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Upload—Season 1, Episode 8 (Shopping Other Digital After-Lives)

The episode kicks off with one of Nathan’s damaged memories being played in the memory parlour, showing him and Jamie fighting about their software, with Batia remarking she has never seen anything like it before. Batia tells him that enhancing stressful memories isn’t recommended, instead suggesting he enhance a happy memory. He chooses a memory where he and Nora were

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Upload—Season 1, Episode 7 (Bring Your Dad to Work Day)

The episode kicks off with Lucy asking Aleesha about Mr. Caputo, a missing Upload. Lucy tells her that if she doesn’t find Mr. Caputo, she will be playing his role until his wife dies. She then tells Nora that if she stays overnight in Lakeview again, she will lose her good customer service star rating. We then cut to Nathan

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Upload—Season 1, Episode 5 (The Grey Market)

The episode kicks off with Dylan video calling his mum while his younger brother is getting ready for a school semi-formal he is attending with his girlfriend. His mother is clearly still struggling with his loss, but in the background his father is sitting on the couch watching a football game, and his brother is demanding that his mother talk

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Upload—Season 1, Episode 3 (The Funeral)

The episode kicks off with live news feed of the first “download”, an attempt to download the uploaded consciousness of Rupert Tilford into a clone body. The news feed is playing while Nathan is getting dressed for his funeral with a visiting Ingrid’s assistance, and Nora is on the bus on her way home from work. It appears to have

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Upload—Season 1, Episode 2 (Five Stars)

Now that the premise and main characters of the show have been established, the real fun can begin. The episode kicks off with Nora hooking up with an attractive man, Byron, with both of them placing “stick on cameras” on their chests, saying they consent to sex. Once they finish hooking up, they agree to give each other five stars

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Upload—Pilot (Welcome to Upload)

The job of a pilot is to establish the premise and characters of a show, this pilot did its job beautifully. The episode kicks off with a video advertisement of Lakeview by Horizen, a luxurious afterlife where a person’s consciousness can be uploaded and they can live their afterlife seemingly as they please. The camera zooms out to reveal the

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Doctor Doctor—Season 4 Finale (Ring of Fire)

The job of a season finale is to wrap up the season’s story arcs and establish new ones for the next season. I felt that this finale did three-quarters of the job. Penny & Hugh—I’ll start my review with them as the finale kicked off with them. The finale picks up where the previous episode left off—Penny’s car accident, with

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TV Show Analysis: Marital and gender roles in The Brady Bunch and House Husbands

Gender roles have been hardwired in men and women since the beginning of time. Men are the hunters and gatherers, breadwinners, fathers, husbands, authority figures—providing shelter and food to their families whilst maintaining some standard of masculinity. To complement that, women are the nurturers, mothers, housewives—they take care of the family and home. These roles were heavily emphasised and reminded

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