I still think about Shut Up and Dance. What a twist ending, and just how they played with the audience’s emotions by casting an actor with the nicest, most innocent-looking face!
what's even better is when you go back to rewatch the episode and see all the little hints at Kenny being a pedo--or at the very least, not who he seems to be--and how they're bright as day when you see the episode again.
@@warriorsatheart3968 Like how he gives the toy back to the child and ignores the mother. Most people would shout after the mother and give her the toy, not go interacting with the child to the extent he did.
Jeca Martinez Art I loved that episode because of how it gave you trust of the main character and in the end he was the bad guy... even if the person who was blackmailing him seemed bad he was setting justice and it shows that if tech carries on the way it is no secrets can be kept
Did you really not suspect he had child pornography? I assumed that from the start, why else would he be so embarrassed and go so far to stop a video being leaked?
Agreed, I've just started the final season, but that's my favourite episode so far. Thought the guy who played the teenager did a fantastic job in acting in that role, surprised to see he didn't get an award for it. But yeah, fantastic writing and acting at it's finest
Yeah that's true. But my view about the kid never changed even after they revealed he was a pedophile. This was because that though he was a pedophile he never acted on it. He never made any advancements on underaged teens or children. All he did was look at some photos while masturbating, while this is not acceptable think of the other side of the spectrum, he could have been raping innocent kids but he chose not to. Maybe he got what he deserved but I still think he had to suffer a lot for just a bunch of photos.
krishnaa balaji wtf no. Wether he acted on it or not, he was a still attracted to children you little freak. Honestly, in the end I thought those hackers were dope as hell, fuck that guy. He deserved it
@Mr. Bipolar Sapien you and all others are implying that a person should be punished for every evil thought people have. How many times have you thought that someone is better off dead than alive. How many times have you laughed at someone who's having a bad time. No one is an angel. Everyone one's mind is fucked up as it is, we just don't have the balls to accept it is all. If people get jail time for all the evil thoughts they had every adult would be in jail.
Exactly, it is not the technology it is how people use it. Most of those devices were meant for a different reason but people corrupted it in a way of making unreversable damage.
👏T👏H👏I👏S👏 I'm personally so tired by the "ooh look technology bad" -thing. I mean, Jesus! Did we watch the same show? In almost every single one of the episodes there are shitty people doing shitty things, and there just happens to be technology involved. The message of so many of these episodes is basically just what you said. So thank you is what I'm saying.
The problem I have with White Bear was that after they wiped her memory, she was no longer the person that committed those crimes. Everything that made her that person was completely destroyed. They were effectively torturing an innocent person.
Ryan I think it was so she could experience what Jemima went through. Her innocence mirroring that of Jemima’s innocence in that Jemima didn’t know what she was going to go through and was probably questioning why this was happening to her like Victoria does.
@@anonanon7195 Which might make sense if it happened once and she retained her memory. But since they effectively creating a new person after every memory wipe, it amounts to torture without purpose. Sure, they're punishing the same body, but not the same person.
Ryan I agree and i disagree with you. I can understand your concept that it is essentially not the same person mentally. It’s like if you were traumatized by witnessing a murder and from then on all your actions may be based off this trauma such as perhaps you drink or take drugs to try to deal with it. As opposed to if the memory was wiped out of your mind, then it defeats the purpose to take the drugs and alcohol to try to escape from the memory. But I also disagree with you based on that the little girl is dead. She no longer exists because of the direct actions of the main character. And regardless if she has her mind wiped every time, this is her consequence for her actions.
Ryan just because she didn’t have her memory doesn’t make her suddenly innocent? They wanted her to feel like she was innocent so she could experience what that little girl experienced when she was killed.
That's what people don't understand about Black Mirror. The technology is a tool, it's never an actual character, good or bad. It's why Metalhead is such a black sheep among the rest of the episodes. It's made by someone who has no understanding of what Black Mirror is.
@@levischorpioen Exactly. Just like Shut Up and Dance. People are scared of the cameras and the survalience, but then why not also blame the tech that Kenny could view that stuff and in the end it's Kenny and the people manipulating him, that do awful things or twist good intent under their sense of justice that are just using the tech, tech doesn't just do anything. Even Metalhead... someone made those things. They were just sick and too efficient about it.
Sabrina Metalhead only needed a single scene of the people working on RoboDog (that’s just the name I’m going for because, well, fuck it). A single scene of the corporation behind it and maybe a single staff member looking at what their creation has done and hesitate to continue working. That’s all it needed to be a proper Black Mirror episode, because then the tech had a human element to it that took the blame away from this inanimate object and shifted it onto other people, as Black Mirror tends to do. But nope, now it’s just an artsy post-apocalyptic slasher film that didn’t need RoboDog to be the villain. Switch it out for a human serial killer a la Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers and the film wouldn’t have changed a single bit.
I didn't take that as the whole theme.. I took it as we always wish we could remember everything... In this case it back fired.. but it just made me think of being able to remember ever little detail of every mistake I've made.. you could see the expressions on people's faces when you hurt them... Remember every ex and what they did to you or what you did to them.... Or remember harsh things your parents might have said when you were younger.. that's a sure way to fuck somebody's mind set up
I agree with your main point, but I think the way he acted was largely to blame too. Even before the episode really got dark, he was extremely jealous and insecure. Even if the wife had been faithful it didn't feel like a happy marriage.
“THEY WERE KIDS, KENNY! KIDS! LINDSEY SAW IT, *SAD GIBBERISH* ALL HER FRIENDS SAW IT! KIDS KENNY! KIDS!!!” That line was as painful as a bat to the nuts
Shut up and dance is finally getting the credit it deserves! Many people say they didn’t care much for it, but I think it’s one of the most brilliant episodes
john thompson In white christmas matt gets assaulted and presumably killed at the end of the episode. Also "potter's cookie" is going to spend 1000 years a minute for the weekend and then the police will delete the cookie. Potter is in solitary confinement. Video got this pretty wrong.
Local Geographic damn I missed that about matt, I'll have to watch it again. Doesn't make sense they would care to torture the cookie, who cares if a simulation program is distressed? Do they say in the episode what happens to potter?
Irelevent 123 Charlie brooker, himself, would disagree with you on that. He’s stated before that he personally doesn’t understand the sympathy for Potter as he views him as the one in the wrong. Same goes for the “total history of you” episode.
White Christmas still lives in my head rent free. Just the thought of being isolated for 1000’s of YEARS, alone, in a matter of seconds to other people is so scary??
It’s even worse than that. Say they leave at around 7:00pm and are gone all of Christmas Day, that’s roughly 36 hours. If every minute is 1,000 years, that’s 34x60x1,000. That’s roughly 2,280,000 years
It really is awful. Somewhere he says if it's just software, not human, then it's not torture. I disagree, at least from the perspective that the software was a clone of the human's consciousness. It is brutal torture.
@@zenmaster356 Even the regular "job" of the cookies is torture. They can't sleep, so they're just on all the time, waiting for the person to wake up. They can schedule the person's day, but can't follow her to events and meetings with friends. They just sit there with nothing to do half the time. They're prisoners in their own home. It's not nearly as bad as what happened to the cookie in the end, but it's not a great life either.
@@peachscentedskulls i was cheering for her, i had hope and they killed it, typical black mirror episode. i enjoyed the episode unlike most people it seems
I feel like Nosedive definitely deserves an honorable mention. The way they’re just freely yelling at each other in the prison cells at the end is a masterpiece
@@naitepitome607 yes it is a perfect paradox. They are literally in jail but at the same time the freest they have ever been and arguably freer than those on the outside mentally imprisoned by the game they were playing with all the fakeness.
One of the smaller details I loved in that scene was her taking off that dress that was too small for her and taking a deep breath as she was no longer having her breathing restricted from it. Throughout the episode there were lots of references to Lacey being fat and therefore feeling inferior to people like Naomi so I just loved that moment of getting to see her take a full, deep breath, no longer feeling forced to LITERALLY squeeze herself into a particular image for status points
@@conorwellman8592 Welcome to reallife, you would be surprised how free people live in jail XDD Nah fr we can be glad that we still live in a somehow "free society" but how free are we really if our kids at school get picked at for not having the newest sneakers and what not. And not to mention that china with their social credit system are already there. Scary world we live in.
White Bear is super underrated imo. Literally I was SHOOK after the ending of it. I feel like it really showed how messed up normal human beings can be for entertainment.
I mean, it's not quite watching a human burned alive or have their entrails pulled out by a winch... I found myself thinking that the punishment in the episode would actually be a good punishment for those who inflict terror on others. You inflict terror on others, you deserve to know what terror is. If they had opted to make her crime less than what it was, then I'd be with everyone else thinking it's too far. But no, she murdered a little girl with her boyfriend for pleasure... ...that deserves hard measures to force perspective. You could argue that wiping her everyday is too much, as she'll never be able to reflect on the terror she caused that little girl - she'll only ever know her own terror. But then, it could be counter argued that justice systems aren't meant just for the perpetrator - we used to watch entrails be pulled out by winches because we used to think it would discourage further incidents (which is moot, but if I keep arguing with myself this post will be even tl:dr than it already it is.)
Its not that effective since they wipe her memory clean after every incident, hell I don't even think that she can be considered a human anymore if she's just a blank slate every time the incidents happen. The punishment is more of an interactive torture chamber where everyone can fulfill their sadistic pleasures on a piece of meat without feeling any guilt because it is "justified".
