Should you watch The Peripheral?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Peripheral
Series · 2022
Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks all of her dreams of finding a purpose, romance, and glamour in what seems like a game…but it also puts her and her family in real danger.
The sides of The Peripheral
- A gamer in a small Appalachian town
- A headset that sends her into a future London
- Her brother, a war veteran
The Peripheral is good for you if…
- you like piecing together two timelines and who is pulling the strings.
- you like Flynne and her brother Burton standing together to protect their sick mother.
- you like gunfights in a small town and robot bodies in a future city.
The Peripheral is bad for you if…
- you can't stand bloody shootouts.
- you need a story that ends, and this one stops after one season.
About: technology · family · the future
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