All Night Laundry - In which you just have to press down hard - 2019 12 19

Yep, he's absolutely right. If this is Amie's scenario, then the Companion is the character viewers are meant to identify with.

She will be fine, as long as this isn't the end of the season.

Uh ... it's not, is it? How can we determine that? By intentionally leaving something unresolved so the story has to continue?

This is the thirteenth (fourteenth?) loop, neither of which are unusual numbers for episodes in a Dr. Who season. It's also the last possible stable loop, supposedly. Sounds pretty season-endy to me!