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  • The Ending of Black Mirror Season 1 Episode 1 "The National Anthem" (2011) Explained.
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  • @haydhn1474
    @haydhn1474 Před 5 lety +11643

    I have never felt so bad for a fictional character in any movie/show than I did the prime minister in this episode. Poor guy.

    • @justanotherabc8888
      @justanotherabc8888 Před 4 lety +648

      Facts. Princess would've been dead had it been me... Sorry sweetheart!

    • @ivannav9175
      @ivannav9175 Před 4 lety +424

      @@justanotherabc8888 honestly but I think the point was to show what a kind hearted and caring person the prime minister was and how he didnt deserve that.

    • @terencehill7521
      @terencehill7521 Před 4 lety +112

      Honestly when they turned the singer into a pornstar had me way more

    • @justanotherabc8888
      @justanotherabc8888 Před 4 lety +164

      @@ivannav9175 Right, you can be kind hearted and still not smash a pig. Take myself for example. I'm the nicest person ever, but if it goes against my personal innate morals, it aint happening capt...So RIP Princess

    • @angelinapadilla7490
      @angelinapadilla7490 Před 4 lety +56

      Haydhn yall I felt bad for the pig-

  • @petea1998
    @petea1998 Před 5 lety +15919

    The fact that the Prime Minister did it partly to keep his family safe and yet his own wife practically disowns him at the end is so frustrating.

    • @barritooooo
      @barritooooo Před 5 lety +1329

      Peter Andrew they got divorced after, as shown in shut up and dance

    • @NefariousDreary
      @NefariousDreary Před 5 lety +150

      For real!

    • @SCHRODINGERS_WHORE
      @SCHRODINGERS_WHORE Před 5 lety +78

      STFU, it was sad yo.frustrating????? weird ass

    • @thatoneperson8154
      @thatoneperson8154 Před 5 lety +1756

      @@SCHRODINGERS_WHORE Yes it's sad but its also frustrating knowing how much he gave and sacrificed only to be met with the very person he did this for to disown him. That is frustrating, nothing weird about that.

    • @Raz0rIG
      @Raz0rIG Před 5 lety +500

      That’s what many women do, doesn’t matter how long you’re married for. Your status or frame is questioned, her attraction for you is conditional based on how she can respect you. If she can’t she will leave.

  • @lucajustluca8257
    @lucajustluca8257 Před 5 lety +9218

    That scene of him crying after they say “its been an hour” made me sick

    • @Chels235
      @Chels235 Před 4 lety +733

      Luca Baldi same. It made me wanna cry for the guy.

    • @imsochica
      @imsochica Před 4 lety +562

      It's horrible probably scared for life.

    • @platypusmaximus9278
      @platypusmaximus9278 Před 4 lety +310

      Yeah. I was like wtf. I would've been done in like 30 seconds.

    • @lucajustluca8257
      @lucajustluca8257 Před 4 lety +159

      @@platypusmaximus9278 30? Wouldnt even fucking watch it. Damn british😂

    • @isaiah_mdl
      @isaiah_mdl Před 4 lety +19

      Luca Baldi r/wooosh

  • @camihl3841
    @camihl3841 Před 3 lety +3685

    Seeing people laughing at him and reuniting in a bar to watch it together, knowing people would also do that in real life is what makes me sick

    • @loppyhero7196
      @loppyhero7196 Před 3 lety +245

      Omg I love everyone in this comment section. When I was watching this episode and they showed the PM coming onto the set and everyone in the bar was cheering, it was one of the first and only times I actually felt disgusted. I literally scorned at every person I saw laughing in the bar. I thought I was just bein a buzzkill but I guess a lot of us can sympathize with someone being publicly humiliated.

    • @cadyg2531
      @cadyg2531 Před 3 lety +116

      I swear!!! That’s what was really vile, there’s been soooo many times that I can’t count that something tragic has happened to someone and jokes and memes are flying around, this world has distanced themselves so much from their natural born instincts of living by a love ethic.

    • @terryboylewastherealh4647
      @terryboylewastherealh4647 Před 2 lety +3

      @@loppyhero7196 I honestly hope that could happen to boris

    • @toneytorado5520
      @toneytorado5520 Před 2 lety +9

      So sick 🤢

    • @sans4124
      @sans4124 Před 2 lety +14

      @@loppyhero7196 it's all fun and games until you actually see the person suffer

  • @ivettesanchez1504
    @ivettesanchez1504 Před 5 lety +7931

    Wait who the hell binge watched Black Mirror episodes?? I can’t even watch two episodes in a row because how much they mess me up.

  • @taliarogers4496
    @taliarogers4496 Před 4 lety +4428

    I had a teacher who liked the show and played this episode for us. I remember everyone just laughing at the scene where the PM did it with the pig, but slowly that all faded as they became uncomfortable. Just like the audience in the show.

    • @k1mberley321
      @k1mberley321 Před 4 lety +542

      your TEACHER showed you this episode?

    • @taliarogers4496
      @taliarogers4496 Před 4 lety +114

      @@k1mberley321 Yes, they did. It's what got me to watch the show

    • @k1mberley321
      @k1mberley321 Před 4 lety +320

      Talia Rogers damn i do think this episode is a bit inappropriate but the show is really good

    • @Kim-mt7xn
      @Kim-mt7xn Před 4 lety +16

      wOW sO rEaL

    • @linushven4892
      @linushven4892 Před 4 lety +6

      «Did it with the pig»? Are u 9 years old or sum?

  • @ab17364
    @ab17364 Před 5 lety +5082

    He shouldn't have had to do it. If it was anyone other than a princess would he have had to? Thats pretty much saying that the public isn't worth as much as a celebrity who were born into that position.

    • @mileswinters9460
      @mileswinters9460 Před 5 lety +72

      Angela B yeah but a princess is needed to rule the throne :/ or else the hierarchy will fall

    • @Brian-ib9kq
      @Brian-ib9kq Před 5 lety +551

      Miles Winters just get a new princess. Duhh

    • @666Etnies666
      @666Etnies666 Před 5 lety +494

      The point was that his team and the royals had made him feel like he’d be held responsible for her death (which the assumed would happen)

    • @jordanhaleigh4598
      @jordanhaleigh4598 Před 5 lety +65

      I agree. And he shouldn't have. I don't blame his wife one bit.

    • @LPSRed
      @LPSRed Před 5 lety +153

      Angela B
      i think that the final straw though was the threat of danger to his family in case the princess was killed.

  • @richardfontenette5436
    @richardfontenette5436 Před 5 lety +2833

    I remember when black mirror came out and I was like "eh. ... I guess I'll try this show" by the end of this episode I was hooked by the many layers to this episode and the ending... had me applauding it.

