Rank videos are hard because everyone has their own opinions, but I think you summed up the worst of them and some of the best. Metalhead, Mazie Day, and Ashley Too were definitely among the worst. Definitely didn't agree with the entire list -- you ranked some of my favorites pretty low, but again, to each his own.
Rank videos are hard because everyone has their own opinions, but I think you summed up the worst of them and some of the best. Metalhead, Mazie Day, and Ashley Too were definitely among the worst. Definitely didn't agree with the entire list -- you ranked some of my favorites pretty low, but again, to each his own.
I really enjoyed Hang the DJ. It was a simple, well-acted and emotionally resonant story that's stayed in my mind long after the credits rolled. The tech was also eerily plausible, though obviously a bit exaggerated for dramatic impact. It was sad to see it so far down on your list.
Me too! It would be in my top 5 I would say. I’m normally pretty good at guessing endings but I didn’t see this one coming at all and it made me cry and stuck with me
I go back and watch "Hated in the Nation" fairly regularly. It feels so different from most other episodes cause of it's pacing, it's by far the longest episode and is constantly adding new elements to the story. It feels like a movie. I also loved Fifteen Million Merits, it was the first episode I saw and is still the most memorable.
I always rank "Shut Up And Dance" high because that was the episode that got me fully into Black Mirror and I had to go back and watch the other episodes. It made me realise that when you watch Black Mirror the people you follow are misleading you and they're usually the villains in the end. Speaking of misleading you and being the villain in the end "Beyond The Sea" is probably my favorite. Aaron Paul did wonderful.
I actually watched Striking Vipers first, because when you click on it for the first time it brings up the most recent season's first episode, and at the time season 5 was still young. I actually loved the episode and immediately realized it was the wrong season so I went back and binged it. Even though it is not my favorite and I know it is not the greatest episode, it is still one I can revisit and enjoy.
agree. it’s one of my very favorites and i still get giddy waiting for the ending. rewatching it is a joy. i make my friends watch that episode with me so i can relive the naïveté of not knowing what happens. a very realistic story, makes you feel insanely fooled. the climax is insane, the music they use and the lighting is crazy.
The Entire History of You, Be Right Back, and San Junipero really stand out to me because they were not just about technology, but about relationships between normal people.
I felt all these episodes were overrated. My favorite episodes were 1. USS Callister 2. Black Museum 3. White Christmas 4. Shut Up and Dance 5. White Bear Edit: it seems like you’re a fan of the more personal small scale episodes, where I lean more towards the massive stakes large scale episodes
What I like about this show is that I'm never, ever able to predict how it'll go. Like in Beyond the Sea, I thought the other guy was going to kill Aaron Paul's character, maybe by leaving him outside the capsule, and also lie to the wife, trying to pass himself off as her husband. But she catches on when she hears him humming one of the records he liked to play.
It’s strange that out of all the episodes, you note Beyond the Sea as particularly unpredictable. As soon as Josh Hartnett’s character had his family murdered, and it kept switching between showing us his family and Aaron Paul’s charcater’s family, I knew where it was going. Which is why I supposed I don’t really like it. It just felt unrewarding when I had to watch a plot unfold for 90 minutes that I had guessed in the first 10. Plus there are logistical inadequacies and plot holes in there that kind of ruin the immersion for me.
Playtest is my absolute favorite because of the the many plottwists. It got to a moment which I got actually scared and was so unsure of the reality of the show, and then when I was sure, they cracked it again. Also the kind of mystery going on between the character and his parents are really engaging even tho it wasn't fully elaborated which makes it even cooler to me (I also like some horror)
It might not be my favorite episode ( Def a top 10 maybe top 5), but the ending is still my favorite ending. The fact that he died within 0.04 sec. before he even got to the mole game is crazy. Also, when you are about to die, your neurons do all fire in rapid succession and can simulate hallucinations and false sensory observations like the ones he had. So that just adds to the whole thing. I don't think he had those experiences because of the machine, I think that was his neurons all firing in hundreds of a second and him hallucinating it all. Still terrifying. The brain is a crazy thing.
Honestly, it was a good episode, but it would be much better if the main character wasn’t so annoying. Dude literally wouldn’t shut up. I just watched this episode today
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Such a great show! To this day White Christmas has stuck with me the most, mainly due to the final scene where the two police officers nonchalantly crank up the loop timer to, what was it, a million years, give a little chuckle and then leave for their holiday weekend. Utterly horrifying!
Glad you enjoyed! So many good episodes. It’s rare to think that out of 28 there’s probably only three that are “meh”. And yeah, that’s such a haunting moment!
Same. I'd put Hang the DJ near the top 5. That, Crocodile and The Waldo Moment could all move up 5 or 10 places. Nosedive, Hated in the Nation and Smithereens could move the same amount. Then it would be close to my thoughts.
@@greatapegino i liked the concept. Just didn't think it was a particularly well written episode and didn't take the idea to the most interesting places.
The ending to Beyond the Sea was surreal. I quite literally was left speechless, jaw dropped, staring at my black mirror while the credits scrolled. Brilliant ending from such an incredible show. Loved the video!!
@@BrainPilot I couldn't make a ranked Black Mirror episode list that wouldn't be drastically different a month later, but Entire History, San Junipero, and Hang the DJ will always be in the top 10!
I just wanted to thank you for mentioning the supporting cast of “Beyond the Sea”. They all did amazing jobs, and tend to be overlooked by Aaron and Josh’s performances.
My favorite thing about Playtest is that in a rewatch, if you are wearing headphones, you can hear a phone vibrating incorporated into the music. Sonething youd never take note of the first time, but something ultimately gutwrenching when you finally notice. I remember thinking my phone was vibrating the whole time he was in the game.
I think this show has slowly turned into the most important TV Series of our generation. Seriously you can get so much conversation and discussion out of each of the episodes. I was at the basketball court today and overheard someone saying that they needed to get home to finish the rest of season 6. Damn Good Television.
I go back and watch White Christmas all the time the story was well constructed and it all paid off to an amazing ending. That episode along with The Entire history of you are the two episodes I recommend to other people to watch no matter what. They do the best at mixing the technology with the story and imo have to best endings in all of Blackmirror. Overall good list I definitely have a different list then yours 3-28 but you got the two most important ones at the top.
i think smithereens is one of the best by far, because of how much i and many of us can relate to the characters views, the concept is already much of a reality and i cant help but empathise with the main character as i strongly agree with him
my personal ranking for season 6 episodes alone is: 5)mazey day 4)joan is awful 3)demon 79 2)loch henry 1)beyond the sea. Overall this season was like a 7-8/10 in my opinion.
The season was doing so well before the last two episodes too :/. I wonder why they went the supernatural route. I was flabbergasted in that episode cause wtf was that lmfaoooo.
