Black Mirror: Season 3

2016 · 6 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 3 of Black Mirror

Black Mirror returns for its third season with six standalone stories that revolve around technology and the media. Each episode has its own characters and settings, and all of them show a very near future. A woman obsessed with her popularity on social media travels to a high-profile wedding, and the journey goes off the rails. A traveler struggling financially becomes a tester for a new video game system that feels uncomfortably close to reality. A virus infects a computer and forces its owner to obey orders sent by text message. On the coast of California in 1987, a shy young woman and an outgoing girl form a bond that defies time. A soldier begins to suffer strange technical malfunctions after his first battle.

6episodes

Oct 21, 2016aired

6.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Nosedive
Oct 21, 2016 · 63 min · ★ 7.9
A woman desperate to boost her social media score hits the jackpot when she's invited to a swanky wedding. But the trip doesn't go as planned.
Directing: Joe Wright · Writing: Rashida Jones, Michael Schur · Starring: Alice Eve, Cherry Jones, James Norton, Alan Ritchson
3x02 Playtest
Oct 21, 2016 · 57 min · ★ 7.6
An American traveler short on cash signs up to test a revolutionary new gaming system, only to discover the thrills are a little too real.
Directing: Dan Trachtenberg · Writing: Charlie Brooker · Starring: Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Wunmi Mosaku, Ken Yamamura
3x03 Shut Up and Dance
Oct 21, 2016 · 52 min · ★ 7.9
After a virus infects his laptop, a teen faces a daunting choice: carry out orders delivered by text message, or risk having intimate secrets exposed.
Directing: James Watkins · Writing: Charlie Brooker, William Bridges · Starring: Alex Lawther, Jerome Flynn, Susannah Doyle, Frankie Wilson
3x04 San Junipero
Oct 21, 2016 · 61 min · ★ 7.7
In a seaside town in 1987, a shy young woman and an outgoing party girl strike up a powerful bond that seems to defy the laws of space and time.
Directing: Owen Harris · Writing: Charlie Brooker · Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mackenzie Davis, Denise Burse, Raymond McAnally
3x05 Men Against Fire
Oct 21, 2016 · 60 min · ★ 7.2
After his first battle with an elusive enemy, a soldier begins experiencing unfamiliar sensations and strange technical glitches.
Directing: Jakob Verbruggen · Writing: Charlie Brooker · Starring: Malachi Kirby, Madeline Brewer, Ariane Labed, Sarah Snook
3x06 Hated in the Nation Season Finale
Oct 21, 2016 · 89 min · ★ 8.0
The death of a journalist at the center of a social media firestorm leads a veteran detective and her tech-savvy apprentice to a chilling discovery.
Directing: James Hawes · Writing: Charlie Brooker · Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Faye Marsay, Benedict Wong, Jonas Karlsson