Storyline

In a not so distant future, where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to
undertake a drastic One-Child Policy, seven identical sisters (all of them portrayed by Noomi
Rapace) live a hide-and-seek existence pursued by the Child Allocation Bureau. The Bureau,
directed by the fierce Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close), enforces a strict family-planning
agenda that the sisters outwit by taking turns assuming the identity of one person: Karen
Settman. Taught by their grandfather (Willem Dafoe) who raised and named them -
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - each can go
outside once a week as their common identity, but are only free to be themselves in the
prison of their own apartment. That is until, one day, Monday does not come home.

 In 2073, overpopulation causes a worldwide crisis, resulting in a strict one-child policy

enforced by the Child Allocation Bureau. When multiple children are born to one mother, all
but the eldest are put into cryosleep. Karen Settman dies when she gives birth to identical
stippled sisters. Their grandfather Terrence names them after the days of the week and
trains them to pose as a single individual named after their mother. To safeguard their
secret, Terrence ensures they share information at a meeting on a daily basis and replicates
any accident that affects one of the sisters' physical appearance. The sisters develop a
system of wigs and makeup to cover any identifying features. Terrence reminds them of the
importance of going out only one at a time, and that what happens to one of them must
happen to all of them. When Thursday breaks the rules by going out on a day that isn't
hers, she injures one of her fingers, severing it at the first knuckle. A disappointed Terrence
is forced to remove the same portion of finger from all the girls to maintain a single
appearance, starting with Monday.

Decades later, the sisters have all managed to survive without suspicion. As Sunday returns
from her job at a bank, she sees C.A.B. agents detain a child as onlookers protest. The
siblings watch the recorded incident and debate turning themselves in, particularly
Thursday, who wonders if being put into cryosleep would be so bad; she wouldn't mind
being woken up even a hundred years in the future if it means being able to be her own
person in public and find a romantic partner. Others, like Saturday, are upset at the thought
of being separated, and the responsible eldest sister, Monday, insists on the importance of
working together as a unit. After Monday's admonishment, everyone agrees to continue
their act. The following day, Monday prepares her disguise as Karen, nervous about giving a
presentation. At a checkpoint, Monday runs into Adrian Knowles, a C.A.B. agent who flirts
with her. At the bank, Monday's co-worker Jerry, a competitor for a promotion, hints at
blackmailing her.

The day wears on, but Monday doesn't return home. This worries the rest of the sisters,
who know that Monday is the most responsible and has never missed a meeting. Tuesday
retraces her steps the next day. Tuesday learns Monday got the promotion and met Jerry at
a bar. Before she can investigate further, C.A.B. agents detain her and cut off her
communications. Adrian sees Tuesday being escorted to a cell, where she meets Nicolette
Cayman, head of the bureau and a candidate for parliament. Cayman explains she knows
about Tuesday's siblings, and, when Tuesday offers a bribe, reveals Monday offered the
same deal. Cayman orders C.A.B. agents to assassinate Tuesday's sisters as Tuesday is
presumably killed.
C.A.B. agents use Tuesday's severed eye to bypass a retinal scanner. Thursday ambushes
the agents as they arrest the other siblings. The sisters kill the agents, but Sunday dies
after being hit by gunfire. Learning the eye is Tuesday's, the sisters suspect Jerry may have
sold them out. The next day, Wednesday leaves without disguising herself and confronts
Jerry. He reveals the sisters got the promotion when "Karen" sent millions of euros to
Cayman to fund her campaign. After a C.A.B. sniper kills him, Wednesday kills several
C.A.B. agents and flees.

As the others remotely guide Wednesday to safety, Adrian shows up at the apartment,
concerned about "Karen". Thursday convinces Saturday to leave with Adrian, who has had a
long-term sexual relationship with one of the sisters. Pretending to be Karen, Saturday loses
her virginity by having vigorous sex with Adrian and covertly links their bracelets, allowing
Friday to hack into C.A.B. headquarters. On a video feed, they apparently find Monday in a
holding cell. Meanwhile, C.A.B. agents corner and kill Wednesday after the latter makes a
desperate leap across the rooftops. After Adrian leaves his apartment, C.A.B. agents kill
Saturday after she reveals that Monday was the one dating Adrian. Reasoning that she can
not survive on her own, When C.A.B. agents storm the apartment, Friday sacrifices herself
to give Thursday a chance to escape and save Monday, and she blows up the apartment.

