This was such a fun video to make! What is your ranking of ALL of the Black Mirror episodes? Comment yours below!

@dylanmcdougall5758

11 ай бұрын

You forgot about Men Against Fire, bandersnatch isnt technically an episode in the series so i think you counted that instead in your 28

@mrtjwitdabs6949

11 ай бұрын

@@dylanmcdougall5758 he said men against fire

@milpool8577

11 ай бұрын

Rank videos are hard because everyone has their own opinions, but I think you summed up the worst of them and some of the best. Metalhead, Mazie Day, and Ashley Too were definitely among the worst. Definitely didn't agree with the entire list -- you ranked some of my favorites pretty low, but again, to each his own.

@milpool8577

11 ай бұрын

Rank videos are hard because everyone has their own opinions, but I think you summed up the worst of them and some of the best. Metalhead, Mazie Day, and Ashley Too were definitely among the worst. Definitely didn't agree with the entire list -- you ranked some of my favorites pretty low, but again, to each his own.

@sofiacapel7686

11 ай бұрын

My list is very similar. But I didn't like Beyond the sea, White Christmas was too sad for my liking, and I rated San Junipero as number 1

I really enjoyed Hang the DJ. It was a simple, well-acted and emotionally resonant story that's stayed in my mind long after the credits rolled. The tech was also eerily plausible, though obviously a bit exaggerated for dramatic impact. It was sad to see it so far down on your list.

@JT.Skywalker

11 ай бұрын

Definitely

@user-vn9jm2gm7k

11 ай бұрын

Agree

@goosemuga65

11 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly!

@timothygulyn2194

11 ай бұрын

I agree

@Ellie_dawe

11 ай бұрын

Me too! It would be in my top 5 I would say. I’m normally pretty good at guessing endings but I didn’t see this one coming at all and it made me cry and stuck with me

I go back and watch "Hated in the Nation" fairly regularly. It feels so different from most other episodes cause of it's pacing, it's by far the longest episode and is constantly adding new elements to the story. It feels like a movie. I also loved Fifteen Million Merits, it was the first episode I saw and is still the most memorable.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Yeah totally agree about Hated in The Nation. That's my biggest issue with it. It is so slow when compared to the others.

@Abstractash

11 ай бұрын

Same here. I've watched Hated in the Nation several times

I always rank "Shut Up And Dance" high because that was the episode that got me fully into Black Mirror and I had to go back and watch the other episodes. It made me realise that when you watch Black Mirror the people you follow are misleading you and they're usually the villains in the end. Speaking of misleading you and being the villain in the end "Beyond The Sea" is probably my favorite. Aaron Paul did wonderful.

@lascosasporsunombre8991

11 ай бұрын

I do the same with white bear

@loveq.8216

11 ай бұрын

@@lascosasporsunombre8991 that one too! i think i watched that next and was crushed

@JNB0723

11 ай бұрын

I actually watched Striking Vipers first, because when you click on it for the first time it brings up the most recent season's first episode, and at the time season 5 was still young. I actually loved the episode and immediately realized it was the wrong season so I went back and binged it. Even though it is not my favorite and I know it is not the greatest episode, it is still one I can revisit and enjoy.

@airbornemelody6156

9 ай бұрын

agree. it’s one of my very favorites and i still get giddy waiting for the ending. rewatching it is a joy. i make my friends watch that episode with me so i can relive the naïveté of not knowing what happens. a very realistic story, makes you feel insanely fooled. the climax is insane, the music they use and the lighting is crazy.

@loveq.8216

9 ай бұрын

@@airbornemelody6156 that's actually a good idea! I hope they were terrified like we were

The Entire History of You, Be Right Back, and San Junipero really stand out to me because they were not just about technology, but about relationships between normal people.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more! Another personal, emotional layer to the plots!

@lascosasporsunombre8991

11 ай бұрын

San Junípero has a timing developing the story that is amazing

@duffal0

11 ай бұрын

I felt all these episodes were overrated. My favorite episodes were 1. USS Callister 2. Black Museum 3. White Christmas 4. Shut Up and Dance 5. White Bear Edit: it seems like you’re a fan of the more personal small scale episodes, where I lean more towards the massive stakes large scale episodes

@juanflores8442

11 ай бұрын

@@duffal0who asked

@maxschutzer4749

11 ай бұрын

@@juanflores8442who asked u he’s just saying his opinion man

What I like about this show is that I'm never, ever able to predict how it'll go. Like in Beyond the Sea, I thought the other guy was going to kill Aaron Paul's character, maybe by leaving him outside the capsule, and also lie to the wife, trying to pass himself off as her husband. But she catches on when she hears him humming one of the records he liked to play.

