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Originally Posted by Dominic
Man Against Fire was damn good. Love the atmosphere each episode pulls off. The directing and set design are spectacular. This episode shows it.
Hated in the Nation was ****ing brilliant. I loved every minute of it. When the bees got to the girls in the bathroom, I was like OMGOMGOMG lol.
Someone ITT described it a third-rate X-Files episode, and that cannot be further from the truth. It held me completely spellbound from the first frame. Loved the ending. Kelly MacDonald is one of my favorites, too.
So here are my rankings:
1. Entire History of You
2. Hated in the Nation
3. San Junipero
4. Be Right Back
5. National Anthem
6. White Christmas
7. Men Against Fire
8. Nosedive
9. Shut Up and Dance
10. 15 million merits
11. White Bear
12. Waldo Moment
13. Playtest
But I really loved all of them...superior television.
What I like about Black mirror is they use very little expository dialogue and as a result the viewer is actively trying to figure out what's going on in the episode from the beginning. The show is great at getting you to care about characters you were just introduced to minutes earlier.
I rank Men Against Fire low on the list because the construct of the episode, while very creative/thought provoking, was explained largely through expository dialogue given by a character introduced towards the end. This gave me flashbacks of The Architect in one of those ****ty Matrix sequels.
Hated in the Nation was also a cool concept but was executed poorly. Basically was the season finale of an NCIS type show. The ending was especially corny. "You thought that character killed herself? Think again she's still on the case, but on her own terms. And this time she's one step ahead. Bad guys watch out!" Ugh, no thanks.