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Season 1 – Black Mirror

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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 — Season 1

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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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William Thomas Empire Magazine 11/01/2017
4/5
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. Go to Full Review
Emily Nussbaum The New Yorker 01/07/2015
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. Go to Full Review
Alan Sepinwall HitFix 12/10/2014
A
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. Go to Full Review
Kathryn Reklis The Christian Century 08/21/2018
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. Go to Full Review
Miriam Lagoa El Pais (Spain) 08/18/2018
Black Mirror is provocative, irreverent, daring ... and very British. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
David Trueba El Pais (Spain) 08/18/2018
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] Go to Full Review
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Alex P Feb 1 It is a nicely shot, important series that talks about very current problems society has. And I give it 1/2. Yes—because it answers those problems more like a commercial for a new medicine that only, in the last five milliseconds, adds a disclaimer. In other words, the entire premise gets abused to the point where you’re shown the potential danger of abusing technology—and then you’re still nudged to accept it, with the excuse that it’s more engaging than it is dangerous. That’s not acceptable. But I do understand that producing a show this big has to be financed somehow, right? It’s compelling, sure—but that becomes an excuse. I enjoyed it, then realized I shouldn’t have. The question is answered badly. We need an answer. This is not it. It feels like the critique gets commodified—more like clever conditioning than a warning. See more Pablo Y @Pablo1996 Dec 7 Brutal, incómoda y espeluznante, Black Mirror irrumpe con una mezcla de sátira feroz, misantropía y un trasfondo tan inquietante como plausible. Cada episodio hiere, enfada y entristece, dejando poco espacio para la esperanza. Su único punto débil es que, al llevar ciertas situaciones a extremos —posibles, aunque improbables—, la ruta narrativa a veces se vuelve predecible. Aun así, el viaje sigue siendo fascinante y perturbador. 9/10 See more Kerry B Nov 19 The first episode set the tone perfectly. Every episode makes you think and questioning reality. See more Chris F Oct 16 Enjoyed season 1-7 very much. In times of AI even more interesting than when the first season aired. Great ideas and writing in every episode. See more Sylvia S. @qxt_circle Aug 15 感觉像是在故意放大什么,人性都是找的极端例子,像是什么恐怖故事恐吓人一样 See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 26 3 successful Netflix episodes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed on location throughout London, England, United Kingdom and re-subtitled in the United States of America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Read all reviews
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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. Details 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. Details 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. Details
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Season Info

Director
Otto Bathurst
Executive Producer
Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker
Screenwriter
Charlie Brooker
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Dec 4, 2011
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