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Black Mirror · Season 5 · Netflix

Black Mirror Season 5

Black Mirror Season 5 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.6/10. 6 episodes on Netflix from 29 December 2017.

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BollyMeter8.6/1085% RT; 'USS Callister' and 'Hang the DJ' are fan favourites. Critics praised the season for maintaining the show's register while expanding its genre palette to include space opera and rom-com.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Series 4 is the show's most genre-adventurous run. 'USS Callister' opens with what looks like a Star Trek parody and becomes a horror story about ego and creative power - it won the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie. 'Crocodile' is bleak Scandinavian-adjacent thriller. 'Hang the DJ' is the closest the Netflix era gets to 'San Junipero': a wistful romantic premise with a twist that retroactively sweetens rather than undercuts. 'Metalhead' is a black-and-white chase thriller stripped to pure genre. At 85% RT the season holds the Netflix era's consistent quality line, and 'USS Callister' alone would justify it.

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Season Over Season

Consistent with Series 3; the genre range is wider and the individual highs ('USS Callister') compete with anything the show has done.