Reddit Picks 5 Best Black Mirror Episodes, Season 6 Doesn't Make the Cut
None of the show’s most recent episodes is seen as one of the best by fans.
The recently released Season 6 of Black Mirror offers a fresh take on the anthology, offering five episodes that follow the show’s established poetic storytelling style and feature plotlines that make you ponder the dire consequences that reckless abuse of technology can bring upon us.
The new season isn't too bad, but it still falls short of the high bar set by the first three seasons. When Redditors decided to compile a list of their favourite episodes based on the number of times they get mentioned, not a single one of the latest season's instalments made it.
5. Fifteen Million Merits
Season 1, Episode 2
IMDb rating: 8.0/10
This is one of the most frequently mentioned episodes, which isn't surprising, seeing how it has everything that makes the show what it is, featuring a horrific and surreal dystopian society driven by hypocrisy and consumerism.
4. White Bear
Season 2, Episode 2
IMDb rating: 8.0/10
White Bear mocked the modern media's tendency to make a show out of other people's tragedies and pondered whether we should continue the endless cycle of violence even to people who have committed horrific crimes. The episode's twist is one of the most memorable ones in the entire series.
3. Shut Up and Dance
Season 3, Episode 3
IMDb rating: 8.4/10
The episode is rightfully considered one of the best due to its down-to-earth and realistic nature, showing that the Internet remembers everything, but it also does not care about the personal boundaries of its users, who may not be such good people themselves.
2. The Entire History of You
Season 1, Episode 3
IMDb rating: 8.5/10
Despite the high-tech concept, this episode is also very down-to-earth in a good way, exploring how technology makes us self-absorbed and disrespectful of others' boundaries, ultimately preventing us from living in the moment.
1. Hang the DJ
Season 4, Episode 4
IMDb rating: 8.7/10
This is one of the few episodes where the audience was treated to a relatively happy ending despite a rather depressing setting. In addition, the timely themes of technology and its impact on loneliness and love made it one of the best episodes in the show's history.
Source: Reddit.