Thursday 5 March 2020

Arkangel - Black Mirror S4 E2 - Summary

Arkangel season 4 episode 2 
    
    
     
    Arkangel is the fourth episode of season four which highlights how technology can be a blessing and a curse both at the same time. Arkangel is the name of implanted chip in children which can be used to track the whereabouts of children and that comes with a tablet which is connected to the chip and the device managers can actually see what is happening to the children and where are they going.

   The episode starts where a very protective mother Marie who is a single parent lives with her daughter Sara who is nearly 4 or 5 years old. Marie on one fine ordinary day loses sight of Sara but later she is recovered but fearing future crises Marie takes Sara to get the chip inserted inside her which is a good way to monitor your child wherever they are. The chip blurs and pixelated images for the children which might scare them or could harm them. Initially, it helped Marie in supervising Sara whether she is out playing or studying at school. But as she grows into a teenager Sara started believing her mother is invading her space and privacy. However, they agree to shut down and deactivate the tablet and let Sara live on her own and explore. Until the day when Sara goes to a party after school and does not answers call from her mother, distressful mother Marie ends up activating the tablet and see Sara in an intimate situation with her guy friend. It does not stop there, later she finds her smoking cocaine with the same guy. Marie was convinced this guy was a bad influence on Sara and she ended up blackmailing and threatening him to stop seeing her daughter or he will have to face the consequences.

   Later, she discovers Sara is pregnant and she dissolves contraceptive pill in her drink during breakfast. Upon some disturb occurrence between this mother-daughter duo Sara finds out that her mother had been spying on her, yet again which do not result good. Due to the blurriness she could not figure what was she doing and end up beating her mother with the tablet and injures her. Marie wakes up after some time and discovers Sara had left home forever and in this way, they both end up losing each other. So tell me, how does technology serve you? If you get used to it in the unhealthy form it can surely become a curse for you and the ending can be pretty much destructive.

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