I was reading criticism from fans that the USS Callister episode didn’t develop its technology enough. Its a hard balance to find.

I laughed my ass off when they picked up the guinea pig. I thought it was a stab at black humour.

I don’t think the mother was evil painted with broad strokes. In keeping with the themes of Black Mirror, technology is still the monster here. It’s the sleek and shiny thing that tempts us with control and convenience.

Doctor Phil, a man who is as genuine as his psychology diploma.

Arkangel prevented mom from ever learning how to parent and how to have that sort of conversation, so the fix isn;t that easy. It’s the same thing for parents who have au pairs and nannies raise their kid. They never learn to actually parent and thus never think of the “easy” solution.

There is a shot when the grandfather has a heart attack that shows the mom can remove the filter on the tablet without turning it off, so she can see what her daughter can’t. It was optional to begin with. And the whole thing ended up getting banned.

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That is the interesting part of the story. I think it’s a huge draw to be able to have a complete monitor on your child as they grow. (I am not a parent). I didn’t much identifty with the episode, but I liked the idea of it. I know parents who would love this tool. But the tool shouldn’t exist. Everything might have…

Yeah, this one was definitely a “train wreck in slow motion” episode. All the plot points played out in a predictable way, but that didn’t stop it from being dreadful to watch.

I know the episodes are all supposed to link to each other […]

Oh, and props to the Black Mirror team for whatever dumb thing they had to do for Morrissey to sign off on the use of “Panic”.

Loved the appropriately-titled Sigur Ros song (End) as they were climbing the ladder.

I’m not a parent, but I definitely found Mom sympathetic. Some of that may be the fact I was completely devastated by DeWitt wailing her daughter’s name at the end of the episode. I felt there was an excellent balance to the tragedy - things fell apart, but no one character was fully responsible.

Terrific writer and lovely person. I’ve read all of her books and thoroughly enjoyed them, including a separate book of short stories. ‘Y’ is sitting on my coffee table right now. One of the quirks of the books was the timeline only moved a few months between them, so ‘Y’ is set in 1989. No cell, no google, just…

I don’t think she could have gotten away with it, no matter how many people she killed, not with the technology as presented. With Shatia’s family dead and her missing, the police would retrace her steps in the investigation she was assigned to and be lead right back to Mia.

Met her many years ago at a writer’s conference. She was a delightful person. My condolences to all who knew and loved her.

I’ve been reading this series since way back in 1982. She has always been one of my favorite authors. I’m very sad by this news, and as much I would have liked her to finish the series, I do like the way her daughter said “now the alphabet ends at Y”.

She shouldn’t have gotten away with it, even if there was something was to remind her of it. Every evil act was building a jenga tower that was destined to fall. If she got away with it, it would be like an orchestra abruptly ending before the crescendo. It would be surprising, but not fulfilling. It would be shock…

First - bonus points for getting a Fiddler on the Roof reference in here.

This was an episode less reliant on the tech aspect and more about the blackness of the human soul! Mia’s actions are awful but inevitable once she decides she cannot have her life ruined by a past mistake. Very very dark but loved the performances from Andrea Riseborough and Kiran Sonia Sawar. Nice touch making a…