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More importantly, it gets the emotional aspect right.
The episode takes its time, letting us slowly re-experience the initial wonder of the medium through their eyes.
The mythos of the era was that middle-aged perverts were trawling chat rooms to pick up unsuspecting teens.
No wonder shes so quick to fall head-over-heels in love with him.
But Maya doesnt mind; her digital self has emboldened her real one.
So Anna agrees to join her, provided that Brendan comes for extra backup.
But both girls do end up coming down off their internet sugar high.
At the bowling alley, Brendan tries to make the most delicate and fumbling of physical advances on Anna.
She swats him away like a gnat, surprising even herself with the ferocity of her response.
The big reveal, of course, is that Flymiamibro is Sam.
Building up to a big Maya-Sam romantic moment isnt urgent; well get there when we get there.
… the mechanism may have changed, but all the feelings are exactly the same.
