A conversation on a father and daughter on morality from the 2026 action thriller miniseries Lucky Episode 5 titled Are We Bad People
“Are we bad people?”
‘What makes you think that?’
“Well, I’m pretty sure we’re not good people.”
‘Given it a lot of thought, huh? What’s our source of heat? On Earth.’
“The sun.”
“What’s our source of cold?”
“Antarctica?”
‘There is no source of cold. Cold is just the absence of heat. So it just becomes a question of how far you are from the sun. Mmm, it’s a question of degree.’
‘So you’re saying there is no evil? Just how far you are from good?”
“Good and evil are man-made concepts. And like everything else man-made, they’re highly imperfect. Do you think a lion wastes one second wondering whether it’s good or bad to kill an antelope? He’s doing what he has to to survive.”
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