The museum curator is responsible for almost all of the misery caused, and you could argue that he brings about his own end. It brings only pain and destruction in every vignette. How depressing is it? 3.5, but with a satisfying ending. His conviction led to her mother's death and sent Nish out here to get revenge – which she does. There's the instrument used by a doctor who became addicted to pain the stuffed monkey now containing an abandoned mother's consciousness and the preserved form of a man convicted of a crime he didn't commit – Nish's father, tortured perpetually by museum visitors.

Nish pulls up to a 'Black Museum' seemingly in the middle of nowhere, which contains the worst cautionary tales about technology and the human psyche. For Black Mirror, the reveal that cameras distance us from the subject feels pretty tame. The 2000s were a truly grim time for celebrity 'culture.' But what secrets are hidden behind the locked doors of a very exclusive rehab resort? - K.P. Mazey Day is Hollywood's new favorite It Girl - until she abruptly drops out of her massive movie franchise and goes into hiding. Set in 2006, the heyday of paparazzi mayhem, this episode centers on a reluctant paparazzo (Zazie Beetz) in need of one last big payday. Having her memory wiped causes Victoria intense physical pain, but that's part of a legally sanctioned punishment. The crime is awful, but the punishment is thought-provoking. It turns out that Victoria and her cohorts killed a young girl, and the simulated hunt is her daily sentence for this crime, witnessed by paying visitors. Everywhere she goes there are people staring, judging, but never helping. Victoria wakes up not knowing where she is or how she got there, and winds up on the run from people she believes are hunting her. True, but more nuclear weapons, less watching TV dancers. But hey, it's a movie within the series! It's not 'real.' The racism is atrocious, and sure, the world ends. In a time and place in which she faces rampant racism, Nida faces some tough choices in this surprisingly funny - and romantic! - Black Mirror romp. An accidental blood pact demands that she kill three people in three days, or else the world will end. In 1979 Northern England, Nida (Anjana Vasan) is a lonely shop assistant who finds an unexpected friend in a literal demon (Paapa Essiedu), who takes the form of a disco icon. We won’t and we didn’t! But watch out for evil aunts. Seasoned viewers will be rightfully wary of Ashley Too, but Black Mirror doesn't weaponize her or Ashley's downloaded consciousness. How depressing is it? 2 for Miley Cyrus’ seriously convincing turn as Ashley, especially when she’s sobbing and pleading for mercy on her medical bed. When Rachel and her sister uninhibit Ashley Too’s cognitive capabilities, she tells them the truth, and they save the real Ashley from certain peril. Meanwhile, the real Ashley’s mental health is in jeopardy, to the point where her evil aunt puts her into a coma to take over Ashley’s career. Teen Rachel is gifted a cutesy robot companion meant to echo her favorite pop star. Our main characters come to a shockingly mature and progressive solution for their unique situation. The men do disengage slightly from their real lives, but that’s a cakewalk compared to what this episode could have done, trapping them in the game a la “USS Callister” or worse. How depressing is it? 1 for the deterioration of Danny’s marriage when he’s so absorbed in the game that he won’t even kiss his wife. This goes on until Danny ends it, but a final night in the game prompts him to tell his wife, and for her to allow 'Striking Vipers' once a year on his birthday while she gets a night out as a single woman. It might have some good in it yet.Ĭollege friends Danny and Karl enter the sensorially real video game 'Striking Vipers' intending to beat the shit out of each other’s avatars but instead have crazy, phenomenal sex. Only because Kelly doesn't get to be with her family. When Yorkie asks Kelly to stay with her, to live forever in this virtual reality, Kelly has to think about everything else that was part of her life, including her family - but in the end, it's them versus the world, and they conquer it. Love wins! It wins Emmys, too, with the story of Yorkie and Kelly, who fall in love in a simulated reality that reunites them in different eras while they're actually in their dying days of old age.

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