With the just-released Season 7, the anthology series Black Mirror is presenting more interconnected continuity than ever before. In Season 7, we get not one but two direct sequels to previous Black Mirror installments: “Plaything” is a sequel to “Bandersnatch,” and “USS Callister: Into Infinity” is a sequel to “USS Callister.” On top of all of this, series creator Charlie Brooker has suggested that even more sequel episodes could appear in future Black Mirror seasons.
But how does this even work? Is there a true unified timeline of all the Black Mirror episodes? And, more urgently, should there be?
