The Entire History of You is proper Black Mirror car crash TV.
The story plays on the paranoia of relationships and the problems of knowing a partner's history. They watch a memory of themselves having sex instead of doing it in real life. So you can replay memories on a screen and watch exactly how something happened, the implications of which are explored through Liam and Ffion's relationship. In an alternative reality, everyone has implants in their eyes that let you record everything you see. It epitomises the best of the show with an ultimate thought-provoking twist ending.Īnother high concept delivered through the lens of relatable characters. A soppier Black Mirror about our modern, social media entrenched relationships. The story explores grief, humanity and the inauthenticity of social media. Hayley Atwell and Domhnall Gleeson play the couple, and as Marvel and Star Wars fans now know, they're incredible.
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A woman brings her dead husband back to life in android form using his online identity. (But watch them all regardless, obviously.)īe Right Back wins based on its original concept and deeply human story. Here's our ranking of every Black Mirror episode from best to worst, now with episodes from the latest season. Amazing.īlack Mirror is insane, but great. With Bandersnatch, Netflix introduced viewers to an " interactive film event," and used it to make them choose between Frosties and Sugar Puffs. One of the darker episodes sees a nerdy games programmer torture his mean co-workers in a Star Trek-esque virtual reality. The anthology series explores humanity's relationship with technology, and it's Netflix's prized child.
When it comes to groundbreaking TV, Black Mirror hijacks the conversation.