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Raka_Putra 09/28/23 10:51:26 PM #1: |
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Sorry for the late, late topic! I was supervising the preparation and opening of my community theater's ticket presale (we're doing Legally Blonde the Musical). Thankfully, it sold beyond our expectations! Anyway, in contrast to that...the dance in this episode's title isn't a literal dance! The episode tells the story of a teenage boy, Kenny (Alex Lawther), who is blackmailed into committing bizarre and criminal acts by anonymous hackers in possession of a video of him masturbating. The teen is joined by a middle-aged man (Jerome Flynn), who is also being blackmailed over infidelity. The episode is dark in tone and has themes related to a previous episode, "White Bear". Guidelines:
Previous ratings: 9.04 - S1E2 - Fifteen Million Merits 8.71 - Special - White Christmas 8.37 - S2E1 - Be Right Back 8.13 - S1E3 - The Entire History of You 6.89 - S3E1 - Nosedive 6.88 - S2E2 - White Bear 6.79 - S3E2 - Playtest 6.22 - S1E1 - The National Anthem 4.83 - S2E3 - The Waldo Moment --- "A blank page or canvas, his favorite. So many possibilities." - RIP Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Dels 09/29/23 12:07:47 AM #3: |
7/10 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Johnbobb 09/29/23 12:13:05 AM #4: |
2.5
Pretty easily the worst episode of the series imo --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Snake5555555555 09/29/23 12:18:52 AM #5: |
7/10
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Robazoid 09/29/23 12:20:38 AM #6: |
3/10
I didn't outright hate it, but it didn't feel very Black Mirror to me and overall wasn't very interesting. With the twist ending, I get why the kid was motivated to do whatever the hackers said, but Bronn was just cheating on his wife. I wouldn't go along with any of that shit if all I was doing was cheating on my wife. --- **R.O.B.A.Z.O.I.D** ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Jesse_Custer 09/29/23 12:22:43 AM #7: |
3.5 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Cavedweller2000 09/29/23 1:14:39 AM #8: |
9.5
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guffguy89 09/29/23 1:52:35 AM #9: |
9
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LightningStrikes 09/29/23 3:40:10 AM #10: |
9/10. A bit surprised by some of the negative reactions.
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ZenOfThunder 09/29/23 3:45:28 AM #11: |
7
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htaeD 09/29/23 6:30:05 AM #12: |
Neat concept
Didnt use it to the best extent 7/10 --- Violet IGN: Malta, Sword IGN: Pandora Home: Pandorian/JBURSQAVTAGA ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GenesisSaga 09/29/23 9:04:02 AM #13: |
9.3
I rewatched it yesterday and enjoyed it immensely. Some of the things you don't pick up on the first time around are absolutely chilling --- That girl is poison... Never trust a big butt and smile :> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Xeybozn 09/29/23 9:19:01 AM #14: |
9/10
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MysteriousStan 09/29/23 9:21:17 AM #15: |
8.5/10 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Forceful_Dragon 09/29/23 9:31:31 AM #16: |
Playtest: 7.5
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Eddv 09/29/23 9:38:48 AM #17: |
2.5/10
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Johnbobb 09/29/23 10:32:20 AM #18: |
GenesisSaga posted...
It's so interesting how they frame him in such a sympathetic manner throughout the duration only to reveal toward the end that he's a disgusting deviant who deserves everything that's happened to him. Even remembering what I did I still somehow felt sorry for him when he was forced to rob the bank at gunpoint. The kid went through it.I think this is part of what makes this episode fall flat. Like a teenager masturbating to child porn on his computer is awful, obviously, but is it "be forced into a televised fight to the death with a grown man" awful? Part of what made White Bear work is that the protagonist was revealed to be someone who kidnapped, abused and then murdered a child, and the weight of those actions almost makes understandable why the town does what they do Then this episode tries to pull the same "gotcha" moment but with a much weaker premise and it just didn't land at all --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GenesisSaga 09/29/23 11:42:26 AM #19: |
Johnbobb posted...
See that's the exact opposite of how I feel about White Bear. It's way overdone because she played a part in that child's suffering, but she was confirmed to be the accomplice and not the main perp. The man who killed himself in prison deserved every bit of that punishment, and while she deserved... something for conspiring with him that wadn't it , chief. --- That girl is poison... Never trust a big butt and smile :> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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