[MB.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I can't work out if the end of Arkangel was supposed to be bad / scary? Like I think it was supposed to seem ominous with her getting in the truck but in real life, hitchhikers are usually totally fine and she was escaping her terrifying and potentially dangerously controlling and anxious mother who was well on track to mess her up for life. Surely it's a happy ending .

Yeah I think it was supposed to be a "happy, at least for Black Mirror" ending (for the daughter, that is)

[Tom4784]

I think the ending was up for interpretation.

I personally think it was a bad ending tbh.

[Marsh.]

Of course it was a bad ending. The technology completely screwed up their relationship and it would never be repaired.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Especially as I was convinced the tablet thing was going to break with the "censorship" turned up full leaving her basically blind and deaf half of the time...

SEE? THIS is why Arkangel had so many incredibly brilliant and Black Mirror directions to go in and they chose... not much.

[Ashley.]

Yeah it would've been good to have seen the "controlling mother" angle, such as putting the censorship on full as "punishment" for wrongdoings and generally sending her child mad. It was all just a bit plain and the ending wasn't believable.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ashley.

Yeah it would've been good to have seen the "controlling mother" angle, such as putting the censorship on full as "punishment" for wrongdoings and generally sending her child mad. It was all just a bit plain and the ending wasn't believable.

Yeah, because she put the device away in a box quite quickly into the episode, the third act with the daughter lashing out so violently didn't feel quite so earned.

[Shaun]

Just watched USS Callister and Arkangel

I want to punch every nerd and controlling mother from here to Uganda