Black Mirror: Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too (2019)
Season 5, Episode 3
7/10
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5 June 2019
Wow, Rachel, Jack & Ashley Too was atrocious! Utter garbage & shockingly crap episode of Black Mirror - easily the worst in the show's history. Felt like a cheesy movie made by Disney Channel. Quite astounding to think it was written by Charlie Brooker - the same man responsible for creating stories like "Hated in The Nation" & "The Entire History of You". To try & do its inadequacy justice, I can only say it's exactly the type of "Americanised" episode we all feared Black Mirror would become once it was announced Netflix was to take over the series' production; the nuanced, subtle messages are non-existent & we're left with a reductive alternative which lacks even a shred of relevance when compared to any predecessor installment. What happened to the bleak, foreboding & witty original we all fell in love with? The sharp critique of society & our flawed behaviours? This - on the other hand - is stupid. Irredeemably nonsensical & ridiculous. Clichéd, hammy & cringey. There's bad & then there's BAD & THIS bad is indefensible.
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