I liked “Shut Up and Dance” because of how they try to make you think one thing and the twist changes the whole story where he turns out to be a pedophile. Beyond the Sea is my next episode that I’m going to recommend everyone to watch. I just love when they make you think he was going to lock him outside of the ship to die and secretly take over his body only to have a completely unexpected twist at the end that gives me chicken skin while the credits roll.
I think it was obvious David wouldn't let Cliff die because Cliff himself told his wife they needed eachother because their mission was designed for 2 earlier in the episode, otherwise David could've just stabbed him while he was laying on that bed. I think It would've been darker if they landed on a planet with enough resources to live but instead of doing research and going back to earth, David killed Cliff and started pretending he was him on earth or if Cliff's wife simply accepted the fact that David was dead and didn't care because she fell in love with David. There was no reason for David to go back so he could just wake up to eat and go back lol.
Yeah, it was pretty damn obvious that he was going to kill the family. My ‘fix’ would have been to show a scene after the final one, where the two of them, while still loathing one another, are mutually cooperating to work the ship and have an agreed roster to use the body, because there’s no other choice other than mutual destruction.
Nosedive is my absolute favorite episode in this entire series so I was secretly hoping for it to be at least top 5 and you can guess how happy I was to see it at #3 for you!
The one pattern about season 6 that I noticed is that it entirely steers clear of its traditional, prophetic dystopian slant on the abuse of technology in the future. Almost every episode goes back in time and/or has completely abandoned the dystopian sci-if element in favor of more fantasy/supernatural type themes. Like a lot of Black Mirrors previous seasons focusing on dystopian sci-fi creative predictions have almost caught up to where we are today, obviously not literally but in concept and direction we’re not to far from some dystopian milestones. Most of the episodes were good for what they were and I accept that a show doesn’t have to be what I expect exactly. But admittedly, I would’ve been more interested to see episodes set in 2060 challenging Elon Musk’s theory about the singularity. I mean transhumanism with tech is literally being discussed right now. What would that look like in the next decades? Joan is awful is probably the closest to discussing a near future and even this episode confines itself to Netflix making itself the butt of anything antagonistic…Not to be all conspiracy theorist, but as I was going through each episode and noticing how almost all were set in the past..it did almost seem like the traditional approach Black Mirror always took was sort of avoided and abandoned altogether as not to offend tech companies or at least portray them in a bad light to the public as they are literally inventing things at a rate right now that might take us to a dystopian future…idk, it’s a stretch of thinking for sure. But just am sharing this comment because nobody’s discussed this angle yet and maybe others took notice?
That's why it fell flat for me. The premises were mostly good and there, but the time period switches and supernatural elements just took away all the realism.
@@JNB0723Yh same I enjoyed loch henry,Beyond the sea and demon 79 each very good but it didn’t feel like a block mirror episode other than maybe beyond the sea but loch henry felt like a movie instead I don’t mind that too much but I wish they would add some more technology dystopia next season aswell as these
1. White Christmas 2. White Bear 3. Shut up and Dance 4. Black Museum 5. USS Callister I think some of the worst to me are The Waldo Moment, Metalhead, Rachel Jack and Ashley Too, and Mazey Day I think the rest of the episodes are pretty good. One of my dark horse favorites is Crocodile
@@zekeedwards7904Demon 79 was my favourite episode, beyond the sea just annoyed me tbh. The acting was sublime but the story was just stupid imo, it took me out of the whole thing when he killed Cliffs family. Thats unrealistic as fuck.
@@lukecheshire7782 so a story about a demon manifesting as a 70s disco dude is not stupid lol, look man it's all subjective if everyone agreed on everything, life would be pretty dull, I enjoy the tech side and dystopia in black mirror, that's what got me hooked, not supernatural comedy
I loved Stiking Vipers cause it was so damn weird and had you feeling awkward the whole time. I would rank that episode top 3. Its funny how differently people like different episodes.
Great rankings! I especially agree with the bottom 3. And ty for ranking White Bear so high. That’s my fav episode and it’s the one that got me onto the show because my dad was explaining the plot and I thought it sounded cool af so I watched and the rest is history.
I think you absolutely nailed it. When I think of Black Mirror, the two episodes that immediately come to mind are The Entire History of You and White Christmas.
Idk if bandersnatch could be considered a BM episode but its one of my favorites. Back when I watched it I was really into interactive video games(Detroit become human, until dawn, life is strange etc) and bandersnatch surpassed all those without even being a game.
So happy that someone agrees with me as entire history of you as the best, white Christmas also 2nd for me, what did surprise me about this list is hang the DJ and loch Henry being so far down but this is such a hard list to make because there are so many good ones I appreciate your efforts
Definitely agree with the bottom half of the list, especially the bottom 5. Mazey day felt so... off. BM doesn't have to be technology focused but the felt too on the rails. Although I think the one with the nano bees should be down there too. Edit: The Entire History of You is my favourite story next to White Christmas. It's so powerful and re watchable. Its so raw, personal and real - this is something I think lacks in other episodes
To be honest with you I disagree with you on striking vipers. I think the ending was actually a good ending. A loving couple making a compromise. I didn’t find it dark, on the contrary, I found it quite mature.
I love Annie Murphy to death. Her acting was sublime, but the directing and writing didn't bring enough of the introspection with the simulated reality twist at the end. We only saw it with Annie Murphy's acting when Level 1 Joan realized that the real Joan was already going to break the Quamputer anyway. They wasted an opportunity to portray an existential horror that would've been more reminiscent of peak Black Mirror episodes.
I’m still confused on this one. I thought the program was meant to simulate each person’s life then where did the multiple levels come in with real actors that don’t know they’re acting? I’m a little lost
@@sunflowerlove60part of the plot of the Joan is Awful show is that she finds out her life is being turned into a show (when she sees Salma Hayek) The idea is that the whole episode we watched is just the “Joan Is Awful” Streamberry show about the real life Joan
San Juniero is very dark. It's not YOUR mind thats uploaded there. It is only a copy. Basically you did die. All of you died even your mind. But the picture they copied remained.
Thank you! It’s a long episode but every moment adds something to the plot and it has the perfect ending. It gets better on every rewatch and I think it’s criminally underrated.
Great list, I really enjoyed it. Thinking about White Christmas it strikes me how sad it was for the man who thought he had a child. Had the women uttered three simple words "it's not yours" she could have saved him an eternity of pain. She is the true villian of this episode.
I personally loved Mazey Day. The werewolf twist was just out of left fuckin field. I didn’t know what to expect but I was still not expecting that. Beyond the sea DEFINITELY one of their best episodes. The way they were making it seem, I thought 1 of 2 things was going to happen. Either that the wife was going to end up living Josh Hartnett more or that Josh was going to kill Aaron but then pass off as if he was him fooling his wife. But murdering his family??????? HOLY SHIT I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING!