    • @Daniel-ke1bn
      @Daniel-ke1bn Před 5 lety +10

      you sound like a tool, no offence

    • @runningcoyote9972
      @runningcoyote9972 Před 5 lety +3

      what if that the villain Carlton Bloom is the pawn of the Prime Minister himself, just to gain his popularity for his longevity of his political position ?

    • @dimodynamite2671
      @dimodynamite2671 Před 5 lety +2

      haha this is exactly what i went through

    • @cygnuscraft9544
      @cygnuscraft9544 Před 5 lety +1

      @@runningcoyote9972 fuck off

    • @EnsoTB
      @EnsoTB Před 4 lety +7

      Had the opposite effect for me and I have watched very little Black Mirror since. I felt no immersion in the story because I wouldn’t be the kind of person to want to observe something like that. I don’t have that social media driven urge to perpetuate indecency or blackmail/torture of another person and it kind of shocks me that so many people do have that drive. I found the whole episode impossible to follow knowing I wouldn’t follow it in real life; especially when the stories are supposed to echo real world possibilities.
      I watched Hated in the Nation after it was recommended and that episode was much better than this one. I still wouldn’t have ever used the “DeathTo” hashtag but I found it easier to accept that a lot of people would use it, whereas, I struggle to accept that people would watch what is effectively broadcasted TV bestiality. Why would anyone choose to watch that??

  • @moonagedaydreamer13
    @moonagedaydreamer13 Před 3 lety +874

    the saddest part of this episode is that those people laughing while watching would definitely happen if this episode was real.

    • @terryboylewastherealh4647
      @terryboylewastherealh4647 Před 2 lety +3

      Wish it happens to boris

    • @moonagedaydreamer13
      @moonagedaydreamer13 Před 2 lety +2

      @@terryboylewastherealh4647 fr

    • @sans4124
      @sans4124 Před 2 lety +44

      @@terryboylewastherealh4647 it's all fun and games until you see the person actually suffer

    • @HapPawhere
      @HapPawhere Před měsícem +1

      1 year later, it is just a meme & the PM saved his family or a person. That is a brave man

  • @Rosel13
    @Rosel13 Před 5 lety +2168

    This ep was so disturbing. I haven't seen an ep this horrifying in a long time. Which made me hooked on this show.

    • @ronswanson3536
      @ronswanson3536 Před 4 lety +3

      Please don't abreviate episode like that in the future.

    • @wxyz6133
      @wxyz6133 Před 4 lety +51

      Rosel13 dude I literally cried when the poor guy was crying in the bathroom. It was really disturbing

    • @elizabeth-oi2wp
      @elizabeth-oi2wp Před 4 lety +3

      Ron Swanson why? just a question

    • @HassanAhmed-rf9xr
      @HassanAhmed-rf9xr Před 4 lety

      @@elizabeth-oi2wp doesnt sound right

    • @iggykad
      @iggykad Před 4 lety +12

      @@HassanAhmed-rf9xr waa so what? are you gonna cry over something that doesn't "sound right"?

  • @alinavaysfligel7249
    @alinavaysfligel7249 Před 5 lety +6185

    i find it strange that they weren't able to tell the difference between a man's finger and a petite young woman's finger. even with the ring on it. i'm pretty sure you would notice that something's off. damn girl must've had some thick hairy fingers!

    • @chinguunerdenebadrakh7022
      @chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 Před 5 lety +287

      Who would really look at a detached finger for enough time to notice it's gender?

    • @alinavaysfligel7249
      @alinavaysfligel7249 Před 5 lety +1485

      Chinguun Erdenebadrakh a forensic investigator trying to solve the case

    • @chinguunerdenebadrakh7022
      @chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 Před 5 lety +271

      @@alinavaysfligel7249 There was like only an hour between the events. I agree that IRL, a forensic examiner would have arrived at the scene IF HE/SHE WAS CALLED. But this is a time when everyone is shocked, I think there weren't many military personnel in the room who were calm enough to analyze the situation, just politicians.
      So it could have taken them an hour to call a forensic and for them to arrive.

    • @xXOFrannieOXx
      @xXOFrannieOXx Před 5 lety +62

      I was stuck on that one to, with todays communication they could have found out within the hour if it was male or female. But even if they were sure it wasnt her finger, would it be worth the risk.

    • @rars0n
      @rars0n Před 5 lety +151

      Or they could have, you know, ran a fingerprint in a matter of a few minutes.

  • @KrystalLyne
    @KrystalLyne Před 5 lety +5751

    Just a random rant... maybe someone else can relate? The wife in this episode really REALLY annoyed me. Throughout the whole thing she was acting so selfish, she never once showed any concern, support, or love for her husband or the princess hostage for that matter. Instead she was more concerned about what people were saying about them on social media.... seeking that her husband comfort HER and reassure HER instead of the other way around.
    So, in the end when I saw her go up the stairs like that, I muttered "bitch." What was he supposed to do in that situation given the circumstances? The one lady even said that if the PM refused, no one could guarantee his safety OR that of his family. So, at that point, he was not only trying to save the princess, but also his family from potentially fatal public retaliation. So all in all, he made the right choice and his wife should have been more supportive and appreciative of that sacrifice. I understand that the ramifications of that event would have been very difficult as a couple to work through, but given enough time, love, and patience it would have been possible. So idk, but that element of the story just really struck a nerve with me.

    • @zdoster
      @zdoster Před 5 lety +479

      Felt the same. Fuck that bitch.

    • @kayehenry3737
      @kayehenry3737 Před 5 lety +411

      Yes! I would love to hear an interview from someone on the show explaining why the wife was written as so self-absorbed. Maybe she represented the rest of the country as a person in his own life so he did not even have a safe haven at home. Ugh!

    • @gimbobjenkins405
      @gimbobjenkins405 Před 5 lety +282

      Yeah I pretty much said the same thing at the end but no woman could ever imagine that the "worse" part of the marriage vows would be her husband fucking a pig on live TV. With that said I understand why the writers went in this direction with the wife, to further create sympathy for the Prime Minister and to show that the human reaction from loved ones is not always supportive.

    • @starojunes
      @starojunes Před 5 lety +274

      I agree with you.
      Him HAVING to have sexual intercourse with a pig makes it seem like he was being raped. Not by the pig of course but by the person who kidnapped the princess. It reminds me of cases where the person who has been raped lets the rape happen without fighting back for fear of their life and safety if the rapist has a weapon of some sort. He is left traumatized and the wife does nothing to support him. I understand not being able to see him in the same light as you did before but she didn't have to be such a bitch about it.

