What garbage, hot steaming garbage. I've never written a review but I couldn't let this slide.
While Black Mirror as a whole is an amazing series, this episode leaves you wondering what went wrong. To start, constant reuse of the same technology every episode that plugs into your head and shows your thoughts/memories is beyond old now. All of the first three episodes this season use some form of this but it seems most ludicrous in "Crocodile". Unlike episode one where the device is essentially a game controller that plugs you into some form of VR, in "Crocodile", it's used as a police state distopian/Orwellian "corroboration" device. This is supposedly mandatory by law as told through Shazia to Mia before her interview.
Secondly, this petite ~100lb woman can apparently choke out a large man with only one of her arms and kill him. While there is absolutely no evidence throughout the show to explain how Mia is superhuman, maybe this is how they explain the title "Crocodile" and she is in fact a lizard person in disguise with lizard strength.
Finally, the very end foreshadows that the device works on a literal guinea pig and is the ultimate downfall of Mia. I cannot believe that such a ridiculous ending was approved.
While Black Mirror as a whole is an amazing series, this episode leaves you wondering what went wrong. To start, constant reuse of the same technology every episode that plugs into your head and shows your thoughts/memories is beyond old now. All of the first three episodes this season use some form of this but it seems most ludicrous in "Crocodile". Unlike episode one where the device is essentially a game controller that plugs you into some form of VR, in "Crocodile", it's used as a police state distopian/Orwellian "corroboration" device. This is supposedly mandatory by law as told through Shazia to Mia before her interview.
Secondly, this petite ~100lb woman can apparently choke out a large man with only one of her arms and kill him. While there is absolutely no evidence throughout the show to explain how Mia is superhuman, maybe this is how they explain the title "Crocodile" and she is in fact a lizard person in disguise with lizard strength.
Finally, the very end foreshadows that the device works on a literal guinea pig and is the ultimate downfall of Mia. I cannot believe that such a ridiculous ending was approved.