Reflections on the second episode of White Bear

Ana 2022-04-19 09:02:32

Compared to the previous episodes, this episode starts to look really incomprehensible. A crazy woman faces a society of so-called "bystanders", and everyone ignores the crisis situation faced by the heroine. I also met a companion, and the two went to "save the world" together. . . All this is about to change to 007, and I can't help but wonder if the drama has suddenly degenerated into a suspenseful action blockbuster. . . When the final subtitles appeared and the final plot was revealed, everyone suddenly realized. . .

For this episode, the plot before the subtitles appeared, if it wasn't for the name of the drama, no one would have read it before. The plot was abrupt, the acting was exaggerated, and the flashbacks were nerve-wracking. Everything is very reasonable, but as a mini-series, the first 40 minutes of unintelligible and even boring plots are only a bit of a flash in the last 2 minutes. There is a super big coffee, you have too much foreshadowing in front of you, maybe the audience is a little numb. . .

The above is the first feeling after watching it. What Black Mirror wanted to express in the past was expressed throughout the entire episode. This episode seems to be too suspenseful and left me speechless. . .

Back to the topic, as far as what this episode wants to express, in fact, one or two sentences can make it clear: everyone wants to punish a woman who watched her boyfriend mutilate a little girl, so what is the punishment method everyone came up with? Just as a bystander to watch all the pain she suffered. . . It's a bit like using violence to control violence. She made a mistake, and everyone felt that they had taken the top spot on the moral level. They never thought that the way everyone punished her was the sin she committed. . . For example, A kills B's daughter, B wants revenge, but kills A's innocent daughter, but B takes it for granted, and the reason B takes it for granted is because A made a mistake first. . .

The mistakes of others cannot be an excuse for us to make mistakes. Errors are judged by legal principles. At any time, we should stick to our own standards, regardless of whether we treat good people or bad people. . .

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Be Right Back quotes

  • Martha: Don't call me your administrator.

  • Ash: Just sharing that.

    [he holds the photo of Ash as a boy]

    Ash: Thought people might find it funny.

    Martha: It's not funny; It's sweet.

    Ash: Trust me; that day wasn't sweet... first family outing after Jack died... When I came down the next morning all Jack's photos were gone... she put them in the attic. It's how she dealt with stuff. And then when dad died, up went his photos to the attic. She just left this one here. Her only boy giving her a fake smile

    Martha: She didn't know it was fake.

    Ash: Maybe that makes it worse.