    • @standreamcatcher2371
      @standreamcatcher2371 Před 5 lety +148

      Omg, I never thought someone could think like me in this aspect. It really annoy me how the wife was so frustrate and acting like that when the one doing all the disgusting thing was him. I never knew why she was so piss off, when, in the end, her husband save the life of the princess on the cost of HIS reputation, not hers. It's stupid, because, all the people that saw the broadcast was like "Oh, poor man" "He's a hero" and things like that, but she was acting like she was the most damaged here. So selfish and stupid. When all the people saw her husband as a hero, she just was mad at him for doing what he had to do.

  • @danny1959
    @danny1959 Před 5 lety +3809

    I ham shocked that you couldn't get any more puns in.

  • @lumeingi
    @lumeingi Před 4 lety +1760

    I think the Wife’s personality expresses nicely how some people take their internet lives and internet comments extra seriously.

    • @leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259
      @leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 Před 3 lety +21

      yeah what a bitch

    • @violethill4454
      @violethill4454 Před 3 lety +43

      Yeah, like seriously, is that how dense she is? Lmao

    • @someoneyouprobablyknowandl9964
      @someoneyouprobablyknowandl9964 Před 2 lety +44

      Yeah but I don't think it's that black and white or even that the showmakers wanted it to be black and white. I think I can empathise with the wife as well, ngl.

    • @sans4124
      @sans4124 Před 2 lety +8

      @@someoneyouprobablyknowandl9964 I mean if I was a woman and my husband fucked a pig
      I wouldn't like having sex after all
      But the wife cared about the comments on the internet

    • @Mannyr-bu7qv
      @Mannyr-bu7qv Před 2 lety +1

      She's self absorbed like many people who use social media outlets for their entertainments

  • @peanutharrystyles9847
    @peanutharrystyles9847 Před 4 lety +1403

    This episode literally made me want to vomit

  • @rars0n
    @rars0n Před 5 lety +4072

    Why did they not run a fingerprint on the finger? That should have been the first thing they did.

    • @elisebarry9870
      @elisebarry9870 Před 5 lety +165

      Adam Baldwin but this was all happening within a couple of hours and running tests take a long time

    • @rars0n
      @rars0n Před 5 lety +412

      @@elisebarry9870 Fingerprinting doesn't take any time at all.

    • @elixenramirez740
      @elixenramirez740 Před 5 lety +938

      Someone brilliantly pointed out that the finger was sent to the media and the media doesn't fact check their sources, they pump out the story for views because they only care about ratings

    • @rars0n
      @rars0n Před 5 lety +143

      @@elixenramirez740 Sure, but the police would have immediately confiscated it for evidence and printing would be the first logical thing to do, they still had plenty of time to run the print.

    • @wtfisyoutalkingbout7678
      @wtfisyoutalkingbout7678 Před 5 lety +31

      Even if it wasn't her finger that doesn't mean she couldn't have gotten murdered

  • @internalogic
    @internalogic Před 5 lety +1041

    This is really well-written. Nice visual essay. So many concise, cogent quotes. One of my favorites: “People were so concerned with watching history, that they end up not being able to change it.” This is good stuff. Thanks.

  • @vendettax4847
    @vendettax4847 Před 5 lety +1093

    I just find it not believable how a male finger is faked for a female one.
    Also the reporter running away from the swat team made no sense to me.

    • @idiashpeza2800
      @idiashpeza2800 Před 5 lety +37

      they were going to kill her thats why

    • @PotentialGrim
      @PotentialGrim Před 4 lety +5

      That were not the SWAT.

    • @michaelwheatley7669
      @michaelwheatley7669 Před 4 lety +3

      Why were they after the reporter?

    • @WhiteKeys007
      @WhiteKeys007 Před 4 lety +151

      @@michaelwheatley7669 How would they know she was in fact a reporter in the heat of the moment? She was defo getting shot son.

    • @ekswfrenwn7
      @ekswfrenwn7 Před 4 lety +115

      I'm pretty sure she was running away from them because if she gets caught, she wouldn't be able to retrieve the footage she got on her phone. I know she risks her life by running away, but I'm guessing that is the mentality of the reporter.

  • @aidan7fire
    @aidan7fire Před 4 lety +693

    The part where they say:"86% want you to do that..."
    Yeah, it reminds me how bad and evil people can be.

    • @tellercamille8080
      @tellercamille8080 Před 3 lety +23

      In reality the statistic would not be that high, no?

    • @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933
      @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 Před 3 lety +11

      The only thing that bothers me is the fact that the pie chart is inaccurate

    • @thomaspotterdotexe
      @thomaspotterdotexe Před 3 lety +19

      @@tellercamille8080 Surprisingly, it could be.

    • @kingkinkladze7352
      @kingkinkladze7352 Před 3 lety +35

      @@thomaspotterdotexe it would not be. I'd say the episode wasnt actually very realistic. At least a majority of people would understand that you should not negotiate with terrorists. And even if the public was in favour of it, there is no way a sitting PM would do it. The PM character in this episode was weak. His cabinet had no respect for him and he acted in all the wrong ways.

    • @plant3bananas297
      @plant3bananas297 Před 2 lety +1

      @@tellercamille8080 it would be

  • @trinacooper5001
    @trinacooper5001 Před 5 lety +713

    This episode made me cry. Then I got angry. I was disgusted so much that I fast fowarded past the sex act. I didn't watch the other episodes, just this one. Rory Kinner played the Prime Minister. He's my favorite actor.

    • @hoggarththewisesmeagol8362
      @hoggarththewisesmeagol8362 Před 4 lety +28

      Trina Cooper Oh don’t be such a prude

    • @lindenpeters2601
      @lindenpeters2601 Před 4 lety +35

      I fast-forwarded, too. It was not necessary to show it for so long. Not watching that scene means I would have been one of many to have been out and about their normal day...and might have found the princess in time. I think that scene is the true test of how enslaved people will be to a screen (meaning those who watched it are part of the sheep-like crowd). In this episode, exerting just an ounce of self-control would have prevented so much humiliation and despair.

    • @jami3038
      @jami3038 Před 4 lety +23

      @@lindenpeters2601 the amount of ego displayed in your comment upset my stomach more than the episode did.

    • @lindenpeters2601
      @lindenpeters2601 Před 4 lety +30

      @@jami3038 You consider me egotistical for writing that I don't want to watch bestiality. K.

    • @leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259
      @leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 Před 3 lety

      @@hoggarththewisesmeagol8362 lmao

  • @Mingeeming10
    @Mingeeming10 Před 5 lety +475

    I accidentally watched nose dive first and then I realized I was in season 3. So I watched the first episode and I wanted to see how they went from national anthem to nose dive so I had to continue watching. Then I realized what they really are trying to do with this show. I appreciate this show so much.

    • @lostheartslostminds
      @lostheartslostminds Před 5 lety +1

      👍👏

    • @appleexposed4404
      @appleexposed4404 Před 4 lety +34

      Haha! I accidentally watched Fighting Vipers first and just finished watching this episode. Sick shit. I'll try to stomach through the rest.

