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Black Mirror – Season 7, Episode 1 Common People

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78% Tomatometer 9 Reviews
When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive - but at a cost.
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Black Mirror — Season 7, Episode 1

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Charlie Brooker

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Chris O'Dowd

Mike

Rashida Jones

Amanda

Tracee Ellis Ross

Gaynor

Nick Cirillo

Shane

Donald Sales

Kyle
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Linda Holmes NPR 04/17/2025
The episode gets very good work from the leads and has some good and dark jokes as things get grimmer, but after a while, it feels a bit one-note, clever but not quite satisfying. Go to Full Review Nick Hilton Independent (UK) 04/11/2025
3/5
Good Black Mirror episodes set up a premise and then subvert it, but “Common People” takes an interesting jumping off point and then progresses exactly as you’d anticipate. The ending, in its striking bleakness, feels undeserved. Go to Full Review Judy Berman TIME Magazine 04/10/2025
While Jones and O’Dowd balance tenderness with dark humor, Ellis masters the art of cold corporate politesse. Go to Full Review Dustin Rowles Pajiba 04/29/2025
Ross plays it with such precision that even the most brutal turns in the story feel like she’s doing Amanda and Mike a favor. Go to Full Review Asyia Iftikhar metro.co.uk 04/11/2025
[The episode] perhaps loses points for originality...but the human element of this story, matched with powerhouse performances from both Chris and Rashida, make this shine. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive - but at a cost.
Director
Ally Pankiw
Creator
Charlie Brooker
Executive Producer
Annabel Jones, Bisha K. Ali, Charlie Brooker, Jessica Rhoades, Tracee Ellis Ross
Screenwriter
Bisha K. Ali
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Apr 10, 2025