“Beyond the Sea” is one of the most devastating episodes in 'Black Mirror's' oeuvre — and you're about to find out why.
Warning: This story contains spoilers for the “Black Mirror” episode “Beyond The Sea.”
Paul and Hartnett’s characters physically are in space. But their consciousnesses are still down on Earth, transported into replacement bodies called replicas through a technology called a"link." That means they can be in space without ever leaving .Down on Earth, David has the perfect life: a nice home in the suburbs, a loving wife, two kids, and fans who adore him. Meanwhile, Cliff lives on an isolated farmhouse on the outskirts of a small town.
David comes down on earth for an hour a week, sometimes longer. Then, he falls for Lana, and the feeling is reciprocated. Once Cliff learns of their connection, he forbids David from using his link and visiting his wife.David tricks Cliff into thinking there's something wrong with the ship. In order to check, Cliff has to remove his link.
“I definitely felt it was going one direction, and then it decided to go different,” Hartnett tells TODAY.com. “And then afterward, I had to figure out the logic of it, from David’s perspective, and it makes more sense the way that it is.“And it’s sad, but what was the other option?... I mean, it could have been self-inflicted harm. But that would have been have been David killing Cliff as well. I mean, he’s stuck between a rock and a hard place here. It might have been his only option.
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