    • @mesa5734
      @mesa5734 Před 4 lety +11

      I read the synopsis of the show and it said a highly technological anthology, and then watched this episode wondering where the technology was because it’s based in our society. I thought Netflix had gotten the synopsis wrong and I was watching the wrong show. But I loved it so much and kept watching.

    • @jesse6744
      @jesse6744 Před rokem

      @@appleexposed4404 Same

    • @TiaKondi
      @TiaKondi Před rokem

      @@appleexposed4404 omg me too 😭😭 i was so starstruck

  • @ennahg7237
    @ennahg7237 Před 4 lety +219

    The fact that this was the episode that started it all is so weird, this episode scared me for life

  • @caitthecat
    @caitthecat Před 5 lety +1269

    That pie chart at 9:00 is pissing me off. That is clearly not 86/14%.

  • @12poulet21
    @12poulet21 Před 5 lety +271

    I can't believe i never picked up the fact that this could of been avoided if the video wasn't reuploaded. Good point

    • @ronswanson3536
      @ronswanson3536 Před 4 lety +6

      What do you mean? Did I miss that part?

    • @migbds
      @migbds Před 4 lety +65

      @@ronswanson3536the gob got rid of the video 9 minutes after it was uploaded. The public sharing it and watching it were the reason the video gained lots of traction.

    • @a.demifemiflapo5795
      @a.demifemiflapo5795 Před 4 lety +16

      Can u also believe that the girl was released before he was to commit this act of adultery 😂

    • @toneytorado5520
      @toneytorado5520 Před 2 lety +11

      @@a.demifemiflapo5795 that made me mad even more

  • @siennadiaries
    @siennadiaries Před 5 lety +5792

    I cannot deny that this episode was outstanding but making it episode 1 season 1 was *FUCKED*

    • @kennedytomlinson-styles1834
      @kennedytomlinson-styles1834 Před 5 lety +85

      Wasn’t the one with those people at dinner and her ex was there who got her pregnant and her boyfriend found out the first episode

    • @kennedytomlinson-styles1834
      @kennedytomlinson-styles1834 Před 5 lety +2

      Sorry I don’t know what it’s called

    • @willowwilloughby1194
      @willowwilloughby1194 Před 5 lety +240

      I agree. WHY THIS. If they wanted people to get the gist of what this show centers on, they shouldn't have come strong. Because I just watched this earlier for the first time, and I was just baffled and shocked. I was the same as before watching it, with no clue what it's about, but now horrified and barely functioning.
      But besides all that, this was a REALLY great episode. The fact that it managed to keep me on the edge of my seat, with my heart pumping was extraordinary! And the Prime Minister's slow descent from denial, insanity and into bitter acceptance was such a rollercoaster. I really enjoyed his acting. I'll probably check out the rest, but now... I feel like throwing up. :D

    • @Nicole_cherise
      @Nicole_cherise Před 4 lety +66

      John Dolan no that’s episode 3. Netflix has them ordered weird. You have to read the episode number in the description as they kind of go last to first season to season

    • @von3689
      @von3689 Před 4 lety +13

      @@Nicole_cherise ikr, why is it like that?

  • @dominikamagdalena9638
    @dominikamagdalena9638 Před rokem +127

    What I love about "Black Mirror" is that while watching the show, you start wondering what you would do if you were in the character's shoes. And it turns out you're not exactly sure what your reaction would be in the face of adversity. This TV series raises so many questions we wouldn't be able to answer straightaway... I would say binge-watching "Black Mirror" might be a little harmful to your brain as after seeing just one episode, you need some time to chew it over.

    • @morelorel
      @morelorel Před rokem

      i would of shot myself

    • @Rodrigo-kq3js
      @Rodrigo-kq3js Před 10 měsíci

      to be completely honest, i wouldda laffed.

  • @nikkaimie5903
    @nikkaimie5903 Před 4 lety +261

    I had nightmares after watching that episode, the ending is just unacceptable, it feels weird and frustrating at the same time and it's not good idk I just wish I haven't seen it

    • @afrahe3718
      @afrahe3718 Před 3 lety +18

      Exactly, it's so disturbing and the ending is not satisfying at all. After watching it my mind kept thinking about it and I was not happy

    • @yarsbar5617
      @yarsbar5617 Před 3 lety +5

      @@afrahe3718 - Exactly. The reason I think the ending is so unsatisfying is because I highly doubt the ending would actually occur in real life, if it did happen.

    • @phixix
      @phixix Před 3 měsíci

      I think that's the point dude.

  • @daisyc7080
    @daisyc7080 Před 4 lety +417

    This is the only episode that actually made me feel sick. It’s such a great episode don’t get me wrong but every time I watch it my stomach hurts

    • @suzanne5574
      @suzanne5574 Před 3 lety +39

      You managed to watch it more than once?🤢

    • @Arshika792
      @Arshika792 Před 3 lety

      @@suzanne5574 wtf?

    • @MrCassett
      @MrCassett Před 3 lety

      I think I can watch it only one time.

    • @TheKendeHD
      @TheKendeHD Před 3 lety +3

      the end of shut up and drive made my stomach turn

  • @joshtherobot248
    @joshtherobot248 Před 4 lety +449

    Black Mirror is genuine horror.

  • @jimglidewell
    @jimglidewell Před 3 lety +180

    A key aspect is the artist's motivation for this act. During the transition from the couple's bed to the first time we see the newsroom (about 8:15 in) there is a voiceover talking about how his show at the Tate has been closed three weeks early - presumably for indecency of some sort.
    This whole scenario was designed to show that the public is far more indecent than his art show ever was. And by releasing the princess early enough to avoid the whole horrid spectacle, he demonstrated that the indecency was pervasive in their society.

    • @king6238
      @king6238 Před rokem +12

      Holy shit. I think you may have cracked the artist's motive. I always wondered what the purpose was to mention his old exhibition being closed down was, but this is a really interesting take

  • @OpossumOnTheMoon
    @OpossumOnTheMoon Před 5 lety +199

    I would have just attempted suicide if I were him. Don’t even have to try to succeed. Just hurt yourself enough that you need to go to the hospital. Then you can get out of it easily.

  • @payalgupta7776
    @payalgupta7776 Před 5 lety +292

    Social media is the toilet of internet, said Lady Gaga.

