Common People is about a couple where the wife has an aneurysm and is left brain dead, but new tech can compensate for the area of the brain that doesn't work anymore, provided they pay for a subscription. The husband being heartbroken agrees with it, and as time goes on the subscription gets progressively more expensive as they're forced into higher tiers to be able to maintain quality of life without forced ads. This episode left us sad for the rest of the evening.
Bête Noire was weird about tech that can alter reality and people's perception by playing on the multiverse. Quantum theory science fiction stuff. We didn't much like this one.
Hotel Reverie is about remaking old movies with AI, where they send an actor into a movie via consciousness transferral. But if the actor doesn't stick to the script weird things happen and they may get stuck in the movie unable to go home. The actor can't go home until the movie is complete. It was pretty cool, but also very sad in the end. Emma Corrin is a star.
Plaything is very weird, but Capaldi is amazing. This episode is about a game literally taking over a guy's life and using that guy to literally take over the world.
Eulogy was very sad. Not as sad as the first episode, but it's a story about reminiscing. Delving into memories quite literally via tech and old photographs. By going into the background of those old photographs the guy discovers that multiple misunderstandings, miscommunication and missed opportunities led to him eventually spending his life alone.
USS Callister: Into Infinity was a sequel to season four's USS Callister and this was probably the most brilliant episode of the season. I had a great time with this and it really felt like a high-budget sci-fi movie. Still loving the Star Trek.
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