Consciousness stored on a cloud, tracking children with a device in their brain, memories that other people can see and take info from. All of these futuristic but not so unbelievable topics are shown in the science fiction superstar, Black Mirror.
Black Mirror is best watched going in blind, prepare to be surprised, to have your heart hurt from the various situations. While there are common themes between the episodes, showing how technology can be used for harm, episodes in themselves are unconnected so it doesn't matter where you start. The creator of the show, Charlie Booker, has made the show in such a way that every episode is different, every episode is captivation, and some episodes are mind blowing. In some episodes there is perfectly time comedic relief, others have characters slowly descend into madness while the viewer watches relating how that too could happen to anyone given the circumstances of the world Black Mirror shows.
Many episodes come of as a warning, a warning to the growing technological development of automation and AI, the dangers of a society reliant upon social media, and the madness that can occur when the world is too advanced for it's own good. The beauty is not all in the phenomenal writing though, Black Mirror features many incredible actors each of them making the episode great in their own way.
In the first episode of season 4, U.S.S Callister, Jimmi Simpson, is incredible. He seamlessly swaps from serious to comedic, and conveys powerful emotion when he has to. Priorly known for playing the ostentatious, weird part of Liam McPoyle in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia he shows how diverse of an actor he really is in Black Mirror.
Every episode has a variety of new characters, some of which are incredibly interesting. Rolo Haynes plays the part of story teller in the last episode of the 4th season, Black Museum, where through 3 stories he shows the audience not only incredible stories but a narrative to himself as a man who has no limits to adaptations of technology. The episode itself is incredible, with heart wrenching emotion that makes the audience ponder the saying of just cause you can, doesn't mean you should.
Overall Black Mirror is fantastic through and through. The acting, story, directing, and everything else is phenomenal and leaves the audience grasping for more. For that reason, I give Black Mirror Good Good.
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