I May Destroy You
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Are you all right?
Arabella is not in the mood to answer her well-meaning roommate, Ben (Stephen Wight).
Arabellas eyes well up, and tears roll down her cheeks.
She may have just wanted virtual camaraderie, but her fans want a hero.
Another user follows up: What if they started doxing men?
No scene better encapsulates this full-bloomed obsession than when Terry accompanies Arabella to the doctor.
Terry jumps in the frame to plug her social-media handle and attempt to wrap up Arabellas stream-of-consciousness rant.
Arabella storms off in anger, leaving Terry to have the last word with the doctor.
The doctor meekly agrees with her.
Its something that may hurt some people more than others.
Even stressful virtual threats and demands can directly affect someones mental and physical health.
Whenwe last saw Arabella, she was wading in the pristine waters of a beach in Italy.
Terry reminds him that he might need to talk to Arabella openly about what happened to him someday.
Now dressed in their angelic and demonic finest, the trio paint alongside each other in costume.
Even some of the hard-and-fast rules around talking about these experiences can be flawed and emotionally volatile.
Her anger has yet to subside.
When a guy tries to compliment her costume, she snaps back with a mean retort and leaves.
The post earns a number of reactions that fill the screen with cheers and compliments.
When a user asks if shes okay, the camera takes a step back.
She looks stunned and lost, overwhelmed by the responses.
Shes outraged that Kwame would do such a thing to another woman after all the work shes done online.
Arabella looks incredulous no, of course not.
Who wants to admit to a social-media addiction?
Unfortunately, life isnt that simple.
The words she used against Kwame are now repeated back to her by an imaginary version of herself.
Like many issues on the show, this too is complicated.
That Arabella gets caught up in a posting and livestreaming frenzy is no accident.
What happens to social medias idea of justice when engagement becomes more important?
