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  • Episode aired Apr 10, 2025
  • TV-MA
  • 56m
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8.1/10
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Chris O'Dowd in Black Mirror (2011)
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When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive.When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive.When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive.

  • Director
    • Ally Pankiw
  • Writers
    • Charlie Brooker
    • Bisha K. Ali
  • Stars
    • Chris O'Dowd
    • Rashida Jones
    • Tracee Ellis Ross
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    36K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ally Pankiw
    • Writers
      • Charlie Brooker
      • Bisha K. Ali
    • Stars
      • Chris O'Dowd
      • Rashida Jones
      • Tracee Ellis Ross
    • 211User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Chris O'Dowd
    Chris O'Dowd
    • Mike
    Rashida Jones
    Rashida Jones
    • Amanda
    Tracee Ellis Ross
    Tracee Ellis Ross
    • Gaynor
    Nicholas Cirillo
    Nicholas Cirillo
    • Shane
    Donald Sales
    Donald Sales
    • Kyle
    Lucy Turnbull
    Lucy Turnbull
    • Eva
    Milana Wan
    Milana Wan
    • Tisha
    Sofia Hodsoni
    Sofia Hodsoni
    • Mickey
    Sabrina Jalees
    Sabrina Jalees
    • Angie
    Carolyn Taylor
    Carolyn Taylor
    • Penelope
    Huxley Fisher
    Huxley Fisher
    • Oscar
    JP McInnis
    JP McInnis
    • Bobby
    Peter Hall
    • Crooner
    Flo Lawrence
    Flo Lawrence
    • Keyboardist
    Jennifer Khoe
    Jennifer Khoe
    • Dr. Hoi
    Moheb Jindran
    Moheb Jindran
    • Surgeon
    Glynis Davies
    Glynis Davies
    • Waiter
    Nevin Burkholder
    • Dum Dummy
    • Director
      • Ally Pankiw
    • Writers
      • Charlie Brooker
      • Bisha K. Ali
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    9kyrross

    Oh the irony!

    Proudly produced by Netflix, the same platform who promoted sharing password, then ban it, increase their price by more 400% in the last 6 years, introduced ads and keep rebranding their subscription tiers. This episode is dark but it make you think how pharma already playing with the life of millions of people who depend on their meds. Really subtle episode that explain really well the greed has real impact on everyday peoples. We dont care until it happen to us. Gut-wrenching episode but a must see. It get incomfortable really fast. That is black mirror at his peak. Love everything about it. The performance, the writing, the music. Peak television.
    8meisterjonas

    This was hard to watch

    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.
    10zacharyhamstra

    Absolute vintage black mirror gem

    This episode is haunting. This harkens back to the core of what made black mirror so good, relevant, and terrifying in its early infancy. Time after time in this episode I just was hit with wave after wave of astonishment and dread. I have incredibly high hopes for season 7 based on the first episode and, for me, signals a return to their peak.

    Great acting performances, unbelievable plot, and phenomenal overall storytelling. This episode will already be one of my go-to picks for people to watch.

    I think what makes it so effective is that the themes this episode touches on are hauntingly accurate for our time. Terrific start.
    9jainsamyak-40181

    Now this is the Black Mirror I've been waiting for!

    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.
    9snehit-v124

    Simple Genius!

    Charlie Brooker diagnoses the next mutation of AI to make us feel the symptoms of what could be coming at us just two minutes into the future.

    This isn't about rogue tech. This is tech doing what it's supposed to do. An hour after it's ended, you are still wondering how this feels so real and now even though it isn't here yet. It's your conscience screaming resonance.

    For 7 seasons now over 14 years, Charlie Brooker has been doing this. His message has never been about "look what's coming". It's much better than that. It says "You agreed to this".

    Our moral compass has gone to dogs. And the way we are programmed, we just cannot see it unless...

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    • Trivia
      In one of her classroom scenes, Amanda was talking about ADI robotic bees used for pollination. The bees were featured in Season 3 episode Hated in the Nation (2016).
    • Goofs
      In desperate financial straits, not only do Mike and Amanda not sell their large house and downsize, they do not even discuss it.
    • Quotes

      Amanda: What's your next little trick? You gonna make my asshole whistle jingles?

      Gaynor: No, that's not part of our development cycle.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards (2025)
    • Soundtracks
      Lovin' You
      Written by Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph

      Performed by Minnie Riperton

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      • April 10, 2025 (France)
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      • North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(Shipyards)
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