@@ivannav9175 If you payed attention to what happened then it was actually the boyfriend who did it. She was only an accomplice by filming what had happened.
That’s true but in a sense it’s kinda her fault. It’s like the same concept as what they did to the man in ‘Black Museum’ but that one was more sad because I’m pretty sure he didn’t even do anything
To me, Playtest has the scariest ending, the entirety of the episode was actually fine, but the fact that his brain was gone in 0.04s is absolutely terrifying. The fact that his own mom effectively killed him is tragic and heartbreaking. It's said that you get to relive your life when you reach the point of death, but within the span of 0.04s, he lost that chance and his brain was just shut off. He lived through so much and then just died within the span of such a short amount of time. This wasn't just some powerful piece of technology doing it for him, true that it was uploading, but that was his own mind expanding all that time.
supersani21 yes but if you think about it his mum had no idea about it irl, she probably hadn’t heard from him for months and would probably never know that he died screaming her name or that he died at all
Nosedive had a powerful ending in my opinion. Unlike the others on this list, it wasn’t tragic or sad, it had hits of happiness and power of free-speech.
I think fifteen million merits ending was so underrated. They were all living their lives on repeat, doing the same things everyday but paying for simple things. And when he finally breaks out of it - he’s doing the same thing as he used to, just in a slightly bigger room, with a slightly bigger view and people looking at him through their screens.
@@lucidstarlight3296 The show deliberately hinted that he was a pedophile in the very beginning (the character's reaction to the little girl and her drawing). The twist isn't the end-all-and-be-all of the episode. One of the major points of the episode is the hackers' behavior. Not only was the main character tortured for no reason, but the hackers' "games" endangered the lives of others (speeding in the car, the robbery) and caused psychological trauma (sending the incriminating video to his family members).
My favorite episode is San Junpiero. I cried for an hour after watching it. It was the only episode in the show that showed how technology can help people and enhance lives rather then ruin them.
I’m late to this comment section : it’s definitely my favorite episode too! The message of LOVE was beautiful, I see them as soulmates or twin flames that were always supposed to find each other no matter what the consequences or conditions. Heaven is a place on earth was also a great song to explain what they were finally experiencing in the end.
I'm sad 15 Million Merits isn't the top one. The main character literally threatens his own life to get out of this assumed simulation, then is handed what he wants--in return for still staying in the system. The end shot makes you wonder if he's actually looking out windows, or just giant screens of the outdoors.
@@cecyruiz17 that is the joke. He has his own show now. But he wantes to stop this hole system. Its just dark to think about the fact that he never won but always felt like he did.
@Jojo Same. I did not expect her to have survived the whole time. It was so well done. And within the moment you realize it.. it's almost like it gives you a 5 minute window before it straight up tells you. It's awesome.
I watched it with a friend who clearly wanted me to be shocked atthe ending and as soon as he went near the kid at the start i was like "he's a nonce" 😂😂
Hated in the Nation is an episode I will NEVER tire of watching. Although the twist at the end becomes more obvious throughout the feature film length episode, seeing the consequences for those who willingly voted for an individual to be murdered just gives me the chills when it happens, with the music score and cinematography?! An unforgettable episode
It's honestly the most painful episode. Purely because it's something like "Oh we should watch out for this." Everyone would willingly fall for it and even get a taste. That agent at the end only typed in support once and got killed because of it. Not to mention think of what demographic is most likely to tweet this kind of stuff in support. The entire ordeal is just truly painful. Everyone is truly screwed.
The ending of Hated in the Nation, I think, deserves a slot here. Mob mentality on social media from the comfort and protection of their screens is shattered by giving them real-life consequences from the things they said. One of my favorite episodes.
Season 1 episode 1 is one of the best endings imo. The fact that she was released early, and he didn't need to do it, but no body knew coz they were watching on TV is amazing
Aside from the really gross aspects of that episode, I don’t know why it’s hated by many. I agree it shouldn’t be the first episode of the series because it might be too over the top for audiences that don’t know what they’re getting into, but certainly not bad
Something that makes The Entire History of You's ending even darker is the cut to black at the end. Earlier in the episode, they mention that forcibly removing the grain can have negative side effects, like brain damage and blindness. The cut to black after Liam removes the grain signifies that he's gone blind after cutting the grain out.
i believe it's a direct reference to the series title, black mirror, which has been confirmed as a screen that has been turned off, and it parallels to the grain being out of the picture as it has now been removed
I think "nosedive" has the most powerfull ending, filled with emotions. It shows that no matter they're in jail they feel totally free for the first time. So it makes you question, if social media imprison somehow people's inner freedom, in the effort to show something that they're not, only to be accepted!
Definitely powerful, but not most powerful. That episode had me depressed for an entire week just from the concept of it all. Like sure, the girl gets peace of mind after rejecting the system but like, if my quality of life was dependent on what others thought of me and I had to be fake as fuck all the time, I would just kill myself.
Errrgg... This episode was so torture for me to watch. After the invitation, the end became so unsurprising. And the sequence of downgrades of points after the discussion with her brother... So predictable and cringe to watch. Every comment on this kind always makes me realize of how the Black Mirror's episodes are so subjective in the way they arouse emotions.
I cried almost the entire episode. It made me question whether I'd ever miss someone enough to bring back a hollow shell...or just accept they're gone, like what's worse? I don't know. Messed with me.
The episode with the woman on a murderous rampage, and then finding out the baby was blind. And the little pet in the cage saw the whole thing. That ending stayed with me more than any other episode.
White Christmas is definitely the most dark. Early on in the episode John says “if you don’t talk to people, you go crazy. I love talking to people.” Then he has to live the rest of his life alone, seen as something he is not (he’s not actually a sex offender) on the other hand, 1000 years per minute is incredibly overdoing a punishment even if you left it on for a second. But they left it on for all for Christmas. Let’s say they leave it on for an entire 24 hours, that is 1.4 MILLION years he’s stuck in that room, listening to that song he hates so much. White Christmas’s ending is completely fucked, & it kinda makes me glad that I won’t be around thousands of years from now. Because if you were to get pinned for something you didn’t do, god knows what type of punishment you’d get in that time
Cole Park 6 months in that room is enough to drive anyone to a breaking point of even killing themselves. Hell maybe not even that. I couldn’t even imagine a year, let alone 1 & a half million.. it’s completely fucked that’s the absolute worst form of torture I could ever think of
+TySoExclusive A memory copy of you or me is still only a copy and nothing more. And legally this is where BM becomes more fantasy than sci fi because a memory copy could never be used in a court of law. Our fundamental structure hasn't changed in hundreds of years. Cookies would always be seen as code and below a polygraph.
Apparently in the minority, one of my fave episode endings - Arkangel. Having Sara beat the crap out of her mum with the same equipment she'd been monitoring and controlling her life through, yet not seeing the damage through (ironically) accidentally turning on the filter her mum had, once again, using to control and monitor her through her life. The reveal of seeing her mum bloody and broken was expected, but still a sight to behold and flinch at. Her mum then running out and calling out for her child to call back to when she first lost her child at the beginning of the episode was heart-breaking, and personally left me not knowing whether the mother was someone to feel bad for or if she deserved everything she got. Sara just leaving on a mystery truck left a little more to be desired, but if the episode had just ended with Marie calling for her child like she had been in the beginning of the episode, I feel that could have made this top 5 list. Although I agree with this list heavily, and you even convinced me of White Christmas beating Shut Up and Dance as having a slightly better ending, so well done (I was passionate that Shut Up and Dance is practically a perfect Black Mirror Episode)
I'll admit I wasn't a huge fan of Arkangel (although the first half was very promising), but I do agree it would have been much more powerful had it ended with the mother screaming for the daughter in the street. Then she's back where she started, facing her worst nightmare all over again, and all thanks to the technology she trusted would keep her daughter safe. The story would have gone full circle. We'd also be left with a more powerful final image, and we'd be feeling the pain and confusion of the main character.
@@localgeographic1425 Personally, Shut Up and Dance felt way more believable than The National Anthem. I think it's the whole Prime Minister goes for an hour with a pig that was unbelievable
Nosedive has easily one of the most powerful endings for me, one of the few episodes that actually have a relatively "happy" ending. The way she is locked in a cell, filthy and exhausted, and yet it's the first time she has felt free in decades.
When I started watching White Bear, I thought it was a reflection of modern society. People hiding behind their phones, recording events to share instead of getting involved and helping a fellow human beings. And then the gut punch. This is the latest in entertainment. Like when people use to turn up to watch public executions. It's very clever how most of the Black Mirror episodes get people thinking because it's so close to, what could be reality.
In portuguese its called something like "people who can will give orders" which makes way more sense... when i read the original name I was rlly confused tbh
I just can't understand why people don't care about Men Against Fire. Nobody talks about it, its IMDB score is not as high as other episodes. I think it is the strongest episode (with Hated in Nation). And its ending was quite devastating for me.
