David Ross

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Evil-doer
Full Name	David Ross
Alias	Dave (possibly)
Origin	Black Mirror
Occupation	Astronaut Artist
Powers / Skills	No information
Goals	Save his family from the hippie cult Win Lana's heart (both failed) Kill Cliff's family to make him understand his suffering (succeeded)
Crimes	Stalking Attempted rape Child abuse Murder
Type of Villain	Tragic Love Rival

David Ross is the main antagonist of "Beyond the Sea," the third episode in Season 6 of Black Mirror.

He is portrayed by Josh Hartnett, who also played Hugo Goulding in O, The Colonel in Sin City, and Cooper Abbott in Trap.

Biography

In an alternate history 1969, David and Cliff Stanfield are astronauts two years into a six-year mission. They can transfer their consciousness to artificial copies of their bodies on Earth when not needed on the ship for routine checks and exercise.

As Cliff and his wife Lana recently moved to the countryside with their son Henry, Lana suggests a garden party to meet neighbours, but Cliff rejects the idea. David goes to the movies with his son, daughter and wife Jessica for his son's birthday. He dances to "La Mer" with Jessica and fondles her. David and Cliff are both interrupted by an alert, leading the two to return to their real bodies. On the station, Cliff repairs the solar coating of the station while David supervises. They then return to their replica bodies on Earth.

At night, David hears intruders and approaches with a baseball bat. The four intruders—led by Kappa—comprise a cult that oppose artificial humans. They tie David up; he watches as they kill his family and destroy his replica.

Restricted to the spaceship, David falls silent in grief and is at risk of suicide. At Lana's suggestion, Cliff lets David use his replica to walk through the forest. David, in Cliff's replica, breaks down in tears and Lana embraces him.

Back on the ship, Cliff is heartened by David's drawing of his house from memory and allows David to use his replica for an hour per week to recreate it as an oil painting.

David and Lana grow more familiar during his visits; he becomes infatuated with her and she enjoys his attentiveness. When David runs out of linseed oil, he convinces Lana to take a trip into town. They buy a book he recommends; the shopkeeper mistakes David for Cliff and offers condolences to David. Later, David dances with Lana to "La Mer", but she rejects his sexual advances. Henry vandalizes David's painting, so David hits him. Lana demands he leave and tries to convince Cliff not to allow him back.

Cliff discovers nude sketches of Lana in David's room on the ship. Cliff punches David, who believes Cliff is unappreciative of what he has. When Cliff confronts Lana, she confesses to her feelings of neglect and to David's advances, which she insists she rejected. The couple reconcile.

Days later, Cliff responds to an alert and takes a spacewalk, but discovers there is no problem. Meanwhile, David uses Cliff's replica to kill his family. Cliff discovers his replica is covered in blood and finds the bodies. As Cliff returns to the ship, David offers him a seat.

Personality

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