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Apr 25, 2024 · A 24 th -century scientist hiding a clue in this pocket dimension on a shipwreck from another universe makes as much sense as anything. It’s the ISS Enterprise—and that’s no typo. If the...
Jun 17, 2023 · Charlie Brooker’s “Black Mirror” is one of the creepiest shows on Netflix, but some installments shine brighter than others. Here are all 28 of Black Mirror’s episodes, ranked, including ...
- Fifteen Million Merits. In my eyes, "Fifteen Million Merits" remains the gold standard for what a Black Mirror episode can and should be. Featuring a pre-Get Out Daniel Kaluuya in the lead as Bing and Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay as Abbi, this episode is still possibly the furthest into the future the show has gone.
- White Christmas. Of Black Mirror's two anthology episodes, this season two finale is far and away the superior one. Built around three interwoven stories anchored by Jon Hamm, Oona Chaplin, and Rafe Spall, "White Christmas" is that rare episode where a number of ambitious elements all work perfectly together.
- Be Right Back. Still among the most emotionally poignant episodes of Black Mirror, "Be Right Back" is a profound examination of mortality and loss. Hayley Atwell and Domnhall Gleeson are phenomenal as Martha and Ash, whose picturesque life is torn apart when Ash dies suddenly in a car accident.
- San Junipero. Season three's standout episode can serve as a companion piece of sorts to "Be Right Back," taking a refreshingly hopeful look at what happens to our consciousness when we die.
- The Waldo Moment
- Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too
- Bandersnatch
- Striking Vipers
- Metalhead
- Playtest
- Hang The Dj
- Fifteen Million Merits
- Arkangel
- The Entire History of You
As with ‘The National Anthem’, this is another Black Mirrorepisode that took a little while for history to catch up with it. Set in the midst of an election, ‘The Waldo Moment’ tells the story of Jamie (Daniel Rigby), a comedian behind a puerile animated bear who unexpectedly finds himself having an outsized impact on national politics. Imagine Bo’...
Done right, ‘Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too’ could have been one of Black Mirror‘s best episodes yet. Brooker took on an entirely new genre with this teenage-drama tinged rumination on vapid pop music, exploitative managers and impressionable fans. In it, Miley Cyrus plays Ashley, a pop star who – for some reason or another – has her personality downl...
‘Bandersnatch’ is simultaneously brilliant and underwhelming. Charlie Brooker’s take on choose your own adventure TV has five endings dictated by the choices you make. At first, the novelty of controlling the story is exciting and exotic, especially as – in true Black Mirror fashion – it takes numerous dark turns. The 1980s setting is pitch perfect...
Probably the raunchiest Black Mirror episode, Striking Vipers starts with an intriguing premise – what happens when VR sex is as good as the real deal – but fails to explore the tantalizing questions this raises about human sexuality. It gets extra points for the Street Fighter-style VR world, rendered in brilliant video game colour, but falls flat...
This is social media’s predictable fear of those Boston Dynamics clips made real, as ‘Metalhead’ sees humans on the run from murderous robotic dogs roaming the countryside. The episode’s style and direction stands out, shot in black and white and successfully evoking classic horror films. It’s tense, exhilarating and genuinely scary, but the final ...
Charlie Brooker likes video games. And ‘Playtest’, as the name suggests, is all about video games. One particular video game, in fact: Resident Evil. There’s the genius Japanese game developer; the haunted house; a character called Redfield (Chris, not Claire) and even covers of Edge hidden in the background. Brooker’s familiarity with the inspirat...
‘Hang the DJ’ is nice. It drops us into a tightly controlled world where people date by algorithm. You go on dates decided for you, eat meals chosen for you and stay in relationships for a predetermined period time, which could be mere hours or years, all in the name of finding the perfect match. Georgina Campbell and Joe Cole (of Peaky Blinders fa...
Aired in 2011, at a time when The X-Factor was at its cultural peak, this take on the grim end-game for reality television hasn’t aged too well. Sure, the shrill caricature of Simon Cowell is entertaining, but the whole episode lacks the subtlety of Brooker’s best morality plays. Black Mirror is at its best when you feel complicit in the awful scen...
The only episode of Black Mirror’s first four seasons to be directed by a woman (make of that what you will), ‘Arkangel’ is one of the least futuristic and, as a result, most hard-hitting. Directed by Jodie Foster, it tells the simple story of a mother (Marie) who decides to implant a tracking system in her daughter (Sara) to monitor her health, em...
Perhaps the most crushingly negative of Black Mirror’s romantic stories – or, well, stories that involve people in a relationship – ‘The Entire History of You’ is a real gut-punch of an episode. As in most Black Mirror episodes, the world is recognisably our own apart from one crucial detail. In this case, it’s that most humans have been implanted ...
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- 1 Black Mirror Season 4, Episode 1 “USS Callister” The best episode of Black Mirror is season 4, episode 1 "USS Callister." After an exceptional third season, Black Mirror returned with its season 4 opener that took the scale of the series to new heights.
- 2 Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 1 “Nosedive” "Nosedive" opens up Black Mirror season 3 in a utopian world that revolves around the implementation and societal reliance on social rating systems.
- 3 Black Mirror Season 1, Episode 3 “The Entire History of You” Black Mirror season 1, episode 3 "The Entire History of You" introduces one of the more recognizable technologies of the series, a neural implant that is later referred to as the Z-eye in "White Christmas".
- 4 Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 4 “San Junipero” "San Junipero" is one of the better-known Black Mirror episodes for its inclusion of LGBTQ+ themes and overall visually beautiful landscapes.
Jun 15, 2023 · All five new episodes of Black Mirror are ranked and reviewed below, starting with the stories you can’t miss. Kate Mara and Aaron Paul in “Beyond the Sea.” Nick Wall/Netflix. 1.) Episode 3:...
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Jun 14, 2023 · The 10 Best ‘Black Mirror’ Episodes, Ranked. By. Jordan Moreau, William Earl, Meredith Woerner, Jennifer Maas. Netflix. “Black Mirror” has shocked, creeped out and warned audiences of the dangers...
