If you missed last year's new show in the UK, Black Mirror, I highly recommend checking it
out. It consists of only three episodes,
but each one leaves you scratching your head and wanting more. Here is a quick primer on each:
-- National Anthem: This episode
involves the kidnapping of a princess and the outrageous demands of the
terrorists that puts the prime minister in a very compromising position while
showing the shallowness of the electorate.
(For a write-up from the British press go here.)
--15 Million Merits: Here you have a society that seems to be a
gym membership run wild. Young people
continually exercise to generate credits that can be used primarily for video programs. And as you might expect, it
has an odd twist at the end. Let's hope
the gym and cable companies never watch this show together. (For a write-up from the British press go
here.)
-- The Entire History of You: This one is a real party killer - the ability to replay via your eyeballs every episode in your life. Not sure if you made a good impression on someone? Well, now you can replay the event in your head forever and become really neurotic. That tells you all you need to know about this storyline, which doesn't end well for anyone. (For a write-up from the British press go here.)
You may recognize a few faces in
these episodes, including Allen Leech from Downton Abbey as a medic in episode
one; Jessica Brown Findlay, also from Downton Abbey, as Abi in the second episode; and Daniel Kaluuya from Fades as Bing in episode two.
I cannot find any evidence that a second season is in the works, but I am hopeful that the positive press leads to more. Currently, the DVD is available on the UK version of Amazon, but it has
yet to be sold in the United States.
This type of TV should be more readily available to all.
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