Even if he is 17, which many of those things point to - he's not going to adult prison. That's only for 18 and above. He
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Paynebyname — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 08:17 AM)
I never got the impression that the main guy was a Paedo. Releasing a video of him jerking off wouldn't show what stimulus material he was watching and hence I got the feeling that the 'looking at kids' was something that the 'controllers' would have added on to make his shame even greater.
In my mind, he was simply whacking off to some porn but they fed on his insecurities and shame to carry out acts that were far more serious than the trivial (but potentially embarrassing) thing that he had done.
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Paynebyname — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 09:04 AM)
No, I did hear his mom talking about it but just thought it was the 'controllers' adding another layer of cruelty.
However, I concede that given the twists that the show likes to put in, and other people's observations, that he was a paedo.
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Orlando_Gardner — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 10:04 AM)
Oh he definitely was. It puts the scene with the little girl earlier into a completely different context. I do love how (if you watch it again) its continuously hinted that its more than just flicking one out in front of the camera that's got Kenny rattled. He keeps on saying "it was only some pictures" and when the guy he has to fight mentions "How old were they? Young?" Kenny pulls the gun out to shoot himself. It's brilliantly written. I felt the ending as a punch in the gut but then realised Kenny had been telling us all along.
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The-Last-Prydonian — 9 years ago(November 01, 2016 07:14 PM)
While overall, I enjoyed the episode and at first I thought it fell short of the mark as I was left a bit confused about what moralistic and satirical message it was attempting to make. After pondering on it, it finally came to me. It's a cautionary tale about not exploiting the internet for your own immoral and selfish means. Let's face it, there's plenty of it going about. Ultimately it's a tool like any other and with any it can be abused. Excellent episode although not entirely original although none the less relevant. Also, the way it pulled the wool over our eyes in terms of where I sympathies should lie and who we were supposed to root for reminded me of
White Bear
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It's also reminiscent of
The National Anthem
as I see a couple of similar parallels. It has a more contemporary setting that exists within reality and there's the whole angle of someone being coerced in to doing something against their will.