Electric Dreams Episode 5 "Real Life" Analysis

[@user-bp9ll1gq6m]

This episode fu*ked me up. One of the things that I kept thinking about afterwards was how my uncle refused to take medication when he was dying of cancer because he refused to be a burden. He felt really guilty and hid his cancer for years (he was a doctor and knew what was happening to make it worse) before it got so bad that he was hospitalized. It was heartbreaking and hard to accept from the outside where all you want to do is help the person but with time I came to understand where he was coming from and that you just have to accept it and respect their wishes. You can't force them to see it your way. So with that perspective I was able to think of the wife and how she might feel, even though it was a different situation. You can’t help a person if they don’t accept it. Even love can’t save you when you have a war going on inside of you or when you're determined to self-destruct. It sure as hell is painful to watch a loved one do that though.

[@robotone2812]

A huge subtext to this episode is also the idea of sin and religion. We feel guilty for sin that we were told we committed and believe in a reality where we live in perpetual repentance. Thus is the life of so many religious people. They cannot and will not enjoy themselves in this world because they choose the 'world to come' as their reality.

[@rhurn3605]

I really liked this episode when I watched it. I was abit confused as to whether or not she was inside a simulation or a virtual reality... such as fantastic and thought provoking tv series anyway, it makes you think are we living inside a virtual world? And if so, that's cool lol

[@Looshbaby]

great vid

[@rarevidz100]

This is the first episode on prime video here in the Philippines. Anyway, I love the ending and honestly I'd rather die completely than have a parallel equivalent of my existing life which is miserable. Well if my parallel existence is a world of free theme park, free Japanese houses, enjoyable nature scenery and northern lights, yeah I'd stay.

[@JaysonWithaYChannel]

I feel like I'd rather be alive than dead no matter how miserable I was, but that is probably because I've been very lucky in my life to never have experienced true misery or depression, if I had I might feel otherwise

[@rarevidz100]

Jayson Markey KZbin Chanel yep.. It really depends. If I saw a cat or a dog playing, that definitely makes me happy. Then a baby walking around and stumbling down carefully, that is happiness gold for me.

[@JaysonWithaYChannel]

😂

[@ryannryder3095]

Human beings define their reality through suffering and misery.

[@nolan412]

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[@RichReviews2]

Always thought in some ways our world is a matrix. How else do you explain Pres. Trump