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Black Mirror: Demon 79 (2023)
Eh, it was black comedy.
This episode from the installment of Black Mirror Season 6 was about a Saleswoman of color, encountering a situation where she must do evil stuff to prevent a bigger catastrophe from happening. Again, there is a show called "American Horror Story" that can cover this kind of non-sense, so I don't understand why it even bothered coming up on Black Mirror on the first place. There are bad episodes on Black Mirror but atleast they got technology running at the premise. This episode actually got nothing on it.
Although, looking at the standalone POV, this episode was quite funny. The dialogues were witty and as dark as the episode was, they also managed to lighten up the mood by sprinkling humor throughout the episode. But then when you think about it, this episode leaves a bad aftertaste in the brain for completing the season.
Black Mirror: Mazey Day (2023)
Well, Truth to a certain point
Well, the rockbottom of this season might be this episode on the whole. But just to know, realistically speaking, paparazzi photographers are shown really accurate in this show and that's the sole reason why I am rating this episode on the mid level.
Being the shortest episode of the season, the first few moments of the episode was quite interesting and all of a sudden, it takes a steep dive into the realms of utter crap. Like, I do not even understand how would this writing be approved in the first place. If Loch Henry strayed away from the theme of Black Mirror, this went to Mars with that aspect.
But the one positive part is, as much as this episode was obnoxiously bad in writing, so are the paparazzi photographers in real world as well. So if that's what the makers want to convey through this, congratulations! You did it. But still, possibly the worst episode of Black Mirror at the moment.
Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea (2023)
Darkest of the Season
I was wondering how would they manage to bring the show back up after a short yet a bit disaster-full season back in 2019. Well, this episode was quite reassuring that Black Mirror is on the right path.
Aaron Paul did a brilliant job in this role playing 2 characters simultaneously and the plot is quite interesting as well. And this episode is possibly one of the darkest in the season, with Loch Henry coming in second. While Loch Henry strayed very far away from the likes of Black Mirror theme, this episode stayed in track with the essence and delivered quite well too.
A solid Black Mirror episode in my opinion.
Black Mirror: Joan Is Awful (2023)
A good comeback to the show!
Finally, something that simply doesn't lean on horror and jumpscares to push the episode. This is a well-written episode from Charlie Brooker who ironically mocked Netflix themselves!
The premise is how Joan's own life is streamed as a show and the confusion baffles both her and the audience as well. The plot is smartly written and executed and it is not as dark as the other episodes that come in Black Mirror. They used the cast well and everything was naturally placed rather than shoving the technology right up our faces.
I am still amazed on how this still can be one of the most possible things that can happen in the real world and that still makes me shudder thinking about it.
Nevertheless, a neat episode !
Black Mirror: Loch Henry (2023)
This is a decent episode but not the essence of Black Mirror
Black Mirror came back after a long time. I started off with this episode and I don't know, I remember the essence of Black Mirror to be portraying the negative influence and manipulating nature of cutting edge technology. If it's anything, this episode strayed far from the prime essence but the episode in a stand alone sense was good. Well-written characters, the twist was a tad obvious but the actors that played the role was really convincing. The menace part was the twist itself and it did send a chill down the spine.
But again, the essence of Black Mirror was absent and that is what disappointed me in this episode.