The first two episodes of "The Peripheral" are now streaming on Prime Video. The show is a new addition to an already extensive list of dramas centered around the concept of apocalypse and time travel.

The Peripheral show's story

The show revolves around the story of a young woman, Flynne Fisher. She lives an everyday life while working and caring for her ailing mother, Ella Fisher. Flynne's brother Burton Fisher spends most of his time playing games.

Flynn's best friend, Billy Ann, tells her that she is wasting her time at the printing shop and should play games to earn extra money. Billy tries to convince Flynn that women are also getting into the game industry and earning well.

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India's first smart and green highway

The Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), which consumed 5 lakh tonne of cement and 1 lakh tonne of steel, is going to be completed in a record time of about 500 days against a target of 910 days. The expressway will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 29. Here are some facts about the new road.

Distance and cost

The 135-km six-lane access-controlled expressway, built at a cost of nearly Rs 11,000 crore will help decongest the national capital along with the first phase of Delhi-Meerut Expressway. The cost of construction alone was Rs 4,420 crore.

Tech all-along

The EPE is equipped with smart and intelligent highway traffic management system (HTMS) and video incident detection system (VIDS) besides a closed tolling system in which the collections will be made only on the distance travelled and not on the entire length and would be lit with solar lights.

Apart from Highway Traffic Management System (HTMS) that includes Variable Message Signs (VMS) CCTV, Video Incident Detection System (VIDS), Warning Devices, Over Speed Checking System, Weigh-in-Motion, Pavement Management Systems and Fiber Optic Network, it will have real time incident management.

To bring down pollution

The expressway will divert an estimated 2 lakh vehicles passing through the national capital daily to this bypass. This will help in decongesting Delhi and its adjoining areas as no commercial vehicle (which is not destined for Delhi) can enter Delhi.

Going green

This is the first expressway in the country with solar power for lighting on the entire expressway. There are 8 solar power plants on this expressway having a capacity of 4000- kilo watt (4 MW). For plantation, drip irrigation has been used in the central median as well as for avenue plantation.

The interchanges have been developed architecturally with beautiful plantation merged with fountains and 28 fountains have been installed. About 1.5 crore cum fly ash has been used in the project and about 20,000 trucks of earth were carried out in a single day to expedite project.

Later in the episode, Burton gets a gaming device for which he was chosen as a beta tester. The game's condition was straightforward, the longer he survives, the more money he will earn. Burton asks Flynn to play the game. And Flynn's life gets upside down after she agrees to do so. At the end of episode 1, Flynn learns that some people want to kill her.

The Peripheral" episode 2

Episode 2 of the show reveals that a woman name Cherise Nuland has put a bounty on Flynn. Burtons and his friends engage in a violent fight against the mercenaries who have come to kill Flynn. And the second episode of "The Peripheral" moves further in this context.

FAQs:

On which platform "The Peripheral" is being streamed?
"The Peripheral" is being streamed on Prime Video.

To which genre does "The Peripheral" belong?
"The Peripheral" belongs to the sci-fi genre.

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What happened in "The Peripheral" episode 1 and 2

The first two episodes of the sci-fi show "The Peripheral" are now streaming. The show is related to the concept of VR (virtual reality) and time travel.