@jeshellecerbito6697

11 ай бұрын

As for me, I caught the twist early on. So it wasn't quite as shocking to me. I like Joan is Awful and Loch Henry more because of their pacing.

@Luke-eo8dj

10 ай бұрын

I mean the ship can’t operate if one is gone so I kinda knew it was going to lead to that but it was still crazy what happened

@RealSwiggs

5 ай бұрын

It’s strange that out of all the episodes, you note Beyond the Sea as particularly unpredictable. As soon as Josh Hartnett’s character had his family murdered, and it kept switching between showing us his family and Aaron Paul’s charcater’s family, I knew where it was going. Which is why I supposed I don’t really like it. It just felt unrewarding when I had to watch a plot unfold for 90 minutes that I had guessed in the first 10. Plus there are logistical inadequacies and plot holes in there that kind of ruin the immersion for me.

nah having hang the dj that low is a violation, i loved that episode, one of the few episodes that actually have a feel good ending

@jameslfc11

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree, I loved that episode! Easily in my top 10.

@kevtb874

11 ай бұрын

Same. I'd put Hang the DJ near the top 5. That, Crocodile and The Waldo Moment could all move up 5 or 10 places. Nosedive, Hated in the Nation and Smithereens could move the same amount. Then it would be close to my thoughts.

@greatapegino

11 ай бұрын

@@jameslfc11 such a feel good episode tbh

@greatapegino

11 ай бұрын

@@kevtb874 Nosedive is up there too, really is a accurate reflection of todays society.

@kevtb874

11 ай бұрын

@@greatapegino i liked the concept. Just didn't think it was a particularly well written episode and didn't take the idea to the most interesting places.

Playtest is my absolute favorite because of the the many plottwists. It got to a moment which I got actually scared and was so unsure of the reality of the show, and then when I was sure, they cracked it again. Also the kind of mystery going on between the character and his parents are really engaging even tho it wasn't fully elaborated which makes it even cooler to me (I also like some horror)

@JNB0723

11 ай бұрын

It might not be my favorite episode ( Def a top 10 maybe top 5), but the ending is still my favorite ending. The fact that he died within 0.04 sec. before he even got to the mole game is crazy. Also, when you are about to die, your neurons do all fire in rapid succession and can simulate hallucinations and false sensory observations like the ones he had. So that just adds to the whole thing. I don't think he had those experiences because of the machine, I think that was his neurons all firing in hundreds of a second and him hallucinating it all. Still terrifying. The brain is a crazy thing.

@kingo8914

11 ай бұрын

Honestly, it was a good episode, but it would be much better if the main character wasn’t so annoying. Dude literally wouldn’t shut up. I just watched this episode today

@KILROY94

11 ай бұрын

i just love the guy who‘s the protagonist in that one. seems like such a good dude who i‘d love to have a beer with

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Such a great show! To this day White Christmas has stuck with me the most, mainly due to the final scene where the two police officers nonchalantly crank up the loop timer to, what was it, a million years, give a little chuckle and then leave for their holiday weekend. Utterly horrifying!

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! So many good episodes. It’s rare to think that out of 28 there’s probably only three that are “meh”. And yeah, that’s such a haunting moment!

I just wanted to thank you for mentioning the supporting cast of “Beyond the Sea”. They all did amazing jobs, and tend to be overlooked by Aaron and Josh’s performances.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Every single cast member brought something to the performance. Even Henry and his slightly absent but observant nature!

@juang4612

10 ай бұрын

One of the best episodes :)

Just realized that the mom from Loch Henry was the police chief from Smithereens

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Good spot!

Hang the DJ is one of my favorite black mirror episodes, pretty surprised that it is ranked so low.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I didn't realise that it was so well received!

hang the DJ is one of my favourite episodes, even if it doesn't really fit black mirror due to the happy ending

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

That's a fair choice!

@entigaming310

9 ай бұрын

I think that's the reason they placed this episode right after one of the darkest episodes "Crocodile"

The ending to Beyond the Sea was surreal. I quite literally was left speechless, jaw dropped, staring at my black mirror while the credits scrolled. Brilliant ending from such an incredible show. Loved the video!!

@BrainPilot

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video!

@TeChNoWC7

4 ай бұрын

Really? It felt incredibly predictable.

I really feel like arkangel doesn’t get enough love. I found it very powerful as someone who’s a mother now and was also once a teenage girl.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

True, it is a good episode!

