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An overprotective mother, worried about her child's safety, keeps watch over her through Arkangel, a brain implant that allows her to know her daughter's location and see what her daughter is seeing at all times. Trailer here. Directed by Jodie Foster (the first woman to direct a Black Mirror episode), starring Rosemarie DeWitt, Brenna Harding ...
Foreshadowing. Black Mirror: The National Anthem: Scenes of the team at 10 Downing Street discussing what to do are intercut with shots of everyday Londoners glued to their television sets to follow the story. The "commoners" include a man watching from home, a group of rowdy pubgoers, an entire hospital's staff, and a rustic-looking man going ...
A young programmer named Stefan Butler ( Fionn Whitehead) attempts to make the fantasy Gamebook Bandersnatch, written by the infamous Jerome F. Davies (Jeff Minter), into a computer game. Soon, reality and the virtual world become mixed and start to create confusion as Stefan descends into madness.
California Doubling: Inverted. The only Black Mirror episodes filmed where they take place are the ones set in the UK; Brooker says he has a policy of filming the US-based episodes in other countries because the cost of US location filming is just too high for a UK-based production. Celebrity Paradox: The first episode mentions Downton Abbey ...
Bullying a Dragon: Liam Monroe attacks Jamie personally, intending to silence Waldo. Instead, Jamie has Waldo unleash hell. Butt-Monkey: Liam Monroe gets a boot to the face, is humiliated live on TV twice, and a van follows him around solely to demean him in front of possible voters. Liberal Democrat candidate Simon Finch has it even worse: he ...
Recap: Black Mirror Series Two. Be Right Back | White Bear | The Waldo Moment. "There's no history to you." "You look like him on a good day." — Martha. The first episode of season 2 is also set 20 Minutes into the Future and follows Martha after her lover, Ash, dies suddenly. Pushed into a special grieving service by a friend, Martha soon ...
Tropes related to Striking Vipers. Phone and video game technology is very advanced, and the episode includes the fake-reality gaming system as seen in "USS Callister", but otherwise, the story could take place in the present day. The episode is set in the US, but was filmed in São Paulo, giving the city a look that could be a bit further ...
