Aside from the series 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and renounced reviews from critics everywhere, the show engages the audience with a reality check on what society could become in the future.

A modern version of the Twilight Zone, Black Mirror challenges all of our insecurities about the growth in technology. The more we rely on technology and social media for news, intellect and happiness, the more we have to fear for our technologically growing future. Each episode of the series has its own narrative, creating the ability to touch on a vast variety of topics regarding modern society. The episodes range from eternal punishment in ways that you could not imagine, to something as bizarre as being able to control our lives with a remote, rewinding to good times and bad—the ability to never forget something that haunts you, or the ability to revisit a relationship that you cannot get over. These types of circumstances appeal to the audience so intensely because they are so foreseeable.

The latest season was just released on October 21st, 2016 and the first episode of the season encompasses a scenario where everyone walks around with a smartphone, rating one another on a 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the highest score. Each person has their own rating and the rating system is similar to what would happen if you were to mash up your Facebook likes with your credit score. If your rating is high, you have a better chance of getting an apartment, relationship and even employment, but without a top-notch score, you are basically screwed. The show calls into question the falseness of social media, creating a too close for comfort plot where the only happiness that is truly important is the happiness you display on the outside. Much like social media today, such as Facebook or Instagram, where people are posting the best fragments of life, none of which is real in entirety. Nevertheless, this series will draw you in, scare the sh** out of you and possibly make you question the way our society is constructed, so sit down and enjoy your next Netflix binge, there are three equally great seasons awaiting your viewing.