Adrian hears about the incident and, distraught, rushes to the apartment. Thursday takes
him hostage and accuses him of selling Monday out, blaming him for the deaths of her
sisters. He is at first confused but claims to love Monday after realizing they are siblings.
Realizing that he is innocent, Thursday convinces Adrian to help by telling him Monday is
still alive. Adrian sneaks Thursday into C.A.B. headquarters in a body bag. As she is
prepared for disposal, a child undergoes cryosleep. Instead of being frozen, it is incinerated,
which Thursday records. After overpowering the guards, Adrian and Thursday discover that
Tuesday is alive, only missing her eye. When Thursday asks Tuesday what happened to
Monday, it is revealed that Monday indeed bribed Cayman with a massive campaign
donation - to get rid of her other sisters and take on the identity for herself.

Thursday confronts Monday in the bathroom. Monday retorts that she was always the best
Karen Settman, and deserved to have the life for her own; her sisters were just "afterbirth."
Monday resented the other sisters for not being as responsible as her, especially Thursday,
whose carelessness cost everyone part of a finger. After a scuffle, Thursday shoots Monday
and leaves her for dead. As Cayman hosts a fundraiser, Tuesday and Adrian broadcast
Thursday's video footage. The crowd turns on Cayman, who insists she only did what was
necessary. Monday staggers into the fundraiser, but a C.A.B. agent shoots her before she
can kill Cayman. As the crowd flees, Monday reveals to the others that she was pregnant
and pleads with Thursday to take care of her children as she dies. In the aftermath, the
Child Allocation Act is repealed and Cayman faces the death penalty. Thursday, Adrian, and
Tuesday watch Monday's and Adrian's twins develop in an artificial womb. Tuesday and
Thursday rename themselves Terry and Karen, respectively.

Major characters

Cast[edit]
 Noomi Rapace as The Settman Siblings – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday – septuplets sharing the identity of Karen Settman, a banker
 Clara Read as The Young Settman Siblings
 Willem Dafoe as Terrence Settman, the siblings' grandfather
 Glenn Close as Nicolette Cayman, the head of the Child Allocation Bureau (C.A.B.)
 Marwan Kenzari as Adrian Knowles, a C.A.B. security guard
 Christian Rubeck as Joe, the head of Security of the C.A.B.
 Pål Sverre Hagen as Jerry, Karen's coworker
 Tomiwa Edun as Eddie, the septuplets' doorman
 Cassie Clare as Zaquia, a C.A.B. agent
 Robert Wagner as Charles Benning, a journalist

Who are the Days of the Week?

Currently scrubbing back through the movie to try and ascertain the personality types of each of the

days of the week. It’s a tricky thing to pull off, but I think I’m getting close now.

Monday – long haired leader, that went missing

Tuesday – red headed compassionate drug user

Wednesday – health nut and anti-NGO fanatic?

Thursday – short haired skateboarder that thrashed her finger and longs for freedom

Friday – skull cap wearing, smart number cruncher

Saturday – blonde hair partier and cut up

Sunday – the believer and the idealist

Karen Settman is their collective identity that they all take on together, disavowing their particular

unique attributes.

Story of What Happened to Monday

The story is simple enough, Monday vanishes, and the other six women need to figure out what

happened to her before the authorities do. Otherwise their cover, Karen Settman, will be blown and
they won’t be able to ever go out again. One of the interesting things about the story is that the story

is told over the course of a week which allows each of the sisters a chance to go out and increment

their search and learn more as the week progresses. And if you were a little confused with who did

what, or when each sister died… or who it was that was dying I’ve detailed out the events below:

Monday: Monday meets Jerry in the elevator and he tells her that he is onto her. Monday heads up

and apparently gives her presentation, but doesn’t return home Monday night.

