With season 4 out now, we thought we`d celebrate Seasons 1-3 of the dystopian sci-fi anthology series by ranking our favourite episodes.For more Black Mirror, you can check out our spoiler-free review of season 4 in the meantime. You can also watch a video version of this ranking list here. Men Against Fire (Season 3, Episode 5)Laurie Sparham/NetflixImage: Laurie Sparham/NetflixWe kick off our list with the military dystopia of `Men Against Fire.` In a post-apocalyptic Denmark, an unnamed military organisation is hunting and killing a mutated human population unaffectionately nicknamed `roaches.` This being Black Mirror though, things arenīt quite as simple as that, and the episode dives head first into the arena of hi-tech warfare and its philosophical consequences on the world.While it`s not a bad episode by any stretch of the imagination, it`s place on this list is largely down to the heavy-handed way in which it treats its central theme and the fact that it reveals its hand way too early. The Waldo Moment (Season 2, Episode 3)Image: Channel 4The murky world of British politics is sent up in `The Waldo Moment,` our number 12 item. This slice of election madness tells the tale of Jamie, a failed comedian who is also the voice and digital puppeteer of a cartoon bear named, you guessed it, Waldo. Coerced by his producer into running for parliament as Waldo, Jamie finds himself way in over his head as his election campaign takes an unexpected turn.The episode is totally fine, but doesn`t stand up to the high quality of the rest of Black Mirror as it descends into hammy parody towards the end. But its defining virtue is that series creator, Charlie Brooker, compared it to Trump`s 2016 presidential campaign with the Black Mirror Twitter account tweeting out: `This isn`t an episode. This isnīt marketing. This is reality.ī Metalhead (Season 4, Episode 5)Image: NetflixSet against a post-apocalyptic backdrop, `Metalhead` explores the devastating consequence ...
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