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Black Mirror – Season 7, Episode 1 Common People

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Black Mirror – Season 7, Episode 1

Common People

Aired Apr 10, 2025

Sci-Fi

Drama

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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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Charlie Brooker

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Chris O'Dowd

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Rashida Jones

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Linda Holmes

NPR

Apr 17

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.

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Nick Hilton

Independent (UK)

Apr 11

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.

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Judy Berman

TIME Magazine

Apr 10

While Jones and O’Dowd balance tenderness with dark humor, Ellis masters the art of cold corporate politesse.

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

Apr 29

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.

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Pedro Paunero

EscribiendoCine

Apr 11

...the most thoughtful of the episodes, as well as the most moving and raw of the season. [Full review in Spanish]

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Asyia Iftikhar

metro.co.uk

Apr 11

[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.

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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

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