Just binged it. The ‘twist’ in this episode was really just bad. I wish she had gotten away with everything she did, but there was something at the end of it all to constantly remind her.

I wasn’t sure we’d get the pay off of Daleys Death or even the crew getting out, Black Mirror doesn’t always reward our heroes, like the tiny robots of White Christmas. I was expecting a terrible reset and was sweating the crew getting through the Wormhole. I was happy I was wrong.

One thing that I think deserves mentioning: This was the out-and-out funniest episode of Black Mirror thus far (haven’t gotten through the rest of Season 4 yet, but from the look what’s to come it seems that will likely hold true). I wasn’t aware that I wanted that, but I really enjoyed this episode more for some…

The blackmailing of Real Nanette felt pretty much exactly like the blackmailing of most of the characters in Shut Up and Dance. The fact that the blackmail (whitemail?) was being used for good instead of evil did not change the unpleasant vibe I got off of it. It’s a narrative shortcut to get Real Nanette from Point A…

Two parallels come to mind. The classic Twilight Zone episode “It’s a Good Life” with the omnipotent child, and the Star Trek: TNG episode Hollow Pursuits where Barclay creates Holodeck fantasies involving his fellow crew.

Considering she knows who Hideo Kojima is, she’s probably been playing Zelda games longer than most of the people trying to correct her have been alive.

Nobody thinks he’s undesirable - he’s got a tremendous fan following - but he’s very obviously a Friend of Dorothy!

I think that you could have maybe edited something like one full episode worth of material (45-60 minutes) of run time from this season and it would have functioned as a complete stand-alone Punisher origin story. Some dialogue about how Frank knew Karen before for some reason, jigger a few scenes to reflect Frank not…

Exactly. 21 and on the first job still has a lot of “I HAVE to make a good impression” power dynamics that coworker is absolutely taking advantage of.

I found season 2 a little less satisfying than season one . . . that is, until I realized that’s because Maria Bamford took the time and effort to share the screen more fully with her co-stars. I missed more Maria. So much of Maria’s career has been her, alone, as a standup, and season one of Lady Dynamite provided…

Recently my wife and I opened our marriage. It’s honestly great - we communicate a lot more, we make more time for each other, and we generally have more to talk about because we go out and do our own thing from time to time. It’s not the center of our marriage, but it’s nice.