Black Mirror

Black Mirror TV series.

by episode
ep# (s#e#) – rating* – notes
 * 01 (1-1) – 4 – politics, ent, blackmail; too real
 * 02 (1-2) – 3 – ent, talent show / reality tv; credits replaces money; slavery
 * 03 (1-3) – 2 – eyes, too much history, rewind everything that happened, i'd get stuck in it
 * 04 (2-1) – 2 – too much history; stuck with the dead (dealing with death)
 * 05 (2-2) – 2 – inhumane punishment; unknown criminal; torture as ent; too real
 * 06 (2-3) – 3 – politics, ent; too real esp w/ drumpf
 * 07 (2-4) – 4 – 3-plots; blocking ppl; digital clone, slaves; punishment; unknown criminal; eyes
 * 08 (3-1) – 3 – social standing = rl standing..., social media on steroids; eyes
 * 09 (3-2) – 2 – ent, video game vs reality
 * 10 (3-3) – 3 – blackmail & still trolled; unknown criminal, unofficial punishment
 * 11 (3-4) – 5 – digital afterlife (dealing with death); uploaded consciousness
 * 12 (3-5) – 3 – altered view for soldiers, eyes; slavery; eugenics
 * 13 (3-6) – 4 – online mob justice, social media on steroids, ent; tiny robot killers, unofficial punishment
 * 14 (4-1) – 2 – digital clone, slaves; dealing with bullies in rl → altered reality
 * 15 (4-2) – 3 – helicopter parenting; filtering reality
 * 16 (4-3) – 2 – covering up crime; viewing thoughts
 * 17 (4-4) – 2 – digital dating algorithm? – digital clone w/o clones; computer decides who you date & for how long (but not reality)
 * 18 (4-5) – 4 – killer robots
 * 19 (4-6) – 5 – digital clone, slaves; unknown criminal, inhumane & unofficial punishment, ent; eyes; dealing with death; uploaded consciousness

&#42; rating: 2=okay to 5=awesome

by theme
themes:
 * entertainment: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14
 * 1 – watch someone else suffer (for 'art')
 * 2 – everything is for ent $$
 * – watch people (yellow shirts) suffer
 * 5 – watch someone else suffer as gov't punishment
 * 6 – politics/gov't as ent instead of population taking it as serious
 * 9 – video game
 * 13 – have someone else suffer : die
 * 14 – video game; recreate favorite fandom
 * 19 – electricute digital clone as ent
 * politics: 1, 6
 * blackmail: 1, 10
 * unknown criminal: 5, 7, 10, 19
 * slavery
 * real-life slave-like-life: 2, 12
 * digital clones as slaves: 7, 14, 19
 * almost slaves but it's algorithm, not even digital clones: 17
 * punishment for crimes
 * by gov't: 2, 7
 * by unofficial sources: 10, 13, 19
 * eyes: 3, 7, 8, 12, 15, 19
 * blocking/filtering ppl: 7, 12, 15
 * see someone else's thoughts: 3, 15, 16, 19
 * tech hell: 9, 13, 18, 19
 * killer robots: 13, 18
 * social media on steroids: 8, 13
 * too much history: 3, 4
 * dealing with death: 4, 11, 19
 * uploaded consciousness: 11, 19
 * romance: 2, 4, 11, 17
 * digital: 11, 17

Links
wiki
 * on Wikipedia
 * Black Mirror Wikia

official
 * https://twitter.com/blackmirror
 * https://rateme.social/

s4 creator interviews
 * http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/29/black-mirror-u-s-s-callister-interview/
 * http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/29/black-mirror-jodie-foster-arkangel/
 * http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/29/black-mirror-crocodile-interview/
 * http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/29/black-mirror-hang-the-dj-ending/
 * http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/29/black-mirror-metalhead-interview/

rand news/reviews
 * https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/12/black-mirror-black-museum-is-a-throwback-to-episodes-past/549389/