season 1 ep 1 was the episode where the PM porks the pig. People remember it because it became shockingly relevant. IMO seasons 1 and 2 were the best. Seasons

season 1 ep 1 was the episode where the PM porks the pig. People remember it because it became shockingly relevant. IMO seasons 1 and 2 were the best. Seasons 1 and 2 gave us things like the Waldo incident, which seemed to predict the rising tide of populism and data driven politics. They gave us white bear which is a brilliantly deep critique on crime and punishment in technologically advanced societies. The worst episodes can all be summed up as "the bees". The bees episode didn't have any deep or interesting point about micro-drones. It was just bad guy does terror thing and good guy hunts him (with some fletching about social media thrown on top). Same thing with Crocodile. The idea of a memory reading device and the issues of surveillance and privacy are interesting, but that episode completely skirted giving us anything to ponder in favor of a plain old cops and killers story that may as well be a CSI rerun. black mirror has two problems. 1. Netflix. 2. Charlie needs a technologist. Before the Netflix acquisition the ending was usually dark or uncomfortable. Each episode was like we had wished for some technology on a monkey's paw and got it. After Netflix came along it seemed like a rule that half the episodes had to end at least bitter sweet. I think they might be executive meddling with the formula. Perhaps Charlie could do a "screw you" episode about how a data driven TV production company leads to a world of incredibly bland art. Charlie Brooker is a journalist / comedian. After visiting the well of "social media kind of sucks" 3 or 4 times, he's clearly running out of ideas. He needs to work with someone more up to date on the trends.