Because dreams . When you watch Inception , Nolan makes a HUGE point about dreams and I don ' t think he ' s even remotely close to being done exploring it . There ' s also things like Interstellar , Memento and The Prestige that he and his brother got into . They ' re looking at things like predestination paradoxes , nonlinear storytelling and things hidden in plain sightsleight of hand . This show is really Jonathan ' s masterpiece because he ' s been able so far as I can tell to lay the groundwork to bring all of those things together , plus Tron , Dark City , Megazone 23 and The Matrix . Not that I ' m certain those are all influences , but it touches on themes from all of them . Hell , probably something else I ' m not aware of . That ' s why I ' m not 100 % on the timeline thing because I still believe there are topics of how we perceive reality to broach . Since they are full of surprises , I fully expect Jonathan to blow our mind with breadcrumbs hidden in plain sight about dreams , trickery , perceptionreality and simulated realities .