Episode 4
-Making internet dating more awkward every day! Ah, the beauty of technology.
-WAIT IS THIS A DATING EPISODE
-I'm kind of excited for something (seemingly) more lighthearted after the last gutting episode
-By the way, I'm enjoy the episode blurbs. They give you just enough of a taste for things without giving anything away.
-So I'm trying to figure out if the time limit is on the life their relationship MIGHT have, or the amount of time they're "allowed" to be together.
-Ah, basically it's like the way you like Netflix and get more recommendations. That's how I thought it was, but it seemed framed sort of strangely.
-IT'S FOR EACH OTHER AGAIN, ISN'T IT?
-Oh, no, but they're going to wish it was them for each other
-OH GOD THIS NEW GIRL IS TERRIBLE
-Who is her actress? I recognize this person, but can't put my finger on it. Ughhhh.
- Oh, she's just some random. I was right she was Welsh, though. I wonder who I was thinking of, though, ugh!!!!
-UGH BUT REALLY, IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY
-I think I know who, she just reminds me of a different actress, case solved
-I think from a tech standpoint, this episode is kind of weird. Like, ultimately it's flawed--if you go into a relationship expecting and knowing the time limit on it, you're never going to open yourself up in a meaningful way. Therefore building your true match out of it is impossible. Which, is probably the point of the episode, I guess. That matters of the heart can't be decided by technology. I suppose this episode is about less what we do with technology, but about its limitations.
-HIS RELATIONSHIP ENDED ARE THEY NOW ABOUT TO DATE ONE ANOTHER AGAIN
-I like how they show the ways a relationship can suck and be lonely--living with someone you can't stand, having meaningless hookups with random people
-Oh hey, they literally just said the exact same thing I said
-do people use condoms in these smurf pavilions?
-Is that Ellie Goulding playing? If it isn't, she should sue
-FIVE YEARS, but not forever
-OH GOD, HIM LOOKING CHANGED THE DATE
-AND AGAIN
-But I'm curious about this thing. Do people agree to this? Is it a program, or forced? If 5 years is one of the time limits, how long does this go on for? Assuming the ultimate goal is stable marriages with children, that's a long time for the NOT one. This part doesn't make any sense.
-BUT DANG MATE, 5 YEARS TO 20 HOURS, YOU DONE smurfED UP
-It's sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy though, isn't it? Him betraying her trust to look is what shortened the clock--not because it recalibrated, but because he broke her trust.
-Oh yeah, here they go, her saying this.
-This episode is reminding me a lot of The Entire History of You from season 1
-Oh, interesting, Amy was paired with a woman at one point. I guess children aren't the final goal.
-IT *IS* A SIMULATION, OH trout, FRANK'S JOKE WAS RIGHT
-haha, oh man, I called it
-Oh, haha, that's kind of a sweet ending isn't it? Definitely turns the online dating match system on its head. Very tongue-in-cheek. Not the most serious or best episode of Black Mirror, but I liked it. Was nice to have something more light after the last episode, Jesus.