Charlie Brooker had his work cut out for him in the seventh season of Black Mirror. We all know that going on the computer makes us sad. Tech billionaires are more cartoonishly evil than their fictional counterparts. Humanity is still doing endless crimes. If we need to look at a twisted reflection of our lives, we can just peruse the news.
When season 6 came out in 2023, we foolishly didn’t think things IRL could get much worse. The writers had already made the smart call to switch direction, with a focus on horror that lead to some of the best ever episodes of Black Mirror — true crime podcaster fright fest Loch Henry and occult period piece Demon 79. Even the werewolf plot twist of Mazey Day was a gory good time.