Episodes like Mazey day can be good... only if they're not bearing the "Black Mirror" title. Like if I want that kine of episodes I'll be watching Stranger Things or something...
The Entire History of You is in my top 5/10 episodes instead of my favourite but it will always be special to me. It really was the episode that made me love the show and I had such a strong reaction to watching it. Even the worse episodes of the show are incredibly well executed and BM in general is truly unforgettable
That was enormous fun to watch, so thanks. I won't judge your order since it's all so subjective. I would like to make a few observations, however: I completely agree with your Mazey Day observation. A terrific episode was let down by an odd horror angle that came out of nowhere. Season six is substantially better than many would have us believe. I enjoyed all of them to varying degrees. With three episodes being outstanding (Joan and Mazey being the two "good, not great episodes). As for gut punches... Under the Sea and Loch Henry deliver in spades. Yet, no episode has shocked or upended everything I thought I knew, like Shut Up and Dance. Quite brilliant.
I don’t watch Black Mirror for twists - there’s episodes people love without a shocking twist (Nosedive, San Junipero, USS Calistar) so while there was some predictability, I don’t think an episode should get deducted points for that.
Hell, I knew the moment his family got GOT! I definitely predicted that ending as well. Everybody says Loch Henry was predictable but Beyond The Sea was predictable for me.
1. 15 Million Merits 2. San Junipero 3. Be Right Back 4. White Christmas 5. White Bear 6. Hated in the Nation 7. Nosedive 8. Playtest 9. Beyond the Sea 10. Hang the DJ Also, I made this list before watching the top 10. Nice 🤘
Can't rank them all but best from each season. The National Anthem. White Bear. Shut Up and Dance. USS Callister. Smithereens. Loch Henry. White Bear and Shut Up and Dance standing out the most. Always a gut punch. The Waldo Moment was probably the only episode that really disappointed me, rather dull and the ending had me rolling my eyes. Enjoyed all your breakdowns of this season. Hope we don't have to wait too long for the next one.
My Top 10: 1. USS Callister 2. Black Museum 3. Crocodile 4. White Bear 5. Loch Henry 6. Demon 79 7. Striking Vipers 8. Hated in the Nation 9. Joan is awful 10. White Christmas … 28. Mazey Day 😂
I get that your list is subjective, but come on man. Hang the DJ is literally the SECOND highest ranked episode on IMDb (which means the mean of thousands of people collectively decided that). Calling it forgettable was also a bit of a stretch because it received and still receives lots of media attention, especially on youtube.
Welp, can't argue about taste, but saying beyond the sea was more enjoyable than Hated in the Nation, wow...Reaaaaaally can't see that. IMHO Hated in the Nation is extremely underrated. One of the best BM episodes for me, one of the few that had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Beyond the Sea? Meh. It was nice to see Aaron Paul, but 1h20 was waaaay to much for that story. Also love Hang the DJ. Such a wholesome episode. Lastly, IDK why people like the Entire History of You so much. I couldn't care less about the main character and his obsession with rewatching everything everytime and I found really funny when he discovered his wife cheating through this. It felt earned. Dude was so paranoid that finally the paranoia "paid" him in someway. But there was no one to cheer for, almost everyone was idiot and dumb. Thinking about the purpose of the episode I found Nosedive way more entertaining while conveying a really similar message.
Those top 3 are perfect. Entire History of You is the gold standard to compare all episodes to and captures the essence of Black Mirror better than any other. White Christmas is the next best. Nosedive is the most terrifyingly realistic prediction of the future. The top 10 is pretty spot on but I think USS Callister needs to be there. I’d also put Hang the DJ and Crocodile in the top half.
Hang the Dj is amazing. Her sitting on the bed watching many go by and him stuck in something awful as he watched the time almost made me cry because I’ve been in both positions. Their chemistry was amazing and the twist was awesome. Idk if you haven’t dated a lot or something but this episode literally catches every angle of dating so perfectly.
I gotta say, your top choice is the one episode I've refused to ever watch again because of the pain I felt watching him go through that. Probably why it deserves the spot tbh
I really liked loch henry. i know some people like that true crime stuff, but as someone (and mean this not to be cringe or like "that" person yk) who was rlly bothered by stuff in Dahmer, i was rlly hoping an episode would address that stuff about true crime TT Also Edit: unpopular opinion, but i actually kinda liked Mazey day 😅 i know the reason why people didnt like it but i was thoroughly entertained lmao
I haven't watched every episode of Black Mirror, but already seen a great bunch so my ranks so far: 1st - Nosedive 2nd - Be Right Back 3rd - San Junipero 4th - The National Anthem 5th - Joan is Awful 6th - Loch Henry 7th - Demon 79 8th - Beyond the Sea 9th - Smithereens 10th - Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too 11th - Mazey Day 12th - The Waldo Moment - In regards to Mazey Day, Charlie Brooker actually originally was going to label it as Red Mirror like Demon 79, so season 6 would've had 3 Black Mirror stories and 2 Red Mirror stories. However, given that the werewolf twist is the twist with the story and labeling Mazey Day a Red Mirror story might spoil it, Brooker decided to label it as a Black Mirror episode to hide it. That said, Mazey Day had a really great and interesting concept about paparazzis and celebrity privacy, but what made it a missed potential was the mere fact it's one of the shortest Black Mirror episodes, thus the story became too shallow and characters weren't really fleshed out and given dimension, with Bo and Mazey Day herself being the only really interesting characters in the episode, Hector could've been fleshed out (a shame since it's Danny Ramirez and he really love to be in Black Mirror). The werewolf twist is divisive, but it's honestly not the most problematic part of the episode, especially given the purpose of it. - As for Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too, I think you could've given Miley Cyrus credit for her performance as Ashley as she understood the character and most especially Ashley echoes Miley's own personal experience as a celebrity when she was working under Disney and being Hannah Montana. Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott definitely had one of the best performances in Black Mirror season 5 and the show overall. It's a shame how season 5 turned out looking all 3 episodes as from what I've seen with 2 of the 3 episodes I've seen in season 5, it's clear that the depiction of technology was so shallow and came off too much of "tech is bad" and with Charlie Brooker recently voicing his frustration of people only perceiving Black Mirror as just a showing saying "tech is bad" when Black Mirror has always been about the human nature and society that the stories show our reflection as people and society, a black mirror. Because of season 5's reception and Brooker feeling frustrated with that perception of Black Mirror, it's clear and very understandable as to why season 6 turned out. - You may need to rethink of Joan is Awful a bit more as this particular episode was WAY TOO TIMELY, it may be similar to how you felt about Smithereens. Joan is Awful is a very eerie echo of the writers and actors' strike going on in Hollywood and studios' willingness to use AI to exploit celebrities. The studios even blatantly are willing to drive the creatives homeless, like they're saying them to "go fuck themselves" like how Streamberry told Salma Hayek to "go fuck herself". Again, rather timely and heavily relevant now
The entire history of you messed with me. When the couple was being intimate but using memories instead and not being present with each other was haunting
Hated in the Nation is my most replayed episode actually. The phasing was indeed different from trad Black Mirror eps cause it doesn't hold tension for too long, which served it well cause it's more comparable to an adventure story instead of a personal one, so the way it raised lots of questions and answered them quickly was what drove its narrative. And I really appreciated that.
