![]() ![]() The usual Black Mirror twists feel weak, and any thought-provoking messages fall flat by the end. Having received just 6.6 stars on IMDB, “The Waldo Moment” is hardly anyone’s favorite episode. Intending to promote Waldo and his antics, the producers enter the animated bear into the election. The vulgar character gains traction after tricking political figures into interviews, where they unknowingly trap themselves into answering exposing questions. Here are all the Black Mirror episodes, ranked from worst to best.Ī failing comedian rises to stardom when he begins controlling Waldo, a blue cartoon bear. While each of the 22 episodes has its own story, theme, and mood, the standouts rise to the top. Though there hasn’t been any official word for season 6, the series thus far has been (for the most part) jaw-dropping and thought-provoking. Many Black Mirror episodes unveil the terrifying potential of advanced machines, but some light-hearted episodes do offer a hopeful technological evolution.Įither way, the Black Mirror franchise offers episodes for just about anyone’s interests. This dystopian science-fiction series looks at how powerful a role technology can have in society. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.Black Mirror is one of those horror shows that are hit-or-miss with people-but when it hits, fans’ emotions go all-in with the story. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that two of the three of those are “happy ending” ones, something that season 6 really did not have at all here.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. The highest rated episodes of the series are White Christmas (9.1), San Junipero (8.6) and Hang the DJ (8.7). These ratings are overall better than season 5, but not as good as most of season 4. As I said before, there is not anything this season at the level of San Junpiero. Joan appears to be the champion, I guess. I guess I didn’t like Beyond the Sea as much as everyone else, but that was mainly because I thought it was predictable, not because I didn’t like the story of the performances by what was certainly the most recognizable cast of the year. Which is not super surprising given that it’s the first episode. While Joan and Beyond the Sea are technically tied, I have Joan in the top spot because it has more overall votes. The top three are pretty close to tied with my favorite, Loch Henry, in third by just 0.1. And not even science fiction! The whole thing didn’t make sense for Black Mirror at all. So, what do we make of this? The bottom two here and my bottom two are the same, with Mazey Day way lower than any of the other ones, which I find pretty accurate given that it really was very bad, and the werewolf twist was beyond stupid. And I was pretty close to the general consensus, it seems. The way to do that best is to go to IMDB where you can rate not just overall shows, but individual episodes, and from that, yes, some clear patterns emerge. Update (6/29): Given that these are my own personal ratings, I figured it would be interesting to go through and see what the “official” ratings were by a larger group than uh, just me. Those are my picks, curious about everyone else’s ranking order. Other than that tacked-on bit, it was very, very good. But they put something in about, you guessed it, Streamberry, about them making a documentary about the whole grisly affair, and one of the main characters winning a BAFTA for his role. For a long time I was wondering what the “dystopian technology” angle even was here, as it didn’t even feel like a Black Mirror episodes for 95% of it, just an interesting murder mystery. It’s really just a True Crime-style murder mystery with a genuinely great twist near the end. Loch Henry – This may be the only episode here I genuinely loved.
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