Aly Kantor gets past my jaded emotional defenses. Here, the awkward comic brightness of this robot interaction rubs satisfyingly against the matter at hand: a bone-deep despair that craves the solace of self-annihilation. There's a running theme in Kantor's work about the salvation to be found in friendships, but I didn't expect to see it so slyly appear in a customer service interaction between machines. Again I find myself at a Kantor "end of play", misty-eyed and smiling. A cathartic winner.

I'm guilty of what Aly Kantor has written about in "Recall." I thought perhaps Eliza was having an existential crisis or psychological issues as she described her list of "malfunctions." Aly is masterful at presenting given circumstances that are more than what they seem, and that's the case with this short sci-fi drama. The best part? Eliza's victory will help not only herself but also others, as we see at the end.