Episode 1

**Episode 1** is the first episode of the Amazon Prime video science fiction television series *The Feed*.

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## Synopsis

Official episode synopsis from Amazon Prime Video:

The story follows "the British family of Lawrence Hatfield, the man who invented an omnipresent technology called The Feed. Implanted into nearly everyone’s brain, The Feed enables people to share information, emotions and memories instantly. But when things start to go wrong and users become murderous, the family is driven apart as they struggle to control the monster they have unleashed."
## Plot summary

The episode opens on the lavish wedding after party of Ben Hatfield and his new wife, Miyu. In the middle of the speeches, one of the caterers experiences an excruciating headache before brandishing a knife at Ben's throat, saying "it's so dark" and complaining about "voices." His brother Tom and a woman by the name of Kate manage to work together to keep her from injuring anyone. Later at the bar, they hit things off. Meanwhile, Meredith Hatfield has the serving woman institutionalized. Thanks to confidentiality agreements that their guests all signed, they are able to bury the incident.

Two years later, Kate and Tom are married and are expecting a baby. Tom is a psychologist who specializes in working with patients who have been negatively impacted by The Feed, some addicted to the point that they cannot "turn off" without suffering apparent seizures. After one of his patients leave, his brother Ben shows up, requesting that he get in touch with their father, who Tom has been avoiding. Lawrence wants Tom to investigate the disappearance of one of the head of the Moscow hub and biggest investors, Dmitri Garin: his son's feed is mysteriously blocked, something that shouldn't be possible, and he isn't speaking about what happened. Meanwhile, Kate meets with Meredith, who tries to persuade her daughter-in-law to partake in a new program with the Feed to help her to better bond with her baby.

*Tom arrives at the Garin household and is brought upstairs to meet Anton, where he discovers that Anton has gouged out one of his eyes and is suffering a kind of dissociative amnesia to protect himself from some trauma. Tom manages to persuade Anton into showing him the events of the day his father disappeared and his muddle shows him stabbing him to death. Dmitri's body is found buried in the woods and Anton is arrested, but not before he sobs about it being "so dark," striking a cord in both Tom and Lawrence who heard the caterer say those same words at the wedding party.*

*Tom can't help but be haunted by the incident and mentions to Kate that Anton thought something was in his head. Kate, who has been experiencing inexplicable headaches and worrying about the lack of a bond with her baby, starts to worry that there may be something more seriously wrong with her and goes to the doctor. Although her doctor attempts to assure her that headaches and her current lack of motherly instincts are both perfectly normal, she cannot shake the feeling that something is wrong.*

*Later they meet up with their friends Max and Evelyn to celebrate Max's birthday over dinner. Tom asks Evelyn, who works for his father, if he mentioned anything to her about the strange similarities between Anton and the disturbed woman at Ben's wedding. Evelyn is unable to answer him for legal reasons. Evelyn shows off the gift she's given to Max: an "enhancement" in the form of a QR code printed on her skin that allows her to look however he wants. Suddenly, everyone in the restaurant's feeds turn on and cannot be turned off, bombarding them all with a deluge of muddles, many of which are deeply distressing. It turns out that the incident is not relegated to just the restaurant but rather is a world-wide phenomena, resulting in car accidents, power outages, and provoking deadly medical conditions and panicked behavior.*

*Tom and Kate go to the family residence seeking answers. They claim to not know how the system was hacked and infected with a virus, but believe that it's the cause of "the Resisters," those few who refuse to link up to the Feed. Privately, Ben, Meredith, and Lawrence review the mundles of several individuals, including Kate, Tom, Max, and Evelyn and announce to the visiting investigator that they're all clear. There are still another 5000 employees to be cleared via algorithm at the site until anyone can go back to work, not including employees at other sites and former employees.*

*Late that night Kate wakes up panicked and afraid. She says that there was something in her head, in the Feed. She tells Tom she wants him to review her entire feed, and he agrees, only for her water to promptly break. Meanwhile, Meredith releases a statement apologizing for and reassuring their customers that the breach is being handled and will not happen again. The Hatfields are counting on the Resisters to claim responsibility for the hack whether or not they're really responsible for the problem as a PR move, but Ben is not too sure.*

*At the hospital, Kate is experiencing painful contractions and wants an epidural. However, her doctor cannot give her one without her Feed being turned on, and Tom is adamantly opposed as the last two people who said that something was in their head due to the feed hurt themselves. His mother arrives to help and advocates that Tom listen to Kate. Kate gets her epidural and delivers a healthy baby girl who they name Beatrice. Afterwards, Kate has no memory of panicking that something was in her head, He tells her to check her mundles, but she still has no memory of the events.*

*Lawrence visits the mental institution where the catering girl has been all this time; it is revealed that, like Anton, she has gouged out her right eye. The doctors have tried a number of procedures to try to get information from her feed without any success; she remains completely blocked . Lawrence suggests that it may be time to go ahead and extract her Feed, an operation that would kill her.*

## Cast and characters

Starring:

* Michelle Fairley as Meredith Hatfield
* Guy Burnet as Tom Hatfield
* Nina Toussaint-White as Kate Hatfield
* Jeremy Neumark Jones as Ben Hatfield
* Claire-Hope Ashitey as Evelyn
* Osy Ikhile as Max
* Shaquille Ali-Yebuah as Danny
* Chris Reilly as Gil Tomine
* David Thewlis as Lawrence Hatfield

## External links

* Episode 1 on the Internet Movie Database