Black Mirror
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What if there were a service that could create immersive memorials for when a loved one dies?
Its not such a crazy idea; people are already attemptingversions of this.
Its a lovely, communal way of celebrating a life.
But this episode isnt so much about the end product.
It doesnt seem like he has been with anyone since in any serious way.
Still, those photos are helpful for providing the Guide context.
The first photo was taken on the day Phillip and Carol met.
He didnt know that, though.
Hes still learning new things about her.
The second photo was also taken at the Coop.
(Needless to say, the two did not keep in touch.)
(And now he literally cant see her.
Funny how that works.)
but then downplays his own mistakes, like flirting with a coworker named Emma at the Coop.
But it wasnt until Phillips visit to London that everything really fell apart.
She only met her dad a handful of times, and he eventually died of COVID.
She never knew most of the details of the real love story in her moms life.
But theres an even more devastating reveal in store.
(That maid is the real villain of this story.)
What really moves me about the ending of Eulogy, though, isnt the easy, tear-jerking twist.
Lets see her, he says while playing the corresponding cassette tape to hear the music.
Now, all he wants is to see her face.
Nice effect adding the blue into a black-and-white world when Phillip remembers the color Carol was painting the walls.
Theres just something so nakedly vulnerable about the way he pleads for something he knows he cant have.
But these two people have technically never met.