I’ll forever love be right back, san junipero, white christmas, nosedive & crocodile the most because they feel the most character-driven which i love

I think this show has slowly turned into the most important TV Series of our generation. Seriously you can get so much conversation and discussion out of each of the episodes. I was at the basketball court today and overheard someone saying that they needed to get home to finish the rest of season 6. Damn Good Television.

@TeChNoWC7

4 ай бұрын

It’s very ‘McDonald’s’ philo sci-fi a lot of the time imo. Tech bad, titillate you with that concept, repeat the process, that’s the show.

Thanks for this video, it was fun seeing which episodes you genuinely enjoyed, and which you found just passable.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

My favorite thing about Playtest is that in a rewatch, if you are wearing headphones, you can hear a phone vibrating incorporated into the music. Sonething youd never take note of the first time, but something ultimately gutwrenching when you finally notice. I remember thinking my phone was vibrating the whole time he was in the game.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

That's a really cool thought!

I go back and watch White Christmas all the time the story was well constructed and it all paid off to an amazing ending. That episode along with The Entire history of you are the two episodes I recommend to other people to watch no matter what. They do the best at mixing the technology with the story and imo have to best endings in all of Blackmirror. Overall good list I definitely have a different list then yours 3-28 but you got the two most important ones at the top.

I liked “Shut Up and Dance” because of how they try to make you think one thing and the twist changes the whole story where he turns out to be a pedophile. Beyond the Sea is my next episode that I’m going to recommend everyone to watch. I just love when they make you think he was going to lock him outside of the ship to die and secretly take over his body only to have a completely unexpected twist at the end that gives me chicken skin while the credits roll.

@Felipe-tt9ld

11 ай бұрын

I think it was obvious David wouldn't let Cliff die because Cliff himself told his wife they needed eachother because their mission was designed for 2 earlier in the episode, otherwise David could've just stabbed him while he was laying on that bed. I think It would've been darker if they landed on a planet with enough resources to live but instead of doing research and going back to earth, David killed Cliff and started pretending he was him on earth or if Cliff's wife simply accepted the fact that David was dead and didn't care because she fell in love with David. There was no reason for David to go back so he could just wake up to eat and go back lol.

@TeChNoWC7

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was pretty damn obvious that he was going to kill the family. My ‘fix’ would have been to show a scene after the final one, where the two of them, while still loathing one another, are mutually cooperating to work the ship and have an agreed roster to use the body, because there’s no other choice other than mutual destruction.

Great rankings! I especially agree with the bottom 3. And ty for ranking White Bear so high. That’s my fav episode and it’s the one that got me onto the show because my dad was explaining the plot and I thought it sounded cool af so I watched and the rest is history.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

My favourites are Black Museum and White Bear. I did like Loch Henry but i predicted the mums involvement straight away

my personal ranking for season 6 episodes alone is: 5)mazey day 4)joan is awful 3)demon 79 2)loch henry 1)beyond the sea. Overall this season was like a 7-8/10 in my opinion.

@ErinJeanette

11 ай бұрын

My exact ranking

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Solid ranking!

@quantumridge7269

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree!!!

@shosc16

11 ай бұрын

Mazey day pulled down the quality of the season so much more lower - like a clear outlier. Agree with the list too

@mjacint1

11 ай бұрын

The season was doing so well before the last two episodes too :/. I wonder why they went the supernatural route. I was flabbergasted in that episode cause wtf was that lmfaoooo.

Great list, I really enjoyed it. Thinking about White Christmas it strikes me how sad it was for the man who thought he had a child. Had the women uttered three simple words "it's not yours" she could have saved him an eternity of pain. She is the true villian of this episode.

@BrainPilot

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the ranking!

@taiwokareem7390

9 ай бұрын

Tbh she could have prevented the entire chaos

Nosedive is my absolute favorite episode in this entire series so I was secretly hoping for it to be at least top 5 and you can guess how happy I was to see it at #3 for you!

@kritkratt6383

11 ай бұрын

That was such a good one. Her breakdown at the end was so well acted and you really truly felt her hopeless desperation to your core

So happy that someone agrees with me as entire history of you as the best, white Christmas also 2nd for me, what did surprise me about this list is hang the DJ and loch Henry being so far down but this is such a hard list to make because there are so many good ones I appreciate your efforts

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Glad you agree with the top part! Yeah it's a difficult ranking as there are so many good episodes!

i think smithereens is one of the best by far, because of how much i and many of us can relate to the characters views, the concept is already much of a reality and i cant help but empathise with the main character as i strongly agree with him

