This heart-stopping postmodern-Twilight Zone anthology series from Channel 4 is the only TV show that I have unequivocally recommended to every person I know, and they were always like, “Cool, where do I watch it,” and there was never a good answer: until today.
Though a third season and at least one Hollywood movie adaptation is in the works, Black Mirror is just six hour-long episodes, divided into two seasons. Each show’s narrative is wildly distinct in its tone, theme and rate of revelation—in “National Anthem,” the first episode, the rules of the game are laid out within the first three minutes; in the mini-horror-movie “White Bear,” you don’t understand what you’re seeing until the end—but all of them are linked by creator Charlie Brooker’s conceit, in which some aspect of currently existing technology is stretched like demon taffy and wrapped seductively around our collective neck.
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