All episodes of “Black Mirror” are ranked

Every day the world seems to slide more and further into dystopia, with President Donald Trump putting the tariffs on the islands inhabited penguins and head of the country of Medicare and Medicaid Utterance of AI-First HealthS In case you need an even higher dose of Orwell anxiety in your life, though, Black mirror He finally returned to Season 7 with six brand new episodes.

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In their new season, the anthological series for ours, say, complicated relationships with technology are acquired by AI Sentiment, models for pricing subscriptions, lost love, insults in high school and privatization of healthcare. In addition, there is a lot of action, romance and accumulation of the help of terror from the technique.

As with any anthological series, Black mirror There are many hits, as well as its share of gaps, and Season 7 is no exception, which makes it only more ideal to rank. Here is the Wired ranking of any episode of Black mirror Season 7.

6. “Reverie Hotel” (Episode 3)

The unhappy Nadir of the new season comes halfway, with the Reverie Hotel Function, Ode of varieties to the “40s Hollywood classics as CasablancaS Isa Paradise plays a Hollywood star, brandi who agrees to participate in rethinking Reverie HotelOne of her favorite old movies, using a technology that turns the original black and white movie into a virtual AI-infusing experience to shoot a remake in just 90 minutes. Emma Corin plays the ill -fated old Hollywood Starile Dorothy Chambers, who participates in the photo. The lifestyles of the story are designed to play the same as the original, but when things start to get out of the course, Dorothy develops awareness of their arts and they both begin to fall for each other.

The episode aims at this magic San Juniperper, but its romance feels more kuch, and its prerequisite is burdensome. To put it simply: it is not clear why anyone would like to process a movie this way and it is even less clear why anyone would watch it. Like a back door to a story about the sexuality of closed sexuality in the 40s, the episode feels invented and so does romance. Rae and Corrin are trying to bring a spark, but they can’t sell it in the end.

5. “Ordinary People” (Episode 1)

“Ordinary people” is a familiar species Black mirror An episode identifying several clear social disorders related to class and technology then played its scientific fiction prerequisite to explore these problems in an increased way. A fine approach, except when it feels tapping and obviously, which “ordinary people” do. Chris O’Dow and Rashida Jones play a couple fighting to connect the edges. When Jones finds herself in a brain tumor coma, O’Dowd is offered a chance to save her with an incredible new technology from a startup Rivermind. Surgeons replace the cancer of the brain with synthetic tissue, and the memory and personality parts of Jones contained in this area of ​​brain tissue are shining through it through the cloud. With a huge monthly subscription fee, of course.

O’Dod and Jones are excellent and affecting the episode, as well as Tracy Ellis Ross as a disappointing endless representative for Rivermind. The problem is that the moment the monthly subscription idea is introduced, it is immediately clear where the story is directed. The existential dilemma of tying your life to the whims of a subscription service is disruptive and hits the home. But when the message is clear for the first five minutes, sitting in the next 40 is not exactly pleasant.

4. The “Game” (Episode 4)

Situated in the same universe as “Bandersnatch”, the 2018 Interactive Black Mirror Special, the stars of “Play” Peter Capaldi in the role of Cameron Walker, a man reserved to kill someone and fill in a suitcase. During his interrogation, Walker shared the story of his younger days, in the 90, when he was a video game critic. It is an early review of a game variety created by Colin Ritman by Will Poulter by Bandersnatch. This is inspired by Tamothic a game called Crowdswhich includes care for small digital beings. Only, as Ritman explains, they are actually a form of digital life. When a trip with LSD causes Walker to think that he can communicate with the crowds, he maniacally devotes his life to help them grow, prosper and develop. It is a pretty simple episode, told largely in the lightning tone and certainly a heavy exposure to be really elegant as the best of the best of Black mirrorS This said that the room was fun, and the twists and turns turn into Walker’s tale to hell.

3. “Bane Black” (Episode 2)

Bête Noire may be the most revealed surprising episode of Season 7. Maria, played by Sienna Kelly, works as a researcher at a chocolate company whose life seems to develop with the arrival of a new colleague. Verity, played by Rosy Mcewen, went to school with Maria, although they were in many different social spheres. Maria was popular; Verti, far from it. Already a little scared of this man from her past, which is shown, Maria begins to feel like the reality around her slips. The people around her do not remember things the way she does, which leads to obvious mistakes at work and she begins to suspect that she is guilty.

This is a strange episode. Much of it does not even feel much as Black mirrorAnd it seems that he is turning his wheels in the first half. But as the nature of what is happening is becoming more excellent – dispatching, which appear from a security camera that appear – the entertainment of the episode. The reverse twists and turns lead to a completely shocking and cheerful final stage.

2. “Eulogy” (Episode 5)

Eulogy is the most affected episode of the season. Paul Jiamati plays as a person who learns that his ex -girlfriend has died. He receives a package from a woman’s family containing a device that allows him to enter his old photographs to regain his memories of her as part of a praise project. The problem is that in his anger from their collapse, he deleted all sorts of pictures of her face, and now he really can’t remember it. He enters photo after photo, tracking the story of the relationship while trying desperately to return the image of her face. Giamati is fantastic, bringing Gravitas to the role of a man sorting the facts of his own life and what he did and did not understand about the woman he loved. Also a little too difficult, a presentation of moments, “Eulogy” is still a beautiful story of regrets, improper communication and the way love remains in our hearts, even when the memories fade.

1. “USS Callister: Infinity” (Episode 6)

When I saw this Black mirror He made a continuation of one of the largest and most beloved episodes, I was cautious. For an anthological show, this did not seem like the best idea. I was wrong. Uss Callister: Infinity succeeds, above all, as its predecessor, simply a great scientific-fiction adventure. Put after the original “USS Callister”, Nanette Cole by Christine Millions still runs the team of live digital clones through the dangerous worlds of the online multiplayer game InfinityS The problem is that they are not actual marked players, which means they have to rob the players of their loans in the game to stay alive. But players are beginning to notice that something is off and this is returning to James Walton, CEO of Callister Inc., played by Jimmy Simpson. He and the Nanette team in the real world to help the crew in the game survive as they try to hide the evidence of illegal cloning technology.

The plot becomes more there, maintaining the sense of humor of the original episode, while throwing even more actions and even larger twists and turns. Although this is not the most emotionally affecting episode this season, it is certainly the funniest, making a tumultuous meal of its almost 90-minute run. Even better, the finish only excites me to see if they are doing a third.