EVERY EPISODE RANKED 😮 yeah you're right about Mazy day. Keep Black Mirror in its own identity. He's created something very special, it should stay that way..
Definitely, felt like i was watching creepshow or tales from the crypt or something. If it was a Creepshow episode I would totally understand, but its not.
i really like your list - not that I agree with all of it - but I enjoyed hearing the reasons why you felt each each episode ranked the way they did. It makes me want to revisit Beyond the Sea again because I just found the ending confounding. I didn’t understand why the big thing had to happen at the end and wondered how believable a scenario like that would actually be (assuming we’d have that technology) Demon 79 was a huge surprise and I think would be quite high on my list, maybe even #1 which is so weird because it has nothing to do with tech. But if I had to choose one at the top that did have to do with tech, I’d probably choose Nosedive. The ending to that makes me want to shout for joy. the actors are just so free despite being locked up. Anyway, great list! thanks for sharing.
While I do agree on a lot of them, there are some that I would put higher on my rankings, like Striking Vipers, USS Callister and Hang the DJ. All three are in top 10 on my list
I strongly agree with your ranking ... those episodes which make you realize that not only technology has bad effects on humanity but humans can be complex enough to destroy their own humanity.
This was such a fun video to make! What is your ranking of ALL of the Black Mirror episodes? Comment yours below!
You forgot about Men Against Fire, bandersnatch isnt technically an episode in the series so i think you counted that instead in your 28
@@dylanmcdougall5758 he said men against fire
Rank videos are hard because everyone has their own opinions, but I think you summed up the worst of them and some of the best. Metalhead, Mazie Day, and Ashley Too were definitely among the worst. Definitely didn't agree with the entire list -- you ranked some of my favorites pretty low, but again, to each his own.
Rank videos are hard because everyone has their own opinions, but I think you summed up the worst of them and some of the best. Metalhead, Mazie Day, and Ashley Too were definitely among the worst. Definitely didn't agree with the entire list -- you ranked some of my favorites pretty low, but again, to each his own.
My list is very similar. But I didn't like Beyond the sea, White Christmas was too sad for my liking, and I rated San Junipero as number 1
I really enjoyed Hang the DJ. It was a simple, well-acted and emotionally resonant story that's stayed in my mind long after the credits rolled. The tech was also eerily plausible, though obviously a bit exaggerated for dramatic impact. It was sad to see it so far down on your list.
Definitely
Agree
My thoughts exactly!
I agree
Me too! It would be in my top 5 I would say. I’m normally pretty good at guessing endings but I didn’t see this one coming at all and it made me cry and stuck with me
I go back and watch "Hated in the Nation" fairly regularly. It feels so different from most other episodes cause of it's pacing, it's by far the longest episode and is constantly adding new elements to the story. It feels like a movie.
I also loved Fifteen Million Merits, it was the first episode I saw and is still the most memorable.
Yeah totally agree about Hated in The Nation. That's my biggest issue with it. It is so slow when compared to the others.
Same here. I've watched Hated in the Nation several times
And that's one where I think they pretty much undeniably nailed human nature. If that technology came out tomorrow, that episode would start tomorrow
I always rank "Shut Up And Dance" high because that was the episode that got me fully into Black Mirror and I had to go back and watch the other episodes. It made me realise that when you watch Black Mirror the people you follow are misleading you and they're usually the villains in the end. Speaking of misleading you and being the villain in the end "Beyond The Sea" is probably my favorite. Aaron Paul did wonderful.
I do the same with white bear
@@lascosasporsunombre8991 that one too! i think i watched that next and was crushed
I actually watched Striking Vipers first, because when you click on it for the first time it brings up the most recent season's first episode, and at the time season 5 was still young. I actually loved the episode and immediately realized it was the wrong season so I went back and binged it. Even though it is not my favorite and I know it is not the greatest episode, it is still one I can revisit and enjoy.
agree. it’s one of my very favorites and i still get giddy waiting for the ending. rewatching it is a joy. i make my friends watch that episode with me so i can relive the naïveté of not knowing what happens. a very realistic story, makes you feel insanely fooled. the climax is insane, the music they use and the lighting is crazy.
@@airbornemelody6156 that's actually a good idea! I hope they were terrified like we were
The Entire History of You, Be Right Back, and San Junipero really stand out to me because they were not just about technology, but about relationships between normal people.
Couldn't agree more! Another personal, emotional layer to the plots!
San Junípero has a timing developing the story that is amazing
I felt all these episodes were overrated.
My favorite episodes were
1. USS Callister
2. Black Museum
3. White Christmas
4. Shut Up and Dance
5. White Bear
Edit: it seems like you’re a fan of the more personal small scale episodes, where I lean more towards the massive stakes large scale episodes
@@duffal0who asked
@@sgtvegetablewho asked u he’s just saying his opinion man
What I like about this show is that I'm never, ever able to predict how it'll go. Like in Beyond the Sea, I thought the other guy was going to kill Aaron Paul's character, maybe by leaving him outside the capsule, and also lie to the wife, trying to pass himself off as her husband. But she catches on when she hears him humming one of the records he liked to play.
As for me, I caught the twist early on. So it wasn't quite as shocking to me. I like Joan is Awful and Loch Henry more because of their pacing.
I mean the ship can’t operate if one is gone so I kinda knew it was going to lead to that but it was still crazy what happened
It’s strange that out of all the episodes, you note Beyond the Sea as particularly unpredictable. As soon as Josh Hartnett’s character had his family murdered, and it kept switching between showing us his family and Aaron Paul’s charcater’s family, I knew where it was going. Which is why I supposed I don’t really like it. It just felt unrewarding when I had to watch a plot unfold for 90 minutes that I had guessed in the first 10. Plus there are logistical inadequacies and plot holes in there that kind of ruin the immersion for me.
i also thought thats what the twist would be
@@Luke-eo8djDavid had nothing to lose. Sooo it really wouldn't have matter he would've died over there after killing Cliff
Playtest is my absolute favorite because of the the many plottwists. It got to a moment which I got actually scared and was so unsure of the reality of the show, and then when I was sure, they cracked it again. Also the kind of mystery going on between the character and his parents are really engaging even tho it wasn't fully elaborated which makes it even cooler to me (I also like some horror)
It might not be my favorite episode ( Def a top 10 maybe top 5), but the ending is still my favorite ending. The fact that he died within 0.04 sec. before he even got to the mole game is crazy. Also, when you are about to die, your neurons do all fire in rapid succession and can simulate hallucinations and false sensory observations like the ones he had. So that just adds to the whole thing. I don't think he had those experiences because of the machine, I think that was his neurons all firing in hundreds of a second and him hallucinating it all. Still terrifying. The brain is a crazy thing.
