Black Mirror: Be Right Back

The main thing people might debate after watching Be Right Back, which is an episode on a Netflix series called Black Mirror, is when can an android no longer be considered and android? After watching the episode, it seems that people have mixed motions about the matter. The story line of course has a lot to do with the question on whether androids should be allowed to look that human like. It all starts when the two characters: Martha and Ash (1), move to a rural house, which seems to be Ash’s deceased mother. Right away you can tell that Ash (1) and Martha are of course happy, but Ash (1) seems to spend most of his time on his smartphone; not paying much attention to his wife. After just one day of being in the house, which I believe their going to fix up to start a family in, Ash (1) goes into town to return a rental van and get their car back. Martha being an artist and having a deadline for work, stays home and sends Ash (1) out all by himself even though Ash (1) asked her a couple times to go with him. After many hours pass and Ash (1) is not home Martha knows that something is wrong, which it is. Martha comes to find that Ash (1) has died in a car crash, and when she hears the news she begins to mourn his death. At the funeral a lady that knows Martha, tells her that there is a new app where you can text deceased people. At first Martha denies it and does not want any part in such things, but that all changes when she finds out that she is pregnant. She immediately goes to the app and starts texting Ash (2) (she had been singed up to the app by her friend by the way) because she has no one to talk to. Martha begins to get attached to Ash (2) and starts calling him on the phone every day. Ash (2) then tells her that there is an experimental side to the app, in which she can order and android that would look just like Ash (1) and be like Ash (1). Martha is hesitant at first but goes on to ordering the android. After the android has been all set up, Martha is afraid of it because it looks so much like Ash (1) but being the first night seeing Ash again or at least something that looks like him, she gets drunk and becomes intimate with Ash (2). After a couple days she realizes that Ash (2) is not enough like Ash (1) so she decides to get rid of it. To her getting rid of Ash (2) is creepy because she just puts him/it in the attic. After watching the episode I understand why people would want an exact android of someone they miss, but it comes down to a point where you can ask yourself: have we gone to far with technology?