I’ve watched season 1 through 6 and there definitely were more than one episodes that just left me feeling like crap… But there’s so many incredible episodes intermixed, like San Juniperno, that has made me keep coming back.

Today I watched the first episode of season 7, Common People, and… I just can’t. It’s done me in.

I have a question for those who have watched the remainder of the episodes. Are there any episodes that end on any sort of positive note or are they all this dreadful?

Maybe it’s just not for me anymore. I get the premise behind Black Mirror, but there is something about this episode that just kind of shoved me past a point that I’m not sure it’s worth it for me to keep watching.

  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    22 days ago

    Minor spoilers, I’ll try not to give too much away.

    • Episode 2, Bête Noire, the episode ends in a positive note, but is more in the weird category in terms of endings.
    • Episode 3, Hotel Reverie, generally ends on a happy note however it has a lot of sad moments within the episode.
    • Episode 5, Eulogy, is probably the saddest episode of the season. It’s also arguably the best. The ending I think is a positive one. It’s a general theme of loss and closure.
    • Episode 6, USS Callister: Into Infinity, I think of you found the first USS Callister episode to end on a positive note then I would say the same applies here. They both end with a similar feeling.
    • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Thanks again for this. It was really helpful.

      Watched Eulogy in the living room and one of my kids was kids hard in the feels zone. I chose to focus on the positive and really liked the episode. They wanted to know if this was how Black Mirror always was, so we watched my fav episode of San Junipero. Goodness do I love that one.

      Anyway, I really enjoyed all the rest of the season.

      That first episode really hit me hard, so I was worried about the rest. Maybe it was bad timing. More likely that it just hit too close to home. Add in the advertising economy in real life and how it’s everywhere, stealing your info, and blocking everything from any semblence of a good experience. It just got to me. I will never understand the irony in Netflix releasing this episode.

      • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        I will never understand the irony in Netflix releasing this episode.

        I mean the hope is always that companies see it and then don’t follow. Last season we had the super focused Netflix series episode, which I think only worked because it was also on Netflix.

        But also companies are short sighted sometimes. I remember when the iPhone dropped the headphone jack and Samsung had a huge marketing campaign, “We have a headphone jack!”. Then, 1 year later, they also dropped the headphone jack.

        So I’d like to say society at large has learned from an episode like this. But I know at large we’re pretty stupid, greedy, etc.

        Also glad you liked Eulogy. It’s the one that sticks with me the most out of the season. It can be viewed as horribly tragic and depressing, but I really think it touches well on closure. Yes, closure is painful, but it’s also therapeutic. It can lighten the burden. It’s ultimately a positive thing.

        • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          2·
          4 days ago

          You nailed it regarding closure and the therapeutic nature of it. That’s exactly how I took it. Life throws a lot at people. We can’t stop that. It’s simply a byproduct of existence.

          Sometimes closure is hard to find, so it was really nice to see that happen for someone. There are some things in my own life that still weigh quite heavy and it was nice to co-experience the feelings of Paul Giamatti’s character.

    • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      5·
      22 days ago

      This is perfect and exactly what I was looking for. I knew someone could do this. I really appreciate you taking the time. Seriously. 💜

      • Haess@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        3·
        22 days ago

        My wife and I just watched the first episode last night as well and had the same reaction you did… Hell of an episode to start the season…

        • ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          3·
          22 days ago

          So freaking real, right? Gaa. Awful because it’s too possible. Butttttt… As far fetched as some episodes can be, this is what the creators are aiming for. 😅

          And so fitting because I had to recently drop Netflix and other services to crappy ad tiers because I can’t afford them any more. In the end, we can live without these things. But this episode was making me so mad because it was literally life or death. And no talk of how the government was doing anything to stop it. Just too real.

          • Haess@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
            3·
            22 days ago

            Very real and unfortunately the roadblocks the couple faced were very realistic to foresee. My wife was crying at the end and I was speechless… We’ve all seen companies do the same actions, just in different contexts.

          • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            22 days ago

            It’s interesting because in an interview with the creator he mentions that one of the loose goals with this season was to highlight the positives with technology.

            Looking at the first episode, the technology to save the wifes brain is amazing technology! She would be dead without it. The cost is so minimal it’s an easy choice.

            If course we know how the episode goes, but it is funny that at face value the technology is great, it’s what happens next that is the downfall.