The idea of mechanical bees being turned against people by a psychopath using social media as a form of referendum on who will be killed next is a good one. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode of Black Mirror, although I had to ignore the one huge plot hole: the bees used pattern recognition to identify targets (first flowers, and then people they had to murder) and the easy way to avoid being targeted would be to wear a mask. It would perhaps have made more sense to have advanced the time of this episode slightly so it was set in the era of other episodes when people had augmented vision, so the bees could find their targets by the electronic signals the targets were transmitting.
104 Reviews
A dark, engrossing mystery ends a shaky season on a strong note.
TouchTheGarlicProduction22 October 2016
In my opinion, the third season of Black Mirror has been very shaky. Each episode has had its own major attributes and its own major flaws. This one is the least flawed of the season. And while it may not quite achieve the moral intensity of "men against fire" or the interpersonal chemistry of "San Junipero", these elements were strong enough to be serviceable, and much better balanced with each other. As a result, this is the most polished and watchable episode of the season.
The plot focuses on the investigation of the mysterious death of a hated journalist. While this starts out as a commentary on the social media age, it gradually builds in more futuristic elements until it is full-on science fiction horror. I was pleasantly surprised by just how dark and terrifying it got by the end of the episode. This was the right episode to put at the end of the season, and it is probably the strongest overall.
The plot focuses on the investigation of the mysterious death of a hated journalist. While this starts out as a commentary on the social media age, it gradually builds in more futuristic elements until it is full-on science fiction horror. I was pleasantly surprised by just how dark and terrifying it got by the end of the episode. This was the right episode to put at the end of the season, and it is probably the strongest overall.
Black Mirror
ahmxii27 November 2021
Hated in the Nation is such an episode. It shows a craft, a skill, an intelligence, and proves that story telling is indeed an art. The imagination behind this is nothing short of genius, almost every element stuns.
The fantastic story is equally matched by the superb performances, Kelly MacDonald and Elizabeth Berrington stand out for me, but everyone plays their part.
The fantastic story is equally matched by the superb performances, Kelly MacDonald and Elizabeth Berrington stand out for me, but everyone plays their part.
Top-Notch TV
brooks25027 November 2016
As others have mentioned, the intensity and quality of this episode is good enough to merit a feature film. At first, I was a bit leery of the now-standard sci-fi murder procedural. We see way too much of that in American Sci-fi TV that seeks to cover a lack of sci-fi contextual imagination with the same old murder-of-the-week tropes.
Thankfully, that's not what evolves in this episode. As the murder investigation expands, so does our understanding of the bigger picture and the larger questions (privacy- safety-security)and controllable(?) technology. In concert with these larger philosophical/political issues, the actual story keeps expanding in pace and scope. Soon, before you know it, you're saying "whoa ... " and wonder how this is going to play out.
I won't reveal any spoilers. Like any high-quality fiction, there are unforeseen twists that are realistic in retrospect, and one must watch and pay attention until the very end.
Thankfully, that's not what evolves in this episode. As the murder investigation expands, so does our understanding of the bigger picture and the larger questions (privacy- safety-security)and controllable(?) technology. In concert with these larger philosophical/political issues, the actual story keeps expanding in pace and scope. Soon, before you know it, you're saying "whoa ... " and wonder how this is going to play out.
I won't reveal any spoilers. Like any high-quality fiction, there are unforeseen twists that are realistic in retrospect, and one must watch and pay attention until the very end.
Absolutely brilliant
jneiberger-18 January 2018
A thought provoking masterpiece!
JDeltree10 August 2017
Till date, this has been one my favourite episodes of the series. It is lengthy enough to have been made into a full feature film. The plot development is well paced and done intelligently. The performances were stellar and the plot itself extremely brilliant (kudos to the writers!).
The episode strikes 2 major chords persistent in current day technologies and social interactions while painting a picture of the pitfalls of both. The delivery is thus very believable, gripping and worthy of the praise it has received. You should definitely see it (thank me later!).
