I can understand, that with the second part of seasons 3, viewers are now confronted to a new kind of complexity quality that might lead to confusion. With the introduction of a possible path separation, it looks like superdeterminism isn't the major Dark rule any longer and there might be space left for free decisions with uncertain development. But please watch carefully! This episode and the following one(s) try to explain, why this is a possible fallacy likely. Actually at least until this episode, superdeterminism is saved due to the fact, that the event cycle is not a simple circle any longer, it's at least a (multi-) loop. There is no deus ex machina or writer's magic daemon here. All events within the presented worlds also depend on the events of the opposite one(s). That's a genius step of the authors, never seen before on television and in SciFi genre before I'd say. This is brilliant consistency, brought to a new level of narration.
But, without having seen the finale yet, I think, the aspect of free will and decision will play a major role yet, but certainly in a way, that is again consistent to what we've seen so far.
But, without having seen the finale yet, I think, the aspect of free will and decision will play a major role yet, but certainly in a way, that is again consistent to what we've seen so far.