2. Black Mirror
Release year: 2011 | Genre: Sci-Fi | Seasons: 7
Black Mirror is a dystopian science fiction series in which each episode tells a conclusive story. Each time, a different technological or societal development is pushed to the limit. The series is often dark, disturbing, and socially critical. Topics include monitoring, social control, artificial intelligence, digital consciousness, or moral questions about justice and consumption.
Through the completed episodes, Black Mirror is extremely varied. However, a certain fundamental mood remains. The series repeatedly manages to raise intriguing questions and provoke thought.
Which episode are we talking about? Especially with Black Mirror, the question of the best episode is particularly exciting since they are all so different. For George R. R. Martin, “San Junipero” (Season 3, Episode 4) is the episode he “always watches over and over again” and recommends to his friends. The episode is somewhat more positive than many others, but no less exciting. Roughly speaking, it is about two young women who meet and fall in love in a simulated reality. When the two get lost, protagonist Kelly must travel several decades to find her love again.