While I've seen a few reviewers complain about the end, I'd say that Black Mirror isn't known for taking the most conventional approach to end each episode...and yes! That's one other reason the series is unique in it's own way.
The episode strikes 2 major chords persistent in current day technologies and social interactions while painting a picture of the pitfalls of both. The delivery is thus very believable, gripping and worthy of the praise it has received. You should definitely see it (thank me later!).
While I've seen a few reviewers complain about the end, I'd say that Black Mirror isn't known for taking the most conventional approach to end each episode...and yes! That's one other reason the series is unique in it's own way.
This episode should have been a feature film - it was so good.
Mr_E_Shoppa24 October 2016
S03E06 is an extraordinary episode, which, with little modification, could have been (or still could be) an award winning feature film. Everything about it is captivating, including the high-end, cutting edge computer graphics concepts which have helped make the Black Mirror series the exceptional series that it is.
It felt like new and original material, which doesn't happen very often. My only comment is that as an American English speaking person, I found the British accents a little difficult to understand, but with headphones I was fine. This is a thrilling and brilliant roller coaster ride of an episode which is not to be missed.. Here's a toast to Charilie Brooker for creating such fine work!
It felt like new and original material, which doesn't happen very often. My only comment is that as an American English speaking person, I found the British accents a little difficult to understand, but with headphones I was fine. This is a thrilling and brilliant roller coaster ride of an episode which is not to be missed.. Here's a toast to Charilie Brooker for creating such fine work!
There should be movies that are this good
cflores-3797030 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
One of the best episodes of Black Mirror I've seen. I've skipped around in season 3 so I'm not done yet. But, this episode was incredible. I wish they made movies about this subject matter and made them this engrossing.
It's the longest episode and almost feels like a feature length film so that's a plus.
One of the best things that put this episode above most others, for me, was how the mastermind behind everything with the robot bees was actually creating a way for internet "trolls" to pay for the things they say/do online. He found a way to get past anonymity and killed over 300,000 people - holy cow. An episode like this makes you think about things like this and will make you hesitant about comments you may leave around social media.
I also like how they brought up the current issue of bee populations dying and how that leads us to the not too distant world of this episode. That was a smart spin - great writing.
This episode had great messages and personally I feel as though they conveyed them well. More people should be watching this show AND definitely this episode.
It's the longest episode and almost feels like a feature length film so that's a plus.
One of the best things that put this episode above most others, for me, was how the mastermind behind everything with the robot bees was actually creating a way for internet "trolls" to pay for the things they say/do online. He found a way to get past anonymity and killed over 300,000 people - holy cow. An episode like this makes you think about things like this and will make you hesitant about comments you may leave around social media.
I also like how they brought up the current issue of bee populations dying and how that leads us to the not too distant world of this episode. That was a smart spin - great writing.
This episode had great messages and personally I feel as though they conveyed them well. More people should be watching this show AND definitely this episode.
A short review of "Black Mirror" Season 3
ericrnolan15 January 2018
"Black Mirror" (2011) remains the best science fiction show on television; I'd rate the six-episode third season a perfect 10. The show continues to succeed at every level with its story concepts and their execution. And I think it's actually getting better.
It's getting darker and harder hitting, too. I'd guess that this season's blackmailing-hackers episode ("Shut Up and Dance") would be the one that the majority of viewers find the most disturbing. For some reason, the man-vs.-monster story of "Men Against Fire" is the one that really got under my skin.
I was surprised to learn that nearly all of "Black Mirror's" episodes are penned by series creator Charlie Brooker. I'm still surprised at how many clever ideas and lean, smart scripts could spring from one writer. I was so impressed that I looked Brooker up on Wikipedia -- but was surprised to discover I'm unfamiliar with nearly all of his other work. The one exception is "Dead Set" (2008) -- the truly fantastic British zombie horror miniseries that I've been recommending to friends for ages. That makes sense.
