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Season 7 was released in April 2025 and brought the total number of episodes and specials to 34. Created by Charlie Brooker, the sci-fi anthology series began on the U.K.'s Channel 4 in 2011 before moving to Netflix (and becoming a worldwide phenomenon) in 2016. The show took a four-year break after Season 5, thanks in part to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, but that just gave people even more time to relive their favorite episodes from the beginning.
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How do the six new episodes from Season 7 — "Common People," "Bête Noire," "Hotel Reverie," "Plaything," "Eulogy," and "USS Callister: Into Infinity" — compare to all of the installments that have come before? Scroll through our gallery below. Here are the Black Mirror episodes ranked, from worst to best:
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Season 6, Episode 4 Air date: June 15, 2023 Director: Uta Briesewitz Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Zazie Beetz, Clara Rugaard, Danny Ramirez Plot: A troubled starlet is dogged by invasive paparazzi while dealing with the consequences of a hit-and-run incident.
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Season 5, Episode 3 Air date: June 5, 2019 Director: Anne Sewitsky Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Miley Cyrus, Angourie Rice, Madison Davenport Plot: A lonely teenager yearns to connect with her favorite pop star - whose charmed existence isn't quite as rosy as it appears.
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Season 2, Episode 3 Air date: Feb. 25, 2013 Director: Bryn Higgins Writer: Charlie Brooker, Christopher Morris Starring: Daniel Rigby, Chloe Pirrie, Jason Flemyng Plot: A failed comedian who voices a popular cartoon bear named Waldo finds himself mixing in politics when TV executives want Waldo to run for office.
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Season 4, Episode 5 Air date: Dec. 29, 2017 Director: David Slade Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Maxine Peake, Jake Davies, Clint Dyer Plot: In the post-apocalyptic landscape of the Scottish Moors, a woman attempts to survive the land full of "dogs."
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Season 6, Episode 5 Air date: June 15, 2023 Director: Toby Haynes Writer: Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali Starring: Anjana Vasan, Paapa Essiedu, Katherine Rose Morley Plot: Northern England, 1979. A meek sales assistant is told she must commit terrible acts to prevent a disaster.
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Season 5, Episode 1 Air date: June 5, 2019 Director: Owen Harris Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Beharie Plot: Two estranged college friends reunite in later life, triggering a series of events that could alter their lives forever.
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Season 7, Episode 3 Air date: April 10, 2025 Director: Haolu Wang Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Issa Rae, Awkwafina, Emma Corrin, Harriet Walter, Enzo Cilenti Plot: A high-tech, unusually immersive remake of a vintage British film sends Hollywood A-list star Brandy Friday into another dimension, where she must stick to the script if she ever wants to make it home.
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Special (between Seasons 4 and 5) Air date: Dec. 28, 2018 Director: David Slade Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Craig Parkinson, Alice Lowe, Asim Chaudhry, Will Poulter Plot: A young programmer starts to question reality when he adapts a mad writer's fantasy novel into a video game.
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Season 7, Episode 2 Air date: April 10, 2025 Director: Toby Haynes Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Siena Kelly, Rosy McEwen, Michael Workéyè, Ben Bailey Smith, Amber Grappy, Ravi Aujla, Elena Sanz, Hanna Griffiths Plot: Confectionary whizz kid Maria is unnerved when her former schoolmate Verity joins the company she works at - because there's something altogether odd about Verity, something only Maria seems to notice.
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Season 7, Episode 4 Air date: April 10, 2025 Director: David Slade Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Peter Capaldi, Lewis Gribben, James Nelson-Joyce, Michele Austin, Asim Chaudhry, Will Poulter Plot: In a near-future London, an eccentric murder suspect is linked to an unusual video game from the 1990s - a game populated by cute, evolving artificial lifeforms.
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Season 4, Episode 2 Air date: Dec. 29, 2017 Director: Jodie Foster Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Rosemarie DeWitt, Brenna Harding, Owen Teague Plot: After nearly losing her daughter, a mother invests in a new technology that allows her to keep track of her.
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Season 4, Episode 3 Air date: Dec. 29, 2017 Director: John Hillcoat Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Andrew Gower Plot: An insurance agent investigates a minor traffic incident using a device that manifests peoples' memories, but one of her witnesses has something to hide.
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Season 6, Episode 2 Air date: June 15, 2023 Director: Sam Miller Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Samuel Blenkin, Myha'la Herrold, Daniel Portman Plot: A young couple travel to a sleepy Scottish town to start work on a genteel nature documentary - but find themselves drawn to a juicy local story involving shocking events of the past.