Sisters left: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

Tuesday: Monday left early to celebrate apparently. So did she get the promotion that they were all

hoping for? She apparently went to her favorite bar, Harry’s. And when she gets there she learns

that Harry and Monday argued. And all the sisters determine that Jerry is on to them. And when

Tuesday goes to confront Harry, she is nabbed by the CAB and introduced to Caymen. Guards from

CAB come to the apartment, using Tuesday’s eyeball to get in. Enormously fantastic fight with the

guards, with each woman’s personality showing through in their fighting style. But in the end Sunday

dies.

Sisters left: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

Wednesday: When Wednesday arrives at Jerry’s apartment she is met with, “Hello Karen, you are

cutting it close aren’t you.” Which is all kinds of confusing right about now. Basically Jerry wants

Karen to pass on the promotion or else he is going to let others know about “her little secret”. But it

wasn’t the sisters, it was the 407c transfer contract. Apparently Monday set up a contract with Dr.

Cayman.

After some fingerprint cleverness Wednesday gets out of Jerry’s apartment after linking the contract

over to her sisters. Then, flip back at the apartment where the CAB guard at the checkpoint knocks

on the door. Apparently Monday and he had hooked up before. But this doesn’t dawn on them. So

Thursday tells Saturday to go with him to his place and find out which one of them he has been
seeing. And back to Wednesday, she gets help from Friday and then makes a leap across from one

roof to the other, only to be shot by Joe, the CAB agent assisting Cayman. “Why would Karen

Settmen illegally transfer millions of dollars into Dr. Cayman’s campaign fund?” Meanwhile, Saturday

successfully links her band with the agent’s.

Sisters left: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

Thursday: Using the linked band from Saturday, Friday and Thursday access the video feed of the

processing center and find Monday in cell C34. When we cut back to Saturday, she learns that

Monday had been in a relationship with Adrian Knowles (the CAB agent) for a while. But the biggest

news is that Cayman is making a run for parliament.

Saturday is killed in Knowles’ apartment while talking with Friday and Thursday on the video feed in

spectacular fashion. Then the CAB agents attack the apartment with tear gas, but Friday tricks

Thursday and stays behind in order to transfer the family photos. (Um?) “I synched everything, go

and get Monday. Show Cayman who Karen Settmen really is.” And then she blew it all up.

Thursday went and found Adrian thinking that he had sold them all out. It was immediately after he

saw Friday dead and told him Karen wasn’t dead. So Adrian takes Thursday to the Child Allocation

Bureau in a body bag, acting as if she was one of the sisters who had previously died. There,

Thursday witnesses a girl getting put to “cryo-sleep” but she is actually incinerated. But when they

get to Monday’s cell, they find Tuesday instead, sans an eyeball.

Cut to – Cayman hosting Karen (Monday) in her apartments in order to finalize the money transfer.

Cayman tells Monday that she has one of her siblings still alive as collateral. It appears that Monday

is negotiating to be the only Karen, and has paid Caymen from her bank in order to get that right.

Which also means her siblings have died for a reason.

Soon Monday and Thursday meet at the Cayman fundraiser in the bathroom. (I ask you this in all

seriousness, when, has a woman’s rest room EVER been empty during a gala or event. Sorry, but it
just doesn’t happen. Ok, ok… back to it.) Monday pulls out the gun that had gone missing from the

safe earlier in the movie. Quick Recap: “Sunday died in my arms, Wednesday fell to her death,

Saturday shot in the head, and Friday…”

Sister battle of the century ensues and all I could think about was, when are they using doubles, wire

removal and when were they using WETA. But Thursday survives and heads out to the gala, where

Tuesday plays the video of the child getting cryo-sleeped. But then out comes Monday in her best

Hans Gruber Die Hard glory! But is shot by Joe. And then Joe is shot by Adrian. I need a freaking

score card at this point. But the big twist? It appears that Monday was pregnant. “Promise me, you

won’t them take them.” And she was most likely pregnant with twins.

