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Black Mirror: Black Museum (2017)
Started off incredible, then fizzled out.
This episode is a tough one for me to rate as the first half is some of the most brilliantly disturbing televison I have ever seen. The entire story of the doctor gripped me and made me feel exceptioanlly uneasy. Honestly though, they should have saved that concept for it's own 60 minute episode. Hell, you could even make an entire series around that concept and it would be fantastic.
I think part of my issue is how abrupt Black Museum changes. The storyline of the doctor was so disturbing and so completely original in the Black Mirror universe, that right after we see the climax with the drill, we're left something we've already seen in the teddy bear story. It's another transfer of consciousness idea that we have already touched on in not one, not two, but three privious episodes, one of which was already in this current season. What started out so original instantly became cliche', and the tonal shift from so completely bleak and disturbing to a more lght hearted emotional piece just didn't cut together well for me.
Overall, it was a fine episode and I enjoyed the twist, but, in my opinion, the beginning of this episode set us up for something that simply did not pay off. it is absolutely worth your watch though, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next season of Black Mirror.
Black Mirror: Crocodile (2017)
This is why I watch Black Mirror.
Season 4 started off ok with USS Calliper. It didn't feel like Black Mirror as much as it did just another sci-fi flick though unfortunately. Episode two was a definite step in the right direction, and was overall fantastic. Crocodile, however, hurt to watch towards the end. I literally found myself sitting up in my chair and saying , "No. Please, they can't do this." It made me physically uneasy afterwards. And that, right there, is what I wanted from this show. We see a woman slowly throw out all morality in an effort to keep her name clean. What made this harder to watch was the fact that her actions are more than likely not too far off from what could actually happen in real life. This is one of my favorite episodes of Black Mirror so far, and I hope they put out more content like this, as terrible as that sounds.