Common People

This was hard to watch, like Netflix with its modern prices and ads. It was not hard to watch because its a bad episode, its quiete the opposite. It shows what subscription services always have been about.

I would stop the review here, but somehow I need to use at least sixhoundred characters, which feels like quite similar to what some characters might have to go through in this episode. Its a feeling of helplessness and anger. It is what you get when you experience the unfairness of the system that you are part of, but you can not leave the system because you also dependon it to some degree.

I am so glad they put this episode first. It really feels like the old black mirror is back. Amazing concept, well thought out execution, sad and dark but also realistic. The acting was also great. Even though it was based in America it had the British grit feel that I feel was missing in the previous few seasons.

What made it so depressing is the fact it really feels like it could/ would happen this way. This episode touches on many themes such as the subscriptions, the lengths someone would go to make money, healthcare and also at some points could have been a metaphor for addiction.

This episode alone is already better than all of the previous season in my opinion.

And we're back. Almost forgot the feeling of watching a Black Mirror episode for the first time, but this is the show that I remember. Had my jaw on the floor a few times, and that ending...

Driving 'common people' to the edge is something that's already happening. This is a satire on memberships, capitalism and the stuff people pay to see. If this is the first episode of this season, I can't wait to see what's next. Maybe I should rewatch the rest of the show, but this might be one of the more depressing episodes in this show, and if you watched the rest, you know that says a lot. Don't think I'll be watching the rest today, will have to process this one first.

Wow, this was a hard watch, but so relevant and powerful. We should all be thinking about the ways contemporary capitalism is holding us hostage to the greed of corporations by increasingly intrusive and destructive means. There is no limit to how far they'll go to secure a profit at the expense of "common people".

Rashida Jones and Chris O'Dowd give devastating performances. Tracey Ellis Ross perfectly portrays the embodiment of corporate callousness.

In true Black Mirror fashion we are given a fresh take on the classic downward spiral storyline. A very strong start to the long awaited season. Wow.

The first episode of the new season hits all the right notes - a brilliant concept, top-tier acting, and a gripping pace that never lets up. It gave me the same chills and awe I felt watching classics like White Christmas and Black Museum. If this is just the beginning, the rest of the season has some seriously high expectations to meet.

Beyond its gripping story, this episode also serves as a sharp satire on the very technologies we're racing to build. It holds up a mirror to our obsession with progress and forces us to reflect on where those advancements might lead us. Are we enhancing life, or slowly distorting it? The episode doesn't just entertain - it provokes. It subtly raises questions about morality, choice, and the gray areas in between. What do we sacrifice in the name of innovation? And at what cost? That lingering discomfort is exactly what makes classic Black Mirror episodes so memorable - and this one definitely earns its place among the best.