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What did you guys think about Little Brother by Cory Doctorow?
I just added it to my shelf and wanted to hear other readers’ thoughts.
I like how Minsky's story connects to the parable Gus's neighbor tells him in Season 1, about the man who "gave everything."
The man in the parable sees that there is suffering in the world, and he literally says, "I can help." But none of it feels like enough (he feels useless) so at the end he takes his own life to give everything he has, much like Minsky has to be turned off in order to share everything he's learned.
Interestingly, the useless machine Gloria finds kind of looks like a coffin. At the end of the episode, we see Ennis's coffin, with one half open like the machine, which could be a nod to Ennis himself being a "useless machine" in Gloria's quest for answers.
Minsky is also designed to look like the useless machine. When he turns himself off, he opens the top of his head and flips a switch that goes from green to red. Except it turns out he wasn't so useless after all.
In Season 2, Charlie also tells his dad, "I can help." So there were two uses of the phrase before the show even presented Minsky's story. I can't recall it being said in Season 4.
In Gillian Flynn's psychological thriller, 'Gone Girl,' the disappearance of Amy Dunne on her fifth wedding anniversary leads to a media frenzy and a police investigation that uncovers dark secrets. As suspicion falls on her husband, Nick, the story delves into the complexities of marriage and the facades people create.
