EPISODE
SEASON
Black Mirror - Season 1
Season 1 explores episode with different cast and characters. The movie minds time, technology and behavioral adjustments.
27 February 1983, Bedford, New York, USA
5 August 1980, Ireland
20 April 1985
1974, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
1990, Wales, UK
27 June 1993, Dagenham, Essex, England, UK
18 March 1975, Manchester, England, UK
November 11, 2013
Smartly written and well cast, the individual episodes keep circling back to such apprehensions, with darkly satiric overtones that distinguish it from most of what's currently on U.S. TV.
December 23, 2014
Black Mirror offers a mature Twilight Zone-like viewing experience that is both entertaining and disturbingly captivating.
December 03, 2013
When it's over, you'll need that TARDIS to transport you back to before you first heard about Black Mirror, so that each episode can surprise you all over again.
December 02, 2013
There are times throughout all six episodes when it's easy to fear that Brooker's satire is only skin deep. But he and his collaborators have something to say about so many subjects besides technology.
March 14, 2015
Brooker's stories are novel enough to draw us in, yet familiar enough to become a warped reflection of ourselves and our culture.
December 10, 2014
What makes the series so powerful is that it doesn't just present another collection of stories where technology turns on us, but where we use technology to turn on -- or tune out -- each other.
November 13, 2013
The genius of Black Mirror is how subtly it builds, keeping you from ever questioning the insanity of the premise or any minor plothole. Every twist seems organic, every decision rational.
December 04, 2014
The six one-hour episodes, spread over two seasons, are cynical, searing, shockingly good -- and often disturbing. Watch this show, but don't binge-watch this show.
January 07, 2015
For all the show's inventive storytelling, its true provocation is its righteous outrage, which shares something with Mike White's whistle-blower series Enlightened, although it's overlaid with a dark filter.