While I was watching hated in the nation it literally felt like I was watching a movie about cancel culture that we have in our society. Amazing episode
Agreed. Hated in the Nation was the most powerful for me. It clearly shows the power of cancel culture and how it will bite you in the ass with technology. And Men Against Fire was a definite show about power and class struggle and how censorship was trying to maintain the status quo. They're so brilliant
After I saw Shut Up and Dance for the first time I was in shock. I loved the brilliance of the episode, that twist ending had me rethink everything normal I’d seen Kenny do. It felt like I watched someone I knew, who I thought was completely innocent, commit a terrible crime. By far my favorite episode, it was super impactful
Austyn Gillis white christmas is number one but the video gets it wrong. Matt gets assaulted and presumably killed at the end of the episode. Also "potter's cookie" is going to spend 1000 years a minute for the weekend and then the police will delete the cookie. Potter is in solitary confinement.
I felt incredibly bad for potter, not sure if the tone is that we are suppose to hate him but the only person I hate is his wife, and I never hate any character but she was just to cruel and technology allowed her to be.
The brilliance of Shut up and Dance is the fact that you emphasize with Kenny and you might even like him until you find out what he is and what he did. Because it shows that anyone can be a pedo or a sick person and you would never know
I think that Men Against Fire was one of the most memorable episodes for me. The way that the refugees (?) were portrayed as literal monsters to the soldiers is pretty much the way our society tells us to view people that are different from us, especially war refugees. When it was revealed that the monsters were people, it really shook me. It just made me think about how the media makes us think about certain groups of people.
They do give some clues about Kenny before the reveal, the biggest one is his conversation with the guy before they fight to the death when he says "how young were they?"
a bit late to the party but still wanted to go into this: by the time he needs to fight and was asked "how young are they?" you already know he is a pediphile. the question alone says it all but if unsure, him not answering should make it very clear. the biggest hint for me, that something was wrong, is when he was ok with doing bigger crimes. I mean if someone treatens me to send a video of me masturbating, I would say "yeah go ahead. it is anoiing but that wont let me do anything for you". but I'm 38 and Kenny is just a teen. the embarrasment would make him do some delivery stuff. so I went with the plot. but noone would rob a bank over this. at this point it is either stupid plot (and BM is not known for stupid plot) or something different is happening.
After san Junipero, that's my favorite. I feel it has the best fleshed out characters, and relies more on storytelling than shock value. I also like how I can total picture more stories with Karin and Blue.
One of the most underrated episodes imo is Play test. That shit was the 3rd best episode imo after White Christmas and San Junipero. It was mind boggingly terrifying.
I feel like nobody’s talking about Hated in the nation which was my absolute favorite episode, I think the ending was just genius. This episode is soooo underrated
I don't know what it says about me, but I was satisfied they didn't stop him. I thought all those people knowingly voting on peoples deaths deserved what they got.
the black museum episode has always been my favourite, i can‘t understand how it isn‘t on the list (and thus that metalhad abomination is ranking higher wtf)
Yep, totally on board with White Christmas being number one-- the blasé manner in which it was decided to leave Potter's consciousness to be tortured almost made me sick.
Screw Potter's cookie, what about Greta's poor cookie. She has no memories of murdering a grandfather and leaving a child to die - she just woke up a slave one morning. The implications of me doing this to myself were far more horrifying imo.
TheGameFreak in 15million merits dude gets a good job and had a couuple bad months losing a trick. It was a good episode but in terms of an ending it's almost happy compared to the rest of the episodes.
I remember the first time I saw Black Mirror. I was a service engineer working all over the UK. I had some downtime one day, so in my hotel room I binge watched the entire series of black mirror in a day. I can still remember the hopeless and depressing state my mind was in for a few days afterwards. No other film, game or series has ever done that to me.
I think Kill The DJ was pretty well thought out. Not everything should be rated for shock value to end up on the list, so even though it was much lighter... It was absolutely brilliant. Following a powerful love story.
I loved how Shut Up and Dance challenged the viewer. You feel sorry for this kid, you want him to come out the other side OK. Then you find out what he did, and then you have to think about the kid in a completely different light. I love when movies do this, or shows do this.
For the most part I agree with your list, but imo Crocodile also has one of the most powerful endings. The whole episode actually fell kinda flat to me because it seemed like they could've done so much more with the concept, but the ending made the episode worth it. Personally I didn't think The Entire History Of You had such a powerful ending, even though it is one of my favorite episodes, but the ending was kind of what I was expecting, whereas endings like White Bear had me completely flabbergasted. Very nice video though, good reasoning behind your choices. I just found your channel but I'll check out some of your other vids now :)
I feel like all in all Black Mirror is just one of those shows that everyone can and should appreciate. I mean the range it has and the really deep messages that are in each and every episode are absolutely astounding, like everyone can just have an episode that they really connected with and even related to. The series is truly just a work of art in itself.
I interpreted metalhead quite differently (I watched it a couple years back so I might not get every detail correct), but I think the fact that we only knew she stole a bear at the end of the episode is crucial, all the while it’s just the metal dog chasing her for what I assumed was a heavy crime, but turned out it was just petty theft. They hunted her down because the law enforcement’s world was only black or white (wrong or right). I thought it was a post-modern take off criticizing law enforcement
I also thought that she was stealing medicine and the real gut punch is that realizing it's a bear means that kid couldn't have been helped and she was basically just finding them a comfort item for their last days
I was just about to say this! And then when you realize that Ash’s tech-clone-thing is never going to see the girl as his daughter even though logically he knows, because the real Ash never had any parental behavior for the AI to go off of. And the girl probably doesn’t even know she’s the real Ash’s daughter either. Also the irony of Domhnall Gleeson playing an lifelike android whose AI is built off of a social media platform….
Robert Daily’s demise in USS Callister always gives me shivers, forever having your mind trapped in a shut down game, in the dark, all alone with no way out
I must be the only one that found Hated in The Nation to be most powerful lesson to walk away with. Especially since toxicity and different forms of libel are given so much platform on social media.
No, you-re not, this is the ULTIMATE Black Mirror episode... even once people are POINT BLANK confronted with the dangers of tribalism and 'cancel culture' they STILL revert to it! An innocent person is blamed for those 300,000 deaths (the female detective, notice her twichy arm movements) and the one who triggered it, the general with power, gets off scott free.
I am also shoked that not so many people named it!! I must admit, I appreciated it fully after re-watching the show but the idea is just so good. Online hate is a new pandemic and it shows how people would even be ready to kill people they know very few about if there are no repercussions. Absolutely loved it.
It's my second favorite episode. What I don't understand is the love that White Bear gets. I really hated the episode and at a point I just wanted it to be over with, and it's not even because of the subject matter. The entire episode just fell flat to me
Great video man! I personally rate The National Anthem. I’ve heard some people not liking it too much but for me, it was an amazing pilot episode. It made me say “no..nooo..NOOOO!!” All throughout and that set the tone for Black Mirror for me. I love the ending how it’s mentioned the princess was let go 30 minutes early as the kid napper assumed everyone would be staring at a screen rather than looking for the princess. He was right.
Be Right Back is my all time favorite episode and it always breaks me. Hayley and Domhnall's performance is just too powerful and feels so personal. The ending is the perfect representation that we don't always let go of things, and when we don't, we have to carry those situations as burdens in our everyday lives, even though not everyone knows or notice we do.
I totally disagree. That episode is the reason I never gave Black Mirror a chance until now. I watched it and hated it. Thought it was stupid. And then I decided to try the show again and I'm so glad I did. To each their own though!
I couldn't finish the episode, I stopped right when he entered the room where the pig was... I just couldn't do it and I don't think I'll ever be able to watch that episode fully; it really makes me anxious and disgusted
@@localgeographic1425 that's not the point. He becomes a part of the very system he wanted to get out of. And that's dark like any black mirror episode. And how is what he got a good job? He ends up just being an entertainment for the crowd like the pornstar.
Yes white Christmas is easily my favorite episode. I legit lost sleep over thinking about the cookie version of that guy experiencing millennia of annoying Christmas song completely out of control of his own torture
The ending of White Christmas was, to me, the single most horrific fate I had ever seen followed immediately by the new single most horrific fate I had ever seen.
Local Geographic I agree they didn’t focus on the fact that *SPOILERS* Joe Potter was responsible for not only the death of the grandpa but also the little girl who froze to death after going out looking for help. That was the most fucked up part not Matt being blocked from society. Like yeah that sucks but being tortured by that Christmas song 1000 years every min (or whatever it was) is much worse for a much worse crime imo cause he could have took her with him but instead he just left an innocent child to die a slow and painful death.
It’s really subtle but think my favorite ending is the “be right back” ending. The fact she keeps the robot husband in the attic and even has her daughter bring him food is equal parts sad, tragic, and even a little funny but truly shows the effect of grief.
The ending to 15 million merits is what got me hooked on the series. Throughout the episode we saw how the avatars, digital cosmetics, entertainment, and things that people were meant to work towards were all just devices used to keep people peddling away in their bikes. When the main character had the courage to take a stand against this system he ended up selling out for a comfier prison cell and a new job that he was forced to do (no longer on the bike). What’s more was that the only thing his act of defiance accomplished was that he ended up feeding the system so that he was the one driving other people to continue on the bikes
Not sure if you implied this but yes, the worst part is that his rebelious message was now controled by the system and not authentic at all anymore. All for a glass of orange juice in the mornings and a bigger fake window. If I remember well.