The one pattern about season 6 that I noticed is that it entirely steers clear of its traditional, prophetic dystopian slant on the abuse of technology in the future. Almost every episode goes back in time and/or has completely abandoned the dystopian sci-if element in favor of more fantasy/supernatural type themes. Like a lot of Black Mirrors previous seasons focusing on dystopian sci-fi creative predictions have almost caught up to where we are today, obviously not literally but in concept and direction we’re not to far from some dystopian milestones. Most of the episodes were good for what they were and I accept that a show doesn’t have to be what I expect exactly. But admittedly, I would’ve been more interested to see episodes set in 2060 challenging Elon Musk’s theory about the singularity. I mean transhumanism with tech is literally being discussed right now. What would that look like in the next decades? Joan is awful is probably the closest to discussing a near future and even this episode confines itself to Netflix making itself the butt of anything antagonistic…Not to be all conspiracy theorist, but as I was going through each episode and noticing how almost all were set in the past..it did almost seem like the traditional approach Black Mirror always took was sort of avoided and abandoned altogether as not to offend tech companies or at least portray them in a bad light to the public as they are literally inventing things at a rate right now that might take us to a dystopian future…idk, it’s a stretch of thinking for sure. But just am sharing this comment because nobody’s discussed this angle yet and maybe others took notice?

@JNB0723

11 ай бұрын

That's why it fell flat for me. The premises were mostly good and there, but the time period switches and supernatural elements just took away all the realism.

@XENOMATTER-rq8bi

10 ай бұрын

@@JNB0723Yh same I enjoyed loch henry,Beyond the sea and demon 79 each very good but it didn’t feel like a block mirror episode other than maybe beyond the sea but loch henry felt like a movie instead I don’t mind that too much but I wish they would add some more technology dystopia next season aswell as these

Hang the dj being 24th is cray

I just watched white christmas and it blew me away, existential dread showed perfectly on a TV screen

I loved Stiking Vipers cause it was so damn weird and had you feeling awkward the whole time. I would rank that episode top 3. Its funny how differently people like different episodes.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

That's totally fair!

@chelseylyn

9 ай бұрын

I hated striking vipers

@TeChNoWC7

4 ай бұрын

White Christmas, USS Callister, and Striking Vipers are top 3 for me, and perhaps the only episodes I truly liked a lot.

Mazey day being last is the reason I liked lol 😂

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Haha, oh no lol

That was enormous fun to watch, so thanks. I won't judge your order since it's all so subjective. I would like to make a few observations, however: I completely agree with your Mazey Day observation. A terrific episode was let down by an odd horror angle that came out of nowhere. Season six is substantially better than many would have us believe. I enjoyed all of them to varying degrees. With three episodes being outstanding (Joan and Mazey being the two "good, not great episodes). As for gut punches... Under the Sea and Loch Henry deliver in spades. Yet, no episode has shocked or upended everything I thought I knew, like Shut Up and Dance. Quite brilliant.

Beyond the sea has stuck with me. Great episode

Idk if bandersnatch could be considered a BM episode but its one of my favorites. Back when I watched it I was really into interactive video games(Detroit become human, until dawn, life is strange etc) and bandersnatch surpassed all those without even being a game.

@Dashawn.B

11 ай бұрын

Detroit become human was a classic. Definitely need more games like that.

@reizyka3044

10 ай бұрын

Big cap, detroit was better that bandersnatch

@squiggle3801

10 ай бұрын

@@reizyka3044 nah you buggin' Detroit had potential but David cage fumbled the story

1. White Christmas 2. White Bear 3. Shut up and Dance 4. Black Museum 5. USS Callister I think some of the worst to me are The Waldo Moment, Metalhead, Rachel Jack and Ashley Too, and Mazey Day I think the rest of the episodes are pretty good. One of my dark horse favorites is Crocodile

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

I definitely agree with the ones you put towards the bottom! Seems we're on a similar page with that!

@majormindsbeats7740

11 ай бұрын

Shut up And dance is corny i choose metal head over that boring episode

@zekeedwards7904

11 ай бұрын

Season 6 was mixed for me , I thought Joan is awful and beyond the sea were excellent but demon 69,mazey day and Loch Henry were very poor

@lukecheshire7782

11 ай бұрын

​@@zekeedwards7904Demon 79 was my favourite episode, beyond the sea just annoyed me tbh. The acting was sublime but the story was just stupid imo, it took me out of the whole thing when he killed Cliffs family. Thats unrealistic as fuck.

@zekeedwards7904

11 ай бұрын

@@lukecheshire7782 so a story about a demon manifesting as a 70s disco dude is not stupid lol, look man it's all subjective if everyone agreed on everything, life would be pretty dull, I enjoy the tech side and dystopia in black mirror, that's what got me hooked, not supernatural comedy

Stringing Vipers has stuck with me for so long. I honestly think it’s brilliant.

