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not watching the trailer, gotta go in fresh

wow i didnt know steve bannon was an actor

Wow, this one hits home because of how REAL this is. Stuff like this HAPPENS, you know... Just less literally than an implant in your brain.

yeah, i agree with you on that nofo. it definitely feels much more real than a lot of the other ones that i've watched. i really enjoyed it even if it wasn't the most high energy one and i feel like the ending could have been a little stronger.

i think it's a great take on helicopter parents and shielding them from certain things.

i really, really liked trick too. i thought he was great with his role.

Didn't get suuuuper into this one. I didn't gel with the mother or Sara at all...which makes since seeing as I'm not a mother or a 15 year old only child with an overprotective mother

The mom just bugged the shit outta me. I actually SCOFFED out loud involuntarily at two different moments due to the mom. I think one of them was when Sara came home and the mom was sitting in the living room with a glass of wine and listened curiously as Sara just walked up the stairs and entered her room and closed the door. It's such a dumb moment for me to dislike but the mom just irked the hell outta me. I guess it reminded me of my mom when I was younger, not necessarily towards me but to all my siblings.....so perhaps I do gel with the situation after all (:

And I know that's the point of the episode and that I was supposed to be annoyed by her racing for the tablet and shit but....I was still annoyed! I think I didn't like the actress playing the mom tbh. I didn't like 15 year old Sara actress very much either actually

I did like the one male character, what a cliche I am. But I liked Owen Teague in Bloodline and he was a brief highlight of It so I enjoyed him here. The breakup scene was tough to watch, poor kid. Mom yelling at him while he was working bugged the shit outta me too

PARENTS JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND!

Most interesting part to me sorta got glossed over - the project stunting Sara's growth since you probably need to see some horrors of the world to develop correctly. That could've been a great road to go down so I was disappointed they jumped through that and went with the fairly predictable third act instead

Cool concept, just could've done more with it or gone in another direction somewhere. Well executed for what it was but I wish it ended up as something a little different

Oh but I forgot to mention the actual best part of the episode, the pills and the pregnancy twist

FUCK

Fuck the mom. I can't believe I forgot to mention that, my jaw actually dropped when the nurse said it. I'm a dummy and had no idea why she was at the pharmacy, what pills she was putting in the smoothie, why she was throwing up. Didn't have any clue until the moment the nurse said it and it really surprised me. That's so fucked by the mom. She didn't even know for sure she was pregnant, it was just in case. GOD DAMN! That's brutal. That elevated the episode for sure because I really wasn't digging it until then

I thought the episode might end with them still living together but the parental block would be permanently broken like it was for a bit there. So Sarah would only see her mom's blurred face and wouldn't be able to really hear here. MOM WATCHED SARA AND NOW SARA CAN'T EVEN SEE MOM!

But that'd be too over the top and probably a fixable glitch by the company so it wouldn't really land (: . But that felt like the Black Mirror-ish direction they might take it


Did anyone notice Sara's second drawing that the mom looks at in the child psychologist's office? Without spoiling, it looked like a certain scene from Shut Up and Dance. I'm almost certain it was

Curtis @ 29/12/2017 23:10

I thought the episode might end with them still living together but the parental block would be permanently broken like it was for a bit there. So Sarah would only see her mom's blurred face and wouldn't be able to really hear here. MOM WATCHED SARA AND NOW SARA CAN'T EVEN SEE MOM! But that'd be too over the top and probably a fixable glitch by the company so it wouldn't really land (: . But that felt like the Black Mirror-ish direction they might take it

actually that would've made sense since it sounded like the Arkangel company was now defunct. That would've been pretty good but maybe too similar to White Christmas

Curtis @ 29/12/2017 23:10

Did anyone notice Sara's second drawing that the mom looks at in the child psychologist's office? Without spoiling, it looked like a certain scene from Shut Up and Dance. I'm almost certain it was

not sure but I could've sworn it was Men Against Fire on the screen where they were testing out the parental advisory for the first time

Episode was alright, felt like they were gonna do way more with it. Kinda like Curt mentioned, I think a way better direction would've been delving into the psychological/sociological effects later in life of having the Arkangel on. Instead it was just kinda bland/safe, but the ending was at least somewhat interesting

Also Trick was definitely the best part character/acting-wise. Was disappointed that character didn't get more closure, I thought Sarah might've been rushing off to meet him at the end

Boc @ 30/12/2017 0:32

Curtis @ 29/12/2017 23:10 Did anyone notice Sara's second drawing that the mom looks at in the child psychologist's office? Without spoiling, it looked like a certain scene from Shut Up and Dance. I'm almost certain it was not sure but I could've sworn it was Men Against Fire on the screen where they were testing out the parental advisory for the first time

It sure was

I don't think Sara would permanently not be able to see her mom, the filter only goes on when stress levels are high so in intense situations it would be blurred out, I think a more civil encounter would allow Sara to see her but if the function is perm broken, Sara by herself could get into some trouble not knowing what is happening around her.

The episode was sorta meh

Yeah I just meant if the thing glitched when it got smashed so it got stuck like that