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Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world. Each story features its own cast of unique characters, including stars like Bryce Dallas Howard ("The Help"), Alice Eve, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Cullen and Jerome Flynn ("Game of Thrones"). Joe Wright, Dan Trachtenberg, and James Watkins are among the featured directors.
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Black Mirror begins with a disquieting shudder in a canny first season that will instantly hook viewers into a brave new world of alienation.
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Episode 1
Aired Dec 4, 2011
The National Anthem
Charlie Brooker's twisted parable for the Twitter age; a political thriller involving the kidnapping of fictional Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the British Royal Family; Prime Minister Michael Callow deals with the crisis.
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Episode 2
Aired Dec 11, 2011
15 Million Merits
The "Hot Shot" talent show offers the only way to escape a life of physical drudgery; this imagined future reality presents a satirical take on entertainment shows and society's insatiable thirst for distraction.
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Episode 3
Aired Dec 18, 2011
The Entire History of You
In the near future, people use a memory implant that records everything they do, see and hear.
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William Thomas
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However you view it, this three-part series is thought-provoking and very well written, with its final episode, The Entire History Of You, a heart-breaking triumph.
Rated: 4/5
Nov 1, 2017
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Emily Nussbaum
New Yorker
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.
Jan 7, 2015
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Alan Sepinwall
HitFix
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.
Rated: A
Dec 10, 2014
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Kathryn Reklis
The Christian Century
For all its metaphysical speculating, Black Mirror excels in suggesting that technology does not make us unrecognizable monsters; it simply amplifies the monstrous impulses already in us.
Aug 21, 2018
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Miriam Lagoa
El Pais (Spain)
Black Mirror is provocative, irreverent, daring ... and very British. [Full Review in Spanish]
Aug 18, 2018
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David Trueba
El Pais (Spain)
Stimulating, but more in its promise than in the achievement, the series gives to discuss, blessed glory in days of unanimity. [Full Review in Spanish]
Aug 18, 2018
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Andrija I
Perfect show. One of the best I watched. The Twilight Zone fore this time and age.
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12/22/23
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Ramon G
I have only been able to see the first chapter, I found it absolutely unpleasant.
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09/20/23
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Natanel
This is probably the best TV show in the history of TV. Many words have described Black Mirror, and some episodes actually became real part of our lives (I won't spoiler), Though "Black Mirror" is fascinating and a mind-blower, sometimes it's a replicate of these days reality, and some other times it's an horrifying prediction of the future (though not everything in the show is the reality yet, I believe that one day, the entire show will become a prediction of our future). Charlie Brooker, to me you are a God.
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08/28/23
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Gnome C
The 1st episode is skip worthy. The other two were great.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
07/23/23
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Nick S
Interesting and engaging start to a very, very good show. I remember watching the episode 1 years and years ago and I wasn't immediately drawn to it, but towards the end it drew me in. The other two episodes were dealing with super-interesting concepts. Now, rewatching them after what must be 6-7 years (or more), I feel like I have a more profound understanding of the issues and more empathy to the events shown. It still hits pretty hard and has a lot of value. Production is great too and doesn't show (many) signs of age. Highly Recommended.
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07/22/23
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Matthew C
All 3 episodes are really good, but The Entire History of You is the best.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
07/20/23
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