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Black Mirror – Season 4, Episode 3 Crocodile

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Black Mirror – Season 4, Episode 3

Crocodile

Aired Dec 29, 2017

Sci-Fi

Drama

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Mia scrambles to keep a dark secret; Shazia harvests people's memories of an accident scene.

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Beautiful but blunt, "Crocodile"'s nightmarish concept can't quite overcome its own shallow nihilism.

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Charlie Brooker

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Mia Nolan

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Shazia Akhand

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Annabel Jones

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Chris Harvey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

08/17/2018

3/5

Ultimately, it's all a little too predictable, the intersection of technology with flawed humanity bringing about an expected response. Though there's a lot to enjoy, this is definitely one of Black Mirror's lesser episodes.

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Jacob Stolworthy

Independent (UK)

08/17/2018

The result - directed impressively by Lawless filmmaker John Hillcoat - is an often stylistically pleasing but disappointingly shallow equivalent to being hit over the head by a toaster for no real purpose.

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Alissa Wilkinson

Vox

08/17/2018

Most of "Crocodile" plays out like a slow-motion nightmare, where you can see the next beat coming just before it happens, and then have to sit and watch in horror as it does. It's a good match for director John Hillcoat.

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Pradeep Menon

Firstpost

10/18/2023

This one has a crackerjack premise and some interesting technology at its core, along with the intrigue of intertwining story lines. However, it loses the plot after it goes from one accidental death to a series of hot-blooded murders.

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Daniel Chin

The Ringer

07/18/2023

If it weren’t for its terrible ending, there’s a decent chance that “Crocodile” wouldn’t have fallen so low in this ranking...

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Jazmine Joyner

Ms En Scene

07/08/2020

I don't think it was an effective look into how technology can lead you down a road to disaster. If you wanted you could make a case but on the first watch, I'm gonna say nah.

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Synopsis

Mia scrambles to keep a dark secret; Shazia harvests people's memories of an accident scene.

Director: John Hillcoat
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: Dec 29, 2017

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