Hang the DJ

The six roomy new episodes of Charlie Brooker’s anthology series play like a Rod Serling snack pack of dreadful speculation.

This season has also reduced and clarified the themes under the show’s microscope, and therefore focused Black Mirror into a more cohere...

If there’s any festive spirit left lingering, then this will knock it right out of you. Black Mirror is darker than it has ever been.

Black Mirror remains one of the small screen’s most unsettling, unpredictable and audacious operations.

As a body of work it’s more interesting than satisfying, although "USS Callister," the standout episode, is spectacular, while "Hang the...

The show seems to have some thoughts about race and criminal justice that it never quite completes. But it haunts me more than any other show. ...

Black Mirror has remained free to aim as high as it does. This year, its finest hours signaled their ambitions by daring to let some light into an...

An astonishing, superlative piece of work in every respect.

Season four’s most successful episodes work because they explore the ways in which technology can amplify, rather than change, our basic huma...

The best Black Mirror episodes – of which "USS Callister" is definitely one – identify issues lurking beneath the surface of the rea...

As is always the case on Black Mirror, each narrative functions as a cautionary tale about our increasing reliance on all things coded or in t...

If geek franchises want to move forward, they’re going to need to learn how to leave the dead weight of the past behind them. Even in the tec...

As is suggested in [Season 4,] it is possible for love and humanity to prevail, and thrilling when they do – it’s not a betrayal of...

Black Mirror’s themes and delivery methods are still as poignant…

No other series manages the kind of stomach-dropping, throat-lumping, head-pounding dread of this dystopian nightmare-scape.

Brilliant casting and cameos make the whole thing a must-see.

Black Mirror has come so far now, with diverse genres, delayed plot device reveals and super-sized budgets.

But as provocative and to the point as Black Mirror’s speculative technology is, it keeps the new episodes from exploring more flawed develop...

Fans of Black Mirror won’t be disappointed – and for those who haven’t ever seen an episode, maybe now’s the time to get hoo...

We could be looking at the best season of Black Mirror yet.

The new Black Mirror season continues the anthology’s outward expansion. There are three episodes helmed by feature film directors. There&rsq...

With rotating casts and directors, anthology series are uneven by nature, and this season feels more so as "Black Mirror" occasionally struggl...

The result is a show that encompasses so much emotion, so much fear and hate and sadness and joy.

Brooker continues to solidify himself as one of the most creative writers in the medium. Even when the unfair creep of expectations rears up, Black...

Black Mirror implicates both human ignorance and malevolence as enablers of a technological dystopia.

Season four’s batch of six episodes stand out because few fans can agree on which episodes are best.

To his credit, Brooker continues to experiment with the format, capitalizing on the latitude that the show’s success has afforded him.

It also leans into horror by exploring the dark underbelly of fan obsession: What was intended as a therapeutic escape becomes a corrupt addic...

Each episode is a gem but – since you asked – my favorite is "USS Callister," which borders on genius.

… Black Mirror is decidedly mixed, managing occasionally to find brilliance but most often dwelling in the mediocre.

Black Mirror’s fourth season has taken on a different tone, and while some episodes may feel unfamiliar in comparison to earlier seasons...

While "USS Callister" is the most timely and vital of the new episodes, "Hang The DJ" (named after a line in a song by The Smiths) is the...

It’s significantly better across the board.