I like it because it's one of the only ones that didn't make me feel like ripping my eyes out in terror. That last shot of the episode was my favorite. Showing Kelly and Yorkie happy together, but then showing their true selves, simple flash drives, nameless, faceless in the vast and unforgiving machine... Genius. It adds that slight tinge of uneasiness and terror, at least for me.
meh i dont personally like it its just a love story and its pretty unlike black mirror but atleast it didnt leave me in the shower thinking about the world for a few weeks
It is pretty dark. All these clones/simulations are only going through all that pain and trouble just to be able to kill themselves and end their suffering
The ending had me speechless tbh. Like it was crazy how you’d think it ended busy then it was just a sequence of the program over and over again. Until finally he actually died irl. And the most devastating and even eye opening part is when on his death certificate thingy, it said “called ‘mom’ “ like that got meeee
That episode was amazing. I saw every episode of seasons 1-4 before I watched that one because someone told me it had jumpscares and I’m not a big fan of that. But boy was that SUCH a good ending
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I've made The Ultimate Black Mirror Quiz S1-S5. How many questions can you get right?
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Wait you left out Hated in the Nation how what why????
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I still think about Shut Up and Dance. What a twist ending, and just how they played with the audience’s emotions by casting an actor with the nicest, most innocent-looking face!
The twist on that episode sent a chill right up my back. I really wasn't expecting that ending.
what's even better is when you go back to rewatch the episode and see all the little hints at Kenny being a pedo--or at the very least, not who he seems to be--and how they're bright as day when you see the episode again.
@@warriorsatheart3968 Like how he gives the toy back to the child and ignores the mother. Most people would shout after the mother and give her the toy, not go interacting with the child to the extent he did.
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I loved that episode because of how it gave you trust of the main character and in the end he was the bad guy... even if the person who was blackmailing him seemed bad he was setting justice and it shows that if tech carries on the way it is no secrets can be kept
Did you really not suspect he had child pornography? I assumed that from the start, why else would he be so embarrassed and go so far to stop a video being leaked?
When i finished shut up and dance i felt completely empty and hopeless.
Same
In a good way
That song in the ending too by Radiohead. Pretty fitting.
I put a sticker on my laptop camera.
wasn't that deep calm down
Shut up and dance was what got me the most. The call from his mother broke me.
She screamed like my mother
@@SillyRoneo What a weird sentence
Sarah Monroe KIDS, KENNY, KIDS!
that ending was very dark and scary in its own way if that makes sense
i felt so horrible for him. he was just a kid, he just needed someone to listen to him not send him to jail
Shut up and dance is just absolute pure brilliance
Agreed, I've just started the final season, but that's my favourite episode so far. Thought the guy who played the teenager did a fantastic job in acting in that role, surprised to see he didn't get an award for it. But yeah, fantastic writing and acting at it's finest
Yeah that's true. But my view about the kid never changed even after they revealed he was a pedophile. This was because that though he was a pedophile he never acted on it. He never made any advancements on underaged teens or children. All he did was look at some photos while masturbating, while this is not acceptable think of the other side of the spectrum, he could have been raping innocent kids but he chose not to. Maybe he got what he deserved but I still think he had to suffer a lot for just a bunch of photos.
krishnaa balaji wtf no. Wether he acted on it or not, he was a still attracted to children you little freak. Honestly, in the end I thought those hackers were dope as hell, fuck that guy. He deserved it
@@kbee225
Dont let anybody call you out on your opinion just because you think with a little bit of logic, and not bias like they do.
@Mr. Bipolar Sapien you and all others are implying that a person should be punished for every evil thought people have. How many times have you thought that someone is better off dead than alive. How many times have you laughed at someone who's having a bad time. No one is an angel. Everyone one's mind is fucked up as it is, we just don't have the balls to accept it is all. If people get jail time for all the evil thoughts they had every adult would be in jail.
Everyone uses Black Mirror as "Look technology bad" and I just see "Look at what people will do if given the power to"
I mean, it's both. But mostly that technology can go horribly wrong when we decide to just make things used world wide.
Exactly, it is not the technology it is how people use it. Most of those devices were meant for a different reason but people corrupted it in a way of making unreversable damage.
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I'm personally so tired by the "ooh look technology bad" -thing. I mean, Jesus! Did we watch the same show? In almost every single one of the episodes there are shitty people doing shitty things, and there just happens to be technology involved. The message of so many of these episodes is basically just what you said.
So thank you is what I'm saying.
@@issukeskinen1831 It goes hand in hand. Adding technology to humans who are already assholes is a bad thing.
Just like money eh
The problem I have with White Bear was that after they wiped her memory, she was no longer the person that committed those crimes. Everything that made her that person was completely destroyed. They were effectively torturing an innocent person.
Ryan I think it was so she could experience what Jemima went through. Her innocence mirroring that of Jemima’s innocence in that Jemima didn’t know what she was going to go through and was probably questioning why this was happening to her like Victoria does.
@@anonanon7195 Which might make sense if it happened once and she retained her memory. But since they effectively creating a new person after every memory wipe, it amounts to torture without purpose. Sure, they're punishing the same body, but not the same person.
Ryan I agree and i disagree with you. I can understand your concept that it is essentially not the same person mentally. It’s like if you were traumatized by witnessing a murder and from then on all your actions may be based off this trauma such as perhaps you drink or take drugs to try to deal with it. As opposed to if the memory was wiped out of your mind, then it defeats the purpose to take the drugs and alcohol to try to escape from the memory. But I also disagree with you based on that the little girl is dead. She no longer exists because of the direct actions of the main character. And regardless if she has her mind wiped every time, this is her consequence for her actions.
Ryan just because she didn’t have her memory doesn’t make her suddenly innocent? They wanted her to feel like she was innocent so she could experience what that little girl experienced when she was killed.
not really. Los of killers don't remember what they did. Does that mean they never did it? no. They are still held responsible
The technology isn't to blame for the downfall of their relationship, it was her being a cheater....
That's what people don't understand about Black Mirror. The technology is a tool, it's never an actual character, good or bad. It's why Metalhead is such a black sheep among the rest of the episodes. It's made by someone who has no understanding of what Black Mirror is.
@@levischorpioen Exactly. Just like Shut Up and Dance. People are scared of the cameras and the survalience, but then why not also blame the tech that Kenny could view that stuff and in the end it's Kenny and the people manipulating him, that do awful things or twist good intent under their sense of justice that are just using the tech, tech doesn't just do anything.
Even Metalhead... someone made those things. They were just sick and too efficient about it.
Sabrina Metalhead only needed a single scene of the people working on RoboDog (that’s just the name I’m going for because, well, fuck it). A single scene of the corporation behind it and maybe a single staff member looking at what their creation has done and hesitate to continue working. That’s all it needed to be a proper Black Mirror episode, because then the tech had a human element to it that took the blame away from this inanimate object and shifted it onto other people, as Black Mirror tends to do. But nope, now it’s just an artsy post-apocalyptic slasher film that didn’t need RoboDog to be the villain. Switch it out for a human serial killer a la Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers and the film wouldn’t have changed a single bit.
I didn't take that as the whole theme.. I took it as we always wish we could remember everything... In this case it back fired.. but it just made me think of being able to remember ever little detail of every mistake I've made.. you could see the expressions on people's faces when you hurt them... Remember every ex and what they did to you or what you did to them.... Or remember harsh things your parents might have said when you were younger.. that's a sure way to fuck somebody's mind set up
I agree with your main point, but I think the way he acted was largely to blame too. Even before the episode really got dark, he was extremely jealous and insecure. Even if the wife had been faithful it didn't feel like a happy marriage.
“15 million credits” it has a really good message about how everybody hates the system until they’re on top
Personally I think it's about surrendering to it since you can't win. Just like 1984 with Winston. That's just my opinion tho
My fav episode from da whole show
Very True
Also Playtest
Its merits dog
“THEY WERE KIDS, KENNY! KIDS! LINDSEY SAW IT, *SAD GIBBERISH* ALL HER FRIENDS SAW IT! KIDS KENNY! KIDS!!!” That line was as painful as a bat to the nuts
chilling. devastating.
The music in the background only drives the nail in further.
Chills
I was so cringe back then
@@krakesh5915 Number 15, Burger King Foot Lettuce
Shut up and dance is finally getting the credit it deserves! Many people say they didn’t care much for it, but I think it’s one of the most brilliant episodes
It's the best one imo
My friend said it was disgusting. Therefore he didn't like it. I don't really understand his thinking.
On the Black Mirror subreddit, SUAD is definitely the most critically acclaimed. It has alot of fans.
faded fella why would you not watch an episode and be on a TH-cam vid explaining the episode and it’s ending lmfao??
i don't think shut up and dance is underrated like half of black mirror's fandom considers it the best episode lol
On white christmas, the reveal that the daughter walked out and died in the snow shocked me more than anything else in the episode.
john thompson In white christmas matt gets assaulted and presumably killed at the end of the episode. Also "potter's cookie" is going to spend 1000 years a minute for the weekend and then the police will delete the cookie. Potter is in solitary confinement. Video got this pretty wrong.
Also the daughter was laying face down dead in the snow in the simulation. Everytime he looks outside he has to see that. F'd
Local Geographic damn I missed that about matt, I'll have to watch it again. Doesn't make sense they would care to torture the cookie, who cares if a simulation program is distressed? Do they say in the episode what happens to potter?
Fuck alot happens in that ep
Irelevent 123 Charlie brooker, himself, would disagree with you on that. He’s stated before that he personally doesn’t understand the sympathy for Potter as he views him as the one in the wrong. Same goes for the “total history of you” episode.