Honestly, it was a good episode, but it would be much better if the main character wasn’t so annoying. Dude literally wouldn’t shut up. I just watched this episode today
i just love the guy who‘s the protagonist in that one. seems like such a good dude who i‘d love to have a beer with
My fav BM episode too, it worsened my existential depression which kept me question the reality of our world. Enjoyable!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Such a great show! To this day White Christmas has stuck with me the most, mainly due to the final scene where the two police officers nonchalantly crank up the loop timer to, what was it, a million years, give a little chuckle and then leave for their holiday weekend. Utterly horrifying!
Glad you enjoyed! So many good episodes. It’s rare to think that out of 28 there’s probably only three that are “meh”. And yeah, that’s such a haunting moment!
nah having hang the dj that low is a violation, i loved that episode, one of the few episodes that actually have a feel good ending
Totally agree, I loved that episode! Easily in my top 10.
Same. I'd put Hang the DJ near the top 5. That, Crocodile and The Waldo Moment could all move up 5 or 10 places.
Nosedive, Hated in the Nation and Smithereens could move the same amount.
Then it would be close to my thoughts.
@@jameslfc11 such a feel good episode tbh
@@kevtb874 Nosedive is up there too, really is a accurate reflection of todays society.
@@greatapegino i liked the concept. Just didn't think it was a particularly well written episode and didn't take the idea to the most interesting places.
The ending to Beyond the Sea was surreal. I quite literally was left speechless, jaw dropped, staring at my black mirror while the credits scrolled. Brilliant ending from such an incredible show. Loved the video!!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video!
Really? It felt incredibly predictable.
I’ll forever love be right back, san junipero, white christmas, nosedive & crocodile the most because they feel the most character-driven which i love
Hang the DJ is one of my favorite black mirror episodes, pretty surprised that it is ranked so low.
Yeah I didn't realise that it was so well received!
@@BrainPilot I couldn't make a ranked Black Mirror episode list that wouldn't be drastically different a month later, but Entire History, San Junipero, and Hang the DJ will always be in the top 10!
I just wanted to thank you for mentioning the supporting cast of “Beyond the Sea”. They all did amazing jobs, and tend to be overlooked by Aaron and Josh’s performances.
Every single cast member brought something to the performance. Even Henry and his slightly absent but observant nature!
One of the best episodes :)
hang the DJ is one of my favourite episodes, even if it doesn't really fit black mirror due to the happy ending
That's a fair choice!
I think that's the reason they placed this episode right after one of the darkest episodes "Crocodile"
My favorite thing about Playtest is that in a rewatch, if you are wearing headphones, you can hear a phone vibrating incorporated into the music. Sonething youd never take note of the first time, but something ultimately gutwrenching when you finally notice. I remember thinking my phone was vibrating the whole time he was in the game.
That's a really cool thought!
Just realized that the mom from Loch Henry was the police chief from Smithereens
Good spot!
I really feel like arkangel doesn’t get enough love. I found it very powerful as someone who’s a mother now and was also once a teenage girl.
True, it is a good episode!
I think this show has slowly turned into the most important TV Series of our generation. Seriously you can get so much conversation and discussion out of each of the episodes. I was at the basketball court today and overheard someone saying that they needed to get home to finish the rest of season 6. Damn Good Television.
It’s very ‘McDonald’s’ philo sci-fi a lot of the time imo. Tech bad, titillate you with that concept, repeat the process, that’s the show.
I just watched white christmas and it blew me away, existential dread showed perfectly on a TV screen
I go back and watch White Christmas all the time the story was well constructed and it all paid off to an amazing ending. That episode along with The Entire history of you are the two episodes I recommend to other people to watch no matter what. They do the best at mixing the technology with the story and imo have to best endings in all of Blackmirror.
Overall good list I definitely have a different list then yours 3-28 but you got the two most important ones at the top.
i think smithereens is one of the best by far, because of how much i and many of us can relate to the characters views, the concept is already much of a reality and i cant help but empathise with the main character as i strongly agree with him
My favourites are Black Museum and White Bear. I did like Loch Henry but i predicted the mums involvement straight away
my personal ranking for season 6 episodes alone is: 5)mazey day 4)joan is awful 3)demon 79 2)loch henry 1)beyond the sea. Overall this season was like a 7-8/10 in my opinion.
My exact ranking
Solid ranking!
Totally agree!!!
Mazey day pulled down the quality of the season so much more lower - like a clear outlier. Agree with the list too
The season was doing so well before the last two episodes too :/. I wonder why they went the supernatural route. I was flabbergasted in that episode cause wtf was that lmfaoooo.
I liked “Shut Up and Dance” because of how they try to make you think one thing and the twist changes the whole story where he turns out to be a pedophile. Beyond the Sea is my next episode that I’m going to recommend everyone to watch. I just love when they make you think he was going to lock him outside of the ship to die and secretly take over his body only to have a completely unexpected twist at the end that gives me chicken skin while the credits roll.
I think it was obvious David wouldn't let Cliff die because Cliff himself told his wife they needed eachother because their mission was designed for 2 earlier in the episode, otherwise David could've just stabbed him while he was laying on that bed.
I think It would've been darker if they landed on a planet with enough resources to live but instead of doing research and going back to earth, David killed Cliff and started pretending he was him on earth or if Cliff's wife simply accepted the fact that David was dead and didn't care because she fell in love with David. There was no reason for David to go back so he could just wake up to eat and go back lol.
Yeah, it was pretty damn obvious that he was going to kill the family.
My ‘fix’ would have been to show a scene after the final one, where the two of them, while still loathing one another, are mutually cooperating to work the ship and have an agreed roster to use the body, because there’s no other choice other than mutual destruction.
Nosedive is my absolute favorite episode in this entire series so I was secretly hoping for it to be at least top 5 and you can guess how happy I was to see it at #3 for you!
That was such a good one. Her breakdown at the end was so well acted and you really truly felt her hopeless desperation to your core
Stringing Vipers has stuck with me for so long. I honestly think it’s brilliant.
