re: Black Mirror S3 has dropped on Netflix

Never had taken the time to watch this show but last nite my brother put on the S3 episode San Junipero.

All I can say is holy shite! I'll be binging the frick out of this the next week.

1, 3, and 6 killed it. 2, 4, and 5 were meh. But that's just relative to the rest of the series. They were still entertaining. I'm going to rewatch ep 4 since I was pretty drunk by the time I got to it, but 2 just wasn't for me and 5 seems to be unanimously meh.

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Episode 5 was the weakest in my opinion

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I agree, I thought it was really boring.

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The soldier?

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Yep.

Episode 1 : great
Episode 2: great
Episode 3: holy shite balls.. great
Episode 4: catches you in the feelz. good not great
Episode 5: least favorite.. still good though
Episode 6: great

I hope they continue to make these. Quality TV and the originality is awesome.

So far I've watched 1-3. Could be some spoilers below:

1: I LOVED about 90% of the episode. One thing I like abotu BM is the futuristic yet also plausible aspects of it. The searching for likes and upvotes thing was awesome to watch but I didn't care for the ending. It was too cringey which definitely isn't what BM is known for. Her breaking down giving the wedding speech was somethign I'd expect out of a lame sitcom. And the end when they're finally free to cuss at each other with no repercussions...eh I get it it just didn't really resonate with me I guess.

2: This is the kind of ep I've come to expect of BM. Futuristic, creepy, twists and turns, surprising ending. I really liked this one. I changed my mind several times in a few minutes on what was real or simluated.

3: Similar to the first one, I overall liked the episode but was probably more enthralled with the story instead of the ending. I was super into this goose chase the kid is going on, but at the end he gets outed anyway. I get that it was kind of justice since he was a perv but it kinda of made the rest of the story for naught in a way. Also...I'm not a "we need answers for everythign" kind of person but we don't know shite about who was behind the hack, why they did it, how/why they got so many other people involved, what is their endgame, what do they want, etc.

Honestly, I only really liked Playtest (ep2) and Most Hated Nation (ep 6). Most of the others really didnt feel compelling to me. To me the best episodes of Black Mirror are those that take technology and show how it can affect you on a deeply personal level. "Entire History of You" and "Be Right Back" does just that.

Season 3 was way too much about making social commentary instead of telling a personal story. "Shut up and dance" was intense, but that stuff has already been happening for years with hackers taking people's things hostage.

They also really need to move away from focusing so heavily on social media devices. They have done 3 episodes on it, with 2 of them in just this one season.

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none matching the best of season 1 or 2, and several downright bad episodes. I'm not sure if I'd watch season 4 based on how this Netflix season went.

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In season 1, 1/3 of the episodes were garbage.
In season 2, 1/3 of the episodes were garbage.

I haven't finished this season adn will gladly agree that nothing so far is on par with the best of the best prior to S4, but I'm not sure a bad episode or 2 would be enough to sway me of not watching again.