Arkangel

I think the bigger point here was that the mother never allowed for the possibility that her daughter is a separate individual with her own life that cannot and should not be controlled. She thinks the fact that she cares and worries about her justifies the control. Even after the daughter smashed the tablet on her head (there couldn't possibly be a greater act of rejection except outright murder), the mother is still "worried" and just NEEDS to know where her daughter is and what she is experiencing.

I will rewatch it, but from my first watch, I interpreted it as the mother carelessly leaving the filter on (after turning it on to filter out the dog barking*), not actively monitoring it, until she checks back later on. I saw it as an accident because I thought the intention was just to filter out that loud dog, then assumed she turned it back off off-camera. The only times we see the mother check back on the girl were coincidentally during terrifying/intense times, indicating she rarely checked back. Each time she did, though, I wanted to kick the mom in the face for being so careless.

>She both wanted to protect and control her daughter. I believe that was the point of the story.

I understand and agree she wanted to protect her daughter. I believe she wanted to do as little parenting as possible while still having her daughter to grow up in an ever-present "safe space"/bubble.

Maybe I completely misunderstood this. The girl therefore didn't get to develop basic fight-or-flight responses. During my first view of this episode, I just didn't see how the mother could have done this on purpose to her daughter, especially with her hesitation regarding the filter from the start.



*(... and again after Grandpa has a heart attack, and finally while the girl was stabbing herself only to see blood (and pain?) being filtered out)

At some point its going to be invasion of privacy as the kid grows up, the system could be misused as well if the tablet falls in the wrong hand. The censoring is just not practical, the kid could be in danger and not realise it till its too late.

Well, my answer would be on par with the question, but let's assume this: It was banned in other countries because it was actually a camouflage for the CIA to collect data. Same thing explains the research funding.

I'll agree, but that's what makes this show so great. Some shows hit different people different ways. I could relate to her fear and terror and how it was when she saw those things she saw her daughter do in later years. But she definitely was controlling, and I could relate to that from my own upbringing. I love this show, it hits so many points.