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.

Full Review | Aug 21, 2018

Black Mirror is provocative, irreverent, daring ... and very British. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Aug 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]

Full Review | Aug 18, 2018

Gripping and hilarious satire of our media-obsessed age.

Full Review | Jul 19, 2018

This is not fun watching-it's mostly horrifying-but even if our brave new world is inescapable, the show represents a kind of protest that feels more necessary than ever.

Full Review | May 22, 2018

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 1, 2017

The stories set archetypal human dilemmas-death, identity, fidelity-within an entirely new context, which is exactly how we are living them.

Full Review | Sep 11, 2017

Ingeniously cast, with suspenseful and often complicated plots, the episodes vary in tone from horrific to comic, but most share certain themes.

Full Review | Mar 28, 2017

Brooker's stories are novel enough to draw us in, yet familiar enough to become a warped reflection of ourselves and our culture.

Full Review | Mar 14, 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.

Full Review | Jan 7, 2015

Black Mirror offers a mature Twilight Zone-like viewing experience that is both entertaining and disturbingly captivating.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 23, 2014

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.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Dec 10, 2014

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.

Full Review | Dec 4, 2014

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.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Dec 3, 2013

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.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Dec 2, 2013

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.

Full Review | Nov 11, 2013