Episode 8 Reflections

EPISODE 8: THE DIACHRONIC PROBLEM OF PERSONAL IDENTITY

EPISODE 8 REFLECTIONS SET 1

EXT. PARKING LOT
Able is hunkered into a shady corner of the lot, swiping at the screen of his smart phone. He’s scrolling though his digital pictures. This is what he sees:
- Able and his mother, both in sunglasses, sitting on a boardwalk bench.
- Able and a girlfriend in a bar.
- Able and two dogs.
- Able and a girlfriend at the entrance of a National Park.
- Able and a buddy, hoisting beer glasses and mugging for camera.
- Able and his father in front of a church.
- Able and 2 pals, arms around shoulders.
- Able and his father.
- Able and a married couple.
- Able, under a white pick up; just his legs are visible.
- Able, staring into the camera
BACK TO:
Able keeps clicking through the photos– faster and faster, back and forth—desperate to remember those people, to recall that life, to recognize himself.

EPISODE 8 REFLECTIONS SET 2

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.
Kenneth L. Pike

EPISODE 8 REFLECTIONS SET 3