season 7 is out

Starting this tonight…anyone have any thoughts so far? Seems like the reviews for the past few seasons have been mixed, but I still like it quite a bit.

Awful first episode. Rehashed storyline; lazy fan service; far too obvious allegory for the american healthcare system. The ads were an interesting touch, but that's about all this had going for it.

thank you for useful information swiftly applied towards the current household state

Bonus points for Lisa Gilroy in the Lux ad

I thought the second one was a delight.

I hated it even more than the first. Seems like no mainstream show can bring themselves to say 'autistic' or 'neurodivergent' despite leaning heavily into it and all the tropes; on top of that, it was the villain they made autistic, and the poor little neurotypical bully was the victim. Pissed me off no end but can see how if you're unaware of those tropes how that episode could be enjoyable, even if the ending was super dumb

I thought the third one was a delight.

Many thoughts. Delightful is definitely one of them. Caused a few tears.

Glad you agree, but I was kind of looking forward to a scathing critique.

They played a lot looser with reality than most other Black Mirror episodes, but that's not really an issue for me, particularly given the resolution of episode 2.

I find their reliance on Chekhov's Gun a little annoying - with the There are ways around this that can be narratively difficult to pull off, such as presenting us with a wider range of small details for us to notice, so we don't know which one will turn out to be the plot point, but there was a decent amount of fat they could have trimmed to try to make this a little less noticeable.

Where in previous seasons, the fan service / references to the idea that Black Mirror is all in the same universe were sort of background, they seem intent on drawing our attention to their easter eggs, eg we've already seen as an easter egg).

They appear to have run out of completely new technological advances to present as creating potential problems - in this case, while the

That's it for this episode, really. I thought they covered a range of interesting topics, the ending was not fully predictable, and it had a huge amount of heart. I get a little upset every time but didn't this time.

One thing I noticed, having seen a dialogue about a similar device in Men In Black, was that the

As usual, Charlie Brooker continues to decline my creative input and keeps on making content without checking in with me first, which is a little frustrating, but I can live with it.

Episode 4 was the worst Black Mirror episode ever, for me.

Somewhat shook that no one at Netflix HQ or Charlie Brooker production studios had the courage to say 'uh are we not risking leaning into the deranged autistic murderer trope a little too hard this season'

I think you’re shoehorning episode 2 into your distaste for whatever you’re railing against. I didn’t think Verity read as neuroatypical. I just thought of her as a horror movie bad guy. And her story informs her actions and personality

It was repeatedly hammered home that she was socially awkward and didn't fit in, and was into highly geeky interests. She was bullied for those differences. We see her 'stimming' with her necklace (which albeit turned out to be for a different reason), and the main character gets 'creepy' vibes from her.

It's autism-coded, and quite strongly so, even if less overtly than the villain in episode 4.

Episode 1 was one of those "I can actually see this happening" episodes, like Nosedive.

I thought episode 2 was great, right up until the ending, which was just dumb. Great concept, poor execution at the finale.

Episode 3 was very well done, acting was top notch.

Eulogy was... wow. One of the best episodes of the entire series for me

As he continues to decline mine. My thoughts on the first three episodes

Episode 1:


Episode 2:


Episode 3:

You might be the only one

I’ve seen acclaim for it online. I didn’t care for it.

If you’re going to put a chip in your head, trance out, and go somewhere. The somewhere should be interesting, like a space ship

Thoughts on the last three episodes

Episode 4:


Episode 5:


Episode 6:

I love USS Callister and was excited to see it reprised but I thought it fell flat

Eulogy is an all time great Black Mirror episode. If you watched the first couple and didn't enjoy them, I'd recommend watching Eulogy.

I love Black Mirror, but the first episode of the new season is so uncomfortable and "5 minutes a way" I'm not sure I enjoyed it. It seems way too possible this is where we're headed.

More often than I should, I come away from watching an episode just feeling really bad. Something about some of these episodes, and how we don't really feel all that far away from them, can make me feel bad. Begs the question, why do I like this show so much? I'm not sure, but I keep coming back despite the bad feelings I sometimes get from watching some of the creepier episodes.

So who scanned the QR code at the end of episode 4 (Plaything)?