The best for me is "Hated by the Nation", but I realy liked USS Calister, Nosedive, San Jupitero, Hang the Dj, White Bear..i love this series 🥰

I have only watched 5, but decided its one of my favourites. San Junipero, 15 million credits and Demon 79 are all fantastic.

To be honest with you I disagree with you on striking vipers. I think the ending was actually a good ending. A loving couple making a compromise. I didn’t find it dark, on the contrary, I found it quite mature.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Totally fair!

@teloscyberman

11 ай бұрын

striking vipers is so under appreciated

Definitely agree with the bottom half of the list, especially the bottom 5. Mazey day felt so... off. BM doesn't have to be technology focused but the felt too on the rails. Although I think the one with the nano bees should be down there too. Edit: The Entire History of You is my favourite story next to White Christmas. It's so powerful and re watchable. Its so raw, personal and real - this is something I think lacks in other episodes

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Glad we agreed on a lot!

@duffal0

11 ай бұрын

I liked the bee one a lot tbh

@shosc16

9 ай бұрын

@@duffal0 I can see it’s merits - deffo got some good moments in there but I felt like it was too long

Episodes like Mazey day can be good... only if they're not bearing the "Black Mirror" title. Like if I want that kine of episodes I'll be watching Stranger Things or something...

@jacobfrye873

11 ай бұрын

I though that I was watching teen wolf instead of black mirror 😂

@dirtyduck10

11 ай бұрын

it was more twightlight zone or inside no 9 than black mirror

Thank god, I expected everybody but me to just rank Joan Is Awful so highly as I've seen many people express it as their favourite episode of season 6 which was insane to me, thank you for making me know I'm not insane.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Haha!

@SurferKroky

10 ай бұрын

Really didn’t like it too. One of my least favourite BM episodes

@TeChNoWC7

4 ай бұрын

It’s another example of cool concept, meh execution. Though I feel like that more or less about potentially most of the episodes in Black Mirror.

I did my ranking on Letterboxed yesterday. My current top 3 are "Shut up and Dance", "Loch Henry" and "Smithereens".

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Three interesting choices! All quite similar from a tonal perspective. Definitely like the darker more “present day” episodes!

@ruairibreslin

11 ай бұрын

@@BrainPilot thanks man, yes I thought the exact same thing. Love your videos keep it up!

I personally loved Mazey Day. The werewolf twist was just out of left fuckin field. I didn’t know what to expect but I was still not expecting that. Beyond the sea DEFINITELY one of their best episodes. The way they were making it seem, I thought 1 of 2 things was going to happen. Either that the wife was going to end up living Josh Hartnett more or that Josh was going to kill Aaron but then pass off as if he was him fooling his wife. But murdering his family??????? HOLY SHIT I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING!

@XENOMATTER-rq8bi

10 ай бұрын

Y tf did she turn into a werewolf some shit ending

I'm obsessed with beyond the sea. So good.

@TeChNoWC7

4 ай бұрын

Interesting, I liked the concept but was underwhelmed.

@ErinJeanette

4 ай бұрын

@@TeChNoWC7 I liked it but forgot about it immediately haha

@jonsnow300

4 ай бұрын

@@TeChNoWC7very overwhelming. I didn’t like the end at all. But it was pretty good.

Thank you for saving my time

Now I want to watch the whole show again

I really liked the last 2 you ranked lol i loved them both. Also the Miley Cyrus one was I think meant to sort of be a Hannah Montana episode put into Black Mirror.

@pindrop9536

11 ай бұрын

Problem was that it lacked any bite so felt like a literal Hannah Montana episode rather than a parody.

I love Annie Murphy to death. Her acting was sublime, but the directing and writing didn't bring enough of the introspection with the simulated reality twist at the end. We only saw it with Annie Murphy's acting when Level 1 Joan realized that the real Joan was already going to break the Quamputer anyway. They wasted an opportunity to portray an existential horror that would've been more reminiscent of peak Black Mirror episodes.

