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Season 3 – 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 3

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Critics Consensus

Black Mirror answers the call for a larger season with a double batch of solid episodes that prove Charlie Brooker remains a masterful dystopian storyteller.

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Alan Sepinwall Uproxx Nov 16, 2017
I'm glad Black Mirror continues to exist, but I spent a lot of these new episodes feeling like the Cherry Jones character from "Nosedive," longing for the way things used to be. Go to Full Review
Emily St. James Vox Nov 15, 2017
4/5
The show is still sometimes excellent, but often forgets what made the first two seasons so great. Go to Full Review
Benjamin Lee Guardian Nov 15, 2017
Brooker's show retains its status as a marvel, hinting at darker and greater things to come. Go to Full Review
Fiona Flynn entertainment.ie Jan 2, 2020
Overall, once more Black Mirror has failed to disappoint and made it worth the two-year wait for a new season. Go to Full Review
Juan Luis Caviaro Espinof Aug 20, 2019
'Black Mirror' is special. It deserves our time. And it is not for science fiction fans, far from it. It is for anyone who wants stories with different and surprising approaches. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Matt Fowler IGN Movies Feb 7, 2019
8.6/10
Not knowing what you're going to get is part of the thrill with Black Mirror - a show whose stories contain the loose connective tissue of how technology and society may be a toxic relationship. Go to Full Review
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MBI M @MNZGamerX Aug 30, 2026 S3 of Black Mirror starts of with a banger of an episode as an excellent social commentary on where we are today in 2026 but also possibly years ahead. E1 was clearly ahead of its time coming out in 2016 when social media was just becoming a thing but the episode goes even further and shows a society consumed by technologically induced social interactions that determines success in life but almost everyone is internally depressed, fake and insincere and obsessed to please. E2 was even better and truly mind blowing, twisty and trippy. E3 is completely demented and paranoia inducing and definitely does hit the mark. E4 starts incomprehensibly then becomes melancholic, depressing and finally sickly sweet but lacks the edge of the Black Mirror serial. E5 has a plausible concept but the narration & storyline is weak. E6 is possibly the most compelling, powerful, brilliant and frightening of the entire series as it seems so plausible and the acting was outstanding. See more Rachel O @RT04343966 May 5, 2026 Episode 3: Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too, is absolutely my favorite episode. See more R. F. F @RT36265540 Apr 18, 2026 Season 3 is where Black Mirror finds its stride. See more Kenzie C @RT92402763 Oct 4, 2025 Some of the episodes are a bit stretched out and overhyped on social media; for example, the high ratings one. Yet I believe all of them serve a deeper purpose beyond surface level storytelling that depicts the dangers of humanity. Shut Up and Dance is probably my favourite one yet I haven’t watched all the series episodes quite yet. Would definitely recommend though. See more Milton I @RT33955695 Mar 30, 2025 Don't get five stars because of San Junipero. Overrated See more Joshua S @RT65493161 Jun 30, 2024 Episode 4 was awful. The other were ok but this one was atrocious. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 21, 2016 Nosedive An insecure office worker living in a smiley, status-obsessed, nightmare finds a way to join an old friend as one of society's elites. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 21, 2016 Playtest While in Britain, a thrill-seeking globetrotter tests a video game that is terrifyingly advanced. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 21, 2016 Shut Up and Dance When a teenager falls into an online trap, he is forced into an uneasy alliance. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 21, 2016 San Junipero When Yorkie and Kelly visit San Junipero, a fun-loving beach town full of surf, sun and sex, their lives are changed. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 21, 2016 Men Against Fire In the future, soldiers must protect frightened villagers from an infestation of vicious, feral mutants. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 21, 2016 Hated in the Nation In the near-future, a police detective in London works with a tech-savvy sidekick to investigate mysterious deaths linked to social media. Details
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Season Info

Director
James Watkins, Joe Wright, James Hawes, Dan Trachtenberg, Owen Harris, Jakob Verbruggen
Creator
Charlie Brooker
Executive Producer
Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker
Screenwriter
Charlie Brooker
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Oct 21, 2016
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