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Joan is Awful was my favorite, with Loch Henry a close second.

Demon 79 was good but didn’t feel like “Black Mirror”.

Beyond the Sea was too long and the “twist” was too obvious but Aaron Paul acted his ass off.

Mazey Day is possibly the worst “Black Mirror” episode ever.

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Loch Henry didn’t seem like. Slack Mirror but I liked it.  Joan is Awful was classic Black Mirror.  Awesome.  Did not like Beyond the Sea.  I don’t like most of the humorless episodes.  

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Looking forward to binging this when I return from vacation.  Would y'all say the new eps are true to the originals?  I didn't particularly like the last season as it seemed more " star power" than true story telling.

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  On 6/18/2023 at 8:43 PM, Knoxtnhorn said:

Looking forward to binging this when I return from vacation.  Would y'all say the new eps are true to the originals?  I didn't particularly like the last season as it seemed more " star power" than true story telling.

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and yet the star power was the brilliance of "joan is awful".

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I'm through the first two. Sort of spoiler, I guess if we're doing that.

In Joan is Awful, when they're scrolling through Streamberry, one of the shows is Loch Frank.

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Joan is awful > beyond the sea > Loch Henry > Demon 79 >>>>>> Mazey Day

  On 6/18/2023 at 8:43 PM, Knoxtnhorn said:

Looking forward to binging this when I return from vacation.  Would y'all say the new eps are true to the originals?  I didn't particularly like the last season as it seemed more " star power" than true story telling.

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The first two I list are closest in spirit/thematically to the first few seasons.  Overall, this season was much better than last, except for the Mazey Day one.  It was utter shite, perhaps even worse than the Miley one.  

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  On 6/20/2023 at 3:41 PM, Macanudo said:

The point being made was not about Mazey.

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  On 6/19/2023 at 3:30 PM, Red Five said:

I'm through the first two. Sort of spoiler, I guess if we're doing that.

In Joan is Awful, when they're scrolling through Streamberry, one of the shows is Loch Frank.

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Yep.  And when the two chicks at the bar open up the laptop to look up "Joan is Awful", one of the shows is called "Finding Ritman", another, "Junipiero Dreaming".  Not really a spoiler, but I'll do so anyway... from inverse.com.

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I kind of liked Mazey and the plot twist.  Full disclosure I had taken a gummie before viewing but I definitely did not see that coming.

Hated beyond the sea

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Didn’t particularly love this season.

I thought Joan is Awful and Beyond the Sea were both decent and the most like previous Black Mirror seasons. I like the episodes that are based on some element of technology or near-future society gone awry.

The other three episodes each felt like mini horror films. Lock Henry was good in that regard but didn’t feel like a Black Mirror episode. Demon 79 was okay, Mazey Day was awful. I didn’t feel any of them were unique stories.

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  On 6/22/2023 at 4:19 PM, Not a cat said:

I kind of liked Mazey and the plot twist.  Full disclosure I had taken a gummie before viewing but I definitely did not see that coming.

Hated beyond the sea

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  On 6/28/2023 at 4:56 PM, TexTexTex said:

I really wish they would have cut out some of excess and then carried the story further with the new dynamic.

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The new horror/supernatural themes aren't horrible, but they sure as shit aren't as interesting or creative as the distopian tech-centric stuff that made the show so brilliant. It would suck if that's the new direction for future seasons. 

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Yeah.  I really, really want to like this series - even with flaws.  But this last batch.  I don't know.  I finally got to Demon 79, but fast forwarded because it was just dumb.  (I did like the actor playing the demon, though.)

All in all, I think the disappointing thing to me is that the overall concepts weren't bad, but the writing was really weak.  Just to give one example...Loch Henry.

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  On 6/28/2023 at 8:00 PM, Chips O'Toole said:

The new horror/supernatural themes aren't horrible, but they sure as shit aren't as interesting or creative as the distopian tech-centric stuff that made the show so brilliant. It would suck if that's the new direction for future seasons. 

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Agree.  I think maybe Booker has run out of steam.  Perhaps he needs some collaboration on the writing/story side.

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So somehow, I completely missed this show when it got going.  I started watching the other day,  and for some damn reason, I hit play and the first episode is Joan is Awful.   So Netflix/Streamberry, has the showing order for this show starting at Season 6 and running back to Season 1.  I feel cheated, or regarded.  

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  On 2/24/2025 at 2:15 PM, Trey3216 said:

So somehow, I completely missed this show when it got going.  I started watching the other day,  and for some damn reason, I hit play and the first episode is Joan is Awful.   So Netflix/Streamberry, has the showing order for this show starting at Season 6 and running back to Season 1.  I feel cheated, or regarded.  

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Yeah.  You're going to want to watch in order as some later episodes reference the earlier ones.  Apologies if you've already figured that out.

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I cancelled all of subscriptions a month ago. I added max for Gemstones. Now I gotta bring Netflix back for Black Mirror. 
 

They keep sucking me back in damnit!

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