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Black Mirror – Season 2, Episode 3 The Waldo Moment

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Black Mirror – Season 2, Episode 3

The Waldo Moment

Aired Feb 25, 2013

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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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"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.

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James Hibberd

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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.

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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.

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Jacob Hall

Slashfilm

12/04/2018

Observed in a bubble, it's a fine episode that checks all of the proper Black Mirror boxes...

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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.

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Annalee Newitz

io9.com

10/02/2018

The final episode, "The Waldo Moment," was fantastically funny, mean, and sad.

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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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