Part of Black Mirror’s allure is just how close to reality the show seems to be set and its here that questions are asked about the implications and dangers of our continued reliance on ever powerful technology.
With the final two episodes, you get a real feel of energy throughout. The third episode, “The Entire History Of You”, explores a world where everyone has a memory implant that records everything you see, hear and do and the implications that go with that.
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Its a good look at the reality TV centric world we live in and asks some hard hitting questions, masked as satire. These in turn allow you to buy goods and anything left over allows you to try and buy your way onto reality shows to get out of the endless cycling hamster wheel. The second, “Fifteen Million Merits” explores a dystopian world where people are forced to cycle in order to accumulate credits. There are a few stand out moments but its largely forgettable against the other two episodes. The first episode is by far the weakest though, with a plot around the Prime Minister and a kidnapping. The three individual episodes work as stand alone plots and the beauty of Black Mirror is that you’re not forced to watch the episodes in order unless you want to.
Despite a disappointingly lacklustre first episode, the second and third episode more than make up for the shortfalls with some great script work, acting and compelling plot lines to hold it all together. Working as a modern day Twilight Zone, Black Mirror throws a satirical contemporary look at our own world with a technological twist. A twisted trilogy of dark tales, Black Mirror is the evil brainchild of Charlie Brooker.
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