The ‘Black Mirror' Season 7 episodes ranked, from worst to first
Season 7 of Black Mirror dropped April 10 on Netflix after a two-year break. English showrunner Charlie Brooker wrote or cowrote all of the episodes, as usual. He's a five-time Emmy winner for writing and producing "San Junipero" in 2017, writing and producing "USS Callister" in 2018, and producing "Bandersnatch" in 2019. He received a sixth career Emmy nomination last year for writing "Joan Is Awful," but lost to Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer).
Speaking of "Bandersnatch" and "USS Callister," Season 7 marks the first time Black Mirror has revisited previous storylines in the form of cameo and a sequel, respectively. Will Poulter's computer programmer character Colin Ritman was featured in the interactive "Bandersnatch" and now returns with a small role in "Plaything." Meanwhile, "USS Callister: Into Infinity" is a full-on sequel to the original outer space installment, with Cristin Milioti and Jimmi Simpson reprising their crew members of the titular starship.
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As for the other new episodes, "Common People" features Rashida Jones and Chris O'Dowd as a married couple whose lives change forever after a medical emergency leads them to the Rivermind start-up company. "Bête Noire" experiments with the Mandela effect concept, where many people believe an event occurred when it did not. "Hotel Reverie" toys with the idea of remaking old movies using real actors (like Issa Rae's Brandy) and artificial intelligence (like Emma Corrin's Dorothy). And "Eulogy" stars Paul Giamatti as a man who enter into the past with the help of technology.
Fans have been debating the merits of the half-dozen new installments. Here are the rankings of the Black Mirror Season 7 episodes, from worst to first, based on IMDb ratings. Agree or disagree with this listing? Be sure to rank them yourself in our TV forums.
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Rating: 7.3/10 Directed by: Haolu Wang Written by: Charlie Brooker Cast : 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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Rating: 7.4/10 Directed by: Toby Haynes Written by: Charlie Brooker Cast : 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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Rating: 7.4/10 Directed by: David Slade Written by: Charlie Brooker Cast : 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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Rating: 8.1/10 Directed by: Ally Pankiw Teleplay by : Charlie Brooker; Story by : Charlie Brooker & Bisha K. Ali Cast: 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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Rating: 8.1/10 Directed by: Chris Barrett & Luke Taylor Written by: Charlie Brooker & Ella Road Cast : 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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Rating: 8.5/10 Directed by: Toby Haynes Written by: Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali, William Bridges & Bekka Bowling Cast : Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, Billy Magnussen, Milanka Brooks, Osy Ikhile, Paul G. Raymond Plot: Robert Daly (Jesse Plemons) 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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My feed was delayed, so I didn't even see my category come up on screen, and before anything was announced on my end, my phone just started blowing up. I picked up a phone call from my mom, and she was the one who told me, she was like, "You're nominated, you're nominated!" and immediately, I kinda blacked out, you know, I don't remember so much after that. I grew up in New York, and Broadway, and the Tonys have always been the biggest thing for me. I know every single word to Neil Patrick Harris's 2013 Tony opening — that is peak theater. I think I'm still not really able to comprehend what this moment means. Every event that I've gotten to go to so far for the nominees, I kind of feel like I've been given this all-access fan pass. I'm just looking at everybody around me, and I'm like, these are the people that I grew up with. These are the people that my mom would show me doing their cabaret shows on YouTube, and just none of it feels real. It's all been very surreal. 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John Proctor Is the Villain is an incredible play. What do you hope audiences take away from your performance? Fina: I feel like the phrase that I keep repeating throughout this whole process is just, "Whose life am I living?" That's what this whole process has felt like. There's been something very spiritual and witchy about all of it that feels like I've been granted a magical luck spell. I hope that audiences are moved by the show and by my performance.I received a letter from someone at the stage door the other day that was really meaningful and made me feel like Beth was doing something right. It said a similar instance that happens in the show happened to her in high school, and she reacted to the situation similarly to how Beth does. Through the show, and through Beth, she was able to grant her younger self some forgiveness for the way she acted, because she didn't know any better, and she was just acting on what she'd been taught. Just to know that someone was moved by the show enough to connect it back to their own selves was really awesome. It's always important to grant your younger self some forgiveness — to feel connected to your personal self and allow your younger self to take up some space and be granted some forgiveness and healing. Thank you, Fina, for sharing great insight! See John Proctor Is The Villain at the Booth Theatre until July 13th, and keep up with Fina on Instagram. If you like horror, don't miss Fear Street: Prom Queen on Netflix.