Sisters left: Tuesday (Terry), and Thursday (Karen)

The Open Questions with What Happened to Monday

My first big problem with this movie is that if their father can create bands for all of the girls, why

couldn’t he have created bands that declared them all single child children? Is it that he is just

duplicating the data and he can’t forge the data? Regardless, it takes a pretty significant logical leap

and suspension of reality in order to swallow that particular assumption.

Problem two? If you wandered around town digging into what you – you yourself – did the day

before they’d lock you away. And yet, over and over again the sisters continually ask about

themselves with unbelievable impunity. Excuse me sir, I was here yesterday, did you see me here?

Ok, cool. Um. What was I doing? Remind me. Oh THAT’S RIGHT! I totally forgot. Eh? hahahah.

Also, why did they take the dead sisters to the “cryo-chambers”? When they are dead, why not just

dispose of the body? I guess I just answered my own question. Right? The incenerators were

basically just quick and easy disposal units I guess? Anybody have a better thought on that?
I will say this, that one of the more clever details around this setup is that it mirrors the movie The

Prestige in a number of ways. The biggest of which is that they all lead one collective life. And

anything that happens to one happens to them all. And like the Prestige, Thursday hurts her hand

skateboarding and it forces their grandfather to hurt the other six girl’s hands as well. And that this is

the setup for what REALLY happened to Monday.

What Happened To Monday Movie Explanation

So what is with that title? It could just be the most clever aspect of the movie. Because, when you

first read the title you realize, ah, they are all named days of the week. Clever. And MONDAY IS

MISSING! What happened to her? Where is she?

But nope. That isn’t what the title means.

What happened to Monday is actually the literal question – what the heck happened to her that

made her do what she did? As the movie unfolds and morphs it goes from a hunt for Monday to a

realization that all the sisters need to survive her as she attempts to take over Karen’s life. But what

made her do that?

Well, the real answer to this question isn’t a what, but a who. The answer to this question is,

“Terrence Settman”. The girls’ grandfather is the one that oppressively taught them to hid and to live

as a single life. Terrence Settman is the one that hacked off one of each of their fingers when

Thursday screwed up skateboarding.

Final Thoughts on What Happened to Monday

This story is infinitely relevant to our current political chaos. If you are from the future, and you are,

because you are reading this after I wrote it, I might need to remind you of the hell we are currently

living through. Trump is in office. KKK and White Supremacists are marching. All of this harkens

back to the Third Reich and the Nazi regimes desire to eradicate the undesirables of the country.
Jews. Gypsies. They were all targeted in the “Final Solution”. The Child Allocation Bureau is just a

post-post-modern spin on this old Eugenics program from the 40s.

It is when we find out that the children were actually put in incinerators, not cryo-chambers, this fact

drives the metaphor all the way home. Similar programs to the CAB are literally happening in many

parts of the world today. China, and many parts of Asia. Babies are left out in the rain to die in many

parts of the world where this happens. Heck, even when it isn’t mandated by the state, poverty is a

natural restrictor for many families. I could tell a million stories I have heard first hand. But I’ll pass

this time.

As the movie wraps we see Tuesday and Thursday conferring, and looking in on the twins that had

been saved from Monday. And it was these twins that started her on this journey, searching for

normalcy in a highly abnormal world. And somehow this is enough for Tuesday and Thursday to

forgive Monday for her actions. Which, in my opinion is the hardest thing for me to swallow. Five of

the sisters are now dead and just like that they are ok with Monday’s actions?

I will say this, that the six sisters were successful in bringing down this oppressive regime founded

by the Child Allocation Bureau. They stopped Dr. Caymen and her plan to force potential parents

from having to get a license to have a child. Which, is just a hop, skip and a jump away from a full

blown eugenics program. So there is that.

Bottom line, this is an extraordinarily relevant piece of film that Netflix has pulled together. It hits all

the touchy hot topics of the day. And it does it in a very intriguing and very interesting way. I adore

this little film. Was it perfect? NO! Oh my gosh. But it was good enough to make you think. Good

enough to really push back against some of the important topics happening in the public forum right

now. What were your thoughts on the film?