The one pattern about season 6 that I noticed is that it entirely steers clear of its traditional, prophetic dystopian slant on the abuse of technology in the future. Almost every episode goes back in time and/or has completely abandoned the dystopian sci-if element in favor of more fantasy/supernatural type themes. Like a lot of Black Mirrors previous seasons focusing on dystopian sci-fi creative predictions have almost caught up to where we are today, obviously not literally but in concept and direction we’re not to far from some dystopian milestones. Most of the episodes were good for what they were and I accept that a show doesn’t have to be what I expect exactly. But admittedly, I would’ve been more interested to see episodes set in 2060 challenging Elon Musk’s theory about the singularity. I mean transhumanism with tech is literally being discussed right now. What would that look like in the next decades? Joan is awful is probably the closest to discussing a near future and even this episode confines itself to Netflix making itself the butt of anything antagonistic…Not to be all conspiracy theorist, but as I was going through each episode and noticing how almost all were set in the past..it did almost seem like the traditional approach Black Mirror always took was sort of avoided and abandoned altogether as not to offend tech companies or at least portray them in a bad light to the public as they are literally inventing things at a rate right now that might take us to a dystopian future…idk, it’s a stretch of thinking for sure. But just am sharing this comment because nobody’s discussed this angle yet and maybe others took notice?
That's why it fell flat for me. The premises were mostly good and there, but the time period switches and supernatural elements just took away all the realism.
@@JNB0723Yh same I enjoyed loch henry,Beyond the sea and demon 79 each very good but it didn’t feel like a block mirror episode other than maybe beyond the sea but loch henry felt like a movie instead I don’t mind that too much but I wish they would add some more technology dystopia next season aswell as these
Beyond the sea has stuck with me. Great episode
1. White Christmas
2. White Bear
3. Shut up and Dance
4. Black Museum
5. USS Callister
I think some of the worst to me are The Waldo Moment, Metalhead, Rachel Jack and Ashley Too, and Mazey Day I think the rest of the episodes are pretty good. One of my dark horse favorites is Crocodile
I definitely agree with the ones you put towards the bottom! Seems we're on a similar page with that!
Shut up
And dance is corny i choose metal head over that boring episode
Season 6 was mixed for me , I thought Joan is awful and beyond the sea were excellent but demon 69,mazey day and Loch Henry were very poor
@@zekeedwards7904Demon 79 was my favourite episode, beyond the sea just annoyed me tbh. The acting was sublime but the story was just stupid imo, it took me out of the whole thing when he killed Cliffs family. Thats unrealistic as fuck.
@@lukecheshire7782 so a story about a demon manifesting as a 70s disco dude is not stupid lol, look man it's all subjective if everyone agreed on everything, life would be pretty dull, I enjoy the tech side and dystopia in black mirror, that's what got me hooked, not supernatural comedy
I loved Stiking Vipers cause it was so damn weird and had you feeling awkward the whole time. I would rank that episode top 3. Its funny how differently people like different episodes.
That's totally fair!
I hated striking vipers
White Christmas, USS Callister, and Striking Vipers are top 3 for me, and perhaps the only episodes I truly liked a lot.
Great rankings! I especially agree with the bottom 3. And ty for ranking White Bear so high. That’s my fav episode and it’s the one that got me onto the show because my dad was explaining the plot and I thought it sounded cool af so I watched and the rest is history.
Thanks a lot!
Hang the dj being 24th is cray
I think you absolutely nailed it. When I think of Black Mirror, the two episodes that immediately come to mind are The Entire History of You and White Christmas.
They are classics!
I have only watched 5, but decided its one of my favourites. San Junipero, 15 million credits and Demon 79 are all fantastic.
Idk if bandersnatch could be considered a BM episode but its one of my favorites. Back when I watched it I was really into interactive video games(Detroit become human, until dawn, life is strange etc) and bandersnatch surpassed all those without even being a game.
Detroit become human was a classic. Definitely need more games like that.
Big cap, detroit was better that bandersnatch
@@reizyka3044 nah you buggin' Detroit had potential but David cage fumbled the story
So happy that someone agrees with me as entire history of you as the best, white Christmas also 2nd for me, what did surprise me about this list is hang the DJ and loch Henry being so far down but this is such a hard list to make because there are so many good ones I appreciate your efforts
Glad you agree with the top part! Yeah it's a difficult ranking as there are so many good episodes!
Definitely agree with the bottom half of the list, especially the bottom 5. Mazey day felt so... off. BM doesn't have to be technology focused but the felt too on the rails. Although I think the one with the nano bees should be down there too. Edit: The Entire History of You is my favourite story next to White Christmas. It's so powerful and re watchable. Its so raw, personal and real - this is something I think lacks in other episodes
Glad we agreed on a lot!
I liked the bee one a lot tbh
@@duffal0 I can see it’s merits - deffo got some good moments in there but I felt like it was too long
Mazey day being last is the reason I liked lol 😂
Haha, oh no lol
I'm obsessed with beyond the sea. So good.
Interesting, I liked the concept but was underwhelmed.
@@TeChNoWC7 I liked it but forgot about it immediately haha
@@TeChNoWC7very overwhelming. I didn’t like the end at all. But it was pretty good.
To be honest with you I disagree with you on striking vipers. I think the ending was actually a good ending. A loving couple making a compromise. I didn’t find it dark, on the contrary, I found it quite mature.
Totally fair!
striking vipers is so under appreciated
Agreed. Ending was understanding of all sides, not a dark one. Everyone walked away happy.
I love Annie Murphy to death. Her acting was sublime, but the directing and writing didn't bring enough of the introspection with the simulated reality twist at the end. We only saw it with Annie Murphy's acting when Level 1 Joan realized that the real Joan was already going to break the Quamputer anyway. They wasted an opportunity to portray an existential horror that would've been more reminiscent of peak Black Mirror episodes.
I’m still confused on this one. I thought the program was meant to simulate each person’s life then where did the multiple levels come in with real actors that don’t know they’re acting? I’m a little lost
@@sunflowerlove60part of the plot of the Joan is Awful show is that she finds out her life is being turned into a show (when she sees Salma Hayek) The idea is that the whole episode we watched is just the “Joan Is Awful” Streamberry show about the real life Joan
San Juniero is very dark. It's not YOUR mind thats uploaded there. It is only a copy. Basically you did die. All of you died even your mind. But the picture they copied remained.
Thanks for this video, it was fun seeing which episodes you genuinely enjoyed, and which you found just passable.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The best for me is "Hated by the Nation", but I realy liked USS Calister, Nosedive, San Jupitero, Hang the Dj, White Bear..i love this series 🥰
Thank you! It’s a long episode but every moment adds something to the plot and it has the perfect ending. It gets better on every rewatch and I think it’s criminally underrated.
Great list, I really enjoyed it. Thinking about White Christmas it strikes me how sad it was for the man who thought he had a child. Had the women uttered three simple words "it's not yours" she could have saved him an eternity of pain. She is the true villian of this episode.
Glad you enjoyed the ranking!
Tbh she could have prevented the entire chaos
I did my ranking on Letterboxed yesterday. My current top 3 are "Shut up and Dance", "Loch Henry" and "Smithereens".
