Black Mirror

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Season 6
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 4, 2011
Season #: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 72 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 72
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 72
  3. Negative: 19 out of 72

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  1. truerock
    Jun 22, 2023
    8
    I just now watched the trailer for season 6 on Netflix and it just floored me. So, my rating is for that trailer. I'll come back after I've watched the entire season 6 and adjust my rating.

    I've always appreciated Black Mirror's wide-ranging views. The episodes are very diverse in their genres and viewpoints - so, it is very difficult to apply a rating to the entire series or just    I just now watched the trailer for season 6 on Netflix and it just floored me. So, my rating is for that trailer. I'll come back after I've watched the entire season 6 and adjust my rating.

    I've always appreciated Black Mirror's wide-ranging views. The episodes are very diverse in their genres and viewpoints - so, it is very difficult to apply a rating to the entire series or just one season. I would think most individuals would find at least one episode from each season that resonates with them. I think it would take a very eclectic personality that could appreciate all or even most of the episodes in a single season.
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    I have watched all of the season 6 episodes. I'm going to leave my rating at 8 because I think the writing elevates the series above what I would normally rate a 6 or 7 that any Netflix series with a hefty budget and skilled staff working on the technical quality.

    I find the casting and acting to be good - especially in the last episode.

    The last episode is a anthological twist that is controversial that suggests that Charlie Booker has somewhat tired of the specific genre of Black Mirror. I find that hard to believe because there or so many sociological issues that modern technology has pushed into the fore in just the last year or two that would make for extremely compelling story lines.    … Expand
  2. secularatheist
    Jun 18, 2023
    10
    Good interesting ideas and interesting philosophy with solid writing and characterization and good acting and direction deserves way higher rating episodes 1 and 3 are really good and 2 and 5 while not flawless are solid.
    If someone writes the word like "woke" which is a meaningless right-wing culture war buzzword that they can't even define in their review anybody can just disregard    Good interesting ideas and interesting philosophy with solid writing and characterization and good acting and direction deserves way higher rating episodes 1 and 3 are really good and 2 and 5 while not flawless are solid.
    If someone writes the word like "woke" which is a meaningless right-wing culture war buzzword that they can't even define in their review anybody can just disregard their opinion instantly writing right-wing buzzword and having zero media literacy is not a show analysis it's a joke and a circus if you review bomb at least not be lazy enough and justify your views rationally which you can't.    … Expand
  3. Doduk
    Jun 19, 2023
    8
    Ep 1: 4/5. I liked the idea, the ending was kinda previsible
    Ep 2: 5/5. Very good story, the only superior episode from all 5
    Ep 3: 3/5. Predicted what would happen within the first 15 minutes
    Ep 4: 1/5. Just bad
    Ep 5: 3/5. i liked the first part on the episode, the second part is just for filler
  4. brockcheese
    Jul 5, 2023
    7
    This season has its good moments and weaker moments expanding the theme of black mirror beyond technology
  5. NobodyYouKnow
    Jul 9, 2023
    8
    Seasons 1 thru 5 are excellent, but season 6 was... well, *not* excellent. In seasons 1-5, each episode deals with something related to the potential impact of technology on our lives. Every episode is a self-contained story -- there are no related stories or recurring characters. Overall, the writing (except for season 6), acting, and direction are high-quality, and the implicit warningsSeasons 1 thru 5 are excellent, but season 6 was... well, *not* excellent. In seasons 1-5, each episode deals with something related to the potential impact of technology on our lives. Every episode is a self-contained story -- there are no related stories or recurring characters. Overall, the writing (except for season 6), acting, and direction are high-quality, and the implicit warnings of problematic futures that could arise are usually believable... and frightening.

    But season 6 mostly abandons the Black Mirror premise. While two of the five episodes have a tech component to the story, there's nothing really prophetic about them, though some viewers may choose to interpret "Joan Is Awful" to be prophetic (I found it mostly just silly -- not believable as a potential future). The other tech-related episode, "Beyond The Sea", is interesting and well-done, but I see nothing in contemporary life that hints at the story as a potential future, and the writers even chose to make it as part of an alternate past. That said, this episode was the most Black Mirror-esque of all of season 6. The other three episodes just feel out of place; two are supernatural, and one is a sort of murder mystery. "Demon 79" was actually really fun, but, again, felt totally out of place as a BM episode.

    So, if you're a fan of dystopian sci-fi, you can't go wrong with seasons 1-5. Be aware that season 6 is a very different experience, and despite the episodic structure of the series, I'd watch it in order -- definitely don't start with season 6.    … Expand
  6. swinogrodzki
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    I haven't watched the whole season yet, but Demon 79 is one of the most fantastic things I've seen in years and it easily deserves a 10. Whoever wrote it, man. Respect, really, fantastic job. I absolutely love it.
  7. dropthedrawings
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    Really like how they leaned into horror in this season. I do wish we still had more technology involved, but overall this season was much more interesting and bold than s5

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#13 Most Discussed TV Season of 2023

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. The Observer (UK)
    Reviewed by: Barbara Ellen
    Sep 10, 2024
    80
    While the new collection isn’t perfect – Black Mirror still has a tendency to get knocked off course by an overload of Hollywood presence – this is an assured return to form: a much tastier geek-noir pick’n’mix.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Shirley Li
    Jun 23, 2023
    70
    Black Mirror’s new stories are more concerned with changing the show’s reputation as a speculative science-fiction series than with actually critiquing technology.
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  3. i
    Reviewed by: Emily Bootle
    Jun 20, 2023
    70
    There are familiar (maybe even obvious) themes here: data harvesting, terrifying small print, surveillance by Big Brother. Yet “Joan is Awful” doesn’t succumb to predictable tropes, retaining a winking sense of humour. [The score is the average of the reviews for the five episodes.]
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