1. Here is the link to this episode on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yUPyjdVyds
2. After watching the episode, look at this synopsis and fill in the blanks with a suitable word. (There may be more than one possibility).
This hour-long 'film' is the story of two young
_____________ - Ash is permanently ____________ to his
mobile phone - something most Black Mirror viewers can relate to in this age of
tweeting as an accompaniment to TV watching.
When Ash is killed in a tragic traffic ___________, his
girlfriend Martha learns of a new service that examines traits
from Facebook, Twitter, e-mails and other online profiles to replicate a lost
loved one's ________________
Though she's reluctant to use the software at first, the
revelation that she's ______________ sends Martha in a frenzy and soon she's
embracing one upgrade after another.
She starts to communicate with him through instant messaging and informs him of the
pregnancy. She then uploads ___________ and ___________ of Ash to the service's
database, and the service duplicates Ash's voice to talk to Martha over the
phone. Martha allows herself to believe that she is talking to her dead
partner, and over the following weeks she talks to the artificial Ash almost
constantly, keeping him ___________ regarding the pregnancy. Eventually,
she upgrades to having a copy of Ash, walking and talking, at her side. But it's
not really Ash - the android is hollow, without a soul - and so much of what
made Ash the man he was, and the intricacies of his and Martha's life together,
is lost in translation.
After an argument, Martha decides she can no longer live
the life with the Ash android, taking it to the edge of a cliff and ordering it
to __________ off. The android agrees to do so, but Martha becomes even
__________, saying that the real Ash would not have willingly jumped. The
android responds by begging for its own life, causing Martha to realise that
she can't bring herself to get rid of it.
The scene cuts to several years later, and Martha is shown
to have raised her __________, keeping the Ash android locked in the attic. She
allows her daughter to see the android on weekends, but Martha's daughter persuades
her to allow her into the attic on her ___________ to give the android a piece
of cake. Martha's daughter reveals in her conversation with the android that
she knows it does not need to eat, and she only did this so she could have an
extra ____________ of cake. While her daughter is in the attic with the
android, Martha waits at the bottom of the attic steps close to tears. Then,
after regaining her composure, she climbs the ladder to join them.
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