Black Mirror

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  • Episode aired Oct 21, 2016
  • 1 h 29 m
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
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Holli Dempsey in Black Mirror (2011)

In near-future London, police detective Karin Parke, and her tech-savvy sidekick Blue, investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media. In near-future London, police detective Karin Parke, and her tech-savvy sidekick Blue, investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media. In near-future London, police detective Karin Parke, and her tech-savvy sidekick Blue, investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media.

  • Director
    • James Hawes
  • Writer
    • Charlie Brooker
  • Stars
    • Kelly Macdonald
    • Faye Marsay
    • Benedict Wong

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    • Director
      • James Hawes
    • Writer
      • Charlie Brooker
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia

      When deciding the order in which the third season would air, Charlie Brooker was explicitly told by Netflix this episode could not be the season premiere, since its extended length would discourage viewers from watching the next installment right away.

    • Goofs

      MRI magnetic fields are generally left on at all times. It can take up to 30 minutes for the field to dissipate. If the field was strong enough to pull out the mechanical bee, it would still be too strong soon after for someone to just pull it off of the MRI.

      However, in case of emergency (such as as a small metallic object being inadvertently removed from a patients skull) there is the option to "quench" an MRI, which shuts down the magnetic field almost instantly. It works by rapidly releasing the liquid helium in gaseous form. In order to be used again, the liquid helium inside the scanner has to be refilled, making a quench an expensive procedure.

    • Quotes

      Shaun Li: Government's not going to pump billions into it just cause some lab coat says so, and it grabs 200 green votes. They saw an opportunity to get more, they took it.

      Chloe 'Blue' Perrine: Total nationwide surveillance.

      Shaun Li: We tracked suspects for weeks in ways they couldn't dream of. We prevented bombings, mass shootings.

      Chloe 'Blue' Perrine: By spying on the public.

      Shaun Li: And keeping them safe, which is what they want.

      Chloe 'Blue' Perrine: Clara Meades isn't safe, though, is she, Shaun? Knowing what you knew, that might've helped us, but no, you kept your little fucking secret.

      Karin Parke: Okay! The government's a cunt. We knew that already.

    • Connections
    • Soundtracks

      Fall into Me
      Performed and written by Alev Lenz.
      Produced by Martin Phipps.

    10/ 10

    A thought provoking masterpiece!

    Till date, this has been one my favourite episodes of the series. It is lengthy enough to have been made into a full feature film. The plot development is well paced and done intelligently. The performances were stellar and the plot itself extremely brilliant (kudos to the writers!).

    The episode strikes 2 major chords persistent in current day technologies and social interactions while painting a picture of the pitfalls of both. The delivery is thus very believable, gripping and worthy of the praise it has received. You should definitely see it (thank me later!).

    While I've seen a few reviewers complain about the end, I'd say that Black Mirror isn't known for taking the most conventional approach to end each episode...and yes! That's one other reason the series is unique in it's own way.

    • otumara-jolomi
    • Aug 10, 2017
    • Release date
      • October 21, 2016 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Tejeda, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
    • Production companies
      • House Of Tomorrow
      • Babieka
      • Gran Babieka
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    • Runtime
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.20 : 1

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