I thought about watching this series for some time and I'm so happy I finally did, because this is what an anthology series at it's best can be. Reminds me a lot of The Outer Limits, which was one of my favorites back in the 90's. Black Mirror is a fascinating way of looking in to the future more or less tongue in cheek. The only reason I'm giving it 9 instead of 10 is that I wish there was more horror elements, but you do get your share of horrible imaginary though. The acting is really good. I also love the fact that I get to see familiar actors and actresses like Bryce Dallas Howard or GoT's Jerome Flynn, which also do an amazing job. The special effects are seamless and I wish more series and movies had such a fantastic effects. Many of the episodes come together from the simple idea that technology and social media are consuming us and our world at a fast pace and it's dooming us more or less. I am not myself a huge friend of social media or the latest gadgets so I agree 100%. You should most definitely watch this series, it will make your day!

The title I give can seem provocative, but this series really annoyed me. I will admit that I didn't watch all of it - dear god, after a few episodes, the idea of watching the whole thing seemed like torture. Yes this series is filmed with a decent quality and will look quite nice. it's "edible" to the eye. no critique on that part.The actors weren't the greatest, but then, none that I saw was horribly bad either. No critique to the directors either.Major critique to the script writers. the people writing this series went to a "creative writing" program, came out with a fancy degree, but have never creatively written in their lives. take an online creative writing course, and after a few classes you will understand exactly what I mean. It's always the same guidelines - create a character with flaws, but with a strong will to achieve a desire. make their desire clear, and obvious. Then, find obstacles. since this series is supposed to be "disturbing", of course the obstacles has the better of them.There would be too many examples for me to give here, but again with the script writing, there are major plot holes everywhere. Some of them are so undeniably obvious that even some of my friends who enjoy this show, admitted, despite all their will to defend it, that what I pointed out was indeed huge inexplicable plot holes. Finally I see neither what is really disturbing nor what is really interesting. That the show tries to have situations that are realistic yet futuristic compared to society as we know it, I get, but there are so many things where I just don't really grasp the major difference in comparison to our current social or political situations, that it just ends up being contemporary society with a bunch of gadgets, which end up in the same results. I mean that those gadgets don't really make an impact that changes much, compared to our current society. It's not social science fiction as it tries to be - it's social drama that they tried to make into science fiction. This show isn't more disturbing than the world as it stands now. Is it awakening people? I don't really think so, as most people will just see it as "bleak"-ish science fiction.I recommend reading the review on here that also says that it's essentially a high budget rip-off of the twilight zone.Bad script writing renders black mirror an uninteresting bore, and no amount of fancy visuals can make up for all the clichés, lack of imagination, and mechanical, industrial story lines.

If you really enjoy indulging your depression, feelings of paranoia about society, and hatred of technology, you'll probably like this show. If, like me, you don't, you'll find this series utterly unwatchable. I'm a huge fan of The Twilight Zone, and for those that try to compare Black Mirror to it, what on Earth are you talking about? TZ had social commentary, sure, but it was renowned for great plots with ironic or twist endings, not poorly drawn out plots that leave you drained of all joy. Which is what Black Mirror does every single episode. Like I said, unless you enjoy that type of entertainment, avoid this garbage.

A show that is shocking, emotional, disturbing, and entertaining at the same time. Some episodes may go a bit too far for some teenagers, so they may not be ready yet. Adults should be fine watching it if they are okay with shocking films.