#miranda pryce

the beauty of Wolf 359 is that it says "everyone deserves a second chance". the tragedy of Wolf 359 is that it also says "but not everyone gets that chance".

Every single time I relisten to the show, I walk out feeling more upset about Dr Pryce's fate. The choice was situationally justified by the big picture, meaning that it was the only way to ensure she wouldn't wipe out humanity, but this doesn't change the fact that her blood is on Hera and Eiffel's hands, just as Maxwell's was on Minkowski's. Is there a threshold past which everything the show has previously held about choice and responsibility ceases to apply to you? Dr Pryce's loss of autonomy compensates Hera for her own, but who compensates Dr Pryce? Who pays for this murder, and the one after that? Who gets to decide when you are inhuman enough that you cannot be allowed to continue to exist as you are? We know where that road leads.