@sunflowerlove60

9 ай бұрын

I’m still confused on this one. I thought the program was meant to simulate each person’s life then where did the multiple levels come in with real actors that don’t know they’re acting? I’m a little lost

@tobitella2252

9 ай бұрын

@@sunflowerlove60part of the plot of the Joan is Awful show is that she finds out her life is being turned into a show (when she sees Salma Hayek) The idea is that the whole episode we watched is just the “Joan Is Awful” Streamberry show about the real life Joan

Beyond the sea is wild asf

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

The best inclusion of the brand new episodes!

i really like your list - not that I agree with all of it - but I enjoyed hearing the reasons why you felt each each episode ranked the way they did. It makes me want to revisit Beyond the Sea again because I just found the ending confounding. I didn’t understand why the big thing had to happen at the end and wondered how believable a scenario like that would actually be (assuming we’d have that technology) Demon 79 was a huge surprise and I think would be quite high on my list, maybe even #1 which is so weird because it has nothing to do with tech. But if I had to choose one at the top that did have to do with tech, I’d probably choose Nosedive. The ending to that makes me want to shout for joy. the actors are just so free despite being locked up. Anyway, great list! thanks for sharing.

@BrainPilot

10 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot man! Yeah, totally agree about Nosedive. That's such a good episode!

I can’t take you seriously putting vipers at 25 😂😂😂

@nickpowell2401

11 ай бұрын

Should be even lower. An entire hour devoted to the “no homo” meme.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

25/28! 😂 where would you put it?

@nickpowell2401

11 ай бұрын

@@BrainPilot Even though there are only 28 episodes it wouldn’t make my top 30 😂

@karissaslife6950

11 ай бұрын

I feel like the people who hated it just hate seeing gay shit. It’s a really good episode

Great review bruv. Keep it up!

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Can't rank them all but best from each season. The National Anthem. White Bear. Shut Up and Dance. USS Callister. Smithereens. Loch Henry. White Bear and Shut Up and Dance standing out the most. Always a gut punch. The Waldo Moment was probably the only episode that really disappointed me, rather dull and the ending had me rolling my eyes. Enjoyed all your breakdowns of this season. Hope we don't have to wait too long for the next one.

there's a few episodes in season 6 where i felt like the emotional impact suffered for the sake of comedy or cheap shock value. however, all of the episodes were incredibly fun to watch and it was really entertaining to laugh about some of the absurd choices (for example the werewolf thing) even though it took away from the underlying theme. it definitely felt more flat and light-hearted though, maybe except for the loch henry episode.

Striking Vipers is so thought provoking though

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Oh definitely!

Yo the doctor story in black museum seriously freaked me out and that’s not easy to do

This whole season 6 felt more like twilight zone than your typical black mirror episodes except for ep 1 & 3

san junipero is my fav. but over all this list is really on point :)

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Glad you thought so!

For once I disagree with most of your rankings but it made me realize that it depends on who you are as a person which rankings you would have … great video!

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Haha, that's fair! And yeah, that's the true beauty of the show!

@thesaucyRN

11 ай бұрын

@@BrainPilot also…thank you for your breakdowns!!! I look forward to them after watching some of my favorite shows 🩵

White Christmas is my favorite.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

It's such a good one! Good choice!

List is very similar to mine except I have White Christmas at 1 and Entire History of You at 2. I put Black Museum a little higher and Be right back a little lower. Other than that our list would be almost identical.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

That's awesome!

I really liked “beyond the sea” but I knew the ending halfway through the episode! I wasn’t shocked

@aririomiromazino8728

11 ай бұрын

I was shocked, I thought he'd kill the man and take over his family.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Yeah that's what I thought too!

@UrbanDecayLova247

11 ай бұрын

I don’t watch Black Mirror for twists - there’s episodes people love without a shocking twist (Nosedive, San Junipero, USS Calistar) so while there was some predictability, I don’t think an episode should get deducted points for that.

@nazimdjimani945

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, was extremely predictable unfortunately

@AnayaImari

11 ай бұрын

Hell, I knew the moment his family got GOT! I definitely predicted that ending as well. Everybody says Loch Henry was predictable but Beyond The Sea was predictable for me.

Crocodile at #22 is BULLSHIT

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Oh no lol. Where would you place it?

Great review!

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Please make a segment search bar for the video, it was good thank you

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Noted!

Totally agree with you about the first place

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Woop! That's good

White Christmas is my personal favourite

My top 5 episodes in no particular order are Shut up and dance, play test, white bear, nosedive and beyond the sea

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Solid choices!

In "Shut up and dance" while he is talking to the girl, in the background you can hear the song "Thats the way I like it"

I was so anxious waiting your rank on The Entire History of You, and I so agreed it deserves to be number one

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Woop! Glad you agreed!

I liked Crocodile. How she just went home with her chaos. I also liked The National Anthem; my Black Mirror screen saver. I loved Mazey Day's concept of weaponized cameras. Loch Henry went to another level. The entire History of You and Beyond the Sea, bored me to death, because it was so expected I mean common theme, but its amazing to see the kind of music that the world's hearts string to. Playtest,,,, Yeeez loved it. San Junipero made me feel.

