I had only seen bits and pieces of a couple Black Mirror episodes so I caught up on a few.
USS Callister, Hang the DJ, San Junipero, Be Right Back, White Christmas, Entire History of You and Fifteen Million Merits were all very good. Nosedive was good but not my favourite. I feel like you could make 10 different episodes about that same topic.
Although the ending to White Christmas seemed a bit odd. Like Jon Hamm being blocked by all of society seems way worse than prison and why would they torture the other guy for 1000 years for murder? Nothing about the episode gave any indication this society was obsessed with barbaric punishments, it came out of left field. And the whole downloading your own brain to be your own personal servant was so interesting (and evil) and then is never mentioned again.
The only episode that I felt really let down by was Playtest. I thought the ending was so disappointing.
The Miley Cyrus episode had potential but was a letdown. It was most memorable for the hilarious reinterpretations of the Nine Inch Nails songs.
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