s not too easy to apply to Blade Runner. The movie does not start with what Todorov calls 'equilibrium' (O'Shaughnessey, 1999, p 107). In BR the equilibrium is quite diffuse. Even though the situation is going to get more unstable throughout the movie, there is a lack of stability, or plenitude, here. Deckard is in the middle of the chaos existing in Los Angeles in 2019, in a quite stressing and hostile atmosphere.
             The disequilibrium starts when Roy and Leon (two replicants) enter the eye laboratory of the Tyrell Corporation. It is the first time in the film we encounter the replicants cold and cynical behaviour. This is followed by an emotional disturbance, when Rachel comes to Deckard's department. This is one of the most emotionally agonising scenes of the film, when Deckard tells Rachel that she is a replicant. He explains that her memories are implants made by the Tyrell Corporation (the factory producing the replicants). This is the emotional catharsis for Deckard. He experiences
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