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Season 5 – Black Mirror

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Jun 2019

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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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Critics Consensus

Though Black Mirror's abbreviated fifth season never quite reaches the heights (or surprises) of previous installments, it remains one of TVs strangest philosophical offerings -- for better or worse.

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James Jackson

The Times (UK)

Jun 7, 2019

4/5

Anything that's tech and dystopian is now "a bit Black Mirror", but the latest three episodes remind you how it's the human moments that set the series apart from mere tech horrors.

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Kathryn VanArendonk

New York Magazine/Vulture

Jun 5, 2019

Season five is a mess, and nothing about it suggests that Black Mirror retains its original, unnerving insight into the ever-blurring borders between the digital and the human.

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Lucy Pavia

London Evening Standard

Jun 5, 2019

The new trio of stories still pack a punch, with Brooker putting social media giants and the music industry in his satirical crosshairs.

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Paul Lê

Nightmare on Film Street

Jul 20, 2023

2.5/5

Subtracting "Striking Vipers" from the equation, the season wasn't exactly innovative. No entry this season is unwatchable. Even the least impressive of the bunch is easy to get through.

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Alex Moreland

alexmoreland.co.uk

Dec 4, 2021

With its move to Netflix, Black Mirror transformed from observing and satirising digital culture to becoming an active tool in some of its worst contemporary excesses.

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Kshitij Rawat

The Indian Express

Mar 9, 2021

There was little novelty that we have come to expect from this show. Let's hope Charlie Brooker's devilish mind has something more impressive for the show's future.

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MBI M

@MNZGamerX Sep 16, 2026

Up to now the opener to every season has been very good but E1 of S5 is mediocre and is possibly the weirdest of the serial exploring sexual role playing but supercharged through technological devices but this has psychological consequences and could also be damaging to relationships. E2 is basically an extended crime scene but possibly the most human of the serial but also the dumbest and nonsensical though it does cover the important subject of the addictive nature of social media platforms but the story here doesn't quite fit that perspective. E3 is about fame and ambition but approaches the subject in a silly and flakey way and is possibly one of the most dreadful of the serial. A truly godawful season.

Rachel O

@RT04343966 May 5, 2026

Episode 3: Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too is absolutely my favorite episode. I believe it highlights the dangers of being famous and of the music industry in general. We often assume our celebrities have amazing lives, when the truth is many of them are controlled and forced to do things they don't want to do.

Anh H.

@Annhuynh Jul 6, 2025

It amazing season I like to watch

FLWRS Y

@RT66511670 Jun 19, 2025

While this is one of the weakest seasons, i still feel it has good bones. Maybe a different team can give these stories better renditions.

Tony T

@tonyknowsbest Jun 16, 2025

Fantastic season, a must watch if you want your mind blown.

Blue O

@VillainX2029 Sep 14, 2024

‘Just F#€king kiss me bruh’ - Sam Wilson

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Episode 1

Aired Jun 5, 2019

Striking Vipers

When old college buddies Danny and Karl reconnect in a VR version of their favorite video game, the late-night sessions yield an unexpected discovery.

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Episode 2

Aired Jun 5, 2019

Smithereens

A London rideshare driver ignites an international crisis after he kidnaps a worker from a social media company.

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Episode 3

Aired Jun 5, 2019

Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too

A lonely teen becomes obsessed with a robot doll based on her pop star idol, Ashley O -- just as the real Ashley's life starts to unravel.

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