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Black Mirror – Season 2, Episode 1 Be Right Back

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Young couple Martha and Ash move into a remote cottage; Ash is killed the very next day; at his funeral, Martha's friend Sarah tells her about a new service that lets people stay in touch with the deceased.
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Black Mirror — Season 2, Episode 1

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"Be Right Back" tones down Black Mirror's typically dark humor, but its examination of grief in the age of social media makes it an exceptionally powerful episode.

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Sameer Rahim Daily Telegraph (UK) 10/02/2018
4/5
The latest episode of Black Mirror, Be Right Back, is both a haunting vision of the future, and of what our relationship with technology could become. Go to Full Review
James Hibberd Entertainment Weekly 10/02/2018
This is a moving exploration of grief and the drama's most emotional hour. Go to Full Review
David Sims AV Club 08/31/2018
A-
Be Right Back is a much quieter episode than its forebears. The social satire is barely present. The technology is terrifyingly close to real, but it never runs amok Go to Full Review
Chris Ryan The Ringer 07/18/2023
Black Mirror often looks at the lengths we will go to fill some void within ourselves, and “Be Right Back” looks at the consequences of getting what we want. Go to Full Review
Jacob Hall Slashfilm 12/04/2018
"Be Right Back" is a fable about letting go, about how the healing process can only be complete when you have moved on. But its great power is that genre twist... Go to Full Review
Corey Atad Esquire Magazine 10/08/2018
Things get more and more disturbingly real from there, but at its core, "Be Right Back" is about the unbelievable pain of loss, and the difficulty of trying to hold onto a loved one who has passed. It's the ultimate Black Mirror episode. Go to Full Review
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Episode Info

Synopsis Young couple Martha and Ash move into a remote cottage; Ash is killed the very next day; at his funeral, Martha's friend Sarah tells her about a new service that lets people stay in touch with the deceased.
Director
Owen Harris
Executive Producer
Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker
Screenwriter
Charlie Brooker, Jesse Armstrong
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Feb 11, 2013
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