White Christmas still lives in my head rent free. Just the thought of being isolated for 1000’s of YEARS, alone, in a matter of seconds to other people is so scary??
I know. It disturbs me every time I think about it. If it's for 24 hours that's almost 1.5 million years.
It’s even worse than that. Say they leave at around 7:00pm and are gone all of Christmas Day, that’s roughly 36 hours. If every minute is 1,000 years, that’s 34x60x1,000. That’s roughly 2,280,000 years
Ye' this ending f**ked me up :'
It really is awful. Somewhere he says if it's just software, not human, then it's not torture. I disagree, at least from the perspective that the software was a clone of the human's consciousness. It is brutal torture.
@@zenmaster356 Even the regular "job" of the cookies is torture. They can't sleep, so they're just on all the time, waiting for the person to wake up. They can schedule the person's day, but can't follow her to events and meetings with friends. They just sit there with nothing to do half the time. They're prisoners in their own home. It's not nearly as bad as what happened to the cookie in the end, but it's not a great life either.
metalhead was 41 mins of monochrome anxiety
I barely got past watching it, but I loved it
@@nimblewombat9112 it's a cool consept but it feels too hopeless to even route for anyone 😵
@@peachscentedskulls i was cheering for her, i had hope and they killed it, typical black mirror episode.
i enjoyed the episode unlike most people it seems
@@seby826 😂 typical black mirror
in my opinion the worst episode ; / - kinda no lore at all
I actually think Playtest has a really underrated and sad ending
Sadly, Playtest is one of the most underrated episodes of Black Mirror. I was depressed for a week, after I saw it.
i've searched for this comment, absolutely right
let it be known he cried for his mother.....
The best one. USS callister second
Preach it
It really stunned me once I got the gist of the story
I feel like Nosedive definitely deserves an honorable mention. The way they’re just freely yelling at each other in the prison cells at the end is a masterpiece
I like the irony that they were in jail but that's the time the girl felt so free that she can finally smile and say things not dictated by society.
true
@@naitepitome607 yes it is a perfect paradox. They are literally in jail but at the same time the freest they have ever been and arguably freer than those on the outside mentally imprisoned by the game they were playing with all the fakeness.
One of the smaller details I loved in that scene was her taking off that dress that was too small for her and taking a deep breath as she was no longer having her breathing restricted from it. Throughout the episode there were lots of references to Lacey being fat and therefore feeling inferior to people like Naomi so I just loved that moment of getting to see her take a full, deep breath, no longer feeling forced to LITERALLY squeeze herself into a particular image for status points
@@conorwellman8592 Welcome to reallife, you would be surprised how free people live in jail XDD Nah fr we can be glad that we still live in a somehow "free society" but how free are we really if our kids at school get picked at for not having the newest sneakers and what not. And not to mention that china with their social credit system are already there. Scary world we live in.
White Bear is super underrated imo. Literally I was SHOOK after the ending of it. I feel like it really showed how messed up normal human beings can be for entertainment.
I mean, it's not quite watching a human burned alive or have their entrails pulled out by a winch... I found myself thinking that the punishment in the episode would actually be a good punishment for those who inflict terror on others. You inflict terror on others, you deserve to know what terror is.
If they had opted to make her crime less than what it was, then I'd be with everyone else thinking it's too far. But no, she murdered a little girl with her boyfriend for pleasure... ...that deserves hard measures to force perspective. You could argue that wiping her everyday is too much, as she'll never be able to reflect on the terror she caused that little girl - she'll only ever know her own terror. But then, it could be counter argued that justice systems aren't meant just for the perpetrator - we used to watch entrails be pulled out by winches because we used to think it would discourage further incidents (which is moot, but if I keep arguing with myself this post will be even tl:dr than it already it is.)
Its not that effective since they wipe her memory clean after every incident, hell I don't even think that she can be considered a human anymore if she's just a blank slate every time the incidents happen. The punishment is more of an interactive torture chamber where everyone can fulfill their sadistic pleasures on a piece of meat without feeling any guilt because it is "justified".
I mean she did kill a child sooooo fuck her.
@@ivannav9175 If you payed attention to what happened then it was actually the boyfriend who did it. She was only an accomplice by filming what had happened.
That’s true but in a sense it’s kinda her fault. It’s like the same concept as what they did to the man in ‘Black Museum’ but that one was more sad because I’m pretty sure he didn’t even do anything
I love Shut Up and Dance so much, because it's so raw and twisted. Or maybe I'm just a sick person.
I remember how my heart sank when the twist was revealed, I don't do anything bad online but it made me paranoid and made me cover my webcam lol.
@@estignatic you should. and the mics.
It's the best episode
yes
You're not alone..
To me, Playtest has the scariest ending, the entirety of the episode was actually fine, but the fact that his brain was gone in 0.04s is absolutely terrifying. The fact that his own mom effectively killed him is tragic and heartbreaking. It's said that you get to relive your life when you reach the point of death, but within the span of 0.04s, he lost that chance and his brain was just shut off. He lived through so much and then just died within the span of such a short amount of time. This wasn't just some powerful piece of technology doing it for him, true that it was uploading, but that was his own mind expanding all that time.
I think the worst thing is when you realise that he never did get to call his mum and make amends
@@kseniakiddie872 To me, it was worse for his own mom to be the one to cause his death
supersani21 yes but if you think about it his mum had no idea about it irl, she probably hadn’t heard from him for months and would probably never know that he died screaming her name or that he died at all
The "Call mom" really hits hard😭
@@supersani21 He caused his own death by turning on his cell phone again.
The best thing about Black mirror is - Everybody has their own favorite episode.
Mine favorite is Entire history of you.
ABSOLUTELY! They are all executed so well. Favorites are just a matter of taste; not quality
mine is crocodile, i think i'm the only one
Iago Marcos crocodile is one of my favs too !
@@angelzhell02 yaaaay xD
Even the waldo moment??
Nosedive had a powerful ending in my opinion. Unlike the others on this list, it wasn’t tragic or sad, it had hits of happiness and power of free-speech.
TRUEEE
I was expecting this one to be on the list. Nosedive is on the top 5 episodes of the whole series, in my humble opinion.
unlike other blackmirror episodes, nosedive made me feel happy even though it was still quite a tragic ending
in short, it was a bittersweet ending.
Its the most relatable black mirror episode for me
I think fifteen million merits ending was so underrated. They were all living their lives on repeat, doing the same things everyday but paying for simple things. And when he finally breaks out of it - he’s doing the same thing as he used to, just in a slightly bigger room, with a slightly bigger view and people looking at him through their screens.
I was looking for a comment highlighting this episode. It’s my favourite.
It's crazi cause as he is looking into the outdoors, whose to say that it's not just another computer stimulation. 🧐🤔👀
Also love fifteen million merits, one of the best episodes for sure
Also it’s so claustrophobic
This is one of the closest episodes that mirror real life. The scariest thing is that people cant see it
If you didnt like bandersnatch you probably picked sugar puffs
FunkKerplunk! Definitely
I didn't like bandersnatch because it forced me to make the opposite choice than the one I wanted to make which frustrated the hell out of me.
@@themagnus2919 it was a joke chill mate
I'm chill, I just didn't enjoy the movie is all.
The Magnus that was the point...no one has control. It even said it in one of the versions of the movies,”let them think they have control”
Black Mirror could go for another 20 seasons and nothing will ever be more jaw dropping, powerful, shocking or thought provoking as Shut Up and Dance
agreed
It wasn't that powerful to me, I was suspecting that he might be a pedo
@@lucidstarlight3296 The show deliberately hinted that he was a pedophile in the very beginning (the character's reaction to the little girl and her drawing). The twist isn't the end-all-and-be-all of the episode. One of the major points of the episode is the hackers' behavior. Not only was the main character tortured for no reason, but the hackers' "games" endangered the lives of others (speeding in the car, the robbery) and caused psychological trauma (sending the incriminating video to his family members).
Eh
@@teas9892 tortured for no reason? He was a literal nonce
My favorite episode is San Junpiero. I cried for an hour after watching it. It was the only episode in the show that showed how technology can help people and enhance lives rather then ruin them.
Me too! I was waiting for something bad to happen but it just made me happy and brought me joy
It was my favourite episode, still is.
Hang the DJs kind of like that too
@@iperion8251 it was the worst one
I’m late to this comment section : it’s definitely my favorite episode too! The message of LOVE was beautiful, I see them as soulmates or twin flames that were always supposed to find each other no matter what the consequences or conditions. Heaven is a place on earth was also a great song to explain what they were finally experiencing in the end.
Imagine having the looks of John Hamm but everyone sees you as just a red silhouette. What a waste of great genetics.
He ugly af tho
Guitarfollower22 fuck your profile picture made me question reality
Sam Oslich not to some
Couldn't he just go to a less techy country?
Ok being handsome does not make you higher to the point where your bad actions should be overlooked.
I'm sad 15 Million Merits isn't the top one. The main character literally threatens his own life to get out of this assumed simulation, then is handed what he wants--in return for still staying in the system. The end shot makes you wonder if he's actually looking out windows, or just giant screens of the outdoors.
It's 100% screens. In the end, he just exchanged his cell for a larger one.
He got privileges bc he got his own show, but he was just a puppet
@@cecyruiz17 that is the joke. He has his own show now. But he wantes to stop this hole system. Its just dark to think about the fact that he never won but always felt like he did.
