Common People

Wow, this was a hard watch, but so relevant and powerful. We should all be thinking about the ways contemporary capitalism is holding us hostage to the greed of corporations by increasingly intrusive and destructive means. There is no limit to how far they'll go to secure a profit at the expense of "common people".

Rashida Jones and Chris O'Dowd give devastating performances. Tracey Ellis Ross perfectly portrays the embodiment of corporate callousness.

In true Black Mirror fashion we are given a fresh take on the classic downward spiral storyline. A very strong start to the long awaited season. Wow.

This was hard to watch, like Netflix with its modern prices and ads. It was not hard to watch because its a bad episode, its quiete the opposite. It shows what subscription services always have been about.

I would stop the review here, but somehow I need to use at least sixhoundred characters, which feels like quite similar to what some characters might have to go through in this episode. Its a feeling of helplessness and anger. It is what you get when you experience the unfairness of the system that you are part of, but you can not leave the system because you also dependon it to some degree.

The first few seasons of Black Mirror were visionary and quality stories. At one point for a few seasons it had lost everything.

So far I have watch the first two episodes of season seven. And they have hit the mark again. The writing is back to a level that inspires procative thought, with character development creating deeper story telling while exploring the question, where exactly is humanity going. What are the possibilities of the inventions we bring into the world.

I hope the rest of this season continues as the first two episodes have.

This could be a revival of a series that was a season away from being cancelled.

And we're back. Almost forgot the feeling of watching a Black Mirror episode for the first time, but this is the show that I remember. Had my jaw on the floor a few times, and that ending...

Driving 'common people' to the edge is something that's already happening. This is a satire on memberships, capitalism and the stuff people pay to see. If this is the first episode of this season, I can't wait to see what's next. Maybe I should rewatch the rest of the show, but this might be one of the more depressing episodes in this show, and if you watched the rest, you know that says a lot. Don't think I'll be watching the rest today, will have to process this one first.

The first episode of the new season hits all the right notes - a brilliant concept, top-tier acting, and a gripping pace that never lets up. It gave me the same chills and awe I felt watching classics like White Christmas and Black Museum. If this is just the beginning, the rest of the season has some seriously high expectations to meet.

Beyond its gripping story, this episode also serves as a sharp satire on the very technologies we're racing to build. It holds up a mirror to our obsession with progress and forces us to reflect on where those advancements might lead us. Are we enhancing life, or slowly distorting it? The episode doesn't just entertain - it provokes. It subtly raises questions about morality, choice, and the gray areas in between. What do we sacrifice in the name of innovation? And at what cost? That lingering discomfort is exactly what makes classic Black Mirror episodes so memorable - and this one definitely earns its place among the best.