Common People

Just wow. Black Mirror is back-and with a bang. This episode delivers a brilliant mix of storytelling, emotion, and tech-driven tension. From the opening moments, the pacing pulls you in, layering suspense with a deep emotional core. Every scene adds something unexpected-whether it's a surprise twist, a moment of quiet heartbreak, or a brutal commentary on the direction we're heading.

The performances are top-notch. Rashida Jones and Chris O'Dowd shine in roles that feel raw and real, pulling you into the struggles of everyday people caught in the jaws of high-tech promises. And Tracee Ellis Ross? Chillingly perfect as the face of corporate AI-equal parts charm and menace.

What really hit me was the way the episode tackled modern tech and capitalism. It's not just speculative fiction-it feels uncomfortably close to reality. Streaming consciousness, in-app purchases for memories, ads in your literal afterlife... it's satire, but it's also a warning.

The ending left me surprised and thinking. It wasn't just a twist for shock value-it added a layer of depth that stayed with me long after the credits rolled.

If this is how Season 7 starts, we're in for something truly special. Dark, emotional, provocative-this is Black Mirror at its best.

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.

I am so glad they put this episode first. It really feels like the old black mirror is back. Amazing concept, well thought out execution, sad and dark but also realistic. The acting was also great. Even though it was based in America it had the British grit feel that I feel was missing in the previous few seasons.

What made it so depressing is the fact it really feels like it could/ would happen this way. This episode touches on many themes such as the subscriptions, the lengths someone would go to make money, healthcare and also at some points could have been a metaphor for addiction.

This episode alone is already better than all of the previous season in my opinion.

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.

Proudly produced by Netflix, the same platform who promoted sharing password, then ban it, increase their price by more 400% in the last 6 years, introduced ads and keep rebranding their subscription tiers. This episode is dark but it make you think how pharma already playing with the life of millions of people who depend on their meds. Really subtle episode that explain really well the greed has real impact on everyday peoples. We dont care until it happen to us. Gut-wrenching episode but a must see. It get incomfortable really fast. That is black mirror at his peak. Love everything about it. The performance, the writing, the music. Peak television.