Warning! Contains spoilers for Sunny episode 9.

The title character makes a bad decision towards the end Sunny Episode 9, which asks viewers some exciting questions about their future. Due to the growing interest in AI, Apple TV+ Sunny jumps on the trend of painting a picture of the possible future of technological advances in artificial intelligence and the ever-growing fear of it. However, rather than just revolving around technophobia, the sci-fi series on Apple TV+ manages to take an incredibly neutral approach, making the audience feel empathy with the titular robot character Sunny.

Although Rashida Jones is the main character of the series, SunnyEpisode 9 is primarily about the titular bot having to decide whether to erase his memories or live with the consequences of his actions. The episode initially presents this dilemma with comedic undertones by portraying Sunny’s subconscious as a Japanese TV game show. However, things get much more serious towards the end when Sunny finally decides to erase her memories, leaving you wondering little other than if she will be erased.

Will Sunny’s memory actually be reset after the end of episode 9?

It seems likely that Sunny will get a reset

In the opening moments of the episode, it is established that the audience of the game show, which only features several variations of Masa, will vote on whether Sunny should erase herself. However, by the end of the episode, Masa from Sunny’s subconscious is unable to pronounce a fair verdict on the robot, so it is up to Sunny to decide whether she wants to keep her memories or start over with a reset. In the following, Sunny is faced with two doors, one representing her decision to keep her memories, while the other represents a reset or complete memory erasure.

After thinking about everything, Sunny decides to start over. Shortly after she walks out the door, the credits roll. which suggests that she will probably lose her memories. However, the fact that Sunny still had repressed memories from her time with Masa, despite Masa erasing her memories before passing them on to Suzie, suggests that Sunny may be able to recover them even after the reset. Sunny’s internal workings seem to be far more complex than those of most other bots, suggesting that, like humans, she may retain fragments of her past despite the reset.

Why Sunny decided to erase her memory

Sunny made the ultimate sacrifice for Suzie

Throughout Episode 9, the game show reminds Sunny of all the mistakes she made before she was punished with a reset. She also gets flashbacks of her origins and all the events that led to Masa’s disappearance. The different phases of the game eventually help her to realize that her love for Suzie made her weak and vulnerable. Her job was to protect Suzie after Masa disappeared, but she began to defy her own programming because her love for her made her possessive and forced her to take extreme measures to fulfill Suzie’s demands and wishes.

…as a sign of sacrifice to protect Suzie, Sunny decides to erase her memory instead of staying as she is.

The game show helps Sunny realize that her emotions have made her so emotional that she poses a greater threat to Suzie. Therefore, as a sacrifice to protect Suzie, Sunny decides to erase her memory rather than remain as she is. Although this ending seems sad, there might be more to it than meets the eye.

What Sunny’s decision means for the Apple TV+ show finale

Sunny’s decision could develop her further

In technical terms, when Sunny defies her own programming, she is rebooted, forcing her to recover from her misdeeds. “wipes himself off” could actually be the next step in her development that allows her to become fully conscious. The game show from episode 9 seems to present itself as a visual representation of Sunny’s understanding of a whole range of human emotions, such as guilt, love, forgiveness and, above all, sacrifice. The fact that she puts her identity and consciousness on the line in Sunny Episode 9, dedicated to protecting Suzie, reveals that memory wiping could help her regain full consciousness.