@Ben-ix8vf

10 ай бұрын

Beyond the sea was crap boring and predictable..aaron paul and josh hartnett acting was good but still boring i couldnt wait for it too be over..history of you is just cringey..15 million credits..shut up and dance..loch henry..uss callister..black museum and san junipero are all better than the entire history of you

@chelseylyn

9 ай бұрын

Crocidile is one of my favorites

white bear, shut up and dance & loch henry are my top 3 episodes!

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

They're three very good episodes

Brooker has said in interviews that Liam was in fact the father of their child with Fi, not Jonas... making his emotional breakdown that ultimately pushed them both away from him all the more tragic

San Juniperos concept reminds me of the Amazon Original Series Upload

This is inspiring me to watch The Waldo Moment again, now that I feel like North America is living it.

While I wouldn’t have ordered it quite like this, I love that we appreciate the same thing about Black Mirror; the way technology can impact society in negative ways. That’s why I kind of didn’t love this new season. It felt a little weird imo AI and the pandemic should have been easy topics to tackle. Idk what that wolf shit was and tbh I didn’t like Demon 79 either lol Anyway, good list!

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Glad you agree on the same appreciation!

@ethannhuntt

11 ай бұрын

i thought demon 79 was good, and while it wasn't black mirror really, the show was conscious about that and called it a "red mirror" episode. but mazey day SUCKS

I haven't watched every episode of Black Mirror, but already seen a great bunch so my ranks so far: 1st - Nosedive 2nd - Be Right Back 3rd - San Junipero 4th - The National Anthem 5th - Joan is Awful 6th - Loch Henry 7th - Demon 79 8th - Beyond the Sea 9th - Smithereens 10th - Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too 11th - Mazey Day 12th - The Waldo Moment - In regards to Mazey Day, Charlie Brooker actually originally was going to label it as Red Mirror like Demon 79, so season 6 would've had 3 Black Mirror stories and 2 Red Mirror stories. However, given that the werewolf twist is the twist with the story and labeling Mazey Day a Red Mirror story might spoil it, Brooker decided to label it as a Black Mirror episode to hide it. That said, Mazey Day had a really great and interesting concept about paparazzis and celebrity privacy, but what made it a missed potential was the mere fact it's one of the shortest Black Mirror episodes, thus the story became too shallow and characters weren't really fleshed out and given dimension, with Bo and Mazey Day herself being the only really interesting characters in the episode, Hector could've been fleshed out (a shame since it's Danny Ramirez and he really love to be in Black Mirror). The werewolf twist is divisive, but it's honestly not the most problematic part of the episode, especially given the purpose of it. - As for Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too, I think you could've given Miley Cyrus credit for her performance as Ashley as she understood the character and most especially Ashley echoes Miley's own personal experience as a celebrity when she was working under Disney and being Hannah Montana. Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott definitely had one of the best performances in Black Mirror season 5 and the show overall. It's a shame how season 5 turned out looking all 3 episodes as from what I've seen with 2 of the 3 episodes I've seen in season 5, it's clear that the depiction of technology was so shallow and came off too much of "tech is bad" and with Charlie Brooker recently voicing his frustration of people only perceiving Black Mirror as just a showing saying "tech is bad" when Black Mirror has always been about the human nature and society that the stories show our reflection as people and society, a black mirror. Because of season 5's reception and Brooker feeling frustrated with that perception of Black Mirror, it's clear and very understandable as to why season 6 turned out. - You may need to rethink of Joan is Awful a bit more as this particular episode was WAY TOO TIMELY, it may be similar to how you felt about Smithereens. Joan is Awful is a very eerie echo of the writers and actors' strike going on in Hollywood and studios' willingness to use AI to exploit celebrities. The studios even blatantly are willing to drive the creatives homeless, like they're saying them to "go fuck themselves" like how Streamberry told Salma Hayek to "go fuck herself". Again, rather timely and heavily relevant now

My favorites are Crocodile, 15 million merits, white bear, metalhead, shut up and dance and white Christmas

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Great choices!

The UK based episodes out do the US episodes except for a couple. Also When Netflix got involved seems things changed. If you know what I mean.

Hated in the nation was one of personal favorites

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

That’s fair enough, it is a good episode, I just found the pacing to be so slow!