    • @Jim-pq9pm
      @Jim-pq9pm Před 4 lety +2

      Better than being a cum dumpster for music producers

    • @yoruichixx6951
      @yoruichixx6951 Před 4 lety

      @@Jim-pq9pm yikers

    • @user-xv6ig8tu9b
      @user-xv6ig8tu9b Před 4 lety +19

      @@Jim-pq9pm yikes, imagine reducing women to their sexual activities as if it some how degrades their value or makes them "dunpsters", couldn't be me...🙈

    • @emranuhodzic2448
      @emranuhodzic2448 Před 4 lety +11

      Jim and incels such aa yourself are even more gross :)

    • @liamii5603
      @liamii5603 Před 3 lety +2

      Μουσική Είναι Ζωή prostitution is a job yea but still gross, these women can do what they want but im allowed for my opinions

  • @vjgodlybang
    @vjgodlybang Před 5 lety +644

    At the end of the episode, where Prime Minister has his back toward us as the audience-the lingering, and silence watching his wife run up the stairs astonished me.
    The lingering makes you feel uneasy in what you as an audience member viewed. It all culminates to a long, and stand still take. Invested me even moreso.

    • @immatryit6202
      @immatryit6202 Před 5 lety +11

      @TheSearchingTruth I would not fuck a pig even if there is a princess at the death line. Hmm, hard choice.

    • @dixxiesk
      @dixxiesk Před 4 lety +2

      @Soda Pop what is wrong with you lmao, its literally just a show on netflix

  • @jordanherkowski5052
    @jordanherkowski5052 Před 5 lety +482

    Pig puns really rinds my gears.

  • @bigbossyXD
    @bigbossyXD Před 5 lety +601

    Jane is selfish, the PM went through so much but she is so much in her feelings that it destroyed her relationship with her husband.

    • @dickottel
      @dickottel Před 4 lety +28

      he was selfish, he did it to remain a prime minister and for people not to hate him. it's not selfish to divorce someone who fucked a pig. he was disgusting. there's no good reason to rape an animal.

    • @naiknaik8812
      @naiknaik8812 Před 4 lety +73

      @@dickottel but the princess was gonna die

    • @liteukiyo9333
      @liteukiyo9333 Před 4 lety +54

      SkoczMiNaPukiel you mean selfless because he did it for her

    • @mango6195
      @mango6195 Před 4 lety +92

      SkoczMiNaPukiel the PM did it to ensure the safety of his family, but go off. his wife’s a dumb bitch who only cares about
      the backlash

    • @sagarpatel5312
      @sagarpatel5312 Před 4 lety +25

      @@dickottel how the fuck you can says that pm is wrong if he didnt do it his family and him are gonna die he sone it for her if he sisnt sone this his wife wouldt be alive to hate him its not his fucking fault she is a the evil whi cant understa d him and you bludy feminist

  • @Fulllife3.2
    @Fulllife3.2 Před 5 lety +228

    Thank you Prime Minister!
    But our princess is in another castle!

    • @ayoyimikaemmanuel3607
      @ayoyimikaemmanuel3607 Před 3 lety +5

      Too much man 🤣🤣🤣

    • @gabyvisheisky8206
      @gabyvisheisky8206 Před 3 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @azrulnajmi4062
      @azrulnajmi4062 Před 2 lety

      basically same energy. but thank god they put that the princess actually released early on a secret. it would be a disaster honestly if he knew it.

  • @NO-qu1uk
    @NO-qu1uk Před 4 lety +45

    "The future is now, things are about to get weird, and we don't know what to do" is now my favorite line

  • @madenlaur5073
    @madenlaur5073 Před 3 lety +120

    This is the reality of our time..... Chadwick Boseman died.... people were criticising him for being thin few months ago after he died people feel sorry for him....now people made fun of Elizabeth Olsen and bullied her....and then she had to deactivate her account.... people really shift thier opinion so quickly... without knowing whats the situation.....

  • @husnashaukat535
    @husnashaukat535 Před 4 lety +196

    He should have resigned and left the politics. Nothing is more important than self respect.

    • @alightswitch7775
      @alightswitch7775 Před 4 lety +23

      Except, y'know, the fucking princess

    • @sydpoletaev4209
      @sydpoletaev4209 Před 4 lety +85

      FUCK that bitch princess

    • @ajmiidee
      @ajmiidee Před 3 lety +1

      Kamen Rider hmm not anymore, they’re no longer the holy grail

    • @viviasmrr
      @viviasmrr Před 3 lety +20

      if he didn't do it they wouldn't be able to protect him from people hurting him and his family

    • @Nerdyboeki
      @Nerdyboeki Před 3 lety +22

      @@viviasmrr well if you think about it. They couldnt protect the princess in the first place ;)

  • @lostheartslostminds
    @lostheartslostminds Před 5 lety +11

    Why am I just now getting into binging on Black Mirror?!? Thank you so much for your videos! I so look forward to watching them after each episode. You're a Legend 👏👏

  • @cameoechols
    @cameoechols Před 3 lety +85

    I can’t believe they still took it out on him after the fact it happened, knowing the true story that he was there only doing it to save a princess. And they still punished him after the fact it’s quite disgusting

  • @JamboC-et8jn
    @JamboC-et8jn Před 5 lety +622

    I’m really surprised there was no reference to the real British prime minister David Cameron when he did it in College

    • @acrefray
      @acrefray Před 5 lety +158

      It was explicitly stated that that incident was never even considered as a parallel for the inspiration of the episode, though, of course, it was a forethought in the minds of the majority of Brits when watching the episode.

    • @acrefray
      @acrefray Před 5 lety +160

      @@alinavaysfligel7249 it was in fact a coincidence, which surprised most people. Irl, a previous prime minister had sex with a dead pig's head and photos taken... Pretty obvious it was for blackmail purposes considering all the circumstances surrounding the event and the release of it

    • @giftedboi
      @giftedboi Před 5 lety +133

      You expect an American to keep up with the existence of other countries? How droll.

    • @stephengrigg5988
      @stephengrigg5988 Před 5 lety +90

      I'm american and I remember hearing about during his last run for office. stereotyping Americans? how droll

    • @Vickyyxoxo
      @Vickyyxoxo Před 5 lety +18

      Ted Schwartz A tad bit stereotypical huh.

