History WesternAnimation / Undone

''Undone'' is an animated [[GenreMashup surrealistic comedy-drama/psychological thriller/mystery]] series created by Creator/RaphaelBobWaksberg and Kate Purdy (both of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' fame) for Creator/AmazonPrime. The [[{{Rotoscoping}} rotoscoped]] show premiered on September 13, 2019, and features Creator/RosaSalazar as the protagonist Alma, while also costarring Creator/BobOdenkirk, Constance Marie, Creator/AngeliqueCabral, Creator/DaveedDiggs, and Siddharth Dhananjay as the supporting cast. A second series was commissioned and premiered on Creator/AmazonPrime on April 29th 2022.

** [[spoiler: Alma's and Becca's maternal grandmother and maternal great-grandmother were {{Seers}}]].

* AmbiguousEnding: Did Alma see Jacob emerging from the cave or not? As Season 2 reveals: [[spoiler: No. It was the curandera woman]]. [['''However''', the timeline was altered and Jacob is alive again]].

* AmbiguousEnding: Did Alma see Jacob emerging from the cave or not?

** Alejandro [[spoiler: is Becca's only son from a previous relationship; making him Alma's and Becca's half-brother]].

* PsychicPowers: One of the main concepts of the series is the ability to manifest these - often in the form of MentalTimeTravel - via enlarged brain ventricles (responsible for carrying cerebral spine fluid); supposedly common in mentally ill people. Jacob’s life’s work revolves around this hypothesis.

** In Season 2: [[spoiler: Becca displays an empathic version of these abilities as she is able to access others’ memories via their emotional resonances]].
** [[spoiler: Alma’s and Becca’s maternal grandmother and maternal great-grandmother were {{Seers}}]].

** Season 2’s first episode reveals [[spoiler: the timeline ''was'' rewritten! With Jacob alive again, but divorced from Camila]].

** Alejandro [[spoiler: is Becca’s only son from a previous relationship; making him Alma’s and Becca’s half-brother]].
** Alma and Becca [[spoiler: are both half Polish-Jewish from their father’s side]].

** Geraldine’s/[[spoiler: Ruchel’s entire backstory. She and her mother (Alma’s and Becca’s maternal great-grandmother) were {{Seers}} living in World War II Poland. An ornery soldier demanded they use their abilities to tell his fortune. Due to well-intentioned miscommunication on Ruchel’s mother’s part, the soldier left their home, aggravated. Wrongly accusing them of cheating him, he returned the next day to [[DisproportionateRetribution marshal them to a gulag]], with only Ruchel avoiding being spotted. Prior to that, she used her abilities and saw the terrifying events before they could happen. Unfortunately, she kept them to herself from her parents. As a consequence, she immigrated to America all by herself]].

** The Season 2 finale reveals [[spoiler: the original timeline still exists and she is still seated outside of the cave from the Season 1 finale]].

** [[spoiler: Alma’s and Becca’s maternal grandmother and maternal great-grandmother were {{Seers}}]].

* PsychicPowers: One of the main concepts of the series is the ability to manifest these - often in the form of MentalTimeTravel - via enlarged brain ventricles (responsible for carrying cerebral spine fluid); supposedly common in mentally I’ll people. Jacob’s life’s work revolves around this hypothesis.

** [[spoiler: Alma’s and Becca’s maternal grandmother and maternal great-grandmother were blessed with {{Seers precognition}}]].

** [[spoiler: Alma’s and Becca’s maternal grandmother and maternal great-grandmother were blessed with [[Seers precognition]]]].

''Undone'' is an animated [[GenreBusting surrealistic comedy-drama/psychological thriller/mystery]] series created by Creator/RaphaelBobWaksberg and Kate Purdy (both of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' fame) for Creator/AmazonPrime. The [[{{Rotoscoping}} rotoscoped]] show premiered on September 13, 2019, and features Creator/RosaSalazar as the protagonist Alma, while also costarring Creator/BobOdenkirk, Constance Marie, Creator/AngeliqueCabral, Creator/DaveedDiggs, and Siddharth Dhananjay as the supporting cast. A second series was commissioned and premiered on Creator/AmazonPrime on April 29th 2022.

* GenreBusting: An inter-generational Family Drama framed around elements of ScienceFantasy, Psychological Drama, PsychologicalThriller, MagicRealism, {{Surrealism}}, [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] SupernaturalSoapOpera, FantasticComedy, {{Dramedy}}, and TimeTravel.

* MindScrew: Amidst its focus on complex family drama, the series interweaves past, present, future, memories, and surreal dreamscapes into a nigh-seamless amalgam.