8 Extra Black Mirror Episodes That Deserve Sequels

Black Mirror season seven is now streaming on Netflix, and its six-episode drop incorporates a primary for the collection in sequel “USS Callister: Into Infinity.” The follow-up to the favored season 4 episode is the standout of the bunch, and with the data that collection creator Charlie Brooker is pondering other sequel ideas for future seasons, listed below are eight tales we hope he considers revisiting.

“Be Proper Again”

The primary episode of Black Mirror‘s second season imagines that Martha (Hayley Atwell), a younger widow, turns to AI to ease her heartbreak over the lack of her husband (Domhnall Gleeson). Recreating his consciousness—first as a chatbot, then built-in into an android that’s an actual copy of him—looks as if a good suggestion at first, because the freaky tech on Black Mirror usually does. However as Martha progresses by way of the phases of grief, she involves phrases with the truth that there’s no substitute for the actual human she’s misplaced.

The episode ends with the android hanging out in her attic, often getting visits from the younger daughter Martha was pregnant with when her husband died. It’s a must to surprise: what occurred to it when Martha herself handed away, presumably years sooner or later? Did different households attempt to deal with tragedy with their very own AI-recreated family members—and the way did that work out? And what number of android doppelgangers got here into being because of this?

“Nosedive”

When this primary episode of season three arrived in 2016, social media was already enormous—nevertheless it’s since grown much more monstrous. TikTok didn’t even launch within the U.S. till the next yr. Suffice to say the themes of “Nosedive” have solely change into extra correct, to not point out alarmingly prescient, prior to now 9 years. It’s set in a society the place everybody lives or dies by the “rankings” they derive from social interactions, a system that additionally determines their financial standing.

The principle character (Bryce Dallas Howard) sees her life spiral after a scheme to realize reputation goes awry—and the pretend character she places on to maintain her numbers up fractures within the face of actual feelings. Her final destiny predicts “cancel tradition” in its personal method, however the episode is actually ripe for an replace or follow-up. How’s that world faring today? Is it nonetheless operating on rankings—or did a complete collapse occur someplace alongside the best way?

“San Junipero”

Apart from “USS Callister,” “San Junipero” might be essentially the most beloved Black Mirror entry of all time, arriving because the fourth episode of season three. An unconventional love story infused with Nineteen Eighties nostalgia that examines the idealized prospects that include residing inside a simulation—together with the lure of everlasting (if synthetic) life—”San Junipero” brings real feeling to its narrative.

It’s no shock that “Junipero” has popped up as a Black Mirror Easter egg in subsequent seasons; if the romance of Yorkie (Mackenzie Davis) and Kelly (Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked) isn’t particularly talked about, simply tossing the title on the market is sort of a wink to the viewer who is aware of what it represents. (There’s a “Junipero Drive” in season seven’s “Lodge Reverie,” as one instance.) Its persevering with presence means it wouldn’t be stunning if Brooker determined to revisit “San Junipero”—perhaps exploring one other relationship contained in the simulation, its creators, or another angle—in a future season.

“Grasp the DJ”

Season 4’s fourth episode provided a Black Mirror tackle relationship apps that like “San Junipero” makes use of a simulation to take potential couple Amy (Georgina Campbell) and Frank (Joe Cole) on a wild “what if” journey. The “Coach” gadget that pairs up romantic companions steers the narrative in each amusing and heartbreaking methods, and it’s fairly clear that Amy and Frank aren’t the one duo who’ve determined to depend on it.

What about all these different would-be matches—and who precisely is pulling the strings? The idea of “Coach” might be deployed in a horror story that takes issues in a a lot totally different route than the rom-com vibes of “Grasp the DJ.”

“Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too”

The unique episode, which arrived third in season 5, had some problematic elements. However its killer premise and intelligent use of Miley Cyrus’ personal fame to propel its narrative a couple of pop star who exists as each a troubled human and a chipper, AI-enhanced doll (Cyrus performs each) beg for an additional spherical.

A sequel may doubtlessly proper the wrongs of the 2019 unique, checking again in with Ashley O’s music profession whereas furthering the wealthy themes of how know-how can be utilized to use celeb in essentially the most insidious of the way.

“Loch Henry”

Season six’s second episode introduced true crime—extra particularly, Netflix-style true crime documentaries—into the realm of Black Mirror, delivering a horrifying story that digs its fact out of outdated VHS tapes. “Loch Henry” wraps up its story with satisfaction, fixing the terrible thriller at its heart whereas additionally displaying us what occurs to its predominant character, a fledgling filmmaker who realizes he’s received an uncomfortably shut connection to his personal subject material.

However true crime’s reputation continues to be sky-high, particularly on Black Mirror‘s personal streamer, and if a direct sequel to “Loch Henry” doesn’t make sense plot-wise, it might nonetheless be intriguing to see the present strategy the style from one other, presumably simply as twisted angle.

“Past the Sea” © Netflix

“Past the Sea”

Season six’s third episode has one among Black Mirror‘s longest runtimes up to now, a needed indulgence contemplating all of the twists and turns its story takes. First, there’s the sophisticated set-up: in an alt-history Sixties, area exploration has advanced to incorporate the concept that when astronauts are on prolonged deep-space missions, they go away behind “replicas” that look similar to them. If they’ve downtime thousands and thousands of light-years away, they will switch their minds into these synthetic our bodies and work together with their family members again on Earth.

Conflicts come up when an anti-replica group assaults astronaut David (Josh Hartnett) and his household—murdering the precise people and destroying David’s duplicate. Sympathetic to his co-worker’s agony, Cliff (Aaron Paul) lets David use his personal duplicate for terrestrial visits… till strains are crossed and David begins to place the strikes on Cliff’s spouse, Lana (Kate Mara). He seems to be like her husband, however he’s a distinct man inside—and he’s not even truly a residing being on the skin, both.

It’s messy! And it ends messily, with David murdering Cliff’s household and destroying Cliff’s duplicate, that means each males are caught in area collectively so long as their mission wants them. What’s worse, now neither have anybody ready for them again house. What occurs subsequent may make up a sequel episode—as may one other story digging into the concept of dopplegangers who swap brains. Absolutely astronauts aren’t the one individuals who make use of this unsettling tech?

“USS Callister: Into Infinity”

Come on, you knew we had been going to incorporate this one. Season seven’s sixth and remaining episode is a lot enjoyable—and the digital copies that make up the USS Callister crew nonetheless haven’t fairly resolved their dilemma, now that they’re all residing within Nanette’s digital consciousness (which is now a part of her natural physique). How’s that going to look a number of years down the road? There could also be dozens of seasons of Actual Housewives to observe, however certainly one other urge to flee will creep in finally.

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