"One more ugly joke in a kingdom of millions. Fuck you for happening. Fuck you for me, for us, for everyone. Fuck you!"

Daniel Kaluuya's performance is masterfully compelling, he dominates the screen with his presence. I wish this was the series first episode because I loved this much more than the opening premiere episode. The musical score is distracting as well, the pure horror being depicted here of these people trapped repeating the same task day after day complimented with what feels like any almost Pixar esque musical background was an incredible choice. I think my main flaws come down to the premise being a tad rushed from my perspective, obviously "Black Mirror" delivers that anthology format in which each new story is a depiction of something completely different to the one before, which has both a positive and negative effect on this episode.

I love the sudden end to Bing's story, the last shot was hauntingly beautiful and I'll be dwelling on this story for a long time, but I feel as if Bing almost committing suicide wasn't explored enough. What I mean by this was, if his mind was that orchestrated to the point of acceptance that nothing will improve and it's better to die than continue living in this society, why did he never try to escape the facility? I feel like this story was such a great premise for a long form mini series that really delved into the hierarchy of this world, maybe a deep dive into some of the other people in the facility, I felt the episode was great but could have been even better with more time to explore this story.

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Season 2