Three interesting choices! All quite similar from a tonal perspective. Definitely like the darker more “present day” episodes!
@@BrainPilot thanks man, yes I thought the exact same thing. Love your videos keep it up!
Hated in the nation was one of personal favorites
That’s fair enough, it is a good episode, I just found the pacing to be so slow!
I personally loved Mazey Day. The werewolf twist was just out of left fuckin field. I didn’t know what to expect but I was still not expecting that.
Beyond the sea DEFINITELY one of their best episodes. The way they were making it seem, I thought 1 of 2 things was going to happen. Either that the wife was going to end up living Josh Hartnett more or that Josh was going to kill Aaron but then pass off as if he was him fooling his wife. But murdering his family??????? HOLY SHIT I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING!
Y tf did she turn into a werewolf some shit ending
Episodes like Mazey day can be good... only if they're not bearing the "Black Mirror" title. Like if I want that kine of episodes I'll be watching Stranger Things or something...
I though that I was watching teen wolf instead of black mirror 😂
it was more twightlight zone or inside no 9 than black mirror
The Entire History of You is in my top 5/10 episodes instead of my favourite but it will always be special to me. It really was the episode that made me love the show and I had such a strong reaction to watching it. Even the worse episodes of the show are incredibly well executed and BM in general is truly unforgettable
That was enormous fun to watch, so thanks.
I won't judge your order since it's all so subjective. I would like to make a few observations, however:
I completely agree with your Mazey Day observation. A terrific episode was let down by an odd horror angle that came out of nowhere.
Season six is substantially better than many would have us believe. I enjoyed all of them to varying degrees. With three episodes being outstanding (Joan and Mazey being the two "good, not great episodes).
As for gut punches...
Under the Sea and Loch Henry deliver in spades. Yet, no episode has shocked or upended everything I thought I knew, like Shut Up and Dance. Quite brilliant.
Loved them all. Agree they're all enjoyable. Never really had a bad episode. I like your rankings
For me white Christmas is bar far the best episode, and one of the best things I've ever seen on TV
That's totally fair - it is such a good episode!
1.Nose Dive
2.San Jun
3.History of you
4.Shut up and Dance
5.Striking Vipers
6. Playtest
7. White Bear
8. Black museum
Solid rating! Interesting that striking vipers is there!
Beyond the sea is wild asf
The best inclusion of the brand new episodes!
I really liked “beyond the sea” but I knew the ending halfway through the episode! I wasn’t shocked
I was shocked, I thought he'd kill the man and take over his family.
Yeah that's what I thought too!
I don’t watch Black Mirror for twists - there’s episodes people love without a shocking twist (Nosedive, San Junipero, USS Calistar) so while there was some predictability, I don’t think an episode should get deducted points for that.
Yeah, was extremely predictable unfortunately
Hell, I knew the moment his family got GOT! I definitely predicted that ending as well. Everybody says Loch Henry was predictable but Beyond The Sea was predictable for me.
My favorites are Crocodile, 15 million merits, white bear, metalhead, shut up and dance and white Christmas
Great choices!
Striking Vipers is so thought provoking though
Oh definitely!
Now I want to watch the whole show again
1. Uss Callister
2. Hang The DJ
3. The entire history of you
4. Black Museum
5. Play Test
1.2. And 3 being equally as amazing. Perfect!
Interesting choices!
1. 15 Million Merits
2. San Junipero
3. Be Right Back
4. White Christmas
5. White Bear
6. Hated in the Nation
7. Nosedive
8. Playtest
9. Beyond the Sea
10. Hang the DJ
Also, I made this list before watching the top 10. Nice 🤘
Solid top ten!
Can't rank them all but best from each season. The National Anthem. White Bear. Shut Up and Dance. USS Callister. Smithereens. Loch Henry. White Bear and Shut Up and Dance standing out the most. Always a gut punch. The Waldo Moment was probably the only episode that really disappointed me, rather dull and the ending had me rolling my eyes. Enjoyed all your breakdowns of this season. Hope we don't have to wait too long for the next one.
White Christmas is my favorite.
It's such a good one! Good choice!
Nosedive is my personal favourite. It feels more accurate today then ever and has one of the most satisfying endings.
My Top 10:
1. USS Callister
2. Black Museum
3. Crocodile
4. White Bear
5. Loch Henry
6. Demon 79
7. Striking Vipers
8. Hated in the Nation
9. Joan is awful
10. White Christmas
…
28. Mazey Day 😂
LOOL, gotta get Mazey Day in there!
I like Striking Vipers as well, it doesn't get the love it deserves. I agree that Mazey Day is at the bottom.
Entire history definitely can’t be 1. Maybe in top 10. San junipero, nosedive and million merits are top 3
I get that your list is subjective, but come on man. Hang the DJ is literally the SECOND highest ranked episode on IMDb (which means the mean of thousands of people collectively decided that).
Calling it forgettable was also a bit of a stretch because it received and still receives lots of media attention, especially on youtube.
Welp, can't argue about taste, but saying beyond the sea was more enjoyable than Hated in the Nation, wow...Reaaaaaally can't see that. IMHO Hated in the Nation is extremely underrated. One of the best BM episodes for me, one of the few that had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Beyond the Sea? Meh. It was nice to see Aaron Paul, but 1h20 was waaaay to much for that story.
Also love Hang the DJ. Such a wholesome episode.
Lastly, IDK why people like the Entire History of You so much. I couldn't care less about the main character and his obsession with rewatching everything everytime and I found really funny when he discovered his wife cheating through this. It felt earned. Dude was so paranoid that finally the paranoia "paid" him in someway. But there was no one to cheer for, almost everyone was idiot and dumb. Thinking about the purpose of the episode I found Nosedive way more entertaining while conveying a really similar message.
Those top 3 are perfect. Entire History of You is the gold standard to compare all episodes to and captures the essence of Black Mirror better than any other. White Christmas is the next best. Nosedive is the most terrifyingly realistic prediction of the future.
The top 10 is pretty spot on but I think USS Callister needs to be there. I’d also put Hang the DJ and Crocodile in the top half.
Glad you agree!
hang the dj being "forgettable" is crazy bro 💀
The UK based episodes out do the US episodes except for a couple. Also When Netflix got involved seems things changed. If you know what I mean.
I can’t take you seriously putting vipers at 25 😂😂😂
Should be even lower. An entire hour devoted to the “no homo” meme.
25/28! 😂 where would you put it?
@@BrainPilot Even though there are only 28 episodes it wouldn’t make my top 30 😂
I feel like the people who hated it just hate seeing gay shit. It’s a really good episode
Crocodile at #22 is BULLSHIT
Oh no lol. Where would you place it?
Hang the DJ is one of the best episodes I. The show wdym??
