History Recap / BlackMirrorTheEntireHistoryOfYou

* EnhanceButton: Regardless of the distance or clarity of an event, the "grain" can zoom close enough to read lips and examine facial expressions, even if the event was across the room. Taken to the extreme when Liam loads a memory where he briefly looked indirectly at a TV, before zooming so far into the said TV that he can clearly see what the people in the background of the footage are doing. In this context it can be considered a JustifiedTrope because the resolution of the human eye is many times beyond our current HD and Ultra HD standards, with superior detail retention so would stand being zoomed in quite a lot before it became noticeably pixelated.

* AmoralAttorney: At the very beginning of the episode, the main character has a job interview at a law firm. The interviewing panel mention a new initiative to allow adults to retroactively sue their parents for not paying enough attention to them as children/infants using the 'Grain' technology (lifetime memory recorder) to elicit evidence. The main character briefly questions the ethics of this.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Liam's obsessive repeating of his job interview to scrutinise exactly what and how was said by the people evaluating him underscores his paranoia, dwelling on the past and fixation on particular details in a way that only makes him miserable. Of course, [[BlatantLies none of this will come up in his relationship with Ffion]].

** While the human eye does have very good resolution (320-380 pixels per inch at 1ft), only the middle 2 degrees of the visual field have this resolving power, requiring humans to constantly shift their gaze around. The grain could be an independent camera system that simply coincides with what the user's eye is looking at to solve this problem.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Liam's obsessive repeating of his job interview to scrutinise exactly what and how was said by the people evaluating him underscores his paranoia, dwelling on the past and fixation on particular details in a way that only makes him miserable. Of course, [[BlatantLies none of this will come up in his relationship with Ffion]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Liam's obsessive repeating of his job interview to scrutinise exactly what and how was said by the people evaluating him underscores his paranoia, dwelling on the past and fixation on particular details in a way that only makes him miserable. Of course, [[BlatantLies none of this will come up in his relationship with Ffion]].

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* Foreshadowing: Two moments allude to the point where Liam gouges his implant out:

* GoreIndiscretionShot: When Liam gouges his implant out of his neck.

* GoryIndiscretionShot: When Liam gouges his implant out of his neck.

* AmoralAttorney: At the very beginning of the episode, the main character has a job interview at a law firm. The interviewing panel mention a new initiative to allow adults to retroactively sue their parents for not paying enough attention to them as children/infants using the 'Grain' technology (lifetime memory recorder) to elicit evidence. The main character briefly questions the ethics and morality of this.

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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: A very interesting and complex example which goes zigzags between playing it straight and subverting it, particularly depending on how you view the characters. At one point, Liam and Ffion have sex, but also use their grains to flashback to previous sexual encounters. So the scene cuts between a rather vigorous bout of love-matching from presumably early on in their relationship which directly contrasts with the joyless and mechanical humping they're engaging in at the present. This naturally reflects how their relationship has soured from initial happiness and excitement to being consumed by distance, bitterness and mistrust. Although there are also some hints that the memory that Ffion is flashing back to doesn't necessarily involve Liam...

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: A very interesting and complex example which goes zigzags between playing it straight and subverting it. At one point, Liam and Ffion have sex, but also use their grains to flashback to previous sexual encounters. So the scene cuts between a rather vigorous bout of love-matching from presumably early on in their relationship which directly contrasts with the joyless and mechanical humping they're engaging in at the present. This naturally reflects how their relationship has soured from initial happiness and excitement to being consumed by distance, bitterness and mistrust. Although there are also some hints that the memory that Ffion is flashing back to doesn't necessarily involve Liam...

* NoEnding: The ending, while giving a satisfying close, ''leaves a great deal hanging and ends rather abruptly''. Liam makes Ffion leave with Jodie, and the episode ends right as he removes his grain implant; what happens to the characters is then left entirely to speculation.

It stars Creator/JodieWhittaker as Ffion, Tom Cullen as Jonas, and Creator/TobyKebbell as Liam.

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: It's pretty heavily implied that Jonas is baby Jodie's father, [[LawOfInverseFertility given that Ffion and Liam were trying for a baby at the time]].

