This was a hell of a episode, epitomizing everything you like about Black Mirror. Nothing too fantastical, nothing too out of the ordinary, but so alien to what most of us believe in that we look past it. This is something that's happening in the shadowy alleys of every city around the world. Dancing to the tunes of your secret-keepers.
This episode depicts a dark, grim reality where its characters are struggling for freedom from their past crimes, or indulgences. They are willing to do everything in order to escape their piercing clutches, even going as far as to making things worse if there is a slight chance that they can be free. But all their hopes are illusory as apart from a sense of pity, or justice, or fairness, there is nothing that is holding the invisible foe with the secret back. And we know that all these qualities have been in short supply over the course of human history.
The episode gradually shines light on the fate awaiting these characters as slowly each one of their illusory hopes are crushed. The episode doesn't sit back and triggers the main plot right from the beginning keeping you guessing as to what will happen next. The writing and the acting are great, and keeps you engaged. The pacing is great, the characters involved are brilliant, and the writing is top notch. Your heart will cringe at what happens to the main character over the course of just one day. Kudos at depressing all the watchers but still leaving them impressed with what they just saw and in deep contemplation. I was literally speechless.
This episode depicts a dark, grim reality where its characters are struggling for freedom from their past crimes, or indulgences. They are willing to do everything in order to escape their piercing clutches, even going as far as to making things worse if there is a slight chance that they can be free. But all their hopes are illusory as apart from a sense of pity, or justice, or fairness, there is nothing that is holding the invisible foe with the secret back. And we know that all these qualities have been in short supply over the course of human history.
The episode gradually shines light on the fate awaiting these characters as slowly each one of their illusory hopes are crushed. The episode doesn't sit back and triggers the main plot right from the beginning keeping you guessing as to what will happen next. The writing and the acting are great, and keeps you engaged. The pacing is great, the characters involved are brilliant, and the writing is top notch. Your heart will cringe at what happens to the main character over the course of just one day. Kudos at depressing all the watchers but still leaving them impressed with what they just saw and in deep contemplation. I was literally speechless.