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S7E2

BĂȘte Noire

Black Mirror · 2025-04-10 · 50 min

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what happens

A young woman is unnerved when an old acquaintance joins the company she works at — especially as there's something odd about her that only she can see.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

47

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

51

how much it moved you

Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.

Read from 16 comments — 14 said when.

Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.

setupcomplicationdevelopmentclimax1007550250INTENSITYTENSION0%25%50%75%100%

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Drag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height
how intense it got, 0–100
gold above
how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail
how much was still unresolved
grey haze
how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
openingending

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit21 read

  • “even at the beginning the news is talking about what happened to Natalie.”

    Justin28â–Č 982about 0–15% inread it ↗

  • “Loved how she immediately just tapped into it all at the end, no ‘using powers for good’ or any other cliche, just going right ahead and jumping in with how Verity used it. Brilliant.”

    Shotta_Câ–Č 780about 80–100% inread it ↗

  • “I thought the plot twist at the end was completely ridiculous, but
 I still kinda loved it?”

    HFLokiâ–Č 631about 75–100% inread it ↗

  • “I was genuinely invested the whole episode, trying to piece together what was going on and what kind of futuristic tech might be behind it all.”

    HFLokiâ–Č 631about 0–100% inread it ↗

who made it

directed
Toby Haynes
written
Charlie Brooker

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

  • Siena Kelly as Maria
  • Rosy McEwen as Verity
  • Michael WorkĂ©yĂš as Kae
  • Ben Ashenden as Nick
  • Amber Grappy as Yudy
  • Elena Sanz as Camille
  • Alice Brittain as Group Member #2
  • KKieran Smith as Group Member #1
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