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Black Mirror, Season 2 Episode 2

"White Bear"

Summary:

Victoria wakes up in a chair to find she can't recall anything about her life. Apparently the result of a failed suicide attempt, Victoria is surrounded by images of a small girl (whom she assumes to be her daughter) as well as photos of her and an unknown man. Looking out from the window, she finds out people recording her with phone. She cried for help but they just keep recording. She then meets two young people telling her that those who are recording her with phone are all controlled by the white sign on the TV. Only they're not affected. They plan to reach the signal's transmitter to destroy it. However, they're chased by someone with a gun. One of them is killed. Victoria is then taken to a room where she finds that everything is just a prank. She's tied on a chair and there're audience watching her in front of the stage. The girl she saw at first is actually the one she killed with her boy friend. It the punishment for her to be tortured by the same routine every time she wakes up.

Here's the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2spS4Lc3CM

Vocabulary:

recaps 重述要點

convoluted 旋繞的; 迴旋的

rumination 反芻 

plausibility 貌似有理, 貌似真實

visceral punch 內心的衝擊

mull over 仔細考慮

maniacs 瘋子

busload 公車的裝載量

husk (無價值的)外皮, 無用之物

outweigh 比...更重要(或更有價值等)

amnesia 【醫】記憶缺失; 健忘(症)