While this starts as a mass of players exacting justice on a handful of public figures, the twist comes later when it's revealed that the players are the real targets, and everyone who used the hashtag, a whopping 387,036 people, is also killed. These slayings soon become a social media game whereby internet users can vote on who they want to be taken out next by using the hashtag #DeathTo. ![]() The story follows Detective Karin Parke as she investigates the murder of two problematic individuals under public scrutiny, a journalist who had made insensitive comments regarding a disabled activist's suicide and a rapper who verbally attacked one of his younger fans. ![]() The episode is a dystopian nightmare of eugenics, militarism, and PTSD, critiquing our current political climate as well as sending a stern warning of a future not too far off. While the soldiers believe they are heroes saving the day against terror-inflicting humanoid monsters, they are actually carrying out a relentless genocide against those the military believes to be inferior. They're just a cover-up for their actual purpose - to make humans appear to be grotesque monsters to the soldiers so they don't feel as bad about killing them. It's eventually revealed that these fantasies are not the true function of the transmitter. However, throughout the episode, Stripe experiences glitches in his vision that distort not only these fantasies but also his day-to-day visuals of external reality. Commentary aside, that image alone is more than enough to earn "Arkangel" a spot on this list.Īs a reward for killing roaches, soldiers sometimes have sexual experiences, visions, and dreams fed to them through a "Men in Black" type flash technology that transmits these visuals to an optical transmitter in their head. It's also just an extreme invasion of privacy, as demonstrated when the mom taps into her daughter's vision as a teenager and sees her losing her virginity from the daughter's point of view. This episode demonstrates - in a bone-chilling way - how the natural parental inclination to shield your child from the evils of the world is not necessarily the most practical one, as they may never develop the skills to handle danger. At first, the child walks past the barking blur with hesitance, but as the child grows, we see them walk past without paying the animal any mind, oblivious to the danger right in front of them. The mom also shields the child from a scary dog in the neighborhood. For example, a mom censoring her child from seeing blood leads to the child repeatedly stabbing themselves in an attempt to see whatever it is that's being blurred from their vision. The mirror reflecting back on us.While this technology presents itself as a revolutionary way to monitor a child's safety and well-being, it ends up having the reverse effect. But I think there’s a really great tongue-in-cheek dark element to it, premonition kind of element. After wrapping on her episode last summer, Zazie Beetz teased what her episode would be like in a red carpet interview with Deadline, saying “I wouldn’t say my character is having a lot of fun. So much has happened in the real world since season five aired in June 2019, that we’re sure to get some interesting (and probably a little terrifying) episodes. There is still a lot we don’t know about Black Mirror season six, but the first trailer gives us something to go on. ![]() Variety also reported that month that Salma Hayek Pinault and Annie Murphy were also attached. Deadline announced in August 2022 that Rory Culkin would be joining the cast. According to Variety, these actors comprise the casting efforts of only three season six episodes, though which episodes they will be in has yet to be revealed. Aaron Paul is also set to return to the show (the Breaking Bad actor had a small voice cameo in “USS Callister”). In July 2022, Variety revealed some of the cast members that had signed on for season six, including Zazie Beetz, Paapa Essiedu, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara, Danny Ramirez, Clara Rugaard, Auden Thornton, and Anjana Vasan.
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