"Black Mirror" came out on Netflix in 2011 but I had never heard of the show until only a year ago in 2018.

The show is essentially a remake of the popular 1960's series "The Twilight Zone" where every episode had a completely different plot with different characters. "The Twilight Zone" brought to life unimaginable situations reflecting morality and ethics so well-thought out and performed that it captivated audiences with chilling vibes and goosebumps. "Black Mirror" does the same... only magnified.

"Black Mirror" writers, Charlie Brooker, Jesse Armstrong, and William Bridges, have established an entirely new level of television.

The first episode of the series centers around a fictional Prime Minister of England dealing with the aftermath of a Princess having been kidnapped. A video was uploaded to Youtube with Princess Susannah telling the world of the kidnapper's demands in exchange for the Princess to be set free. There was one demand and that was for the Prime Minister to have sexual intercourse with a pig on live television. While this plot is completely insane and unimaginable, it felt so realistic.

While some episodes touch on inane circumstances like that, the majority of the episodes center around fictional technological advancements in society. Technology that could never actually exist becomes so real in "Black Mirror." For instance, one episode entitled "Nosedive" touches on the impact social media has on our community. Basically, everyone has a phone and every time you encounter another human being, people have the ability to point their devices and rate them on a scale from 1-5. If someone's score is below 3, they are essentially considered of less importance. Movie star, Bryce Dallas Howard, stars as the main character who is a woman who does whatever she can to get her score up like practicing fake smiles and laughs in the mirror at home before leaving her house where people can rate her on every little thing she does.

Other episodes include technology being put into people's brains so they can re-watch memories of their life from their point of view, or being mentally implemented into a video game in an avatar's body, or blocking other human-beings like a phone can block another's contact information on a cell phone.

The plots are so crazy and clever but so well-performed that it seems realistic with our constantly advancing society regarding technology, terrorists, violence, etc. The show reflects human struggles that people face every day like the loss of a loved one, getting over an ex, social media's impact, sexual identity crisis, politics, and so many more aspects of life. It just maximizes its meanings and components in the most surreal way possible.

"Black Mirror" has been on for 8 years yet it's rarely ever promoted or spoken of. It truly is a masterpiece of television.