Anyway, I am fully and happily converted to "Black Mirror's" cult following, and I enthusiastically recommend it to people who ask about it. (The show's popularity is still growing -- I believe it appeals to the same kind of fans as those who flocked to the various iterations of "The Twilight Zone" and "The Outer Limits" of generations past.) But I might actually suggest that newcomers begin with the second or third season, rather than the first. Season 1 is terrific, but it's three episodes are more subtle and thematic, while the latter seasons follow a more conventional story structure that might better appeal to more mainstream audiences. (They have more satisfying twists and emotional payoffs, too.)
And a quick caveat -- I'll reiterate that this show is indeed dark. There is a strictly human element to most of "Black Mirror's" twists that is intended to surprise the viewer by provoking anxiety or dread. For a show that relies on technological story devices, it succeeds even more with its old fashioned psychological horror.
It's getting darker and harder hitting, too. I'd guess that this season's blackmailing-hackers episode ("Shut Up and Dance") would be the one that the majority of viewers find the most disturbing. For some reason, the man-vs.-monster story of "Men Against Fire" is the one that really got under my skin.
I was surprised to learn that nearly all of "Black Mirror's" episodes are penned by series creator Charlie Brooker. I'm still surprised at how many clever ideas and lean, smart scripts could spring from one writer. I was so impressed that I looked Brooker up on Wikipedia -- but was surprised to discover I'm unfamiliar with nearly all of his other work. The one exception is "Dead Set" (2008) -- the truly fantastic British zombie horror miniseries that I've been recommending to friends for ages. That makes sense.
Anyway, I am fully and happily converted to "Black Mirror's" cult following, and I enthusiastically recommend it to people who ask about it. (The show's popularity is still growing -- I believe it appeals to the same kind of fans as those who flocked to the various iterations of "The Twilight Zone" and "The Outer Limits" of generations past.) But I might actually suggest that newcomers begin with the second or third season, rather than the first. Season 1 is terrific, but it's three episodes are more subtle and thematic, while the latter seasons follow a more conventional story structure that might better appeal to more mainstream audiences. (They have more satisfying twists and emotional payoffs, too.)
And a quick caveat -- I'll reiterate that this show is indeed dark. There is a strictly human element to most of "Black Mirror's" twists that is intended to surprise the viewer by provoking anxiety or dread. For a show that relies on technological story devices, it succeeds even more with its old fashioned psychological horror.
A good episode, though I felt like it was made in a hurry
winner-9876530 April 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Right from the onset, I knew this would be your typical Black Mirror stuff, in the end leaving me ruminating about this weird reality that we have found ourselves in. I wasn't disappointed by the content, though I did feel that the editing and the dialogues needed some polishing.
Acting in Black Mirror has never disappointed me. It feels like all the characters know what is expected of them and do not want their acting to be the only thing not up to the mark. But this is the first episode where I felt like the writing and the script could have been better. Don't get me wrong, the concept is great. I just felt some finishing touches were missing. I felt like at times the dialogues didn't feel natural, many a times being expositional and only seeming to move the plot forward. Like most of Blue's dialogues, all she did was to explain things like IMEI no. or explaining conspiracy theories about ADIs or mentioning hateful messages on the social media when the murders weren't linked to them or tracking someone based on their feeds or the photos they've clicked or trying to reverse engineer the hacking of ADI infront of the guy who created them. Some of scenes just felt weird and unnatural - like there being only 2 people aiding the police from the massive company who created the millions of ADIs - there was no mention of any other employees even when they had to help trace the bees or even when they lost control of all their hives. Seriously something of that scale should have caused a nation-wide panic, rather this critical information seemed to be restricted to our four key characters. It also felt like each and every happening was being explained verbally to us using these unnatural dialogues. The pacing seemed off due to it and the script felt loose.
Maybe I am being an over-privileged nagger who has access to several mindb-lowing episodes of similar nature to compare with, but this is how I feel. Maybe we could have cut out a good 15 min to bring us our great 1 hour edge of the seat thriller. Contrary to some negative reviews, I rather liked the ending. In this day and age, you can never leave your indentity in the open and hope to be behind the radar, no matter how smart you are. And it wasn't your usual happy ending or karma gets you at the end - half a million people still died, folks. That's terrifying.
