The show's protagonist Prairie Johnson, who was given the name Nina by her Russian birth parents, calls herself The OA when she returns to her adopted home. She insists that Prairie is not her real name, and introduces herself as The OA to the members of her ultimate "task force" in the abandoned house. It seems to represent whatever state of enlightenment she has found while away from her new family.
Episode 4 explains the name's origin a little further, when Prairie is talking to Homer in a flashback. The lady present in Prairie's dreams — the one who took her eyes away and lives in a sparkly version of the Upside Down, called her "OA," or maybe "Away." She's not entirely sure, but that is where the nickname or title comes from at first. In another dream/trip, Prairie is told that she's "the original," another piece of the puzzle.
Then, in Episode 7, Prairie refers to herself as "the Original Angel." Is that it? Is this what it stands for? To borrow from
Back To The Future, that's heavy. With that revelation, the show took a turn away from feeling like
Stranger Things, and is now much more comparable to
The Leftovers. This show is exploring Near Death Experiences, and Death itself, in a religious and/or mythological way that I definitely did not anticipate at the start of the series.
https://www.bustle.com/articles/200...r-prairies-new-name-has-a-significant-meaning
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https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/12/what-is-the-oa-actually-about/511145/
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