Yeah it makes u think what actually happened to their world and is their any hope or real world that isnt fake
I loved this one too
Black museum was one of the best episodes … the ending is was interesting too.
@Jojo Same. I did not expect her to have survived the whole time. It was so well done. And within the moment you realize it.. it's almost like it gives you a 5 minute window before it straight up tells you. It's awesome.
YES. it feels like three episodes in one lol
YES
Agreed!
I think that black museum should be up there somewhere 🤷🏽♀️
Itsmetayyy Ah that's another nail biting episode
Best epissode
It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great
It was pretty good but I thought it was predictable and new she was going to do something
Itsmetayyy agreed
Shut up and dance will forever be my favourite black mirror episode. Seriously nothing can beat that "Oh shit!" moment I had at the twist ending
I think I literally said "Oh! SHIT!" at the ending to Shut Up and Dance when I first watched it. 😂😂
I was confused for the entire episode and then it all comes together at the end.
@@Catalistic RIGHT
I watched it with a friend who clearly wanted me to be shocked atthe ending and as soon as he went near the kid at the start i was like "he's a nonce" 😂😂
Hated in the Nation is an episode I will NEVER tire of watching. Although the twist at the end becomes more obvious throughout the feature film length episode, seeing the consequences for those who willingly voted for an individual to be murdered just gives me the chills when it happens, with the music score and cinematography?! An unforgettable episode
It's honestly the most painful episode. Purely because it's something like "Oh we should watch out for this." Everyone would willingly fall for it and even get a taste. That agent at the end only typed in support once and got killed because of it. Not to mention think of what demographic is most likely to tweet this kind of stuff in support.
The entire ordeal is just truly painful. Everyone is truly screwed.
The ending of Hated in the Nation, I think, deserves a slot here. Mob mentality on social media from the comfort and protection of their screens is shattered by giving them real-life consequences from the things they said. One of my favorite episodes.
Exactly. It is my favorite episode.
the ending gave me goosebumps and chills
Yes, but i didnt like that the womelan started hunting him, thats why its not up there, it gave it a lot less of a darker twist
Not to hate but I just thought they could’ve went a whole different and better direction with the ending
I really got the chills when the bees came to the teacher, thinking that the kids would have to see the teacher dying was so twisted
The end scene of Shut up & dance with the radiohead song and everything was just a masterpiece. I can never forget it
Love that song!! I listen to it often because of that episode
@@bikechainimmortalis6923 ive always loved the song and the episode has ruined it for me
@@sydneytheis2743 Why? It's a FANTASTIC song, that the episode (to me) doesn't impact in a negative way. Just like Panic from the end of Hang the DJ
Facts when I heard that song at the end I had to find and download hands down shut up and dance is my favorite right next to Black museum
Facts.
Season 1 episode 1 is one of the best endings imo. The fact that she was released early, and he didn't need to do it, but no body knew coz they were watching on TV is amazing
Aside from the really gross aspects of that episode, I don’t know why it’s hated by many. I agree it shouldn’t be the first episode of the series because it might be too over the top for audiences that don’t know what they’re getting into, but certainly not bad
Something that makes The Entire History of You's ending even darker is the cut to black at the end. Earlier in the episode, they mention that forcibly removing the grain can have negative side effects, like brain damage and blindness. The cut to black after Liam removes the grain signifies that he's gone blind after cutting the grain out.
Zoe Clara cutting to black literally made it darker
i believe it's a direct reference to the series title, black mirror, which has been confirmed as a screen that has been turned off, and it parallels to the grain being out of the picture as it has now been removed
I didn’t even realise that
@Anon It's about HOW it happens in that episode though. It's definitely intentional.
I always thought it was liam dying drom blood loss and the cut to black was litterally the wnd
I think "nosedive" has the most powerfull ending, filled with emotions. It shows that no matter they're in jail they feel totally free for the first time. So it makes you question, if social media imprison somehow people's inner freedom, in the effort to show something that they're not, only to be accepted!
Amen!!!
Definitely powerful, but not most powerful. That episode had me depressed for an entire week just from the concept of it all. Like sure, the girl gets peace of mind after rejecting the system but like, if my quality of life was dependent on what others thought of me and I had to be fake as fuck all the time, I would just kill myself.
Foteini Pn and notice how they are more free in a jail cell than their own lives
Foteini Pn I agree..nosedive is the best
Errrgg... This episode was so torture for me to watch. After the invitation, the end became so unsurprising. And the sequence of downgrades of points after the discussion with her brother... So predictable and cringe to watch.
Every comment on this kind always makes me realize of how the Black Mirror's episodes are so subjective in the way they arouse emotions.
The Season 2 episode "Be Right Back" stabbed me in the heart.
Facts
My absolute favorite
I cried almost the entire episode. It made me question whether I'd ever miss someone enough to bring back a hollow shell...or just accept they're gone, like what's worse? I don't know. Messed with me.
Oh yeah the whole episode is so sad and the ending is just soul crushing.
The episode with soldiers seeing innocent people as monsters and kill them was the most powerfull one for me
Shitty Gal I agree
Yeah, Men Against Fire. The idea of the people controlling their worker's dreams, it still creeps me out.
I swear theres a movie with that exact storyline... i could be wrong though
Melissa Xm “the 5th wave”
Lizeth Martinez YES OMG HOW DID I FORGET! I liked that movie
I agree with all of these, but I really think crocodile should be up there, how the baby ended up to be blind all along really fucked me up
That was truly genius as it gave a great twist. But the ending was not the most dark as she finally gets incarcerated because of a cat.
Trueeeee it should have been up there
@Olive it's been long I forgot. Thanks for the correction.
I agree, it should have made the cut. To me it was one of the most chilling and powerful endings. It's one of the episodes that I keep going back to.
@@marooned_space_princess are u guys talking about the baby in the crib that she killed
The episode with the woman on a murderous rampage, and then finding out the baby was blind. And the little pet in the cage saw the whole thing. That ending stayed with me more than any other episode.
That was an extremely haunting moment!
Crocodile
Crocodile with recent Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough.
Yes 😢.
That episode was fucking rubbish. Shock factor for the sake of it. Completely implausible and unrelatable.
White Christmas is definitely the most dark. Early on in the episode John says “if you don’t talk to people, you go crazy. I love talking to people.” Then he has to live the rest of his life alone, seen as something he is not (he’s not actually a sex offender) on the other hand, 1000 years per minute is incredibly overdoing a punishment even if you left it on for a second. But they left it on for all for Christmas. Let’s say they leave it on for an entire 24 hours, that is 1.4 MILLION years he’s stuck in that room, listening to that song he hates so much. White Christmas’s ending is completely fucked, & it kinda makes me glad that I won’t be around thousands of years from now. Because if you were to get pinned for something you didn’t do, god knows what type of punishment you’d get in that time
Cookies aren't people though.
Boris Godzinevski true, but your conciseness is still there, therefore it’s pretty much like you’re there yourself.
Cole Park 6 months in that room is enough to drive anyone to a breaking point of even killing themselves. Hell maybe not even that. I couldn’t even imagine a year, let alone 1 & a half million.. it’s completely fucked that’s the absolute worst form of torture I could ever think of
+Cole Park (Nicolea) I would be worse than Daly in USS Callister. Much worse. Cookies aren't sentient they're just well developed code.
+TySoExclusive A memory copy of you or me is still only a copy and nothing more. And legally this is where BM becomes more fantasy than sci fi because a memory copy could never be used in a court of law. Our fundamental structure hasn't changed in hundreds of years. Cookies would always be seen as code and below a polygraph.
Crocodile was dark AF!
Alien Hunter46 and a horrible episode because you hated the character so much they were irredeemable
dont you mean crap af, what a dumb ending
Laura Hday explain how it’s dumb
I fell asleep during that episode
"Oh yeah and the baby was blind so." What an unneeded sting that was just fucking hilarious to me
The cycle of black mirror
Depressed -> confused -> enjoyment -> sad -> depressed
Repeat
Apparently in the minority, one of my fave episode endings - Arkangel. Having Sara beat the crap out of her mum with the same equipment she'd been monitoring and controlling her life through, yet not seeing the damage through (ironically) accidentally turning on the filter her mum had, once again, using to control and monitor her through her life. The reveal of seeing her mum bloody and broken was expected, but still a sight to behold and flinch at. Her mum then running out and calling out for her child to call back to when she first lost her child at the beginning of the episode was heart-breaking, and personally left me not knowing whether the mother was someone to feel bad for or if she deserved everything she got. Sara just leaving on a mystery truck left a little more to be desired, but if the episode had just ended with Marie calling for her child like she had been in the beginning of the episode, I feel that could have made this top 5 list.
Although I agree with this list heavily, and you even convinced me of White Christmas beating Shut Up and Dance as having a slightly better ending, so well done (I was passionate that Shut Up and Dance is practically a perfect Black Mirror Episode)
I'll admit I wasn't a huge fan of Arkangel (although the first half was very promising), but I do agree it would have been much more powerful had it ended with the mother screaming for the daughter in the street. Then she's back where she started, facing her worst nightmare all over again, and all thanks to the technology she trusted would keep her daughter safe. The story would have gone full circle. We'd also be left with a more powerful final image, and we'd be feeling the pain and confusion of the main character.
