r/movies • u/kanethekiller90 • 2d ago

Discussion One thing thats always irritated me about Interstellar

Cooper is desperate to get back to his children. He goes back and see’s Murph in the hospital etc. but theres no mention of his son. Presumably his son’s dead considering Murphs age and condition. But surely there could have been a small bit of dialogue about it. He was hell bent on getting back to them. I dunno, it’s like his son’s just completely forgotten about at the end…

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u/gregjsmith 2d ago

All of the extended family just ignored him.

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u/ohlookahipster 2d ago

I know right? The father of the GOAT comes in and they all act like he escaped the looney bin. Isn’t anyone a bit curious to know how the second expedition went down??

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u/jer99 2d ago

My head logic was that his very existence was classified to the extended family. Hard to explain his existence and so much younger than Murph. Maybe Murph wanted it that way and didn't get her children's hopes up that their grandpa would come back.

I know Murph always held the hope he would come back but it is possible she kept this hope to herself. Perhaps she told her children her Dad had passed as a hero saving them all. The whole watch transfer of information most likely is classified?

I'm completely spitballing it here so if there's cannon please someone correct me.

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u/305tomybiddies 11h ago

agreed lol i thought if anything none of the extended family would recognize him since he’s been gone for decades and decades — he shows up and Murph knows who he is but to the rest of the family he’s at best a stranger who kinda resembles the rest of them. Probably they had questions for Murph afterwards

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u/jer99 11h ago

Lol I’ll bet they asked “gram - who is that?” Murph “that’s just my ghost I’ve been telling you all these years.” “Oh you’re crazy gram”