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Black Mirror – Season 2, Episode 3 The Waldo Moment

Play trailer Black Mirror – Season 2, Episode 3 The Waldo Moment Aired Feb 25, 2013 Sci-Fi Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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The production company behind a satirical late-night comedy show develops a pilot for one of its characters, a blue CGI bear named Waldo; they enter Waldo in a political race to generate publicity for the new series; the scheme gets out of control.
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Black Mirror — Season 2, Episode 3

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"The Waldo Moment" aims for sharp political commentary, but comes off as uninspired as the obnoxious cartoon that runs for office.

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Alison Herman The Ringer 07/18/2023
“The Waldo Moment” ends up about as ham-fisted as the malevolent dancing bear for which it’s named. If we wanted to feel bad about pop culture’s influence on our body politic, we’d turn on the news. Go to Full Review James Hibberd Entertainment Weekly 10/02/2018
The closest Black Mirror has to an agreed-upon misfire, this political spoof doesn't quite connect as it follows the rise of a Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog-like figure. Go to Full Review Charles Bramesco New York Magazine/Vulture 10/02/2018
The best Black Mirror episodes tiptoe along the tightrope between the plausible and the absurd, but "The Waldo Moment" loses its balance. Go to Full Review Jacob Hall Slashfilm 12/04/2018
Observed in a bubble, it's a fine episode that checks all of the proper Black Mirror boxes... Go to Full Review Emily Yoshida Grantland 10/02/2018
It will be interesting and possibly terrifying to see how political discourse evolves as the Like generation not only comes of age, but becomes candidates. Go to Full Review Annalee Newitz io9.com 10/02/2018
The final episode, "The Waldo Moment," was fantastically funny, mean, and sad. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis The production company behind a satirical late-night comedy show develops a pilot for one of its characters, a blue CGI bear named Waldo; they enter Waldo in a political race to generate publicity for the new series; the scheme gets out of control.
Executive Producer
Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker
Screenwriter
Charlie Brooker
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Feb 25, 2013
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