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Season 6, Episode 1 Air date: June 15, 2023 Director: Ally Pankiw Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Annie Murphy, Salma Hayek, Michael Cera Plot: An average woman is stunned to discover a global streaming platform has launched a prestige TV drama adaptation of her life - in which she is portrayed by Hollywood A-lister Salma Hayek.
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Season 6, Episode 3 Air date: June 15, 2023 Director: John Crowley Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara Plot: In an alternative 1969, two men on a perilous high-tech mission wrestle with the consequences of an unimaginable tragedy.
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Season 3, Episode 5 Air date: Oct. 21, 2016 Director: Jakob Verbruggen Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Malachi Kirby, Madeline Brewer, Ariane Labed Plot: Future soldiers Stripe and Raiman must protect frightened villagers from an infestation of vicious feral mutants.
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Season 5, Episode 2 Air date: June 5, 2019 Director: James Hawes Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Andrew Scott, Damson Idris, Topher Grace Plot: A cab driver with an agenda becomes the center of attention on a day that rapidly spirals out of control.
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Season 1, Episode 1 Air date: Dec. 4, 2011 Director: Otto Bathurst Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Rory Kinnear, Lindsay Duncan, Donald Sumpter Plot: Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.
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Season 2, Episode 1 Air date: Feb. 11, 2013 Director: Owen Harris Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Hayley Atwell, Domhnall Gleeson, Claire Keelan Plot: After learning about a new service that lets people stay in touch with the deceased, a lonely, grieving Martha reconnects with her late lover.
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Season 1, Episode 2 Air date: Dec. 11, 2011 Director: Euros Lyn Writers: Charlie Brooker, Konnie Huq Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Jessica Brown Findlay, Rupert Everett Plot: In a world where people's lives consist of riding exercise bikes to gain credits, Bing tries to help a woman get on to a singing competition show.
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Season 2, Episode 2 Air date: Feb. 18, 2013 Director: Carl Tibbetts Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Lenora Crichlow, Michael Smiley, Tuppence Middleton Plot: Victoria wakes up and cannot remember anything about her life. Everyone she encounters refuses to communicate with her, and they all seem to know something she doesn't. But what?
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Season 3, Episode 2 Air date: Oct. 21, 2016 Director: Dan Trachtenberg Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Wunmi Mosaku Plot: An American traveler short on cash signs up to test a revolutionary new gaming system, but soon can't tell where the hot game ends and reality begins.
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Season 7, Episode 1 Air date: April 10, 2025 Director: Ally Pankiw Teleplay by : Charlie Brooker; Story by : Charlie Brooker & Bisha K. Ali Starring: Rashida Jones, Chris O'Dowd, Tracee Ellis Ross Plot: When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive.
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Season 7, Episode 5 Air date: April 10, 2025 Director: Chris Barrett & Luke Taylor Writer: Charlie Brooker & Ella Road Starring: Paul Giamatti, Patsy Ferran Plot: An isolated man is introduced to a groundbreaking system that allows its users to literally step inside old photographs - stirring powerful emotions in the process.
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Season 3, Episode 1 Air date: Oct. 21, 2016 Director: Joe Wright Writer: Rashida Jones, Michael Schur, Charlie Booker Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Alice Eve, Cherry Jones Plot: A woman desperate to boost her social media score hits the jackpot when she's invited to a swanky wedding, but the trip doesn't go as planned.
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Season 4, Episode 1 Air date: Dec. 29, 2017 Director: Toby Haynes Writer: Charlie Brooker, William Bridges Starring: Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson Plot: Capt. Robert Daly presides over his crew with wisdom and courage. But a new recruit will soon discover nothing on this spaceship is what it seems.
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Season 7, Episode 6 Air date: April 10, 2025 Director: Toby Haynes Writer: Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali, William Bridges & Bekka Bowling Starring: Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, Billy Magnussen, Milanka Brooks, Osy Ikhile, Paul G. Raymond Plot: Robert Daly is dead, but now the crew of the USS Callister - led by Captain Nanette Cole - are stranded in an infinite virtual universe, fighting for survival against 30 million players.
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Season 3, Episode 3 Air date: Oct. 21, 2016 Director: James Watkins Writer: William Bridges, Charlie Brooker Starring: Alex Lawther, Jerome Flynn, Susannah Doyle Plot: When withdrawn Kenny stumbles headlong into an online trap, he is quickly forced into an uneasy alliance with shifty Hector, both at the mercy of persons unknown.
