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Black Mirror – Season 4, Episode 1 USS Callister

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Black Mirror – Season 4, Episode 1

USS Callister

Aired Dec 29, 2017

Sci-Fi

Drama

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By day, Robert Daly is the CTO of a tech-entertainment company, but by night he is in his own private cinematic universe -- based on a TV show he watched as a child -- as the commander of a starship exploring new worlds.

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A masterful blend of science fiction and horror that explores the consequences of fantasy run amuck, "USS Callister" is as topical as it is terrifying.

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Jackie Strause

The Hollywood Reporter

10/03/2018

Cinematic feats and Easter eggs aside, the 74-minute sci-fi story is bound to be received similarly to "San Junipero," as its theme of reclaiming power under tyranny is a relevant message to be sending before 2017 comes to a close.

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Alan Sepinwall

Uproxx

08/21/2018

At times, it's horrifying in its portrayal of toxic masculinity given godhood, at others incredibly fun, and in many moments, both at once.

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Willa Paskin

Slate

08/21/2018

It's a provocation to bad fans (of which Black Mirror may have a few)-a male fantasy that gets disrupted by women and people of color-that is also very funny, very well-plotted, and questions and celebrates its Trekkian source material with great wit.

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Pradeep Menon

Firstpost

10/18/2023

There are also greater existential questions it asks. What is love, and is it really so hard to find a companion? What drives the episode, really, are the two lead characters...

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Mallory Rubin

The Ringer

07/18/2023

Both an ode to the space opera that inspires its Trekian aesthetic and a warning about the horrors that await when people build digital doll houses for their worst impulses...

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Michelle Kisner

The Movie Sleuth

08/05/2020

Overall, it was one of the strongest episodes of the season and a testament to the stellar writing of the series.

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Synopsis

By day, Robert Daly is the CTO of a tech-entertainment company, but by night he is in his own private cinematic universe -- based on a TV show he watched as a child -- as the commander of a starship exploring new worlds.

Director: Toby Haynes
Creator: Charlie Brooker
Executive Producer: William Bridges, Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker
Screenwriter: William Bridges, Charlie Brooker
Network: Netflix
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Dec 29, 2017

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