Acting in Black Mirror has never disappointed me. It feels like all the characters know what is expected of them and do not want their acting to be the only thing not up to the mark. But this is the first episode where I felt like the writing and the script could have been better. Don't get me wrong, the concept is great. I just felt some finishing touches were missing. I felt like at times the dialogues didn't feel natural, many a times being expositional and only seeming to move the plot forward. Like most of Blue's dialogues, all she did was to explain things like IMEI no. or explaining conspiracy theories about ADIs or mentioning hateful messages on the social media when the murders weren't linked to them or tracking someone based on their feeds or the photos they've clicked or trying to reverse engineer the hacking of ADI infront of the guy who created them. Some of scenes just felt weird and unnatural - like there being only 2 people aiding the police from the massive company who created the millions of ADIs - there was no mention of any other employees even when they had to help trace the bees or even when they lost control of all their hives. Seriously something of that scale should have caused a nation-wide panic, rather this critical information seemed to be restricted to our four key characters. It also felt like each and every happening was being explained verbally to us using these unnatural dialogues. The pacing seemed off due to it and the script felt loose.
Maybe I am being an over-privileged nagger who has access to several mindb-lowing episodes of similar nature to compare with, but this is how I feel. Maybe we could have cut out a good 15 min to bring us our great 1 hour edge of the seat thriller. Contrary to some negative reviews, I rather liked the ending. In this day and age, you can never leave your indentity in the open and hope to be behind the radar, no matter how smart you are. And it wasn't your usual happy ending or karma gets you at the end - half a million people still died, folks. That's terrifying.
The last but not least
misiribrahim1022 October 2016
This episode is the longest episode of entire Black Mirror series and in my opinion its also the best episode of it too. If I have to exemplify the reasons that why i choose this episode as the best, I can say that this episode is the nearest future ever to us. And you can feel that it is near and it is coming to us either we want it or we don't. Technology is our future. And as they say, our future is bright. Ironically, they show us how "bright" our future is in every episode but in this one they show you how close the "future" is and how scary it is. This episode also includes the fact that we can be cruel in social media. We believe that we are untouchable when we just typing on our desktops or laptops whatever. But episode shows the fact that we are NOT. Thats the way that how the episode can scare you. And you ask yourself that "Am I involved in this ?" "Am I a part of this bullshit?" And answer is simple. "Yes, you are." Welcome to the future. Face it or leave it.
3.6: Hated in the Nation: Effective as a thriller and cautionary tale (SUGGESTIVE SPOILERS)
bob the moo8 January 2017
Warning: Spoilers
In the near future life in the UK is not too different from now – pretty comfortable for the majority, with limited risk, and a lot of technology to solve problems of our own making. Of course with this extra comfort we have more to be angry at things and more tools to vent it. When social media turns their hatred to journalist Katie Hopkins (come on, you know it is her), nobody is too sad to hear she died – even if the means of her death was fairly brutal (slashing her own throat with a broken bottle). However with hundreds of thousands of death threats on Twitter to investigate, the team have a challenge on their hands.
Back in thriller territory, this episode makes a jump not only into police procedural, but also into a much longer running time. The feature length episode takes some very present uses of technology (social media as a place for consequence-free witch-hunts), as well as some technology just a few steps ahead (drones filling in the gap left by the reduced bee population). It uses both these things very well to produce a ticking-clock thriller which just about keeps moving enough to stop you thinking too much about some of the holes, or thinking about where it is going.
The result is an effective thriller which works as such, and keeps the tension building nicely throughout. Performances are strong from some well-cast roles, with only some weakness in a few of the supporting ones. The longer running time does put more stress on the concept perhaps, but the pace helps. For sure the better title (suggested by many, not me here) would have been 'Hive-mind' but perhaps Brooker felt that was too obvious or that it would have been a suggestive spoiler since the role of the bees isn't clear for the first wee while. Overall, a strong end to a strong season.
