantum computers, Faraday cages, and a whole monstrous building, and their creepy effect on our free will, and here’s why.

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Even if the season finale showed us the demise of its two lead characters, Lily and Forest (Sonoya Mizuno and Nick Offerman respectively), the show ended on a very mysterious and optimistic note. Katie’s character (a great Alison Pill) could have shifted towards a sinister tone, but instead she humbly succumbed to the idea of begging for mercy to keep both Lily and Forest “alive” as virtual simulations in the Devs computer. Or should we call it Deus, as the deity-like entity Forest always had in his mind? In any case, keeping them alive as tangible and conscious characters gives the series a chance. For viewers connected with Lily’s struggle to find the truth and Forest’s deterministic ideals, this could be the way to go, as fantasy-like as that script direction feels like.

Nevertheless, Devs also made good use of its secondary characters for most of the first season. Garland even wrote the return for some of them because of how essential they sounded to the show’s very mystical resolution. Katie was so strong in the last part of the season, so she will be a surefire addition if the show gets renewed.

But for second seasons, spin-offs, and sequels, characters are a safe bet. In some cases, they’re the only reason why remakes, spin-offs, and legacy reboots exist, almost more than what storylines can actually help the premise of a show. However, in Devs, there’s so much more when it comes to subplots and the plot devices that made our heads turn at first.

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You probably remember a thing or two of Season 1 of Devs. The claustrophobic, poorly lit, glassed building. The forest filled with halo lights. The massive statue of a child in Amaya’s headquarters. The visually stunning aesthetic of Devs is part of Garland’s directorial identity, brought upon by his frequent collaborator in cinematography, Rob Hardy.

However, as easily as you remember those, there’s probably a scene you can’t seem to forget, and that’s when a three-dimensional static-filled image of the Crucifixion appeared in one of the system’s screens. It was a moment of absolute wonder, as we understood the power of such a mysterious set of tubes and lights. For some of you, it may even represent the meaning of quantum computing. Was it the actual past? Was it a representation of data analysis? Is it actually important?

The reason why we need a follow-up has to do with the power of that machine. We’ve seen what it can do, but we probably haven’t seen it all. As dangerous as that sounds, we are curious by nature, and Devs may be a show that attempts to answer many of our questions, even if we haven’t thought of them yet. Ah yes, the algorithm wins again.

Forest’s role in Season 1 of Devs was superbly communicated by incredibly complex but also emotional character development. At first, you may have thought of him as a villain, but then he became a victim of himself and the inexplicable power he held, a god that became a prey to his primal nature.

While we wait if FX finally confirms Season 2, there is one thing to do: If you haven’t seen Devs, and like “technothrillers” as much as we do, go ahead and binge-watch Season 1. And for those of you who already saw Garland’s first foray into a TV series, a rewatch of a good show is always great.

Season 1 of Devs is streaming on Hulu.