When Flynne Fisher’s ne’er-do-well brother lands a lucrative gig testing new VR tech, he drafts Flynne to do the heavy lifting, and she’s bowled over by the future world the VR has created—until she realizes it’s more than a sim.
Michael Main
If it were time travel, as you say, you’d be here physically. This is merely a matter of data transfer: quantum tunneling is the technical term for it. I understand your confusion.

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  1. The Peripheral, Season 1 by multiple writers and directors, 8 episodes (Amazon Prime, 21 October 2022 to 2 December 2022).
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    William Gibson (based on a work by)
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  3. “Pilot,” written by Scott B. Smith, directed by Vincenzo Natali (Netflix, USA, 15 February 2019).
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    William Gibson (based on a work by)
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  5. “Empathy Bonus,” written by Scott B. Smith, directed by Vincenzo Natali (Netflix, USA, 15 February 2019).
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    William Gibson (based on a work by)
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  7. “Haptic Drift,” written by Scott B. Smith, directed by Alrick Riley (Netflix, USA, 15 February 2019).
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    William Gibson (based on a work by)
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  9. “Jackpot,” written by Scott B. Smith, directed by Alrick Riley (Netflix, USA, 15 February 2019).
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    William Gibson (based on a work by)
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  11. “What about Bob?,” written by Jamie Chan, directed by Vincenzo Natali (Netflix, USA, 15 February 2019).
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    William Gibson (based on a work by)
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  13. “Fuck You and Eat Shit,” written by Greg Plageman, directed by Vincenzo Natali (Netflix, USA, 15 February 2019).
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    William Gibson (based on a work by)
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  15. “The Doodad,” written by Jamie Chan, directed by Alrick Riley (Netflix, USA, 15 February 2019).
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    William Gibson (based on a work by)
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  17. “The Creation of a Thousand Forests,” written by Scott B. Smith, directed by Alrick Riley (Netflix, USA, 15 February 2019).
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    William Gibson (based on a work by)
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Previous Works

loosely based on The Peripheral (2014)