Black Mirror: Season 1 (2011)
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Season Info
A suspenseful three-part series that taps into the collective unease about our modern world.- Genre:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Network:
- Netflix
- Premiere Date:
- Dec 1, 2014
- Created By:
- Charlie Brooker
Cast
as Liam
as PM Michael Callow
as Bing
as Princess Susannah
as Abi
as Ffion
as Abi
as Jonas
as Jane Callow
as Judge Hope
as Judge Charity
as Julian Hereford
as Alex Cairns
as Judge Wraith
as Tom Blice
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- Weekly Binge: Black Mirror
– Rotten Tomatoes
Episodes
The first episode of Black Mirror is a political thriller in which fictional Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a huge and shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.
Set in a sarcastic version of a future reality, everyone is confined to a life of strange physical drudgery. The only way to escape this life is to enter the 'Hot Shot' talent show and pray you can impress the judges.
Drama about a world in the future where people have memory implants that record everything they do, see and hear.
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For all the show's inventive storytelling, its true provocation is its righteous outrage, which shares something with Mike White's whistle-blower series Enlightened, although it's overlaid with a dark filter.
Black Mirror offers a mature Twilight Zone-like viewing experience that is both entertaining and disturbingly captivating.
What makes the series so powerful is that it doesn't just present another collection of stories where technology turns on us, but where we use technology to turn on -- or tune out -- each other.
The six one-hour episodes, spread over two seasons, are cynical, searing, shockingly good -- and often disturbing. Watch this show, but don't binge-watch this show.
When it's over, you'll need that TARDIS to transport you back to before you first heard about Black Mirror, so that each episode can surprise you all over again.
There are times throughout all six episodes when it's easy to fear that Brooker's satire is only skin deep. But he and his collaborators have something to say about so many subjects besides technology.
The genius of Black Mirror is how subtly it builds, keeping you from ever questioning the insanity of the premise or any minor plothole. Every twist seems organic, every decision rational.
Smartly written and well cast, the individual episodes keep circling back to such apprehensions, with darkly satiric overtones that distinguish it from most of what's currently on U.S. TV.
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