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Set an unspecified time in the future, where everyone owns designer houses and has mechanical implants.
* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Liam calls his wife out for seeking comfort in Jonas' arms only four days after they (temporarily) split.
* AmoralAttorney: At the very beginning of the drama the main character has a job review at a Law firm. The interviewing panel mention a new initiative to allow adults to retroactively sue their parents for not paying enough attention to them as children/infants -- using the drama's 'Grain' technology (lifetime memory recorder) to elicit evidence. The main character briefly questions the ethics and morality of this.
* {{Cuckold}}: Implied to be the case, and Liam at least suspects it. There's a chance that Jodie is Jonas's son, not his, because Ffion had an affair with Jonas while she and Liam were on the outs while trying for a baby.
* DownerEnding: Completing the set, this ending sees Liam unemployed and without his family, cutting out his grain which risks leaving him blind. Although it can be argued than given what having a grain's done to his life, it might be a BittersweetEnding.

* LongingLook: Perceived by Liam, and with the beauty of replay you can search for every instance, and watch it; over and over again.

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: It's pretty heavily implied that Jonas is Jodie's father, [[LawOfInverseFertility given that Ffion and Liam were trying for a baby at the time]].

* PullTheThread: Liam really becomes suspicious when he realizes Ffion lied about the length of her relationship with Jonas, and their marriage only collapses further from there.

* PullTheThread: Liam really becomes suspicious when he realizes Ffion lied about the length of her relationship with Jonas, and their marriage only collapses further from there

It stars Creator/JodieWhittaker as Ffion, Creator/TomCullen as Jonas, and Creator/TobyKebbell as Liam.

* DownerEnding: Completing the set, this ending sees [[spoiler:Liam unemployed and without his family, cutting out his grain which risks leaving him blind]]. Although it can be argued than given what having a grain's done to his life, it might be a BittersweetEnding.

* EnhanceButton: Regardless of the distance or clarity of an event, the "grain" can zoom close enough to read lips and examine facial expressions, even if the event was across the room. Taken to the extreme when [[spoiler: Liam loads a memory where he briefly looked indirectly at a TV, before zooming so far into the said TV that he can clearly see what the people in the background of the footage are doing]]. In this context it can be considered a JustifiedTrope because the resolution of the human eye is many times beyond our current HD and Ultra HD standards, with superior detail retention so would stand being zoomed in quite a lot before it became noticeably pixelated.

* GrievousBottleyHarm: {{Subverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:When Liam hits Jonas with a liquor bottle, it simply thuds and injures him rather than shattering. Even kept realistic when Liam forcibly smashes it off the ground, as only the neck doesn't shatter.]]
* JerkJustifications: After finding out that his wife [[spoiler:may be cheating on him, Liam absolutely ''loses it'', including self-medicating with alcohol, screaming at his wife, and assaulting the man he suspects her of cheating with]]. His behavior becomes so irrational and angry that it is not hard to see how a viewer could fear for the lives of the other characters in the story.

* LyingToProtectYourFeelings: A fib about the [[spoiler:length of a relationship with an old boyfriend]] kicks off the drama.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: It's pretty heavily implied that [[spoiler:Jonas]] is Jodie's father, [[LawOfInverseFertility given that Ffion and Liam were trying for a baby at the time]].
* MentalAffair: It's a subtle one, but in the scene where Ffion and Liam are having sex whilst replaying their memories, the memory Ffion is playing back [[spoiler:''isn't Liam'']].

* NoEnding: The ending, while giving a satisfying close, ''leaves a great deal hanging and ends rather abruptly''. [[spoiler:Liam makes Ffion leave with Jodie, and the episode ends right as he removes his grain implant; what happens to the characters is then left entirely to speculation.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: As much of a jerk Liam is, [[spoiler:his wife ''[[JerkassHasAPoint was]]'' [[JerkassHasAPoint cheating on him]].]]

* TransferableMemory: The "grain" that almost everybody has implanted in their skulls. Used to play back memories on any TV complete with zoom, crop and reconstruction technology. Is also used in security checks when boarding planes. And it's implied there is a black market for memories, as one character had hers [[OrganTheft forcibly removed.]]
* WorstAid: [[spoiler:Liam removes his grain by cutting the skin with a razor blade and pulling it out with cuticle trimmers. ''It even takes him a few attempts to get a grip on his implant.'']]
* YourCheatingHeart: Turns out Ffion did [[spoiler:sleep with Jonas]] when she and Liam fell out for a week, and [[spoiler:Jonas]] might be the father of her child.

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