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I choose to believe that the ending to San Junipero is in the style of The Prestige, albeit with a less violent ending for the original copy. I just refuse to concede that the Black Mirror universe allows happy endings.

15 MM Merits and White Bear have what could be described as "happy endings" depending on your perspective.

Agree though that SJ is more overtly positive.

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05-02-2017 , 09:24 PM

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SirOsis

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I love the unhappy endings of the Black Mirror episodes I've watched, especially

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05-02-2017 , 09:36 PM

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Dudd

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If you think White Bear has a happy ending, you got some issues

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05-02-2017 , 09:42 PM

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Heroball

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If you think White Bear has a happy ending, you got some issues

Or you've been a victim or family member of a victim of an awful crime.

Not mutually exclusive with having some issues I guess. But it's not as if wanting really bad things to happen to really bad people is necessarily a sign of an unhealthy mind.

White Christmas was much more of a disproportionate punishment IMO.

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05-02-2017 , 09:46 PM

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SirOsis

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Which one was White Bear? I've only seen 4 or 5 of them. I liked SJ and the eye implant one, had to turn off the one with Ron Howard's daughter.

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05-02-2017 , 09:46 PM

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kidcolin

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Y'all ain't tricking me into watching black mirror.

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05-02-2017 , 09:53 PM

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Heroball

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Originally Posted by SirOsis

Which one was White Bear? I've only seen 4 or 5 of them. I liked SJ and the eye implant one, had to turn off the one with Ron Howard's daughter.

White Bear: Woman wakes up disoriented and is being phone-recorded by everyone she passes as she walks around outside.

Don't want to add more than that or else it could spoil.

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05-02-2017 , 09:53 PM

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LFC_USA

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Yea Black Mirror wasn't for me. Watched 2 episodes. First one was decent when they have the memory chip thing in their eye that records everything they see and they can rewind and play **** back. That one was pretty good.

But then the one where they live in that cell basically and ride the bike for points was awful. I think that's a pretty popular episode too, but it was extremely tilting to watch for an entire hour or whatever.

I get that it is basically an expose of the society we live in, but wasn't for me

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05-02-2017 , 11:23 PM

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dkgojackets

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white bear was great. pretty happy at the twist and bonus points for not seeing it coming at all.

hated by the nation also great. twist had me physically fist pumping. perfect episode if they just cut the last scene.

san junipero also great. makes you think in a different way. agree with hoya on ending

entire series is just great in general. except the waldo one maybe. looking forward to next season more than anything but got pretty much

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05-02-2017 , 11:26 PM

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Heroball

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Plus Jon Hamm killed it in his episode.

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05-02-2017 , 11:39 PM

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dkgojackets

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yep. another excellent episode.

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05-03-2017 , 04:53 AM

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DB21

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Y'all ain't tricking me into watching black mirror.

Could I interest you in S5 of Prison Break? You'll likely never watch a worse thing in your life.

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05-03-2017 , 08:01 AM

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O.A.F.K.1.1

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LFC_USA is basically the man who thinks stale wee tastes good in terms of TV subjectivity.

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05-03-2017 , 08:54 AM

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I liked the pig episode then watched two others that I thought were terrible and stopped watching others.

Those two were the black guy riding the stationary bike and the girl who was maid of honor and everyone is given stars constantly.

The complete lack of subtlety is just overwhelming and makes the show hard to watch.

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05-03-2017 , 09:19 AM

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LFC_USA is basically the man who thinks stale wee tastes good in terms of TV subjectivity.

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with stale wee

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05-03-2017 , 09:55 AM

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The complete lack of subtlety is just overwhelming and makes the show hard to watch.

This.

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05-03-2017 , 11:16 AM

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I love the unhappy endings of the Black Mirror episodes I've watched, especially

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Agree that

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05-04-2017 , 03:23 AM

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loosekanen

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I'm a bit torn on BCS. The acting is flat out amazing; there's not a weak link in the cast. But there has been so much ****ing fan service in these first four episodes that it's starting to get really annoying. The little moments like the "give me a dollar..." callback are fine. But the Don Eladio pool scene direction masturbation is just too much for me.

Still, I'm really invested in the main characters. Kim and Howard are particularly well done. And, like KC said, the slow burn scenes are still some of the prettiest ever to see TV.

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05-04-2017 , 04:27 AM

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BobboFitos

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I think its the best show right now on TV so w/e.

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05-04-2017 , 06:47 AM

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bazooka87

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Fargo tho

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05-09-2017 , 08:02 PM

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72off

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Better Call Saul kinda sucks (relative to expectations)

the writing is really bad & sloppy often, i expect much better from VG

and it's wayyy too slow
not. every. single. little. thing. needs. to. be. dragged. out. so. pain. fully. get. on. with. it. mother. ****er.

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05-09-2017 , 08:35 PM

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8bus

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Yeah kinda over it. It's odd because I want to give it time but I'm nearly out. An entire episode without mike or Gus is inexcusable at this point. So insanely over the chuck stuff