O/T Top 5 Black Mirror episodes

Never thought much of it, the robot dog one was okay.

I really liked Shut Up and Dance also. That episode had a real gut punch delivered to, quite possibly, my favourite Radiohead song. Although others may have seen the "twist" (for lack of a better word) coming, I did not. And it did rock me. I'd probably replace Callister or Hang the DJ with that one. For me White Bear would be #1 just ahead of San Junipero.

San Junipiero
Fifteen Million Merits
White Bear
Nosedive
USS Callister

I never heard of the show until this post. Watched the first episode, the pig fucking one, and was unimpressed. But I have to admit, it got a lot better

I'm sure there will be.  It's always a nice treat when suddenly, without warning, there are a handful of new episodes out there to enjoy, even if last season was subpar. 

For me: 

White Christmas (this episode is fucked)

The Entire History of You - first time I saw this, I thought it was annoying but I re-watched it and it really freaked me out.  As the show's premise is "5 minutes into the future," this episode has terrifying implications, and we aren't far off. 

San Junipero

USS Callister

Shut up and Dance

I also liked the attempt they made with Bandersnatch.  First time through, the story itself is kinda just fine, but when you go back and go through the different iterations, it's a pretty fascinating attempt.  Some of it works, but not all of it. 

You could prob look to this thread if youre not sure which one to go with next...just based on which ones everyone likes...but id suggest White Bear.

That's how I first started watching it. I heard Charlie Booker on a radio interview and he was talking about the episode The Waldo Moment, and at the time the storyline of fictional character and political troll actually starting a movement and getting out of control and then ultimately getting elected to office somehow sounded like a really interesting and portentous story... in a symbolic way. It was supposed to be symbolic.

The next one that really affected me was Be Right Back. The starting point of loading the data that your deceased loved one into a program so that you could talk to him felt like a really prescient story. That element of it seems like it could happen right now, and then it goes on to take the next, obviously more extreme steps, but those first couple of felt very possible now.

Now we've seen a few more of the idea in this show actually come to be a reality. How somebody thought building that robo-dog thing and those bee drones, I have no idea. I think they got the wrong message out of it.