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* NamesTheSame: Just like the following episode, [[Recap/PhilipKDicksElectricDreamsS1E4CrazyDiamond "Crazy Diamond"]], this episode stars an ordinary working man named "Ed" whose life is turned upside down by a mysterious FemmeFatale.
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* RapeAsBackstory: The friendly waitress at the cafe.
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* RapeAsBackstory: The friendly waitress at the cafe. She spills the story to Ed as one part an explanation that not all residents are [=NPCs=], one part a plea not to ruin Macon Heights for the lot of them.
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* ReluctantPsycho: Sam.
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* ReluctantPsycho: Sam.Sam, and the commuter who talks to Ed on the train. The former has a problem with psychotic episodes, and the latter is implied to be some sort of child molester for whom Macon Heights is a chance to live in a reality where he isn't.
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* EquivalentExchange: Something like this seems to happen with Linda's meddling with the timelines -- the world where Ed has a happy life alone with his wife is the same timeline where his boss, formerly happily childless himself, now has [[BastardAngst three different children by three different mothers]].
** On a deeper level, the {{Aesop}} of this episode is that the changes Linda makes to the timeline are ''fundamentally'' this -- the joy Ed experiences from the happier timeline can't outweigh the guilt and pain of simply knowing it exists at the cost of his son's life.
** On a deeper level, the {{Aesop}} of this episode is that the changes Linda makes to the timeline are ''fundamentally'' this -- the joy Ed experiences from the happier timeline can't outweigh the guilt and pain of simply knowing it exists at the cost of his son's life.
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* EquivalentExchange: Something like this seems to happen with Linda's meddling with the timelines -- the world where Ed has a happy life alone with his wife is the same timeline where his boss, formerly happily childless himself, now has [[BastardAngst three different children by three different mothers]].
**mothers]]. On a deeper level, the {{Aesop}} of this episode is that the changes Linda makes to the timeline are ''fundamentally'' this -- the joy Ed experiences from the happier timeline can't outweigh the guilt and pain of simply knowing it exists at the cost of his son's life.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Subverted, harshly. The world where Sam doesn't exist really is better for Ed and his wife -- even the neighborhood is now a nicer, happier place. Linda even argues that it's a better world for ''Sam'', since Sam's existence was filled with [[TragicVillain torment and anguish]]. (Although Ed's boss Bob seems to have had his life changed for the worse.) Ultimately Ed rejects it anyway.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Subverted, harshly. The world where Sam doesn't exist really is better for Ed and his wife -- even the neighborhood is now a nicer, happier place. Linda even argues that it's a better world for ''Sam'', since Sam's existence was filled with [[TragicVillain torment and anguish]]. (Although anguish]] (although Ed's boss Bob seems to have had his life changed for the worse.) worse). Ultimately Ed rejects it anyway.
* TheOmniscient: Linda. She not only knows everything about Ed's past, and knows how to alter it to bring it in line with Ed's desires -- she also claims to have perfect knowledge of the BadFuture if Ed stays in the "real world", which Ed doesn't even try to argue with.
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* StepfordSmiler: Ed in the real world, according to his wife -- burying himself in his job and superficial friendliness to his customers to avoid the horror of his home life. Ed's wife wishing he would stop doing this -- because his real emotions are valuable and true even if they're painful -- is {{Foreshadowing}} of Ed's ultimate choice.
* SubwaysSuck: Linda gets Ed's attention at first as a distraction from the everyday grind of dealing with the petty breakdowns and delays on the London Underground.
* SubwaysSuck: Linda gets Ed's attention at first as a distraction from the everyday grind of dealing with the petty breakdowns and delays on the London Underground.
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* StepfordSmiler: Ed in the real world, according to his wife -- burying himself in his job and superficial friendliness to his customers to avoid the horror of his home life. Ed's wife wishing he would stop doing this -- because his real emotions are valuable and true even if they're painful -- is {{Foreshadowing}} {{foreshadowing}} of Ed's ultimate choice.
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** Linda gets Ed's attention at first as a distraction from the everyday grind of dealing with the petty breakdowns and delays on the London Underground.
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** Linda gets Ed's attention at first as a distraction from the everyday grind of dealing with the petty breakdowns and delays on the London Underground.
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* TheOmniscient: Linda. She not only knows everything about Ed's past, and knows how to alter it to bring it in line with Ed's desires -- she also claims to have perfect knowledge of the BadFuture if Ed stays in the "real world", which Ed doesn't even try to argue with.