Back in thriller territory, this episode makes a jump not only into police procedural, but also into a much longer running time. The feature length episode takes some very present uses of technology (social media as a place for consequence-free witch-hunts), as well as some technology just a few steps ahead (drones filling in the gap left by the reduced bee population). It uses both these things very well to produce a ticking-clock thriller which just about keeps moving enough to stop you thinking too much about some of the holes, or thinking about where it is going.
The result is an effective thriller which works as such, and keeps the tension building nicely throughout. Performances are strong from some well-cast roles, with only some weakness in a few of the supporting ones. The longer running time does put more stress on the concept perhaps, but the pace helps. For sure the better title (suggested by many, not me here) would have been 'Hive-mind' but perhaps Brooker felt that was too obvious or that it would have been a suggestive spoiler since the role of the bees isn't clear for the first wee while. Overall, a strong end to a strong season.
Black Mirror Level Quality, But Length Could be Shorter
lertad-128 September 2019
CSI: Black Mirror
AndrooUK27 August 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Crime drama under the guise of a dystopian scifi drama something.
Why would you make bees have any strength? All they should have the strength to do is fly and fondle some stamen.
Temporary solution: wear a mask. You can take a stroll in a poppy field then. You could even put a bandage over your nose. Maybe wear a scarf around your mouth.
Also, a note to MRI technicians: try using a magnetometer next time.
A silly episode. Some silly writing. Definitely not worthy of an 8.5 for the screenplay. Not terrible, but not great. Too much of a crime drama for my liking. The ending was unnecessary, and kind of an anticlimax.
Why would you make bees have any strength? All they should have the strength to do is fly and fondle some stamen.
Temporary solution: wear a mask. You can take a stroll in a poppy field then. You could even put a bandage over your nose. Maybe wear a scarf around your mouth.
Also, a note to MRI technicians: try using a magnetometer next time.
A silly episode. Some silly writing. Definitely not worthy of an 8.5 for the screenplay. Not terrible, but not great. Too much of a crime drama for my liking. The ending was unnecessary, and kind of an anticlimax.
Sensational drama.
Sleepin_Dragon30 December 2018
Black Mirror always manages to enthrall and entertain, and every so often it manages something verging on utter brilliance, Hated in the Nation is such an episode. It shows a craft, a skill, an intelligence, and proves that story telling is indeed an art. The imagination behind this is nothing short of genius, almost every element stuns.
The fantastic story is equally matched by the superb performances, Kelly MacDonald and Elizabeth Berrington stand out for me, but everyone plays their part.
I don't want to imagine a world without bees.
Feature film feel and quality, this is one of the best. 10/10
The fantastic story is equally matched by the superb performances, Kelly MacDonald and Elizabeth Berrington stand out for me, but everyone plays their part.
I don't want to imagine a world without bees.
Feature film feel and quality, this is one of the best. 10/10
Brilliant and absolutely not too long
dario-pavicic5 January 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Like many times before, Black Mirror amazed me, once again... Great episode, with a wide-scale possible technological threat and an original, serious plot. Black Mirror is more than another good Sci- Fi, and this particular episode gives us a great insight while playing with our emotions, for instance, when, in the end, we see Blue in Mexico on wherever, and she's, instead of being dead, about to kill Garret Scholes. I liked this final scene because, even if they failed to catch him before the catastrophic event, it was primarily government's fault, or, more precisely, of the ecological situation that led to inventing this programmed bees. The whole episode isn't an equal fight, it's actually already the outcome from the very beginning, and the final scene, although it won't help anyone, is needed to symbolically compensate the great loss, and to sustain this retrospective view, a twist that is about to come, as we become aware that Karin is speaking of Blue in the past tenses. This is how we get to the complexity of outcomes from three sides: the police (the system) failed in prevention, the public failed unconsciously, and, in the end, the criminal who seemingly got it all is about to be killed to fulfill this triangle, in which nobody but the viewer is completely aware agency, and that is the best and the the most horrifying about this episode, at least in my opinion. Well done!
