The best episodes of Black Mirror
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Robert Daly is dead, but now the crew of the USS Callister – led by Captain Nanette Cole – are stranded in an infinite virtual universe, fighting for survival against 30 million players.
- 02
In a seaside town in 1987, a shy young woman and an outgoing party girl strike up a powerful bond that seems to defy the laws of space and time.
- 03
Paired up by a dating program that puts an expiration date on all relationships, Frank and Amy soon begin to question the system's logic.
- 04
On a dusty stretch of highway, a traveler stumbles across a museum that boasts rare criminal artifacts -- and a disturbing main attraction.
- 05
The death of a journalist at the center of a social media firestorm leads a veteran detective and her tech-savvy apprentice to a chilling discovery.
- 06
A jealous husband, Liam Foxwell, suspects that his wife was involved with another man. Thanks to an implant that lets anyone play memories back as long and as often as they want, he sets out to confirm his suspicions.
- 07
An isolated man is introduced to a groundbreaking system that allows its users to literally step inside old photographs — stirring powerful emotions in the process.
- 08
A woman desperate to boost her social media score hits the jackpot when she's invited to a swanky wedding. But the trip doesn't go as planned.
- 09
After a virus infects his laptop, a teen faces a daunting choice: carry out orders delivered by text message, or risk having intimate secrets exposed.
- 10
Capt. Robert Daly presides over his crew with wisdom and courage. But a new recruit will soon discover nothing on this spaceship is what it seems.
- 11
In the near future, everyone is confined to a life of strange physical drudgery. The only way to escape is to enter the 'Hot Shot' talent show and pray you can impress the judges.
- 12
When a man named Ash dies, his girlfriend Martha is grief-stricken... until a friend directs her to a service that can create an AI programmed with Ash's online personality. Eventually the software offers Martha a new improvement: a physical body for it to occupy.
- 13
An American traveler short on cash signs up to test a revolutionary new gaming system, only to discover the thrills are a little too real.
- 14
When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive.
- 15
In a near-future London, an eccentric murder suspect is linked to an unusual video game from the 1990s — a game populated by cute, evolving artificial lifeforms.
- 16
Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a huge and shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.
- 17
A woman, Victoria, wakes up with amnesia and a fellow survivor tells her that nine-tenths of the world's population have been turned into photo-taking zombies by a mysterious TV signal. To get to safety, they have to evade the sadistic hunters and destroy the White Bear transmitter. However, Victoria soon realizes that something far more sinister is going on.
- 18
After his first battle with an elusive enemy, a soldier begins experiencing unfamiliar sensations and strange technical glitches.
- 19
Confectionary whizz kid Maria is unnerved when her former schoolmate Verity joins the company she works at — because there's something altogether odd about Verity, something only Maria seems to notice…
- 20
Northern England, 1979. A meek sales assistant is told she must commit terrible acts to prevent disaster.
- 21
An animated blue bear, Waldo, proves surprisingly successful as a third-party candidate. But Jamie Salter, the voice of Waldo, begins to have second thoughts when he learns what the governments of the world intend to use Waldo for.
- 22
An average woman is stunned to discover a global streaming platform has launched a prestige TV drama adaptation of her life — in which she is portrayed by Hollywood A-lister Salma Hayek.
- 23
A high-tech, unusually immersive remake of a vintage British film sends Hollywood A-list star Brandy Friday into another dimension, where she must stick to the script if she ever wants to make it home.
- 24
Worried about her daughter's safety, single mom Marie signs up for a cutting-edge device that monitors the girl's whereabouts -- and much more.
- 25
A young couple travel to a sleepy Scottish town to start work on a genteel nature documentary – but find themselves drawn to a juicy local story involving shocking events of the past.
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