The essential episodes of Black Mirror
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Black Mirror — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a huge and shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.
- 02
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.
- 03
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.
- 04
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.
- 05
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.
- 06
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.
- 07
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.
- 08
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.
- 09
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.
- 10
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.
- 11
On a dusty stretch of highway, a traveler stumbles across a museum that boasts rare criminal artifacts -- and a disturbing main attraction.
- 12
When old college friends Danny and Karl reconnect in a VR version of their favorite video game, the late-night sessions yield an unexpected discovery.
- 13
Northern England, 1979. A meek sales assistant is told she must commit terrible acts to prevent disaster.
- 14
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.
- 15
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.
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