# Black Mirror Season 6. June 15 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\ **Created:** [June 14, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522 "2023-06-14T19:08:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/1 "2023-06-14T19:08:50Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5jY1ecibLYo/maxresdefault.jpg "Black Mirror: Season 6 | Official Trailer | Netflix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jY1ecibLYo) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/2 "2023-06-16T01:38:39Z")
I just watched the first episode, “Joan is Awful” and I’m going to say: It is one of the best episodes in the entire show. I haven’t seen this high a quality Black Mirror episode in a long time. Very funny, too, which not too many of them are. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/3 "2023-06-16T02:11:05Z")
I have only seen Beyond the Sea. I’m still processing this one. BTW, how do we do the spoiler block in this new board? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/4 "2023-06-16T02:39:15Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > BTW, how do we do the spoiler block in this new board? It’s in the gear icon on top of the reply window. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/5 "2023-06-16T03:09:28Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I have only seen Beyond the Sea. I’m still processing this one. > … I think that this one, as opposed to some of the others, was classic Black Mirror - i.e. the potential pitfalls of high tech. Some of the others were fantasy or plain old murder mystery, a departure from previous seasons. One interesting thing about this episode was the anachronistic nature of some things. The cars were 60s looking, as were the controls and black and white video displays in the spaceship. This in opposition to the very high tech FTL telepresence and robot avatars. As a guess I’d say that they were trying to evoke an atmosphere reminiscent of the early days of NASA, and of old Twilight Zone episodes which assumed the high tech of the times with some added on advances. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/6 "2023-06-16T03:19:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I just watched the first episode, “Joan is Awful” and I’m going to say: It is one of the best episodes in the entire show. I haven’t seen this high a quality Black Mirror episode in a long time. > > Very funny, too, which not too many of them are. I also liked this episode and the twist actually caught me by surprise. I often see what’s coming in these kinds of things, but not this time. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/7 "2023-06-16T03:39:53Z")
A couple of things I should have added to my post regarding Beyond tbe Sea: Since obviously anyone can use anyone else’s avatar, why not simply clone an avatar from an Earthbound volunteer and let the first astronaut use that for his visits to Earth? Just place the new avatar someplace away from where the volunteer lives so as to avoid any troublesome emotional consequences. Or just avoid all of this by sending the avatars into space and keeping the humans on Earth. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/8 "2023-06-16T04:23:54Z")
Oooooo, the new season is out now?! I’m closing my tab at the bar and headed home forthwith! ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/9 "2023-06-16T05:04:29Z")
I’ve watched the first two episodes. _Joan is Awful_ was excellent as the first episode of a _Black Mirror_ season usually is. _Loch Henry_ was a little too predictable.I would have swore Janet was played by Tracy Ullman - but it was someone else. I suspect “Streamberry” will be a running gag through the rest of the season. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/10 "2023-06-16T15:58:53Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Very funny, too, which not too many of them are. Salma Hayek was freaking hilarious in that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/11 "2023-06-16T18:49:13Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Salma Hayek was freaking hilarious “Let’s kill this _quam_-_puta_!” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/12 "2023-06-16T19:47:50Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “Let’s kill this _quam_-_puta_!” Not her line, but I liked, “The show is called ‘Joan is Awful’, not ‘Salma Hayek Gets Everything Explained To Her But Still Doesn’t Understand’!” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/13 "2023-06-16T23:32:48Z")
Going to assume that was deliberate meta-casting to have Annie Murphy and Michael Cera share a scene, seeing as each of them became famous playing a spoiled child in a TV series about a rich family that goes broke. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/14 "2023-06-16T23:59:22Z")
I…guess George Michael was spoiled. He was pretty innocent, to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/15 "2023-06-17T02:27:31Z")
Watched the second one called Loch Henry. More in line with the “depressing story” type of episode that Black Mirror sometimes does. It was interesting, but mostly just a grim story. I thought it was pretty good, but nothing all that new or interesting here. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/16 "2023-06-17T03:37:22Z")
Beyond tbe Sea didn’t make a lick of sense. If I hadn’t read them all, I’d swear the story was cribbed from a 1950s issue of _Weird Science_. One of those stories with a “shocking” ending that’s really actually kind of predictable. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/17 "2023-06-17T10:23:04Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Beyond tbe Sea didn’t make a lick of sense. If I hadn’t read them all, I’d swear the story was cribbed from a 1950s issue of _Weird Science_. One of those stories with a “shocking” ending that’s really actually kind of predictable. I thought it made sense and I didn’t find it predictable, but there were definitely problems, which I posted earlier. Your Weird Science comparison is very apt. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/18 "2023-06-17T13:31:26Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > but there were definitely problems, The problems are what I was referring to. The big one, like you mentioned, being why didn’t they just send the replicas into space? But also, some huge government agency or corporation spent billions on a project and are apparently completely hands-off when the shit hits the fan? Not so much as a psychologist to advise the astronauts or supervise the link sharing? I spent way too much time wondering about stuff like that and I rarely have a problem suspending disbelief. I’ve finished the season. \*Joan is Awful” was the best episode by a mile, although the last two are kind of fun in an over-the-top way. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/19 "2023-06-17T15:07:06Z")
I thought that Mazey Day becane very predictable towards the end and it ended up being a cliched B grade horror movie. And the hit and run incident didn’t seem to have any purpose for the story line. Demon 79 was fun and it kept me guessing as to whether she was losing her mind or not. Both were departures from Black Mirror’s usual genre. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522/20 "2023-06-18T13:16:25Z")
I like that Joan referenced Loch Henry which turned out to be the next episode. Loch Henry itself was sort of predictable. I like how no mentioned the fact that the filmmaker was the spitting image of the killer. That’s what clued me in to the mom. I was still surprised that the cop was part of it. I thought it was going to be that he discovered that the mom was banging the killer and the fatal confrontation was over that. But it was so much WORSE. And I liked when the girlfriend saw the mask on the wall. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522.md?page=2)