The clue to this latest episode in Channel 4's Philip K Dick Electric Dreams anthology was in the title. Two different people, one a multi-millionaire mogul grieving and seeking vengeance for the violent death of his wife, the other a female cop, trying to track down the criminal mastermind who massacred her colleagues where she managed to escape, are separately encouraged to take a mind-vacation to escape the stress engendered by their memories of these events.
But their stories keep converging, they're both chasing the same gang-leader bearing the unlikely name of Colin, seem to share the same wife, end up in the same places and eventually come to the shared confusion and conclusion as to just who is dreaming who and whose is the real reality, if you follow my drift.
It took a little while for the narrative penny to drop with me but once it did, I found this to be the most intriguing of the episodes I've watched so far in the series. Of course I recognise the Dick-ensian device of the dream-vacation from "Total Recall" but it's a fascinating one and remarkably prescient of the popularity of interactive role-play in today's computer games.
I enjoyed the depiction of future life with its Fifth Element-style flying cars and invisible communication devices plus there was even a daring, though understandably non-graphic depiction of lesbian sex too. The acting, set design and direction were all of a high standard with the viewer kept guessing as to whose world was real and whose imaginary right up to the end.
Very good episode.