Over the last 12 years, Black Mirror has offered up episodes that see its typically ill-fated characters interact with risqué VR sessions, apps that publicly rank your social status, AI devices that can step in as your deceased loved ones, and more. With that, it's not hard to see how it's become known as an ever-evolving critique of the darker sides of technology.
With season 6, though, creator Charlie Brooker deliberately set out to prove that its themes are more broad and complex, adding humor, horror, and one episode that doesn't feature any elaborate electronic gadgets at all to the line-up.