  • @leannezezeski-sass2773
    @leannezezeski-sass2773 Před 2 lety +45

    This episode is one of the scariest because it feels real like it could actually happen in real life. The way they filmed it too feels real, I feel like this is how people would actually react and how this would play out

  • @soupyweb
    @soupyweb Před 4 lety +51

    i’m so glad that this wasn’t the first episode that i watched because if it was i probably wouldn’t have continued

    • @tellercamille8080
      @tellercamille8080 Před 3 lety +5

      It's the first episode I watched and I wont continue lol

    • @mounaimomri554
      @mounaimomri554 Před 3 lety +6

      Its the first episode i watched and im loving the series

    • @wholelottapain8130
      @wholelottapain8130 Před 3 lety +3

      This was my first episode that I watched and it was so weird. I was like this isnt a show I’m willing to watch 😂 but then I came back and watched the other episodes and I was hooked

    • @loppyhero7196
      @loppyhero7196 Před 3 lety

      Lol how many of us watched the wrong first episode. Tbh I preferred this one to what I watched as the first episode, which was S2E1: Be right back which was boring as shit

    • @bigmax5780
      @bigmax5780 Před 3 lety

      This was the one i watched first, and i didnt come to watch BM for the next year because i was so sick

  • @Karthik_Mk
    @Karthik_Mk Před 4 lety +92

    I wish I had quarter of the iq used making this series

  • @BlackSheepScreaming
    @BlackSheepScreaming Před 5 lety +7

    Subscribed. Never so far have i seen someone be so thorough on all levels reviewing something,without any bullshit and fake PS4 giveaways and whatnot. Thanks,keep it up dude

  • @DeJahMode
    @DeJahMode Před 5 lety +91

    i literally just watched it so i would know what your talking about... this episode was fcked. what confused me was his "team" that Alex chick before he did the deed. She was prepping him like it was the SAT's and told him and im putting it in my own words "if you finish to fast people will take it as you enjoyed it, anticipated it, you wanted it". i would think people would understand why he'd want to get it over with. in what sexual situation or situation in general where someone finishes "too fast" is it seen as being eager and enjoyable? because last i checked .... it's not something desired in most cases. then she goes on to say "take your time, be as leisurely as possible we set up pictures" like how the hell was he suppose to be relaxed? wtf are pics suppose to do? my mind was like " THIS BITCH IS IN ON IT" ...it went on for a hour ... i know it's a show but i seen the other epiosdes lol i was confused how i missed this one and im shook in every worse way possible.

    • @yeolmaes
      @yeolmaes Před 3 lety +18

      she was mad MAD. weird af. she made him do it for an hour????? jshsjshsh yikes

    • @marickagc756
      @marickagc756 Před 2 lety +1

      True the people that surrounds him is so emotionless that they're like treating the situation like its a normal thing to do. And that old lady frustrates me

  • @theBoxtosser
    @theBoxtosser Před 4 lety +93

    Watching this episode, I couldn't fathom the contemplation of going through with the pig sex. It was surreal. It's like watching a horror movie and yelling at the person who keeps falling down while they are running from the killer lol. I just kept saying "she'd be a dead princess" through the whole episode. Trippy ending.

  • @becks_r
    @becks_r Před 4 lety +17

    This is actually my FAVORITE Black Mirror episode! It really sold me on the concept of the show since it seemed like it could happen tomorrow with no change in tech or media. It’s absolutely wonderful and chaotic. Love that you made this!

    • @Kappy25
      @Kappy25 Před měsícem

      It's my least favourite for the same reason. Made me sick to my core.

  • @nicholedaneelharken9440
    @nicholedaneelharken9440 Před 5 lety +74

    I waited my whole life for your video of this episode

  • @CM-xy7uk
    @CM-xy7uk Před 5 lety +1

    Really like this guys videos. He does his homework to not only understand what he’s talking about but he’s able to efficiently explain it in a way that’s easy to understand. 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @darkangel4994
    @darkangel4994 Před 4 lety +14

    god i literally couldn’t get this episode out of my head for weeks it made me feel physically sick this show is so amazing at what it does

  • @bugspraysmell
    @bugspraysmell Před 4 lety +15

    Not sure what it was, maybe the cinematography or acting, or something else (along with the subject matter), but this was genuinely one of the most unsettling and gut wrenching things to watch. Usually shows and movies don’t do this to me, but I felt that deep sinking feeling in my stomach. The atmosphere was so well done.

  • @OtherPeople159
    @OtherPeople159 Před 5 lety +67

    first..how can they not differentiate a adult male finger and a teenage female finger smhh..and gosh i hate his wife..

    • @zvezdoblyat
      @zvezdoblyat Před 3 lety +6

      Maybe he has feminine-like fingers. Not every man has hairy big ass fingers you know

  • @amandaarellano1138
    @amandaarellano1138 Před 5 lety +1

    These analysis videos are sooooo good! 👏🏼

  • @hawyee9090
    @hawyee9090 Před 5 lety +66

    this episode made me feel sick for like 2 days after watching lmao

  • @infamcus
    @infamcus Před 5 lety +14

    Dude your analyses are amazing. Keep it up! 💙

  • @kernelpanic5198
    @kernelpanic5198 Před 2 lety +16

    Something not mentioned in that episode (but maybe later ones) is that Black Mirrors is a lot inspired by Guy Debord's work, especially a book called "The Society of spectacle". I really encourage the read of that book, published in 1967, a real visionary work having a particular resonance at the time of social networks.

  • @lindenpeters2601
    @lindenpeters2601 Před 4 lety +86

    Unpopular opinion: if you were so disgusted by the broadcast scene that you fast-forwarded through it, congratulations: you would have been one of many who would have found the princess in time. I don't think it takes that much self-control to refrain from watching bestiality (pretend or otherwise). This is proof that our society is NOT so degraded that something like this could actually happen.

    • @irakulkarni5445
      @irakulkarni5445 Před 11 měsíci +13

      God get off your high horse. The point of the whole sequence was to make you uncomfortable and truly understand the gravity of the situation. You're superior to no one sit back down.

    • @swesleyc7
      @swesleyc7 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@irakulkarni5445

    • @irakulkarni5445
      @irakulkarni5445 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@swesleyc7 lmao y'all calling anything trolling these days

    • @avinatine
      @avinatine Před 2 měsíci

      no it's pretty different because we knew that wasn't actually happening

  • @thefungusrat
    @thefungusrat Před 5 lety +23

    In one of the later episodes (I don't remember which, but I can look into it), I thought there was another UKN Easter egg that says the prime minister was caught sneaking into the zoo "again", and I had hoped you might mention that. The implications of the long-lasting psychological effect that kind of humiliation has on him are palpable, and it made me even more sick just confronted with just the suggestion of his downward spiral. Absolutely the best pilot for the series.

    • @Spacenoidx
      @Spacenoidx Před 4 lety +3

      wow

    • @rachatmokrani3248
      @rachatmokrani3248 Před rokem

      so he raped animals again?......and he's supposed to be the guy we have to feel bad for?

  • @radiocorrective
    @radiocorrective Před rokem +30

    What really disturbs me about this episode is that no one, not even the viewers, spares ANY thought on the pig as a victim of rpe. I know why, it's because most of us have been conditioned to not even recognise individuals from that species (or in fact most othe species but especially these we commonly use and abuse) as 'individuals' aka someone with thoughts and feelings and that truly terrifies me. If we can be made so ignorant to others plight, we are safe from nothing and could be made to behave in any harmful way imaginable and it's so so easy to facilitate.

