An eight-episode sci-fi skit about a small town with an agency called "The Loop" that co-exists with the town in order to explore the untold secrets of the universe. After watching it, you will feel that this is a drama with a concept first but an emphasis on emotional experience. The whole show does not focus on the mysteries and unknowns of various universes as described at the beginning of the series, but revolves around the encounter of the founders of "The Loop" (grandparents, father, mother, and two sons) in a small town. The various adventures I have come to show the common emotional experience of human existence, and I think the most essential emotion among them is "reminiscence". "The Loop" is also the ring, according to the play, it arranged the fate of all the residents in the town, including its founder. In the course of life in which people are constantly accepting fate, or resisting constantly, but still walking into the laid track, they will eventually return to the same place as the time that seems to be intertwined and tied in a knot. and fell into memory. No matter how long, when looking back at it, it's just a "blink of an eye". (a line repeated many times in the play, which means a blink of an eye) When those remaining memories become so clear and inescapable because of the "curse" of time, when they hit everyone's heart like a blizzard, endless shame and self-blame , regret is destined to bury everyone. This blizzard that is in everyone's heart has no mission to melt. Although in each episode, the director gave most of the characters a happy ending, but when everything in the past is exposed, looking directly at them has been scarred. I can't deny the director's plausible placebos such as: Love, companionship, and trust give each character in the play a deep emotional buffer, but if we can never get rid of those pasts and let the subconscious filter out the cluttered life debris, black giants with cold cuts, we can't win a new life. This is not deterministic negativity, but our inability to live with the memory of every moment from birth to death. Human beings are able to have memories and be able to derive happiness from them precisely on the basis that we forget. It is also worth mentioning that the director of the show, Mark Romanek, has directed the film "Don't Let Me Go", which is adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro's novel of the same name. As far as the series and the film are concerned, they have made corresponding discussions on human memory and self-positioning, and given a consistent view in my opinion. However, compared to this drama, I still prefer the movie "Don't Let Me Go". One reason is that the logic of the drama is not very self-consistent, and some plots are arranged bluntly and deliberately; I prefer movies. The tragic destiny setting of androids, and their thirst for self-worth identification in such a paradoxical life course, and the accompanying jealousy and arrogance, love and forbearance, dedication and sacrifice can all be real. way that touches me.
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