3 Reasons Black Mirror S6 Shouldn't Have Been Made in the First Place
The sixth season continued the sad trend of self-repetition, offering nothing new to fans.
Nearly a decade ago, the first chapter of the dystopian anthology series Black Mirror was released. Since then, Charlie Brooker's brainchild has been renewed for five more seasons, sold to Netflix, and lost pretty much all of its former terrifying charm.
Fans were hoping that the show's sixth season would offer a long-awaited return to form, but instead, it left viewers even more disappointed. At this point, it's safe to say that Season 6 of Black Mirror should not have been made at all — and here's why.
1. There's no more experiment
Black Mirror has fallen victim to the curse of all successful shows: the creators do not want to lose their established audience, so instead of experimenting, they tend to reproduce the same winning formulas that made the project work in the past.
Ever since the show moved to Netflix and the number of episodes per season doubled, the stories were lacking original ideas, and the current Season 6 just proved that once again.
2. The show got repetitive
This point is similar to the previous one, but here we're targeting Charlie Brooker's writing directly. In the previous seasons of Black Mirror, the creator satirized the worst aspects of our society while exploring viewers' fears caused by the current boom of technology and the growing power of the media.
And while Season 6 diverges from Black Mirror's usual theme of technophobia, it seems that Brooker has simply lost touch with his audience at this point, slipping into self-repetition and not giving us the same gut-wrenching, but oddly satisfying narrative that was integral to his show before.
3. The main idea is almost missing
As mentioned above, the sixth season largely betrays the show's central topic of technology and the threats it poses, with only two out of five episodes, 'Joan is Awful' and 'Beyond the Sea,' exploring similar themes.
'Mazey Day' and 'Demon 79' have little to do with technology and media, with mystical elements prevailing, and 'Loch Henry' is more of a thriller offering a critical view of the film industry. For many viewers, it was an unwelcome surprise that the hit series has completely diverged from its main idea that once made them fall in love with Black Mirror.