What Happens To Forest After Death?
Short Answer
After physical death, Forest continues inside Katie's simulation, where he is reunited with Amaya in a branch-like world.
Connected Story Threads
Forest receives the simulated family restoration he wanted from the beginning.
Katie continued operation of Devs makes the reunion possible.
The reunion is the emotional payoff of turning grief into a vast technical system.
Katie becomes the surviving custodian of Devs after Forest dies.
The simulation gives Lily a continued subjective life after physical death.
Katie decision gives Forest the reunion he sought.
Direct Answer
After physical death, Forest continues inside Katie's simulation, where he is reunited with Amaya in a branch-like world.
Evidence From The Series
Forest dies in the transport with Lily, then appears in the machine's world with Amaya alive because Katie keeps Devs running.
Why It Matters
He receives the emotional result he wanted, but only after the project has destroyed other lives.
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More Questions About Forest
Amaya is Forest's dead daughter, whose crash motivates the company, the statue, and the Devs project.
At the end of Devs, Lily refuses to shoot Forest, Stewart crashes the elevator and kills them physically, and Katie keeps them alive inside a simulation.
Forest builds Devs to prove Amaya's death was inevitable and to create a way to see or recover her again.
Forest is Amaya founder and the grieving father who builds Devs to prove Amaya's death was inevitable.
Katie is Devs lead scientist and Forest closest ally, later becoming the person who keeps the final simulation running.
Forest rejects many-worlds because it gives him many possible Amayas instead of one unique daughter in one unavoidable history.