Absolutely brilliant
ShawMaz17 August 2019
Anyone who wants to combine between investigation, technology and mystery let him watch this episode! I liked it too much! It's my favorite type <3
{spoiler}....I questioning why they didn't cover their ears, noses and mouths? I think that could save them!
At last Black Mirror for Season 3
s_pablo28 August 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This is by far the best episode of the season and, with "Shut Up Dance", the only one that has the moral ambiguity that we love about Black Mirror to its fullest. I read some reviews that whined about the ending, how it is soft because it gives a "moral" ending to the episode, but it is far from that. The point of the story is made clear, internet trolls would never use their keyboard power if there were concequences but do you leave a case of 387.000 deaths unsolved just because you want to be different? Black Mirror is a lot of things but it's not a hipster idea for people to arrogantly proclaim their superiority over "happy endings". And here is the brilliance of this episode, it gives both sides room to breathe. If you've ever been cyber-bullied, you probably secretly cheer for the murderer but after that, when you see that the concequences of his actions are devastating, you cheer for the detective. The story leaves that hanging, Scholes takes a turn and Blue follows him, the ending is up to you. And after you decide what is the proper ending take a look at yourself...
"We're not in control anymore."
classicsoncall29 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers
After watching three seasons worth of 'Black Mirror' it begins to dawn that the show might very well provide the impetus for some future crime. The science and technology posited in this story sounded credible enough for a would be terrorist like Garrett Scholes (Duncan Pow) to make good on a widespread panic fueled by average, every day citizens voting for their most reviled public figure. I really liked the way the episode was laid out with the seemingly unrelated deaths of celebrities who miscalculated their public statements. Former fans of the X-Files series will make note of the use of bees to facilitate human/alien hybrids, though in this case they were mechanical ones fashioned as autonomous drones. The twist in this story was superb, as the 'victim of the day' game played out not merely representing potential daily targets, but as a mechanism to draw thousands more into the deadly final solution envisioned by Scholes. The scores of bodies revealed near the end of the episode came nowhere close to the three hundred eighty seven thousand participants identified by Blue Colson (Faye Marsay), but that probably would have been overkill (pun intended). The final scene leaves just enough to the imagination to warrant a satisfactory conclusion.
We Are Our Own Worst Enemy Sometimes
Hitchcoc13 January 2018
This will be brief. The destiny of our world will probably be destruction because we are so out to lunch with our technology. Give access to the greatest possibilities for advancing civilization, we spend our time Tweeting and Texting and maligning. Right now we have a President whose life is devoted to attacking those who are weak and can't defend themselves. Cyber bullying is rampant. Since anonymity is a part of the game, hatred is parceled out by those who would normally be cowards. Are cowards. But this episode turns the tables. If the bad guys can get at the victims of cyber attacks, they can also get at the perpetrators of such things. The ugliness and mean spiritedness produces results unexpected. This held me spellbound and frustrated as those in power can't see their own rear ends (mistaking them for their elbows). Probably the best episode of this series.
What if...
MrMowji6 February 2019
Thought provoking and a great concept but overlong and dull.
cruise015 June 2019
Black Mirror
Hated in the Nation (3 out of 5 stars).
The plots a detective Karin (Kelly Macdonald) and her partner trying to solve a case of mysterious deaths. After the victim was already getting hated comments over the internet.
This is by far the longest episode in the series. And it was the slowest and kind of boring. It has an interesting plot and the concept that takes place in the near future with technology without giving away spoilers. The theme of having a bad reputation over social media and how it can affect you in person with how people see you. Which can also be relatable.
The direction feels different compared to other episodes. This definitely feels like one of those crime solving shows with the character being reviewed in court. And going over the events that lead to the court. The twist does leave you feeling unease. But the episode is slow moving.
