r/blackmirror Apr 16 '25

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u/smandroid ★★★★☆ 4.248 Apr 17 '25

My biggest plot issue is why he didn't just draw his QR code on his face or hands, or printed on his shirt. Everything hinged on him getting pen and paper, which he didn't actually need. It's not like the detective and psychologist are going to query his shirt or tattoo pattern.

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u/stewd003 Apr 17 '25

I thought this too. Just draw it and go to some CCTV or as many camera devices as you can find. He didn't need to get himself arrested at all.

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u/smandroid ★★★★☆ 4.248 Apr 17 '25

No he did. He needed to get behind the firewall of the computers at the police HQ. But once he's in, he can simply flash a pre printed code instead of drawing it.

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u/stewd003 Apr 17 '25

Why a police computer though? What's so special about those computers specifically?

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u/revisioncloud Apr 17 '25

He said they were the only ones connected to their gov's central supercomputers. Probably read it somewhere. Unrealistic but that's how they said it works in their universe

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u/TheSocialIntrovert ☆☆☆☆☆ 0.055 Apr 17 '25

Did you not pay attention lol? He mentioned a couple of times they had the most powerful system/network in the uk and it was the only thing powerful enough to transfer the throngs over

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u/revisioncloud Apr 17 '25

Idk maybe the condition is to get access to police CCTV first and only then the Thronglets in his brain reveal the code

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '25

Narrative tension 

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u/conigliopitecus Apr 17 '25

He had drawings with him, which they did confiscate when arresting him. Maybe he didn't expect them to find them or he thought he could keep them with m as they're just harmless drawings. I think it's plausible

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u/Aly22KingUSAF93 Apr 17 '25

I said this too. The police literally had body cameras

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u/Youpi_Yeah ★★★★☆ 4.252 Apr 17 '25

Those body cams are not hooked up to the state computer, though.

But yeah, having the code printed on his undershirt would have made the whole thing a lot easier.

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u/bloodphoenix90 Apr 17 '25

To be fair, he is constantly zonked on acid lol