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Is anyone watching / has anyone made it through yet? I'm 2 episodes in and it's about as perfect a distillation of my concerns about the direction of the world as I can imagine.
Spoilers ahead.
The plot so far (2 episodes out of 6) tracks one multi-generational British family's lives through the next 6 years of global tumult. I expect the remaining episodes to keep marching forward through the following 10-20 years. So far plot-points include:
If it sounds dense and as though it's trying too hard to hit it's marks, I can see that. It's grounded by some fantastic acting though and just the right mix of recognizable mundanity and believable futurism to make it really compelling. There's a scene early on when one of the daughters refuses to speak to her parents without her filter that made the hair on my neck stand-up.
Recommended.
"Are you sure we're going fast enough?" - Emil Zatopek
Is anyone watching / has anyone made it through yet? I'm 2 episodes in and it's about as perfect a distillation of my concerns about the direction of the world as I can imagine.
Spoilers ahead.
The plot so far (2 episodes out of 6) tracks one multi-generational British family's lives through the next 6 years of global tumult. I expect the remaining episodes to keep marching forward through the following 10-20 years. So far plot-points include:
- A second Trump term, followed by the installation of Pence.
- Escalating trade-wars with China leading to a nuclear attack, by the US, on what appears to be one of the new islands China's building in the South China Sea.
- Ensuing sanctions by the UK and others against the US leading to instability in the global financial system.
- Additional waves of immigration from Eastern Europe due to further incursions by an expansionist Russia (still led by Putin).
- The slow rise of a charismatic "low-information" politician in the UK played by Emma Thompson who begins her career by stating on live TV that she "doesn't give a f***" about Israel and Palestine. She names her party the four star party which is a decent joke and also a clever nod to Italy.
- Climate change (a constant drumbeat though not fully explored yet).
If it sounds dense and as though it's trying too hard to hit it's marks, I can see that. It's grounded by some fantastic acting though and just the right mix of recognizable mundanity and believable futurism to make it really compelling. There's a scene early on when one of the daughters refuses to speak to her parents without her filter that made the hair on my neck stand-up.
Recommended.
"Are you sure we're going fast enough?" - Emil Zatopek