This was a really well balanced episode. A guy is going around taking back donated body parts from a suicide. To do so he's using a serum that slows the body's natural decomposition rate. So much so that after he removes the heart from one unlucky individual the man regains consciousness enough to beg the paramedics who arrive on the scene for his life. You really get a feeling for the double loss: the family and friends of the dead girl who donated her body to regenerative science and, obviously, the living people who are getting "repossessed" of organs.
At the same time, Peter confesses to Olivia that he was romantically involved with Fauxlivia. At first she claims she's cool with it but after breaking down over seemingly trivial things like laundry and Peter's shirt in her apartment she can't keep the charade up. Which struck me as incredibly human. Not that I thought she wasn't, I just wasn't thinking at all about the readjustment someone would have to go through AFTER a double has lived their life for awhile. And convincingly lived it too, to the point of dating the man she probably thought she would end up with eventually. Is my whole world that transparent, that easy to step into and be me? What is my real worth to my family, friends, and coworkers if they can't spot an impostor? Maybe they just like the actor better than the original. It makes you think is my point here.
And that's why I liked it. A balance between thought provoking plot, driven characters, a dash of goriness (a lot of open wounds are shown), and a conclusion to the episode that adds to the greater saga of the series. Exactly what a television show should be, a good chapter of a great book.
At the same time, Peter confesses to Olivia that he was romantically involved with Fauxlivia. At first she claims she's cool with it but after breaking down over seemingly trivial things like laundry and Peter's shirt in her apartment she can't keep the charade up. Which struck me as incredibly human. Not that I thought she wasn't, I just wasn't thinking at all about the readjustment someone would have to go through AFTER a double has lived their life for awhile. And convincingly lived it too, to the point of dating the man she probably thought she would end up with eventually. Is my whole world that transparent, that easy to step into and be me? What is my real worth to my family, friends, and coworkers if they can't spot an impostor? Maybe they just like the actor better than the original. It makes you think is my point here.
And that's why I liked it. A balance between thought provoking plot, driven characters, a dash of goriness (a lot of open wounds are shown), and a conclusion to the episode that adds to the greater saga of the series. Exactly what a television show should be, a good chapter of a great book.