    • @layanf5072
      @layanf5072 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Maybe because it’s animal

    • @stanleystove
      @stanleystove Před 11 měsíci +1

      Stupid animal activists will let a whole orphanage burn to crisp to save a random dog that doesn't understand anything that's going on. The man is more scarred than the pig. Trust me, pigs are not the cleanests animals

    • @HerMajesty1
      @HerMajesty1 Před 10 měsíci

      There's a country in Europe where humans can have sex with animals now. Can't remember which one.

    • @spencerreid2086
      @spencerreid2086 Před 10 měsíci

      @@stanleystove people put too much stock on human lives being worth more than animals tho I mean a baby isn't any more aware or feeling than most animals if anything their less so but most people would still choose a babies life over an animal or even multiple animals.
      if it was me I'd throw the baby in the fucking fire one babies are way overrated their not cute and they do jack shit and two we don't need any more fucking people on this planet we have more than enough.
      same applies to some mentally disabled people who have it so bad that they basically have next to no awareness of anything around them.

    • @zte.
      @zte. Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@spencerreid2086Damn. You think a baby's life doesn't matter more because it can't "feel" as much as an animal??? You're a bad person. This is coming from a TRANSPHOBE.

  • @peepingint
    @peepingint Před 4 lety +3

    Thanks a lot for making this video!!!. It was great and got a good understanding on the meaning the TV series was trying to explain. The cruelty of the society and the lack of humanity is clearly explained.Also the dangers of the social media round us is seen here.

  • @mickeyrdzco14
    @mickeyrdzco14 Před 4 lety +1

    I'm really buy really impressed how you broke down all the episode. Amazing!!!

  • @whodatboi_whohimis20
    @whodatboi_whohimis20 Před 4 lety +1

    bro... your analysis and breakdowns are so deep...,, this is about my sixth video of yours that ive watched in a row. but you cut me deep by mentioning how this episode calls out the audience. btw that whole ****ing a pig thing made me sick but your puns sure did make me squeal with laughter! great content imo

  • @levesqee5712
    @levesqee5712 Před 4 lety +25

    This episode had me horrified from beginning to end. The media being so cruel was so true with how society is today, and it just sickened me. I was at tears watching the PM go through all of it. :-(

  • @jasss188
    @jasss188 Před 5 lety +87

    Woah........the end really hit me hard

  • @uhohitsruthie
    @uhohitsruthie Před 5 lety +2

    Your channel is so underrated!!!!

  • @carlogagliano8162
    @carlogagliano8162 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you. One of your best videos ever

  • @ItsEMSTER
    @ItsEMSTER Před 5 lety +53

    my favourite bit of this is the kudos to hated in the nation because, my god, is that an underrated episode

  • @TatsumiOga682
    @TatsumiOga682 Před 3 lety +184

    I see lots of comments hating on the wife and while I do feel what she did was wrong, I do understand why she did it. She knew that her husband had no choice but to do it, but seeing your significant other do something so disgusting, whether forced to or not, will inevitably lead to loss of sexual attraction. So before y'all start antagonizing people on this show, you gotta put yourself in their shoes, cuz this entire show is about the grayness of morality

    • @cappincrunch8775
      @cappincrunch8775 Před 2 lety +32

      dude this is what i was thinking the entire time because if someone i was attracted to did what he did at all i would lose attraction no matter what but the fact that she saw it and it was going on for an hour i wasn’t even blaming her by the end. If they ever were intimate again i wouldn’t doubt that’s all she would think of during

    • @someone8323
      @someone8323 Před 2 lety +77

      Well it’s not about sexual attraction. Believe it or not sex is not a must have ingredient for a relationship. If it were so then old couples or couples where one of the partner has some kind of disability that prevents them from having sex will not exist. It’s the empathy she was lacking. If it were my husband, I probably wouldn’t have been able to have sex with him again for a long time at least but sure as hell I would’ve been by his side, provided him immense moral support and wouldn’t have made this about me.

    • @girlsgenerationtaylorsversion
      @girlsgenerationtaylorsversion Před rokem +69

      it's fine if she didn't wanna have sex with him anymore but to basically treat him like shit when he was forced to do it and he did it to protect her is what's fucked up

    • @morelorel
      @morelorel Před rokem +1

      that’s what i said why everyone hating

    • @eeyun5279
      @eeyun5279 Před rokem

      Nah she was a piece of shit. From beginning to end. The fact she even watched it was bad enough. Let alone how she acted before and after. Bad person through and through

  • @itsjustbrandy4290
    @itsjustbrandy4290 Před 5 lety +2

    Love your videos!

  • @Tiffany-ov2jf
    @Tiffany-ov2jf Před 4 lety +54

    This episode was really insightful to the fickle mindedness of the people and society's lack of empathy towards the PM.. Charlie Brooker is an amazing writer. This beats nosedive 👏

    • @tellercamille8080
      @tellercamille8080 Před 3 lety +1

      I've always liked the PM. They worked hard to get where they are. The royalty just come out of a vagina to get where they are

    • @smith1008
      @smith1008 Před 3 lety

      @@tellercamille8080 good way of putting it

  • @imaspoon4522
    @imaspoon4522 Před rokem +6

    It seemed like no one in the episode ever thought "That poor, violated pig." lol

  • @inanothercastle4007
    @inanothercastle4007 Před 5 lety +3

    This channel is so underrated

  • @seanmeans7747
    @seanmeans7747 Před 5 lety +4

    These videos are a work of art

  • @hiperwierdo
    @hiperwierdo Před 4 lety +2

    These videos give me life please do the rest of the episodes

  • @Shanprinz666
    @Shanprinz666 Před 5 lety +3

    CROCODILE VIDEO PLEASE!! love your videos man!

  • @ohgodno1655
    @ohgodno1655 Před 4 lety +4

    I needed this video to somehow recover from that episode. I’m absolutely scarred.

    • @sahaasaudh6010
      @sahaasaudh6010 Před 3 lety

      Oh god same, I watched it yesterday and I can’t even sleep

    • @justcsoka
      @justcsoka Před 3 lety +1

      Just glad im not the only one who is traumatized

  • @MahNemJeff
    @MahNemJeff Před 5 lety +2

    Nice video man

  • @laydieQ
    @laydieQ Před 3 lety +1

    mind is blown dude. totally subscribed! :D

  • @holysecret2
    @holysecret2 Před 5 lety +30

    "Walk in the pork" was brilliant

  • @abbytooshabby109
    @abbytooshabby109 Před 5 lety +6

    And then you continue to watch it even after this lol, never thought of it like that, great analysis.

  • @AyushSingh-be2yi
    @AyushSingh-be2yi Před 2 lety +1

    Quite a good analysis👍. The story will look simple if you just watch it as a viewer but there's a deep message in it.

