The Peripheral: S01E06 - F**k You and Eat S**t | Episode Discussion

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#The Peripheral - Season 1 Episode 06 Discussion

Premise: In a future where technology has altered society, an ambitious woman named Flynne (Chole Grace Moretz) finds herself doomed at the hands of fate. While trying to hold together the pieces of her broken family, she discovers a secret connection to an alternative reality and her own dark future.

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r/ThePeripheral Amazon Prime Video 71% with avg rating of 6.4/10 from 41 reviews 57/100 from 20 reviews Sci-fi, Mystery, Thriller

Series created by: Scott B. Smith

Written by: Greg Plageman & Scott B. Smith

Episode directed by: Vincenzo Natali

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CRoseCrizzle t1_iww3a3i wrote

I watched the first episode a few weeks ago and was on the fence about continuing. How has it been so far for you, OP?

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JohnnySkynets t1_iwwl6s2 wrote

Not OP and I’ve only seen episodes 1-5 but I’m enjoying it and looking forward to watching each week. I was also on the fence after the first episode. There’s at least one thing every episode that IMO isn’t written or executed well but ultimately I think the rest of the show makes up for them. We’ll see if the back half of the season holds up.

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Apocalyptic0n3 t1_iwx14yo wrote

Interesting story concept, the sci-fi aspects are cool, the design of the future is interesting. The pacing is slow though and I'm not sure what it's moving toward. I'm watching it, but I'm on the fence of whether I like it or not.

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Gypsymoth606 t1_iwxeezv wrote

Solid agreement here, lot of threads to follow and sometimes I get lost. Liking it, though, so far.

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spiritbearr t1_iwwm7c9 wrote

It's slow. It's interesting and the action is there but fuck they keep explaining her basic fucking questions of the Future one answer at a time one per episode.

I'm still watching it but it's rough.

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n_thomas74 t1_iwwqteg wrote

I'm enjoying it. I like the slow pace its taking, letting my imagination fill in the blanks. I hope it pays off as much as I'm imagining.

There are several small inconsistencies, but I believe that's just the nature of science fiction especially when dealing with timelines/multi-dimensional stories. Im willing to overlook it in favor of an attempt at an intriguing plot.

There still may be some over arching information that will remedy the inconsistencies though. I guess we'll have to wait to see.

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n_thomas74 t1_iwwpmxg wrote

So whatever it was that they stole from the future is stored in Flynnes eye in the past/stub?

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Juan-Claudio t1_iwxixuy wrote

That's.. the official episode title?

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evilgm t1_iwxr22y wrote

All the episode titles are quotes from the episode, I thought the context for this one worked quite well.

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mundane_coconut47 t1_iwzr93h wrote

Eh people still drive around in 60s/70s trucks today so that isn't that far fetched especially in a small rural town without a lot of money.

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vipergirl t1_ix50rdt wrote

There have been problems with drugs in Southern Appalachia in the last several decades. So that's not all that unusual.

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MrZeral t1_ix1lwq8 wrote

She's super pro martial arts in her robot body in future, she can't do any of that in present day.

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MrZeral t1_ix3nwlh wrote

> Does the robot body just take over?

what?

>I thought the entire point was that she's in full control...how is she able to just pull off all these moves with no training?

Because she is in robot body, I'm confused what do you even mean by all this questions lol

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MrZeral t1_ix49xyz wrote

I dont care tbh, suspension of disbelieve or osem shit, just enjoy the show that's supposed to be entertaining and not much more

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Puzzleheaded_Pen_888 t1_ix30wbo wrote

Part of that is explained by tech from the future being seeded into the past. This isn’t what normal 2030 tech was supposed to be. Particularly the military mods and sim tech. The future timeline has imbedded themselves in essentially every major industry and has changed this past significantly.

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0impulsecontrol t1_ixv9p6u wrote

clunky cw-esque fight scene took this from 5 to 3 1/2 stars real fast but still enjoying it

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