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A study in oils: 3* hockey player has to flee Luna after killing another player during a match. Hides in an artist retreat, paints the location of the incident, sends it to his (handler) Marta. He gets his citizenship afterwards. Criminals get a noose on their neck that anyone can trigger temporarily.

Our Lady...: 3* band on tour. StageHolo is taking down venues. Their van is stolen. They consider the offer from StageHolo, decide to do without for now.

Madeleine: 2*? Woman takes part in a clinical study shortly after her mother's death (Alzheimer), starts having episodes, reliving memories. Sees a girl Zeinab she doesn't know, they become friends. Z also took part in the study, didn't recognize her until seeing her as an adult. They find each other at the end.

Madeleine: 2*? Woman takes part in a clinical study shortly after her mother's death (Alzheimer), starts having episodes, reliving memories. Sees a girl Zeinab she doesn't know, they become friends. Z also took part in the study, didn't recognize her until seeing her as an adult. They find each other at the end.

Robo-Liopleurodon: 4* so short. Marine researcher's ship is caught by nanobotplankton sent by her graduate adviser turned pirate. They were requesting science materials, but left after recognizing her. She wonders if she'll join someday.

The Need for Air: 3* Mother prefers the digital world, tries to prevent her son from leaving the digital world, until he asks Human Affairs to be free of her. Her reasons for preferring the digital world are relatable (house work, travelling, etc.). The boy has been caring for a disabled dog outside the digital world.

Calved: 3* a father is trying to reconnect with his teenage son by giving him his New York shirt. The boy loves it, then one day doesn't have it and tells his father it was taken from him. Later, the dad sees someone wearing the shirt and gets it back violently. It was the son's friend/lover. He gives it back to his son wrapped up and tells him to open it later.

Strange Waters: 4* A woman travels through time currents, trying to make it back to her four children. A letter from her 72 yo daughter stops her travelling after many years.

Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™: 2*? Man meets a client and makes him a friend, then this other man replaces him (takes his job and potentially his wife and his house). I'm not really getting it.

Tender Loving Plastics: A robot is "Mom" to Issa and her brother Trevor, until Trevor is taken to another home for being angry. She gets a new sister Makenzie. Issa visits her old home when she is 23 and Mom asks how she could have been better.