6.8
Two fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
Shane Carruth
Aaron
David Sullivan
Abe
Casey Gooden
Robert
Anand Upadhyaya
Philip
Carrie Crawford
Kara
Jay Butler
Metalshop Worker
John Carruth
Man On Couch #1
Juan Tapia
Man On Couch #2
Ashley Warren
Hostess
Samantha Thomson
Rachel Granger
Chip Carruth
Thomas Granger
Delaney Price
Laney
Jack Pyland
Aaron's Co-worker
Keith Bradshaw
Clean Room Technician
Ashok Upadhyaya
Laboratory Technician
Brandon Blagg
Will
Jon Cook
Will's Cousin
David Joyner
Rachel's Date
Eric De Soualhat
Translator
Kevin Lucero Less
Seth Pool Party Guest
Director, Writer
Shane Carruth
September 4, 2023
6
This has quite a clever concept - a group of four engineering friends are building a prototype piece of equipment. "Abe" (David Sullivan) discovers - accidentally - when testing it, that is has positively game-changing potential and confides his secret in his colleague "Aaron" (Shane Carruth). Rather than share this invention between the group, the two decide to relocate their gadget and use it to exploit the stock markets and make themselves rich. It demonstrates quite well, the conflicting values and morals that this sort of limitless opportunity might present if given to any one of us - but the characterisations are way too one-dimensional. The dialogue is relentless, and after a while you just want them to stop talking and get on with it. It's short - and does require a bit of concentration to get anything out of it - but more, I found, as a source of an ethical conversation about "what if?" than about anything to do with this piece of drama, itself.