This week I watched black Mirror White Christmas on Netflix where Matthew and Joe were in a cabin for a federal investigation. At the start of things, Matthew has a life outside of the cabin where Mathew was interrogating a copy of a human being inside a cookie but he also was a guide for men who can’t pick up women on there because of their own lack of confidence. The many weird situations that Matthew put many men in are partially his fault for leading those men on to situations they can’t handle on their own. Matthew has put himself in a complex situation where he witnesses a murder that he could have reported but didn’t through fear of getting thrown in jail.  When dealing with the heavy burden of guiding and witnessing a murder, it will make you do stuff for the government to get out of your own situation but later be punished by the government for the crime. In fact, Mathews’ real job is working for a company called “Smartelligence” in reprogramming those copy codes of humans into a private service stool for the original’s own home. Do you think having a job like Matthew is beneficial for human? Do you think Maythews morals are all over the place?

 The conversation that took place in the cabin has made it clear that those two have gone through a lot in their past life. Joe had a hard time opening up to Mathew due to his struggle with his PTSD. In the episode because a block or blocking someone else is the harshest thing to do. When your Block, you can’t see or hear the person who you blocked in the show Mathew’s ex has blocked him plenty of times and he said “it wasn’t fun”. Joe has a complex situation where he was in a delusional relationship because his girlfriend was secretly cheating on him with the Chinese guy who was with another female by his side. The dark truths Joe explained to Mathew made him think about his situation, but Matthew didn’t care for Joe because he treated him like a thing with the comfort of Mathew soaking up to him. In the cabin, Mathew has set the time for Joe to feel longer than it should be so, every minute that passes by its years passing by that it made it easier for Matthew to get close to him to hear confession. In truth, it would be fair for someone to pass judgment on a copy of someone because it’s not the original and when dealing with such a complex situation it’s better to hear from the source other than a copy. Do you agree with Matthew selling out Joe? What do you think would happen if Mathew reported the crime instead of pushing it too far with selling out a real person through a copy of them? Do you think Joe had a right to kill the old man? Did the government give the code a fair punishment for the crime his orginal did?

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Black Mirror: White Christmas (74 min) (NETFLIX)