Top 3 Fave Black Mirror Episodes
 

In no particular order:

White Christmas - Still not sure whose fate in the end is worse, Matt or Joe.
San Junipero - Seen it 4 times now and it's still not getting old.
Hated in the Nation - Imagine if Julian Assange had the psyche of Ted Bundy?

Re: Nation. I'd love to see them do a part II and continue the story where it left off.

San Junipero - No explanation needed.
The Entire History of You - Just a crushing episode.
Nosedive - Hilarious.

San Junipero: #1. You know why.
White Christmas: one of the few I nearly cried at.
Be Right Back: creepy at moments but still quite good.

Honorable mention would go to Hated In The Nation.

white christmas is probably the best episode for edge of your seat entertainment, great twists and turns throughout and it always keeps you questioning what's going to happen next

san junipero is... well san junipero. we've already discovered everyone on here shares that same love for it. probably the most emotional episode of the series, not to mention i enjoy most things that explore the idea of mortality and life after death so that alone sold it for me.

3rd is tough. there's a lot of ones that really stuck with me, particularly the entire history of you, shut up and dance, and playtest. i think white bear gets it though. honestly it was just such an experience on the first viewing and lots of wondering "what the **** is happening here?" i also give it props for provoking conversation. i've talked to plenty of people who have seen the show about whether they believe the punishment is reasonable, or whether it correlates with the publics treatment of certain people because of the rise of technology and media.

all in all just a great ****ing show.

1) White Bear

2) Hated in the Nation

3) White Christmas

Great show. For fans of it I recommend reading Children of the New World.

Checked it out on Amazon and the first 2 reviews were titled Black Mirror in book form.

It arrivesa Friday. :D Thanks for the tip.

I thought San Junipero was a good episode but not one of my favourites.

3. Fifteen Million Merits - The most Orwellian episode of them all.

2. The Entire History of You - Dark and deeply impactful. A window into our potential future.

1. White Christmas - The scariest episode for me. Putting yourself in either of the main characters situations is devastating.

Tbh this is how I felt about White Christmas.

Fifteen Million Merits is pretty underrated, definitely a great episode. i think the last 3rd of it brought it down a little bit for me tho.

I loved it


Expect spoilers

Just watched it for the second time. First thing that came to mind is that this will happen sometime down the road based on privatized prisons. As soon as someone can figure out how to make it work where it will pacify the public outrage using the entertainment value as the compromise. Hell, half of the population today would get off on this concept.

Secondly, for some reason it made me think about the killer whales at Seaworld here in San Diego. Paraded out each day to "perform" unnaturally just to amuse the public and make someone profit.

definitely this.

Watching 15 Million Credits for the second time and just realized that the female pop star early on on the tele is the same actress as the hook-up in Playtest.

Hannah John-Kamen

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All about JBF

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I avoided her leaks form a while back to keep Yac off my back.

Yes.

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No way.

I liked the other girl better than had a crush on him and was a bit shy.

no

Yes

That episode about "roaches" was really cool with an interesting question/concept

New favorite episode: Hated in the Nation

The scene at the end when all hell breaks loose, against the backing of that ominous song, is so far beyond chilling it's ridiculous.

Shut Up and Dance
White Bear
The Entire History of You

It's been awhile since I watched this show but those really stand out to me even still. Really, really like this kind of television. I actually haven't watched the final 2 episodes, so I should get on that right about now. I was saving them for later.

Watched San Junipero.
First time I've watched Black Mirror.
That was great. Really emotional and well done.

It's so much better when watched again.

Yes, as Chula said, watch it again. You get a completely different experience.

I'll definitely enjoy watching it again but not being as slow as you guys, I'm pretty sure I didn't miss much the first time around.

ya I didn't find the 2nd viewing that much different than the first

I was gonna say this but I thought I'd leave it to you.

It's not about not catching it the first time around. It's about already knowing the theme and understanding the story in a different light.

Did you just forget what the beginning was like the first time you watched it?

No. Not at all. But did you know what the overlaying theme was the first time? Probably not. Unless you're a genius.

Yeah

I mean all the one week laters the second time you know why

Lots of dialogue too

You're right that I didn't. I'd explain how one could think of the beginning of the episode through the new lens without having to watch it but I'm sure you'll just be baffled at the thought of thought.

Nothing wrong with a second viewing though, but it doesn't amplify anything tbh and I've seen the episode about six times now.

Surely knowing the overlying theme would make it worse the second time round?

I knew the overlaying theme after ten minutes or so. And yes, I am a genius.

Surprisingly, no

[x] doubt

I liked the first time better because the unraveling is amazing. However, it's obviously written to be watched at least twice and I could easily see how the second time. It's a very different experience. Remarkable writing to pull it off so successfully.

I had similar feelings about White Bear.

When I say overlaying theme I mean specifically how they were doing it, which I doubt anybody would guess. I understood the "limbo" aspect pretty much right away.

I loved seeing little things I missed the first time around watching it a second time. They had some good little easter eggs that I missed out on during the first viewing.

I don't see how anyone can literally come to that conclusion right away upon first listen. It's so well hidden that it's ridiculous.

Well if you've been watching the series and suddenly it's set in the 80's you should be thinking ok what's the catch. Part of what makes the writing so good is that they get you wrapped up in the immediate story disarming you so it's startling when the catch is revealed even though you knew that's what they were up to from the get go.