Haven't watched this show for ages. The last one I saw was the Jon Hamm christmas special, which iirc was pretty damn good.

I never really rated this show much, it was very hit and miss and mostly miss for me.

But it seems to have become quite popular lately, so I decided to check out the new season. I've only watched this episode so far, but I thought it was really good.

It was super predictable until the reveal that the crew of the Callister were sentient copies. After that, it got a lot better. It felt like a fresh take on a sci fi cliché.

I would have complained about the episode length if it weren't so damn entertaining. I was actually disappointed when it ended. It was refreshing to see a relatively happy ending on this show, and I wasn't bothered at all by the Aaron Paul cameo.

If this episode is anything to go by, Black Mirror has improved a lot. One of my problems with the show before was that it put nearly all of its focus on the concepts and almost none on building good characters.

I rewatched the first ep for comparison, and I thought it was terrible. I didn't give two shits about anything happening because all the characters were basically plot devices. Whereas I was rooting for the characters in this ep.

I'll definitely be checking out the rest of the season.

I'm probably gonna rewatch the entire series