"I can't think of anything that wasn't realistic," Hendricks said. At least from a technology perspective, "it's totally possible." (It also may have actually happened, if the stories about former PM David Cameron's university antics are true.)

"Fifteen Million Merits"

The second episode in the series imagines a distant future in which people must pedal on stationary bikes to power their building and earn currency ("merits") for food and entertainment.

Hendricks said the episode rethinks the entire nature of society based on the trend of "freemium" mobile games, create feedback loops of desire that keep people coming back for more. He said this episode is the one his colleagues find most satisfying to watch because it takes a real-world phenomenon to its most extreme.