Feminism
e of social movements, political movements, and ideologies that share a common goal: to define,
establish, and achieve the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the
sexes.[a][2][3][4][5] Feminism incorporates the position that societies prioritize the male point of view, and
that women are treated unfairly within those societies.[6] Efforts to change that include fighting gender
stereotypes and seeking to establish educational and professional opportunities for women that are
equal to those for men.
Feminist movements have campaigned and continue to campaign for women's rights, including the
right to vote, to hold public office, to work, to earn fair wages or equal pay, to own property, to
receive education, to enter contracts, to have equal rights within marriage, and to have maternity
leave. Feminists have also worked to ensure access to legal abortions and social integration, and to
protect women and girls from rape, sexual harassment, and domestic violence.[7] Changes in dress
and acceptable physical activity have often been part of feminist movements.[8]
Some scholars consider feminist campaigns to be a main force behind major historical societal
changes for women's rights, particularly in the West, where they are near-universally credited with
achieving women's suffrage, gender-neutral language, reproductive rights for women (including
access to contraceptives and abortion), and the right to enter into contracts and own
property.[9] Although feminist advocacy is, and has been, mainly focused on women's rights, some
feminists, including bell hooks, argue for the inclusion of men's liberation within its aims because
they believe that men are also harmed by traditional gender roles.[10] Feminist theory, which emerged
from feminist movements, aims to understand the nature of gender inequality by examining women's
social roles and lived experience; it has developed theories in a variety of disciplines in order to
respond to issues concerning gender.[11][12]
Numerous feminist movements and ideologies have developed over the years and represent
different viewpoints and aims. Some forms of feminism have been criticized for taking into account
only white, middle class, and college-educated perspectives. This criticism led to the creation of
ethnically specific or multicultural forms of feminism, including black feminism and intersectional
feminism.[13]
Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre encompassing fiction with certain elements that do not
exist in the real world, often in the context of supernatural, futuristic or other imaginative
themes.[1] This includes, but is not limited to, science fiction, fantasy, superhero
fiction, horror, utopian and dystopian fiction, fairytale fantasy, supernatural fiction as well as
combinations thereof (e.g. science fantasy).[2]
Speculative fiction differs from other types of fiction such as slice of life and from non-fiction
Chick lit or chick literature is genre fiction, which "consists of heroine-centered narratives that
focus on the trials and tribulations of their individual protagonists".[1]The genre often addresses
issues of modern womanhood – from romantic relationships to female friendships to matters in the
workplace – in humorous and lighthearted ways.[2] At its onset, chick lit's protagonists tended to be
"single, white, heterosexual, British and American women in their late twenties and early thirties,
living in metropolitan areas".[1] The genre became popular in the late 1990s, with chick lit titles
topping bestseller lists and the creation of imprints devoted entirely to chick lit.[3] Chick lit critics
generally agreed that British author Catherine Alliott's The Old Girl Network (1994) was the start of
the chick lit genre and the inspiration forHelen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary (1996) which was
wildly popular and is the "ur-text" of chick lit.[4]
Operating Activities
Reviewed by Adam Hayes

Updated May 2, 2019

What Are Operating Activities?

Operating activities are the functions of a business directly related to providing its goods and/or
services to the market. These are the company's core business activities, such as manufacturing,
distributing, marketing, and selling a product or service. Operating activities will generally
provide the majority of a company’s cash flow and largely determine whether it is profitable.
Some common operating activities include cash receipts from goods sold, payments to
employees, taxes, and payments to suppliers. These activities can be found on a company's
financial statements and in particular the income statement and cash flow statement.

Operating activities are distinguished from investing or financing activities, which are functions
of a company not directly related to the provision of goods and services. Instead, financing and
investing activities help the company function optimally over the longer term. This means that
the issuance of stock or bonds by a company are not counted as operating activities.

Key operating activities for a company include manufacturing, sales, advertising, and marketing
activities.