I loved Shut Up And Dance, caz that episode really questions your morality and is the closest to our reality.
Mohit Choudhary the 1st episode is the closest to reality. Nothing unreal happens. Shut up and dance is good though.
Mohit Choudhary nosedive and Arkangel as well
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Personally, Shut Up and Dance felt way more believable than The National Anthem. I think it's the whole Prime Minister goes for an hour with a pig that was unbelievable
Nosedive has easily one of the most powerful endings for me, one of the few episodes that actually have a relatively "happy" ending. The way she is locked in a cell, filthy and exhausted, and yet it's the first time she has felt free in decades.
#5 hang the dj.
#4 playtest.
#3 black museum.
#2 uss callister.
#1 shut up and dance.
Playtest had me shook bruh
1 playtest 2 callister 3 white xmas 4 bandersnatch 5 black museum
bro the story with the doctor in black museum messed me up
Playtest is my favorite but black museum is awesome too. No one is talking about it, Letitia Wright’s acting was phenomenal
i thought hang the dj had a pretty nice ending
okay why is no one talking about white bear akxjdkdmd the psychological aspect and the plot twist and their execution is really amazing
When I started watching White Bear, I thought it was a reflection of modern society. People hiding behind their phones, recording events to share instead of getting involved and helping a fellow human beings.
And then the gut punch. This is the latest in entertainment. Like when people use to turn up to watch public executions.
It's very clever how most of the Black Mirror episodes get people thinking because it's so close to, what could be reality.
Yea. That twist hit me hard and i just stared at the screen afterwards for a long time realizing what happened
Wdym, it's talked about? It's in the video lol
Everyone talking about how and why they love Shut Up And Dance and then there's me wondering why the hell is that episode called like that.
ikr still wondering tho
Basically means be quiet and do as I say
I think it's just an incomplete line for, "Shut up and dance to my whims"
The hackers are forcing the characters to "dance" like a puppet, and do exactly what they say.
In portuguese its called something like "people who can will give orders" which makes way more sense... when i read the original name I was rlly confused tbh
I just can't understand why people don't care about Men Against Fire. Nobody talks about it, its IMDB score is not as high as other episodes. I think it is the strongest episode (with Hated in Nation). And its ending was quite devastating for me.
While I was watching hated in the nation it literally felt like I was watching a movie about cancel culture that we have in our society. Amazing episode
hated in the nation and men against fire are for sure the most powerful for me. mass murder really hits
Agreed. Hated in the Nation was the most powerful for me. It clearly shows the power of cancel culture and how it will bite you in the ass with technology. And Men Against Fire was a definite show about power and class struggle and how censorship was trying to maintain the status quo. They're so brilliant
men against fire's ending should have at least gotten an honorable mention. that ending was raw as hell
t.penley totally agree. It wasn’t my favorite but I would have liked to see it get recognition. I thought it was pretty amazing
MAF is a tragically underrated episode
Thank you it should’ve listed over metal head
This episode left me with trauma i cant rid of and i had to take a black mirror break cause of how shaken i was. Over metal head definitely
Wow yeaaa
After I saw Shut Up and Dance for the first time I was in shock. I loved the brilliance of the episode, that twist ending had me rethink everything normal I’d seen Kenny do. It felt like I watched someone I knew, who I thought was completely innocent, commit a terrible crime. By far my favorite episode, it was super impactful
Shut up and dance was as good of an ending as they come. Simply haunting. I think White Christmas was way up there too, maybe even better??
Wow so it turns out white Christmas IS the best and shut up and dance is second...
White Christmas was my favorite for sure
Austyn Gillis white christmas is number one but the video gets it wrong. Matt gets assaulted and presumably killed at the end of the episode. Also "potter's cookie" is going to spend 1000 years a minute for the weekend and then the police will delete the cookie. Potter is in solitary confinement.
I felt incredibly bad for potter, not sure if the tone is that we are suppose to hate him but the only person I hate is his wife, and I never hate any character but she was just to cruel and technology allowed her to be.
Ok, but what about Playtest and Man against fire. Playtest LITERALLY had me speechless for like 10 mins.
Man against fire was like "eeeeeh fine"
Men Against Fire is so damn incredible, that ending where he comes out and sees everything was fake? Goddamn, thought about that for weeks.
Playtest was the only piece of media that made me cry for 3 hours and sad for a whole week. It really disturbed me. Good shit.
The use of Radiohead's "Exit Music (for a Film)" in Shut Up and Dance is brilliant and does make the ending more memorable, too
I thought Nosedive’s ending should have made the list. It reveals tons about genuine human interaction..
agree!! and finally _actually_ seeing the real world, like when she watches dust fall like it's snow in the cell
The brilliance of Shut up and Dance is the fact that you emphasize with Kenny and you might even like him until you find out what he is and what he did. Because it shows that anyone can be a pedo or a sick person and you would never know
The mother screaming at Kenny in the end was DEVASTATING!!
Seriously??? Playtest had the most powerful performance ending.
SkepticalWitch 100%. Gave me ptsd I swear
Play test is one of the best horror films ever made
Omg I completely forgot about that one!! Rewatched it and showed it to my friends so many times. The ending was the best by far
Get out of my head!!! Get out of my headdddd!!!!!!!
It has 3 plot twists in just a few minutes, my fav.
I think that Men Against Fire was one of the most memorable episodes for me. The way that the refugees (?) were portrayed as literal monsters to the soldiers is pretty much the way our society tells us to view people that are different from us, especially war refugees. When it was revealed that the monsters were people, it really shook me. It just made me think about how the media makes us think about certain groups of people.
That's in my bottom 3 but... I'm a Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too fan who doesn't in the slightest understand the hate towards it so who am I to talk
They do give some clues about Kenny before the reveal, the biggest one is his conversation with the guy before they fight to the death when he says "how young were they?"
I figured he was a p€do after the five first minutes when he was talking to that kid. I don't know why, something in his eyes...
a bit late to the party but still wanted to go into this: by the time he needs to fight and was asked "how young are they?" you already know he is a pediphile. the question alone says it all but if unsure, him not answering should make it very clear.
the biggest hint for me, that something was wrong, is when he was ok with doing bigger crimes. I mean if someone treatens me to send a video of me masturbating, I would say "yeah go ahead. it is anoiing but that wont let me do anything for you". but I'm 38 and Kenny is just a teen. the embarrasment would make him do some delivery stuff. so I went with the plot. but noone would rob a bank over this. at this point it is either stupid plot (and BM is not known for stupid plot) or something different is happening.
Hated by the Nation anyone?
After san Junipero, that's my favorite. I feel it has the best fleshed out characters, and relies more on storytelling than shock value. I also like how I can total picture more stories with Karin and Blue.
yess!!
@@martinc2393 I respectfully disagree.
Martin C _ I agree
I LOVE THAT
One of the most underrated episodes imo is Play test. That shit was the 3rd best episode imo after White Christmas and San Junipero. It was mind boggingly terrifying.
I feel like nobody’s talking about Hated in the nation which was my absolute favorite episode, I think the ending was just genius. This episode is soooo underrated
I don't know what it says about me, but I was satisfied they didn't stop him. I thought all those people knowingly voting on peoples deaths deserved what they got.
Finally something about an actual consequence of cancel culture
The people that are so adamant about cancel culture (i.e. you guys) are just people who have done heinous acts yourself and hope you never get caught
@@bkballa989 No, cope harder lol
@@Kain1805 Lolol found one
the black museum episode has always been my favourite, i can‘t understand how it isn‘t on the list (and thus that metalhad abomination is ranking higher wtf)
Yep, totally on board with White Christmas being number one-- the blasé manner in which it was decided to leave Potter's consciousness to be tortured almost made me sick.
Screw Potter's cookie, what about Greta's poor cookie. She has no memories of murdering a grandfather and leaving a child to die - she just woke up a slave one morning. The implications of me doing this to myself were far more horrifying imo.
My favorite will always be "Hang The DJ". I connected with that episode. I felt it to my core.
Such a powerful episode.
The location for Metalhead is just perfect. The barren hills of Scotland form a beautiful yet hopeless environment for Bella.
Damn Fifteen Million Merits got finessed from at least one of these top 5s smhh
TheGameFreak in 15million merits dude gets a good job and had a couuple bad months losing a trick. It was a good episode but in terms of an ending it's almost happy compared to the rest of the episodes.
Agreed tbh that fucked me up
That episode wasn't that good don't @ me
Local Geographic not for Abby she’s forced into a life of porn
Local Geographic definitely not a happy ending
I remember the first time I saw Black Mirror. I was a service engineer working all over the UK.
I had some downtime one day, so in my hotel room I binge watched the entire series of black mirror in a day.
I can still remember the hopeless and depressing state my mind was in for a few days afterwards.
No other film, game or series has ever done that to me.
I loved the ending of be right back. Her scream was just agonizing. It left me with chills.
I think Kill The DJ was pretty well thought out. Not everything should be rated for shock value to end up on the list, so even though it was much lighter... It was absolutely brilliant. Following a powerful love story.
*Hang the DJ
I loved how Shut Up and Dance challenged the viewer. You feel sorry for this kid, you want him to come out the other side OK. Then you find out what he did, and then you have to think about the kid in a completely different light. I love when movies do this, or shows do this.
