Striking Vipers
Fairly interesting episode. It's like San Junipero but with a much smaller focus and somewhat heavy on filler; it raises the question of whether something like this would be cheating when it's not "real". However, did the creators of this VR game system not anticipate that people would use it for cybersex? Because in that case they obviously haven't watched Virtuacall or Sword Art Online ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Or learned from past experiences - they're the same company that runs the San Junipero datacenter. Also, why does Danny wonder how sex feels for a woman, when he could just choose a female character in the game? Sort of bittersweet ending where the wife accepts the whole situation, but only if it happens once a year and she gets to do the same in 3D.
Smithereens
Good drama with plenty of tension throughout. Noteworthy how the people in charge of Smithereen knew more details about Chris than the police, simply because he had shared on the addicting social network, and also could listen to him through the app in his phone (does this remind you of anything?). In the end, the sniper is heavily implied to have killed both Chris and possibly Jaden, but this all becomes a notification that people see, read and move on. Which is the same that would happen in the real world.
Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too
This one is about the costs and expectations that come with fame and the dark side of the music industry. Two of the three technologies that keep "Ashley" touring while she's in a coma (the hologram projection and voice synthethizer) already exist in the real world. The concept of copying your consciousness into a mini self had already been explored previously; fairly negligent of the toy's manufacturers to record a complete copy of Ashley's mind on the dolls and then just program a limiter, which is apparently trivial to remove. Apparently, her songs were written by Trent Reznor; the one that plays at the end and over the credits definitely had that NIN vibe.