Hated in the Nation (3 out of 5 stars).
The plots a detective Karin (Kelly Macdonald) and her partner trying to solve a case of mysterious deaths. After the victim was already getting hated comments over the internet.
This is by far the longest episode in the series. And it was the slowest and kind of boring. It has an interesting plot and the concept that takes place in the near future with technology without giving away spoilers. The theme of having a bad reputation over social media and how it can affect you in person with how people see you. Which can also be relatable.
The direction feels different compared to other episodes. This definitely feels like one of those crime solving shows with the character being reviewed in court. And going over the events that lead to the court. The twist does leave you feeling unease. But the episode is slow moving.
A Movie
adamdennxxx12 June 2022
Some Black Mirror episodes are like an episode, some are like a movie. This was good enough to be a stand alone movie on Netflix. From the acting to pace, intensity, realism without being real. My 2nd favorite Black Mirror episode behind "Shut Up and Dance" which still has me paranoid (so does this one though)
Brilliant but for a fatal flaw.
piers_quick24 June 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I thought this was mostly a brilliant episode, well-acted, well scripted, and I liked the twist at the end, even if it was a bit predictable.
However, for a show that is based around science, it was a pity that someone didn't research a bit of basic physiology. About 28 minutes in, a postmortem technician says that what's killed the victim is that the bee-drone has burrowed through the Dorsal Posterior Insula "Basically, the brain's pain centre, you're talking agony off the scale." Well no, you're not, because the brain has no pain receptors!
If you can ignore this, then it's a great episode.
However, for a show that is based around science, it was a pity that someone didn't research a bit of basic physiology. About 28 minutes in, a postmortem technician says that what's killed the victim is that the bee-drone has burrowed through the Dorsal Posterior Insula "Basically, the brain's pain centre, you're talking agony off the scale." Well no, you're not, because the brain has no pain receptors!
If you can ignore this, then it's a great episode.
Some distracting plotholes.
Megmegmegm2 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
1. At the beginning with the MRI scene, the story gruesomely established that the bees can get contained by a magnet, even being able to get pulled through a HUMAN SKULL. Why then did no one think to use a powerful magnet defensively for the marked targets? I guess the MRI scene and the mention of magnets at the start was just for shock. A fix for this: Either show how magnets would be ineffective or cut the MRI scene out altogether.
2. How are trained military soldiers despairingly more ineffective at fighting robo bees than real life modern pest control? I mean I get it, they're robo bees but seriously it didn't feel like they tried enough. They had one explosive device as their "full proof" plan and nothing else. At this point in the story the bees have already proven to be able to force themselves through barricades and slip through trained police officers so have some more equipment at the very least?
3. The major one most people noticed. Maybe facial recognition wasn't a good idea for this. I prefer the idea another reviewer brought up where instead they acquire target through detecting the persons microchip, setting it further in the future if needed. Seriously I was so annoyed how they literally show the hacker changing his face yet somehow veteran detectives and high ranking agents couldn't think to try wearing a paper bag over their heads or putting on a fake mustache.
Plotholes aside, I did enjoy the conflict here. Just seems like the writing was a bit unpolished.
2. How are trained military soldiers despairingly more ineffective at fighting robo bees than real life modern pest control? I mean I get it, they're robo bees but seriously it didn't feel like they tried enough. They had one explosive device as their "full proof" plan and nothing else. At this point in the story the bees have already proven to be able to force themselves through barricades and slip through trained police officers so have some more equipment at the very least?
3. The major one most people noticed. Maybe facial recognition wasn't a good idea for this. I prefer the idea another reviewer brought up where instead they acquire target through detecting the persons microchip, setting it further in the future if needed. Seriously I was so annoyed how they literally show the hacker changing his face yet somehow veteran detectives and high ranking agents couldn't think to try wearing a paper bag over their heads or putting on a fake mustache.
Plotholes aside, I did enjoy the conflict here. Just seems like the writing was a bit unpolished.
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