I've been watching Black Mirror since season one. I'm a sucker for psychological thrillers, science fiction, and existential crises, so this series is right up my alley. I'd binge watch seasons at a time and stay up all night trying to parse through them, relating and writing about the implications. The intricate plot threads in some episodes wrecked me. I love how a happy ending is never guaranteed, but there's sometimes the possibility, and you just never know. While some episodes fall short, that's to be expected in an anthology. But season four was by far my favorite. A strong set of intense stories, all stylized and interesting in their own standalone way. Black Mirror found its perfect groove in this season, its exact style solidified by Bandersnatch. The standalone movie-length feature solidified Black Mirror as a groundbreaking cultural phenomenon that everyone I knew was talking about. So you can imagine my disappointment with season five. I don't