  • @josephsua7246
    @josephsua7246 Před 5 lety +2

    Just binged the first season. Neat stuff

  • @TableLegs42
    @TableLegs42 Před 5 lety +8

    I love your videos!! I’m interested to see your thoughts on Russian Doll if that’s something you were curious about watching

  • @duomaxwell8803
    @duomaxwell8803 Před 4 lety +101

    How the hell did an artist beat 2 bodyguards? In the episode, it said "heavy sedative, close range, each with a single puncture wound". Well, he's an artist, not a professional assassin. It's already hard to approach the princess and her bodyguards without alerting them, let alone sting 2 trained men at once with sedative. It said clearly "CLOSE RANGE", not shooting poison dart from distance like Teemo.
    The fact that 2 bodyguards were defeated like the way the movie described made us and the PM gang think that there was an organization behind all of these. Turn out it's a plot twist, a POOR plot twist. An artist who is passionate enough to kill himself for his art, is he passionate enough to train himself to become an efficient assassin? X DOUBT.

    • @yeolmaes
      @yeolmaes Před 3 lety +17

      this, and the way they didnt bother to check the fingerprint were plot holes i guess

  • @islam7657
    @islam7657 Před 5 lety +1

    lmao I loved the puns. But you could have added more!
    You got yourself a new subscriber :)

  • @liviagreco2276
    @liviagreco2276 Před 4 lety

    Awesome analysis! 👏👏

  • @brainloading5543
    @brainloading5543 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I love how all the beauty of this pilot episodes resides in the fact that if people hadn't been so rotten to the core, so corrupted, so not innocent and hadn't wanted to watch the PM in the act, they could have quickly found the girl laying on the bridge which could have stopped it but no, people were too busy watching their screens.
    The message of the artist is literally that screens desensitized us so much, that we're capable of letting that sort of thing happen.

  • @stillhoping
    @stillhoping Před 4 lety +6

    The reflection on our amusement and shock while watching the show is very real. I finished Black Mirror by watching 8 episodes in a row, and I gotta say, I felt kind of sick (it was also very late in the day, a bit scary). However, I kept playing the next one. That's a nice idea to think about.

    • @trashteamracing8262
      @trashteamracing8262 Před 11 měsíci

      A reflection of society's dark nature. A black mirror, if you will.

  • @erruiz00
    @erruiz00 Před 4 lety

    Excellent analysis - thanks.

  • @saramiller8870
    @saramiller8870 Před 4 lety +14

    This episode was one of the the hardest pieces of entertainment I've ever watched in my life. It was the first episode of Black Mirror I ever watched, and I warn people about this episode when I tell them they should watch Black Mirror. I remember, when it was the talk of the water cooler, we called it "The Pig Episode". The ending, though, was the hardest part to watch of all.

    • @taniagrethel5466
      @taniagrethel5466 Před rokem +1

      I feel u. I've only watched this episode once because I feel it's to mucho for me. I felt uncomfortable and kinda disgusted. But I totally got the message.

    • @rachatmokrani3248
      @rachatmokrani3248 Před rokem

      pretty ironic that an episode called "The pig episode" is an episode where the big victim of this story is the latest thing the episode give a shit about 😒😒😒😒😡😡

  • @urthofthenewsun8465
    @urthofthenewsun8465 Před 2 lety +24

    Re-watching this episode in 2021. I feel like the events of this episode mark the beginning of the dystopia. I have a theory that the artist who hangs himself, Carlton Bloom, was massively clued into the cultural zeitgeist. He knew the mass media addiction/consumption was coming, he did this because he wanted people to wake up.
    I think he forced everyone to watch their prime minister perform a disgusting act on TV so they would question their addiction to media. He told them exactly what they were going to see, and everyone tuned in anyway expecting to have a good time. The final shots of everyone realising how disgusting the images they’re watching confirms this for me.
    Have you also noticed that he is writing a suicide note or manifesto at the end, but in the epilogue they never talk about what the artist’s intent was? The media’s job was to spin this in a positive light, and sure enough the prime minister’s approval rating is up. The other episodes in this season show that the artist failed in his mission, as they’re about people who physically can’t look away from screens.

    • @teesmoovethagenius
      @teesmoovethagenius Před 2 lety +1

      🎯

    • @charlielynes
      @charlielynes Před rokem

      Look at the banner bar on the 1 year Anniversary news report, shown at the end... Tillsdale / Grenfell?

  • @icysaurus
    @icysaurus Před rokem +3

    When I saw the scene of the Prime Minister crying, it absolutely broke my heart. Never have I ever watched something that made me cry, this is the first time.

  • @Kappy25
    @Kappy25 Před měsícem +2

    This will always be scarier than any monster in any horror movie ever, since it shows the dark side of humans. Those people laughing in the bar...I mean humanity has become so distant from empathy cuz the internet has made us think literally everything is a joke as long as it's on screen. If it was right in front of them they wouldn't laugh.

  • @thereishaironyourscreen2991

    It’s funny because David Cameron pretty much already did that...

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen Před 5 lety +29

      And it was entirely coincidence that Charlie Brooker chose a pig...this was made in 2011, the Cameron Piggate story broke in 2015. Sometimes life imitates art like that!!!!!

    • @badnewz6108
      @badnewz6108 Před 4 lety +6

      I tried to blow the fucking hair off my screen

    • @MexVivid2020
      @MexVivid2020 Před 3 lety +1

      What did he do? Curious...

  • @charlybrown5264
    @charlybrown5264 Před 3 lety +3

    There is also a scene where one person is mentioning something along the line "someone from Downton Abbey" and in the episode there really is Allen Leech playing Tom Brandson in Downton Abbey

  • @boardingbarbie4167
    @boardingbarbie4167 Před 4 lety +8

    This made me feel like a normal person because I’m not able to sit through all of black mirror episodes! I didn’t even finish this on I found out how it ended by my friends!

  • @shashwathsbharadwaj4841
    @shashwathsbharadwaj4841 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow, fantastic analysis!

  • @n0t_matilda263
    @n0t_matilda263 Před 3 lety +58

    I hate that his own wife was the one who pushed him to do it, and then after he did she just turned on him. Its so unfair, I feel so bad for the poor guy. The scenes of him crying just fucked with me, it almost stopped me from watching the next episode because it scarred me so much (glad i did watch it though because 15 million merits was really good too)

    • @user-og9nl5mt1b
      @user-og9nl5mt1b Před rokem

      That's what women are . Disgusting creatures

    • @layanf5072
      @layanf5072 Před 11 měsíci

      I don’t blame her honestly

    • @cibo889
      @cibo889 Před 10 měsíci

      @@layanf5072 Why?