My personal favorites are The Entire History of You, Be Right Back, Shut Up and Dance, USS Callister, Hang the DJ, and Beyond the Sea

metalhead being as high as it is, above episodes like crocodile and hang the dj, was all i needed to know about the list

white Christmas was the craziest shit I ever seen

@adventisthermesjustinwilso361

11 ай бұрын

That was #1 in my book

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

It's such a good episode isn't it! The fact it was originally billed as a "Christmas special" as well. Imagine putting it on during xmas day 💀

my favorite episode is SAN JUNIPERO , i will never forget it. it actually made me cry :(

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

It is a great episode with a fantastic ending!

Quite surprised with the ranking of Beyond The Sea as I've seen many people call it the best or second best episode BY FAR, which I slightly agree with, but White Christmas and The Entire History Of You will always be my top two (personally I have WC over TEHOY atm)

@plugshirt1762

11 ай бұрын

Really? Everyone I've seen has been saying it's an alright episode that ranks about third in season 6. Personally I felt the acting was amazing and the slow feel of it was cool but the ending just felt really mediocre and really pulled the episode back.

For me white Christmas is bar far the best episode, and one of the best things I've ever seen on TV

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

That's totally fair - it is such a good episode!

I literally forgot the entirety of Crocodile even though I've watched it.

@BrainPilot

10 ай бұрын

It’s a gooden!

I'd actually place San Junipero close to the very top, in part because I went in blind and was completely blown away by the twist. I'd also argue that the only watchable thing in Mazey Day was Zazie Beetz, and without her the episode would have been totally unwatchable.

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Yeah i'd agree - Zazie Beetz was great!

I think the best BM episodes are those in which you can clearly see character development (more often a downward spiral) due to the technology so I totally agree with your top choices. USS callister is always my personal favourite though. And if you are doing another best performances, please include Aaron Paul in the top 5. He was the highlight of that episode!

In the episode, loch Henry, am I the only one who thought that she was going to write “forgive me” and was then stunned to read it as “for your film”?

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Nah, i thought the exact same thing! Was so shocking wasn't it!

White Christmas is still my no.1

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

I imagine that's a hard one to dethrone!

My current top 3 episodes are "Nosedive," "Shut Up and Dance," and "Metalhead."

@BrainPilot

11 ай бұрын

Three great episodes!

@lucianamiqueo7577

11 ай бұрын

Finally someone mentions Metalhead! It had me feeling a mix of sheer terror and infinite hopelessness. It was easy one of my favourites ever.

Arkhangel is underrated

@adventisthermesjustinwilso361

11 ай бұрын

Definitely top 10

@nutellaJar

11 ай бұрын

I agree! Felt like commentary on more modern technology which was interesting to see. Parents these days can track their children’s phones and put cameras in their children’s rooms. Of course modern tech like that can be helpful but I love that Arkangel follows the story of what overprotective & controlling parents can do with this kind of technology.

I don't think Mazey day is that bad especially compared to some other ones at the bottom of your list, yeah it has issues and it left a lot to be desired, I wish the run time was longer because it definitely needed it more than Loch Henry and Beyond the Sea, and they could've fleshed out the story more. Yeah the Paparazzi thing got overshadowed by the werewolf thing but it's the one episode of the season that keep coming back to my mind, because thinking about it more the whole werewolf thing it's an allegory for how the paparazzi treat celebrities like animals and people love Demon 79 (including me, its my favorite season 6 episode) so with a lot more time it could've been a great episode even with the supernatural angle. Since some episode that barely have any tech at all are really good like my favorite Shut up and dance and like national anthem. And some episode that have technology can be pretty meh or don't even focus more on the cool technology like hang the dj, or most if not all the episode of season 5.

@shosc16

11 ай бұрын

Interesting take. I think Mazey Day belongs to the bottom not because it's not "Black mirror esque" - but the story is quite weak. It feels like things happen for the sake of happening, even though the premise is interesting with the paparazzi. In a top list like this you have to compare it with other episodes and when you compare the stories it's very lacklustre. Why did the actress need to be in Czech Republic? How did she make it back to the US? The main character doesn't really piece anything together cos her connections just lead her to the right place each time. its not awful, just compared to the others its as is.

I gotta say, your top choice is the one episode I've refused to ever watch again because of the pain I felt watching him go through that. Probably why it deserves the spot tbh

@BrainPilot

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it is such a good episode

USS Callister still my favorite 😂

@bluesky5384

11 ай бұрын

That and Nosedive for me. I could rewatch both of those many times.

I used to have a list before S6 but I lost it so... I'll just say that for me the TOP episodes in no particular order are: San Junipero Nosedive Shut Up and Dance White Bear 15 Million Merits and Bandersnatch. White Christmas and Be Right Back are great too. But most of them are quite good. Except the Miley Cyrus one.