Black Mirror has surged up Netflix’s streaming chart following the release of its seventh season.
Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi series returned earlier this week with its latest batch of episodes, and has proven to be a hit with viewers after reaching #2 on Netflix’s streaming charts for television series.
The latest season, which consists of six episodes, boasts a stacked cast across its various instalments, with Peter Capaldi, Emma Corrin, Issa Rae, Will Poulter and Paul Giamatti all having sizable roles.
In Digital Spy’s review of the season, we lauded the opening episode – ‘Common People’ – which focuses on a married couple (played by Rashida Jones and Chris O’Dowd) who come across a high-tech device which could potentially save lives.
“Like the best of the series, it is about humanity, love, and how technology can be both a gift and a curse,” we wrote of the episode, adding that it was anchored by “moving” performances by Jones and O’Dowd.
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The reaction to the feature-length closing episode, ‘USS Callister: Into Infinity’ – itself a sequel to season four’s ‘USS Callister’ – was more mixed, however, as we described it as a “re-tread” of its predecessor.
“There is a feeling throughout that the Black Mirror team returned to the Callister universe because fans wanted them to, and not because they had an idea they were desperate to bring to the screen,” we wrote.
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Brooker himself recently explained the decision to create a sequel story, sharing: “Of all the stories we’ve done this one [‘USS Callister’] ended as though we were setting it up for the sequel.
“It went through various guises but in the end we made it feature length within the season. It took so long getting it together — we had the pandemic, writers’ strike and then had to get everyone’s schedules lined up, and that was its own Rubik’s cube on a unicycle.”
Black Mirror is streaming on Netflix now.
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