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Season 3, Episode 6 Air date: Oct. 21, 2016 Director: James Hawes Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Faye Marsay, Benedict Wong Plot: In near-future London, police detective Karin Parke and her tech-savvy sidekick Blue investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media.
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Season 1, Episode 3 Air date: Dec. 18, 2011 Director: Brian Welsh Writers: Jesse Armstrong, Charlie Brooker Starring: Toby Kebbell, Jodie Whittaker, Tom Cullen Plot: In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything they do, see and hear. You need never forget a face again - but is that always a good thing?
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Season 3, Episode 4 Air date: Oct. 21, 2016 Director: Owen Harris Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mackenzie Davis, Denise Burse Plot: When Yorkie and Kelly visit San Junipero, a fun-loving beach town full of surf, sun and sex, their lives are changed totally.
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Season 4, Episode 6 Air date: Dec. 29, 2017 Director: Colm McCarthy Writer: Charlie Brooker, Penn Jillette Starring: Douglas Hodge, Letitia Wright, Daniel Lapaine Plot: A woman enters the Black Museum, where the proprietor tells his stories relating to the artifacts.
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Season 4, Episode 4 Air date: Dec. 29, 2017 Director: Timothy Van Patten Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Georgina Campbell, Joe Cole, Gina Bramhill Plot: Paired up by a dating program that puts an expiration date on all relationships, Frank and Amy soon begin to question the system's logic.
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Special (between Seasons 2 and 3) Air date: Dec. 16, 2014 Director: Carl Tibbetts Writer: Charlie Brooker Starring: Jon Hamm, Rafe Spall, Oona Chaplin Plot: Three interconnected tales of technology run amok during the Christmas season are told by two men at a remote outpost in a frozen wilderness.
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Both Llamas and his wife worked for Holt as production assistants straight out of college. Tom Llamas continues a trend in changing faces at NBC, network news Holt will stay with NBC as anchor of "Dateline" newsmagazine. But his departure from the anchor chair at "Nightly News" marks the second major change to NBC News' talent lineup this year. Kotb left her post as co-anchor of "Today" in January. All of this comes as Comcast, NBCUniversal's parent company, prepares to spin off MSNBC, CNBC, E! and Syfy into a new company called Versant. Meanwhile, Norah O'Donnell departed the "CBS Evening News" in January, and was unsuccessfully replaced by co-anchors Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson. Muir, who took over "World News Tonight" in 2014, is the longest tenured of the network evening news anchors. "There's still close to 20 million Americans that watch the evening news every single night," Llamas remarks of the current landscape. "It's a lot more competitive than people know. We compete for everything in network news, like whether it be bookings on guests, on politicians, live-shot locations, who has the best story, who has the most compelling elements, the video. All of our journalists, besides getting the story right, they're also making sure that they've beaten the competition." Llamas' goal with "Nightly News" is to "modernize the storytelling little by little," employing more user-generated content. He'll judge the program's success on gaining viewers' trust, although he wants "Nightly News" to be No. 1 in the ratings; ABC has led for nearly a decade, with CBS a distant third. However, his conversations with Holt on the anchor role have focused less on ratings and more on their personal lives. "(Holt) did this job while being a father and a husband," Llamas says. "He had two sons and he came up in local news, cable and the network. He was always a hard worker. I mean, his nickname is 'Iron Pants.' So I've asked him about that and the tough calls he had to make." The work-life balance, while now on a more national level, isn't new to Llamas or his family. He says his kids are excited for him and he credits his wife with being the "rock" of their family. How will Tom Llamas cover the Trump administration? Llamas is aware that President Trump is a news consumer. And while the current president has probably seen some of Llamas' work on NBC, the anchor is also aware of his new platform. "You've got to be tough but fair," Llamas says. "If you're tough on the Republicans, you've got to be tough on the Democrats, and you've got to be fair about it. I think NBC has always done that. And then you've got to report the news without fear or favor. "I work for NBC News, but I really work for the viewers. And so when I do have the opportunity to interview the president" – he has not thus far – "I know I'm not asking questions for me or for NBC, I'm asking questions for the people at home. (The challenge) comes with the territory. I've had conversations with Lester about this as well. But I know what I've signed up for, and I'm looking forward to it."
