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 sequence in sequel “USS Callister: Into Infinity.” The follow-up to the favored season 4 episode is the standout of the bunch, and with the information that sequence 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 a precise copy of him—looks like a good suggestion at first, because the freaky tech on Black Mirror typically 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 true 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. You must marvel: 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 in consequence?

“Nosedive”

When this primary episode of season three arrived in 2016, social media was already big—however 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 develop into extra correct, to not point out alarmingly prescient, up 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 means, however the episode is definitely ripe for an replace or follow-up. How’s that world faring lately? 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 Eighties nostalgia that examines the idealized potentialities 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 “Resort Reverie,” as one instance.) Its persevering with presence means it wouldn’t be shocking 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.

“Dangle 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” trip. The “Coach” machine 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 completely different course than the rom-com vibes of “Dangle 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 might doubtlessly proper the wrongs of the 2019 authentic, checking again in with Ashley O’s music profession whereas furthering the wealthy themes of how expertise can be utilized to take advantage of superstar in essentially the most insidious of how.

“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 reality out of outdated VHS tapes. “Loch Henry” wraps up its story with satisfaction, fixing the terrible thriller at its middle whereas additionally exhibiting us what occurs to its important character, a fledgling filmmaker who realizes he’s acquired 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 will 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 certainly one of Black Mirror‘s longest runtimes up to now, a mandatory indulgence contemplating all of the twists and turns its story takes. First, there’s the difficult set-up: in an alt-history Sixties, area exploration has developed to incorporate the concept that when astronauts are on prolonged deep-space missions, they depart behind “replicas” that look identical to them. If they’ve downtime thousands and thousands of light-years away, they’ll 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 reproduction. Sympathetic to his co-worker’s agony, Cliff (Aaron Paul) lets David use his personal reproduction for terrestrial visits… till traces 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 really a residing being on the surface, both.

It’s messy! And it ends messily, with David murdering Cliff’s household and destroying Cliff’s reproduction, which 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 residence. What occurs subsequent might make up a sequel episode—as might 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 inside Nanette’s digital consciousness (which is now a part of her natural physique). How’s that going to look just a few years down the road? There could also be dozens of seasons of Actual Housewives to look at, however certainly one other urge to flee will creep in ultimately.

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