For the most part I agree with your list, but imo Crocodile also has one of the most powerful endings. The whole episode actually fell kinda flat to me because it seemed like they could've done so much more with the concept, but the ending made the episode worth it.
Personally I didn't think The Entire History Of You had such a powerful ending, even though it is one of my favorite episodes, but the ending was kind of what I was expecting, whereas endings like White Bear had me completely flabbergasted.
Very nice video though, good reasoning behind your choices. I just found your channel but I'll check out some of your other vids now :)
I feel like all in all Black Mirror is just one of those shows that everyone can and should appreciate. I mean the range it has and the really deep messages that are in each and every episode are absolutely astounding, like everyone can just have an episode that they really connected with and even related to. The series is truly just a work of art in itself.
Black Mirror is too spooky for me, one of the scariest shown on Netflix
I can only watch an episode once in a while. It is the opposite of a binge show but very worth watching nonetheless
Lmfao too spooky? 😂
hey I remember you
I interpreted metalhead quite differently (I watched it a couple years back so I might not get every detail correct), but I think the fact that we only knew she stole a bear at the end of the episode is crucial, all the while it’s just the metal dog chasing her for what I assumed was a heavy crime, but turned out it was just petty theft. They hunted her down because the law enforcement’s world was only black or white (wrong or right). I thought it was a post-modern take off criticizing law enforcement
I also thought that she was stealing medicine and the real gut punch is that realizing it's a bear means that kid couldn't have been helped and she was basically just finding them a comfort item for their last days
A great list. For me the cliff scene makes Be Right Back my favourite ending of all episodes so far. The raw emotional power of that visceral scream.
I agree! Be right back is my favorite episode!
I was just about to say this! And then when you realize that Ash’s tech-clone-thing is never going to see the girl as his daughter even though logically he knows, because the real Ash never had any parental behavior for the AI to go off of. And the girl probably doesn’t even know she’s the real Ash’s daughter either.
Also the irony of Domhnall Gleeson playing an lifelike android whose AI is built off of a social media platform….
Robert Daily’s demise in USS Callister always gives me shivers, forever having your mind trapped in a shut down game, in the dark, all alone with no way out
i know! i think he died, though. he was trapped in the game and brooker has said that he starved to death in the real world :)
OMG YES.
EXIT GAMEEEEEEEEE
I love this show so much. I also love your videos. I look forward to seeing your Black Mirror videos. You do a great job analyzing this show
Thank you! Glad you enjoy watching these videos!
I agree with these but PlayTest's ending had me shook.
I must be the only one that found Hated in The Nation to be most powerful lesson to walk away with.
Especially since toxicity and different forms of libel are given so much platform on social media.
No, you-re not, this is the ULTIMATE Black Mirror episode... even once people are POINT BLANK confronted with the dangers of tribalism and 'cancel culture' they STILL revert to it! An innocent person is blamed for those 300,000 deaths (the female detective, notice her twichy arm movements) and the one who triggered it, the general with power, gets off scott free.
I am also shoked that not so many people named it!! I must admit, I appreciated it fully after re-watching the show but the idea is just so good. Online hate is a new pandemic and it shows how people would even be ready to kill people they know very few about if there are no repercussions. Absolutely loved it.
It's my second favorite episode. What I don't understand is the love that White Bear gets. I really hated the episode and at a point I just wanted it to be over with, and it's not even because of the subject matter. The entire episode just fell flat to me
Great video man! I personally rate The National Anthem. I’ve heard some people not liking it too much but for me, it was an amazing pilot episode. It made me say “no..nooo..NOOOO!!” All throughout and that set the tone for Black Mirror for me. I love the ending how it’s mentioned the princess was let go 30 minutes early as the kid napper assumed everyone would be staring at a screen rather than looking for the princess. He was right.
Yes that episode hooked me on Black Mirror
I love the final of hand the dj
Hang*
Dude yes that was like the only happy ending in the show and it brought a smile to my face
@@spicypickle4105 How about San Junipero?
@@rojorohr4723 oh true i forgot about that episode but i think hang the dj was a more happy ending for me
Black Museum kinda had a happy ending too, but not as happy as Hang the DJ nor San Junipero.
Be Right Back is my all time favorite episode and it always breaks me. Hayley and Domhnall's performance is just too powerful and feels so personal. The ending is the perfect representation that we don't always let go of things, and when we don't, we have to carry those situations as burdens in our everyday lives, even though not everyone knows or notice we do.
Why is no one talking about The National Anthem, that episode literally made me sick
I totally disagree. That episode is the reason I never gave Black Mirror a chance until now. I watched it and hated it. Thought it was stupid. And then I decided to try the show again and I'm so glad I did. To each their own though!
I'm glad it somehow was not the first one I watched. It was hard to watch, and the ending made me almost throw up....
The absolute worst part was when you learn Susannah was released before it happened so it was all for naught
I couldn't finish the episode, I stopped right when he entered the room where the pig was... I just couldn't do it and I don't think I'll ever be able to watch that episode fully; it really makes me anxious and disgusted
@brdly jms really? I thought the whole thing was shown... maybe one day I'll give it a go again
I 100% agree with the first 3. I believe 15 million merits should've been in there as well though.
That's one of favorite Black mirror episodes! The ending is also powerful as the hero ends up falling for the line "it's better than the bike".
krishnaa balaji he ends up with a good job not a porn star. He just gave to much thought to a thot. He's prolly rollin in puss now.
@@localgeographic1425 that's not the point. He becomes a part of the very system he wanted to get out of. And that's dark like any black mirror episode. And how is what he got a good job? He ends up just being an entertainment for the crowd like the pornstar.
Great episode, but the ending needed more in my opinion
Yes white Christmas is easily my favorite episode. I legit lost sleep over thinking about the cookie version of that guy experiencing millennia of annoying Christmas song completely out of control of his own torture
The ending of White Christmas was, to me, the single most horrific fate I had ever seen followed immediately by the new single most horrific fate I had ever seen.
White Christmas ending gives me chills every single time I watch it. It deserves the #1 spot for sure!
The video gets the ending pretty wrong though.
Local Geographic I agree they didn’t focus on the fact that *SPOILERS*
Joe Potter was responsible for not only the death of the grandpa but also the little girl who froze to death after going out looking for help. That was the most fucked up part not Matt being blocked from society. Like yeah that sucks but being tortured by that Christmas song 1000 years every min (or whatever it was) is much worse for a much worse crime imo cause he could have took her with him but instead he just left an innocent child to die a slow and painful death.
just artsy things get treated like an animal, become an animal.
It’s really subtle but think my favorite ending is the “be right back” ending. The fact she keeps the robot husband in the attic and even has her daughter bring him food is equal parts sad, tragic, and even a little funny but truly shows the effect of grief.
Yeah that was such a powerful moment!
The ending to 15 million merits is what got me hooked on the series. Throughout the episode we saw how the avatars, digital cosmetics, entertainment, and things that people were meant to work towards were all just devices used to keep people peddling away in their bikes. When the main character had the courage to take a stand against this system he ended up selling out for a comfier prison cell and a new job that he was forced to do (no longer on the bike). What’s more was that the only thing his act of defiance accomplished was that he ended up feeding the system so that he was the one driving other people to continue on the bikes
Not sure if you implied this but yes, the worst part is that his rebelious message was now controled by the system and not authentic at all anymore. All for a glass of orange juice in the mornings and a bigger fake window. If I remember well.
Great list! I wish Netflix didn’t ruin the show the new season was crap in comparison.
I still remember hearing that question for the first time... "how young were they?" I felt all the blood leave my face, what a fucking reveal.
Am I the only one that likes San Junipero?
no i love it, in fact it’s the most popular episode and even win an awards
I like it because it's one of the only ones that didn't make me feel like ripping my eyes out in terror.
That last shot of the episode was my favorite. Showing Kelly and Yorkie happy together, but then showing their true selves, simple flash drives, nameless, faceless in the vast and unforgiving machine... Genius. It adds that slight tinge of uneasiness and terror, at least for me.
meh i dont personally like it its just a love story and its pretty unlike black mirror but atleast it didnt leave me in the shower thinking about the world for a few weeks
I fuckin love it:(
Adore that episode. I felt like the ending was very powerful. Something doesn't have to be dark to be powerful.
how could y’all NOT include hated in the nation?? that episode hit me HARD
Yeah honestly
The plot twist on how the haters became the target was accessional. But like I’m still waiting to find out what happened to the guy that hacked em
The plot twist on how the haters became the target was accessional. But like I’m still waiting to find out what happened to the guy that hacked em
Uss callister doesn’t really have a dark ending but it’s my personal fav
plenty of darkness in it tho
It is pretty dark. All these clones/simulations are only going through all that pain and trouble just to be able to kill themselves and end their suffering
I thought playtest had a dark ending
the darkest
The ending had me speechless tbh. Like it was crazy how you’d think it ended busy then it was just a sequence of the program over and over again. Until finally he actually died irl. And the most devastating and even eye opening part is when on his death certificate thingy, it said “called ‘mom’ “ like that got meeee
That episode was amazing. I saw every episode of seasons 1-4 before I watched that one because someone told me it had jumpscares and I’m not a big fan of that. But boy was that SUCH a good ending
Fuck i cried a lot
Shut up and dance is what got me into black mirror.. I blame my friend😭😂 I was so shooketh
the song that plays during shut up and dance's ending "exit music (for a film)" was such a good choice