‘The Big Door Prize’ Infuses Soft Science-Fiction with a Strong Heart

What’s your potential?It’s not a question you hear that often — at least, not since you sat in front of a high school guidance counselor or outspoken parent — but it’s certainly one lingering in your mind as you make decisions.

Is my job fulfilling enough? Should I move to to another city? Another country? Even when thinking about partners or kids, you may wonder how choosing who to pursue could end up defining the rest of your life — either expanding what you’re capable of or limiting it.“The Big Door Prize,” an Apple TV+ comedy based on M.O.

Walsh’s 2021 novel of the same name, forces the question into the spotlight when a mysterious machine appears (as if from nowhere) within a small town convenience store.

Glowing with blue light and built like a ’90s arcade game, the “Morpho” machine invites patrons to sit down in front of its touchscreen,

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