The Basics of Operating Activities

Operating activities are the daily activities of a company involved in producing and selling its
product, generating revenues, as well as general administrative and maintenance activities. The
operating income shown on a company's financial statements is the operating profit remaining
after deducting operating expenses from operating revenues. There is typically an operating
activities section of a company's statement of cash flows that shows inflows and outflows of cash
resulting from a company's key operating activities.

In the event of ambiguity, operating activities can readily be identified by classification in

financial statements. Many companies report operating income or income from operations as a
specific line on the income statement. Operating income is calculated by subtracting the cost of
sales (COGS), research and development (R&D) expenses selling and marketing expenses,
general and administrative expenses, and depreciation and amortization expenses.

Operating income excludes interest income or expenses. For example, an apparel store's
operating activities might include the following:

 Buying materials from suppliers and paying for labor to produce clothing
 Paying to transport the materials to the factory and the clothes from factories to warehouses
 Arranging transport from warehouses to retail stores and mail-order customers
 Paying employees to work in warehouses and retail stores
 Paying managers to oversee operations
  Paying taxes
 Paying rent on warehouse and retail facilities

Other less common operating activities include fines or cash settlements from lawsuits,
refunds and money collected from insurance claims.

Key Takeaways

 Operating activities are the daily activities of a company involved in producing and selling its
product, generating revenues, as well as general administrative and maintenance activities.
 Key operating activities for a company include manufacturing, sales, advertising, and marketing
activities.
 Cash flows from operations are an important metric used by financial analysts and investors.
 Operating activities can be contrasted with the investing and financing activities of a firm.

Operating Revenues

The key operating activities that produce revenues for a company are manufacturing and selling
its products or services. Sales activities can include selling the company's own in-house
manufactured products or products supplied by other companies, as in the case of retailers.
Companies that primarily sell services may or may not also sell products.

For example, a spa business, in addition to providing services such as massages, may also seek
additional revenue income from the sale of health and beauty products.

Interest and dividend income, while part of overall operational cash flow, are not considered to
be key operating activities since they are not part of a company's core business activities.

Operating Expenses

Expenses generated from key operating activities include manufacturing costs, as well as the
expenses of advertising and marketing the company's products or services. Manufacturing costs
include all the direct production costs included in cost of goods sold (COGS).

Operating costs related to advertising and marketing include the expenses of advertising the
company and its products or services using various media outlets, whether through traditional or
online platforms. In addition, marketing costs include such things as appearing at trade shows
and participating in public events such as charity fundraisers.

Operating Activities and the Cash Flow Statement

Cash flows from operating activities are among the major subsections of the statement of cash
flows. It is separate from the sections on investing and financing activities. Investing activities
refer to earnings or expenditures on long-term assets, such as equipment and facilities, while
financing activities are the cash flows between a company and its owners and creditors from
activities such as issuing bonds, retiring bonds, selling stock or buying back stock.
To get an accurate picture of a company’s cash flow from operating activities, accountants add
depreciation expenses, losses decrease in current assets and increases in current liabilities to net
income, and then subtract gains, increases in current assets and decreases in current liabilities.
Investors examine a company’s cash flow from operating activities separately from the other two
components of cash flow to see where a company is really getting its money.

Investors want to see positive cash flow because of positive income from operating activities,
which are recurring, not because the company is selling off all its assets, which results in one-
time gains. The company’s balance sheet and income statement help round out the picture of its
financial health.

An Example of Cash Flow from Operating Activities

Let’s look at the cash flow details of the leading technology company Apple Inc. (AAPL). The
iPhone maker reported the following for the fiscal year ended September 2017:

 Net income of $48.35 billion

 Depreciation, depletion, and amortization of $10.16 billion
 Deferred taxes and investment tax credit of $5.97 billion
 Other funds of $4.67 billion

Following the first formula, the summation of these numbers brings the value for funds from
operations as $69.15 billion. The net change in working capital for the same period was (-5.55
billion). Adding it to funds from operations gives the cash flow from operating activities for
Apple as ($69.15 - $5.55) = $63.6 billion.