Hang the Dj is amazing. Her sitting on the bed watching many go by and him stuck in something awful as he watched the time almost made me cry because I’ve been in both positions. Their chemistry was amazing and the twist was awesome. Idk if you haven’t dated a lot or something but this episode literally catches every angle of dating so perfectly.
Thank you for saving my time
My current top 3 episodes are "Nosedive," "Shut Up and Dance," and "Metalhead."
Three great episodes!
Finally someone mentions Metalhead! It had me feeling a mix of sheer terror and infinite hopelessness. It was easy one of my favourites ever.
I gotta say, your top choice is the one episode I've refused to ever watch again because of the pain I felt watching him go through that. Probably why it deserves the spot tbh
Yeah it is such a good episode
Yo the doctor story in black museum seriously freaked me out and that’s not easy to do
white bear, shut up and dance & loch henry are my top 3 episodes!
They're three very good episodes
This is inspiring me to watch The Waldo Moment again, now that I feel like North America is living it.
I really liked loch henry. i know some people like that true crime stuff, but as someone (and mean this not to be cringe or like "that" person yk) who was rlly bothered by stuff in Dahmer, i was rlly hoping an episode would address that stuff about true crime TT
Also Edit: unpopular opinion, but i actually kinda liked Mazey day 😅 i know the reason why people didnt like it but i was thoroughly entertained lmao
Bold statement in being on the side of Mazey Day lol. I'm joking, that's what's great about the show - everyone can enjoy the different episodes!
Here's my Black Mirror top 3:
3: Shut Up & Dance
2: Beyond the Sea
1: Nosedive
Three great episodes! Good that a new episode made it in there too!
I haven't watched every episode of Black Mirror, but already seen a great bunch so my ranks so far:
1st - Nosedive
2nd - Be Right Back
3rd - San Junipero
4th - The National Anthem
5th - Joan is Awful
6th - Loch Henry
7th - Demon 79
8th - Beyond the Sea
9th - Smithereens
10th - Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too
11th - Mazey Day
12th - The Waldo Moment
- In regards to Mazey Day, Charlie Brooker actually originally was going to label it as Red Mirror like Demon 79, so season 6 would've had 3 Black Mirror stories and 2 Red Mirror stories. However, given that the werewolf twist is the twist with the story and labeling Mazey Day a Red Mirror story might spoil it, Brooker decided to label it as a Black Mirror episode to hide it. That said, Mazey Day had a really great and interesting concept about paparazzis and celebrity privacy, but what made it a missed potential was the mere fact it's one of the shortest Black Mirror episodes, thus the story became too shallow and characters weren't really fleshed out and given dimension, with Bo and Mazey Day herself being the only really interesting characters in the episode, Hector could've been fleshed out (a shame since it's Danny Ramirez and he really love to be in Black Mirror). The werewolf twist is divisive, but it's honestly not the most problematic part of the episode, especially given the purpose of it.
- As for Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too, I think you could've given Miley Cyrus credit for her performance as Ashley as she understood the character and most especially Ashley echoes Miley's own personal experience as a celebrity when she was working under Disney and being Hannah Montana. Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott definitely had one of the best performances in Black Mirror season 5 and the show overall. It's a shame how season 5 turned out looking all 3 episodes as from what I've seen with 2 of the 3 episodes I've seen in season 5, it's clear that the depiction of technology was so shallow and came off too much of "tech is bad" and with Charlie Brooker recently voicing his frustration of people only perceiving Black Mirror as just a showing saying "tech is bad" when Black Mirror has always been about the human nature and society that the stories show our reflection as people and society, a black mirror. Because of season 5's reception and Brooker feeling frustrated with that perception of Black Mirror, it's clear and very understandable as to why season 6 turned out.
- You may need to rethink of Joan is Awful a bit more as this particular episode was WAY TOO TIMELY, it may be similar to how you felt about Smithereens. Joan is Awful is a very eerie echo of the writers and actors' strike going on in Hollywood and studios' willingness to use AI to exploit celebrities. The studios even blatantly are willing to drive the creatives homeless, like they're saying them to "go fuck themselves" like how Streamberry told Salma Hayek to "go fuck herself". Again, rather timely and heavily relevant now
This whole season 6 felt more like twilight zone than your typical black mirror episodes except for ep 1 & 3
my favorite episode is SAN JUNIPERO , i will never forget it. it actually made me cry :(
It is a great episode with a fantastic ending!
The entire history of you messed with me. When the couple was being intimate but using memories instead and not being present with each other was haunting
Yeah that was such a good (bleak) moment!
Hated in the Nation is my most replayed episode actually. The phasing was indeed different from trad Black Mirror eps cause it doesn't hold tension for too long, which served it well cause it's more comparable to an adventure story instead of a personal one, so the way it raised lots of questions and answered them quickly was what drove its narrative. And I really appreciated that.
We’ll put. Totally agree. It’s so different but it holds its own in the universe well
White Christmas is my personal favourite
EVERY EPISODE RANKED 😮 yeah you're right about Mazy day. Keep Black Mirror in its own identity. He's created something very special, it should stay that way..
Definitely, felt like i was watching creepshow or tales from the crypt or something. If it was a Creepshow episode I would totally understand, but its not.
I like Mazey Day. I think what it boiled down to was that even with everything that had happened, the focus was still on taking photos.
It was.. but that plot didn't work at all
i really like your list - not that I agree with all of it - but I enjoyed hearing the reasons why you felt each each episode ranked the way they did.
It makes me want to revisit Beyond the Sea again because I just found the ending confounding. I didn’t understand why the big thing had to happen at the end and wondered how believable a scenario like that would actually be (assuming we’d have that technology)
Demon 79 was a huge surprise and I think would be quite high on my list, maybe even #1 which is so weird because it has nothing to do with tech.
But if I had to choose one at the top that did have to do with tech, I’d probably choose Nosedive. The ending to that makes me want to shout for joy. the actors are just so free despite being locked up.
Anyway, great list! thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot man! Yeah, totally agree about Nosedive. That's such a good episode!
Totally agree with you about the first place
Woop! That's good
White Christmas is still my no.1
I imagine that's a hard one to dethrone!
I was so anxious waiting your rank on The Entire History of You, and I so agreed it deserves to be number one
Woop! Glad you agreed!
The Entire History of You is your favourite? Huh. Interesting.
I literally forgot the entirety of Crocodile even though I've watched it.
It’s a gooden!
While I do agree on a lot of them, there are some that I would put higher on my rankings, like Striking Vipers, USS Callister and Hang the DJ. All three are in top 10 on my list
That’s totally fair! Shows what’s so good about the show! The completely different opinions
My personal favorites are The Entire History of You, Be Right Back, Shut Up and Dance, USS Callister, Hang the DJ, and Beyond the Sea
I strongly agree with your ranking ... those episodes which make you realize that not only technology has bad effects on humanity but humans can be complex enough to destroy their own humanity.
Glad you agree!