re: Black Mirror S3 has dropped on Netflix

***season 3 ep 3 spoilers*****


Yes, the teenager in the story (forgot his name) turned out to be looking at child pornography, just like the guy he has to fight to the death. That twist made me realize the blackmailers were actually the good guys.

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So to go to San Junipero. I think it ties in perfect. It's a great story that deals with people's concerns over death. How would people react to being able to live eternally stored in some database? The story and and the ideas are great but to me and like you've mentioned, rewatching it a second time makes you realize how great the storyline works. You don't understand what's happening until halfway through the episode. Watch it again and it all fits perfectly.

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It is also the first time they brought up religion. The implications of going to SJ mean that you have given up hope on a "normal" afterlife.

I love how they built the world this season. The devices started as a video game tool, then a tool to help dying people and eventually take over the world.

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I guess I never saw the kid or others as the good guys to begin with. I didn't care what happened to them, and I assumed the hackers would betray them regardless.

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It was pretty clear the episode was made for you to feel for the people being toyed with by the texters. But then when it turns out that each person involved was being fricked with for a reason, that's the twist. I did have a problem with some of it, like I couldn't tell if Bronn was trying to hook up with a child hooker or just a hooker, but either way if he was just cheating with hookers then who cares. The pedophile stuff, okay I can see that. But like the dude cheating on his wife or the lady who sent a racist email, that's no reason to anonymously ruin someone's life.

The episode had a pretty White Bear feel to it, which was cool.

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Anyone else wanna chime in on hated in the nation? Am I the only outcast that really didn't care for it?

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I thought it was a really cool concept. The whole thing from the bees "reproducing" in the hives with 3D printers, to the hashtags, to the twist at the end. But I thought the story could've been told in a normal 60 minute episode instead of a 90 minute season ending special. I would've liked to see something more mind-blowing for the 90 minute episode. In that lone aspect it was a little disappointing.



Does anybody know why Netflix starts you off with season 3? I realize it doesn't matter because it's episodic stories, but I thought it was weird.

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I know the stories are episodic, but only after I watched season 3 and got into season 2 did I realize there were Easter eggs I missed because Netflix didn't start me off on season 1.

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Can I ask what they are?


All I know of is the song. And then the other thing I commented on before, the optical computer that many episodes seem to use.

What else?

Watched Black Mirror for the first time a couple of nights ago. "Nosedive" was my introduction, and I was impressed.

Decided to go to the beginning and watch the first episode. Was a little disturbed. But, I got the point of it, and decided to keep going and watched a couple more episodes.

Been "meh" ever since Nosedive. Maybe I started with too good a first impression?

Should I continue watching chronologically, or just watch the best episodes mentioned here?

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

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All I have left is the finale of Season 3 and I don't see how you can call any of the episodes garbage.

Even at it's weakest, I think the show delivers

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because the puppet/waldo episode is garbage, basically.

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I disagree....although I did watch it the night before the election so it resonated with me.