Safe And Sound is the ninth episode of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams. Inspired by Philip K. Dick's story "Foster, You're Dead," it was first broadcast in 2018.
Synopsis[]
A small-town girl (Annalise Basso), already gripped with social anxiety, moves to a big city with her mother (Maura Tierney). For the first time she is exposed to urban society's emphasis on security and terrorist prevention. Her school days are soon consumed by fear and paranoia, but she finds guidance and companionship in the most unexpected of places.
Plot[]
In a near-future dystopia, the United States is divided between high-tech, hysterically paranoid "safe" cities and "bubble" communities where invasive technologies are rejected. A "bubble" representative moves with her daughter for a year of negotiations and life in the big city. While the mother tries to negotiate better treatment of the bubbles, her daughter struggles to adapt to school life, its social oddities, and the pervasive technologies around her.
Cast[]
- Annalise Basso as Foster Lee
- Maura Tierney as Irene Lee
- Connor Paolo as Ethan
- Alice Lee as Milena
- Algee Smith as Kaveh
- Martin Donovan as Odin
- Emily Rudd as Kim
- Mari Marroquin as Teacher
- Emma Neira as Older Girl
- Jordan Miczek as Security Guard
- Randall McDonald as Security Guard #2
- Mike Geraghty as Border Patrol Agent
- Terence Sims as Border Authority
- Sam Straley as Bully 1
- Matthew Chappelle as Bully 2
- Aidan Traynor as Jacob
- Lindsay Stock as Teenage Advertisement
- Pamela Jones as Newscaster
- Aurora Adachi-Winter as Kaveh's Friend #1
- Sarah Lo as Kaveh's Friend #2
- Jeremiah Garcia as Kaveh's Friend #3
- Andy Stout as Terrorist Man
- Deano Bugatti as High Ranking Official
- Erica Foster as Dex Student
- Matthias Kocur as Red Banded Boy/Non-Dex Student
- Lily Paige as Dex Student
- Ashland Thomas as Reporter