The protagonist, Maria, is introduced as mundane in her lifestyle.
She has a successful career conceptualizing chocolate flavors and balances this with a healthy home dynamic with her boyfriend.
Therefore,the slow unraveling of her sense of selffollowing the arrival of Verity is hugely unsettling.
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Thisheightens the audiences sense of uneasesurrounding the distorted reality created.
The unsettling performance feeds into the way reality is shifting.
Throughout the episode, one of their co-workers constantly complained about people drinking this milk without asking.
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When viewing the security footage with their boss, Verity has a grin of immense control.
Verity seemingly erases the concept of a nut allergy, which makes her manipulation powers seem limitless.
Yet, as a viewer, you dont know whether her motivations validate her actions.
She didnt create the technology to seek revenge.
She was haunted by the past and finally did something about it.
Yet, her narrative arc creates relevant and poignant social commentary that adds layers of necessary nuance.
