User blog comment:Obito 7900/Maine; still alive?/@comment-4616231-20130518231335

If you notice, Carolina had the grappling hook, so, she doesn't count.

The Meta's sole motivation was the AI, and we got rid of them in Season 6. There was the matter of Epsilon still being the sole remaining AI around, and the search for it was already covered in Seasons 7 & 8. So, the only AI left is Epsilon, but I doubt Meta'd come back and do a search for it again because we already did that. Hence, since RT killed off the AI, Maine has no purpose or motivation.

The AI are gone, along with the rest of the Agents. RT had room to bring back some (CT, or to keep Tex alive) but they killed them off. I doubt Tex is returning either, because the last two season's "moral" was "you need to let go". So if Tex comes back we throw any moral bullshit out the window. Wash and Carolina are the only ones still around, and Washington is more of a "Blue" now than a Freelancer. Carolina has essentially "let go" (there's that moral thing again!) and has went off on her own. So, as you can see, RT is also killing off or getting rid of all the Agents.

Then we have the fucking DIRECTOR HIMSELF, who committed suicide. So, with the AI, Agents, and the Director all dead, that means Project Freelancer is gone, and all this time they were working to get rid of it. If they wanted to keep Freelancer stuff they would've brought CT back or kept Tex alive. So, it doesn't matter HOW resiliant Maine is, the story is moving away from all this. It's not how he DIED, it's how it was EXECUTED.

BGC was 5 Seasons, and Recollections and 9&10 also makes 5 Seaons. If we keep with this pattern, I'm expecting another 5-season saga. Season 11 isn't going to be the last because it'd be too awkward, we need another saga first. And, if we have a new saga, that means NEW STUFF. We need to forget about the stuff that happened in the past seasons and instead try to think about new stuff that could happen this season.

TL;DR Yes, Meta is dead for good, they got rid of all the old stuff, new shit is coming.