Sunday, June 8, 2014

Black Mirror: White Bear

My absolute favorite of the series.

Here, we follow Victoria as she stumbles through a neighborhood, while she tries to figure out what the hell is going on. She woke up in a strange place and everyone appears to be after her. Whoever is not trying to kill her is filming her with their cells. None of the bystanders are willing to help or only interact with her.

Then she chances upon a group of vigilantes helping her by saving her from the people hunting her. Or so it seems. Throughout Victoria has flashes of memory of a little child that she thinks may be hers.

The conclusion - or ending, as the story does not actually conclude - is awesome and delivers a devastating blow to the apparent heroine that she is not likely to recover from any time soon.

Less science fiction than the other episodes, although also set in the near future.

So, so good.

9/10

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