A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world. Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
Character is physically abusive toward his child. It is shown through several actions, lines and reactions from said child. This episode looks like it takes part in the 60's or 70's.
It is mentioned that an 8-year old is being sexually abused by her father. There's a brief flash of the father starting an interaction and loosening his belt. Can be triggering.
A mouse is shown and heard getting electrocuted by an invention, that was supposed to only stun it but voltage was too high. Quick squeak of pain, then it dies.
A cat is briefly displayed at the beginning of the episode however there is no mention of the cat being harmed and the cat is not seen for the rest of the episode.
It is mentioned that an 8-year old is being sexually abused by her father. There's a brief flash of the father starting an interaction and loosening his belt. Can be triggering.
S1E1: A character is coerced into publicly having sex with a pig, which is partially shown on screen.
S1E2: A character is given a drink called "compliance," which leads her to agree to be part of a sex ring. There is sexual harassment before she is pressured into going into the ring and taking off her shirt by two men and a woman, who also make other sexual comments. While she says "yes" in the videos of her sexual encounters, which are distributed throughout the community, she is hesitant to do so, and it is clear that saying "no" is not an option.
S2E3: Mention of pedophilia.
S3E3: A character is shown masturbating to child p**n (although nothing on his laptop is shown) and is later arrested. This character also interacts with (but does not assault) a child.
S4E1: Two women are forced to kiss a man several times. A third woman is tortured when she refuses to kiss someone. There is one suggestion of a main character forcing a woman into sex.
S4E2: The woman coerced into doing p**n by the judges of a talent show is referenced.
S4E6: A man is shown spanking his girlfriend during sex, despite her repeated requests for him not to do so. In the context of the episode, it is made clear that he is doing this specifically to cause her pain, in order to utilize a device that turns her pain into his pleasure.
There is a ‘threat’ of it in season one episode 3 but nothing happens.There is a death and the throat is heavily slashed. First shown 9:11. Off frame completely at 11:00. No audio of it so just look away there’s important dialogue. ( wait until they’re outside and waking alway from scene. I’ve not watched the whole season so I’ll update if I see more.
Princess Susanna's finger is severed and sent in a box when the Prime Minister's team attempts to fake fulfilling her kidnappers demands. The severing is not shown on screen as it is done out of view behind Susanna's back. Spoiler: ˙ǝlɐɯ pǝᴉɟᴉʇuǝpᴉun uɐ oʇ pǝƃuolǝq ʇᴉ pɐǝʇsuᴉ 'ɐuuɐsnS oʇ ƃuolǝq ʎllɐnʇɔɐ ʇou pᴉp ɹǝƃuᴉɟ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ pǝlɐǝʌǝɹ sᴉ ʇᴉ 'ǝposᴉdǝ ǝɥʇ ɟo puǝ ǝɥʇ ʇ∀
Mention of graphic sexual violence including genital mutilation and torture when discussing the prior actions of a serial killer - none shown on screen only described
White Christmas - a digital clone of a person is subjected to six months of isolation and mental torture to "break" her. Later another person suffers a similar fate.
Someone cuts/barely stabs their hand with a shard of glass, and later threatens to stab themself in the neck. Both are shown, but not bloody or forceful; It just shows the skin being prodded.
Follows a kidnapping. Very very strong suicidal ideation which will trigger anyone who has suffered from these thoughts. Threatens to kill the kidnapped man who looks to be around 20 years old and himself several times it is very triggering and I recommend not watching if you have suffered from these thoughts as i wish it came with a warning.
There are some in store displays, one in particular is focused on because it's got an outfit a character likes. There are also mannequin parts in a bin outside. They aren't the focus of the scene.
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Season 1
Ep 1 The National Anthem- NOT SAFE! Man V*s around 39 minutes in after woman is taken off bridge. Audio and body language only. Saliva is seen around his nose and mouth for remainder of scene and two more times after this.
Ep 2 Fifteen Million Merits- SAFE!
Ep 3 The Entire History of You- SAFE! One mention of P.
Season 2
Ep 1 Be Right Back- NOT SAFE! Woman V*s around 11 minutes in after taking a big sip of wine. Audio and body language only. Same woman V*s again around 13 minutes in after g*gging and running out of room. Audio and visual.
Ep 2 White Bear- SAFE!
Ep 3 The Waldo Moment- SAFE!
Ep 4 White Christmas- SAFE! Man g*gs and coughs up blood around 22 minutes in.
Season 3
Ep 1 Nosedive- SAFE! One mention of V.
Ep 2 Playtest- SAFE!
Ep 3 Shut Up and Dance- NOT SAFE! Man V*s around 20 minutes in after getting a text and walking to the bathroom. Audio only. One mention of TU.
Ep 4 San Junipero- SAFE!
Ep 5 Men Against Fire- SAFE! Some blood out of the mouth.
Ep 6 Hated in the Nation- SAFE! Woman foams at the mouth around 54 minutes in.
Season 4
Ep 1 USS Callister- SAFE!
Ep 2 Arkangel- NOT SAFE! Girl V*s around 43 minutes in after running out of classroom. Audio only. Mention of V.
Ep 3 Crocodile- Safe-ish. Woman bends over a g*gs a few times around 3 minutes in. Woman bends over and g*gs again around 49 minutes in. No V, but might be triggering.
Ep 4 Hang the DJ- SAFE! Man spits out food.
Ep 5 Metalhead- Safe-ish. Woman g*gs, coughs and bends over around 27 minutes in. No V, but might be triggering.
Ep 6 Black Museum- SAFE! Some blood out of the mouth. Mention of P. Some intense coughing. Some drooling.
Season 5
Ep 1 Striking Vipers- SAFE!
Ep 2 Smithereens- NOT SAFE! Man says he’s going to V many times around 15 minutes in and finally V*s around 16 minutes in. Audio and body language only. V is seen on his suit for remainder of episode.
This is so complicated because it's a movie that breaks character within a show. The actor, who never married and is heavily implied to be a lesbian gets with a woman, another actor, unmarried. The role the first woman plays is of a straight married woman whose husband is trying to end her
In the episode Black Museum, in the third story of this anthology episode, a life-like (and possibly consciousness) hologram is forced to undergo holographic torture via an electric chair - being restrained to the device, and unable to escape.
This is clearly shown to be a painful and harmful abuse of this hologram.
In the episode Black Museum, a man is shown to be seriously harming himself due to an implant that mixes up his pain and pleasure responses. There may be more episodes containing self harm, but this is the only I know of.
I’d say no. There is no indication the character is actually mentally ill, just toxically possessive. Negative traits don’t automatically mean mental illness, and the two shouldn’t be conflated.
Given paparazzi are involved there's lot of camera flashing. The worst part is honestly the part in the cabin. I'm not sensitive to flashing lights and it even bothered me.
Someone’s mental capacity is questioned. They are implied to be mentally ill, and their symptoms are downplayed, ignored, or disbelieved. This person is tortured as punishment for a crime they may have been innocent of, by reason of insanity.
In San Junipero two gay characters die, but their relationship is framed as something very positive, they both die of oldage and they find love in the "afterlife" so imo it does not fall into the bury your gays trope
in S1:E2 there is a man on the bike who watches this show where food is shoved into fat people's faces and he is laughing at them. He also watches another show where water is fired at fat people dressed in yellow scrubs and stuff because that's the workers gear. He laughs hysterically at them, and bullies all of the workers.
Someone implied to have schizophrenia suddenly commits a murder-suicide. Mentally ill people are much more likely to be victims of violence, not perpetrators. Plus the details of why/how it happens are just a bit contrived.
a black guy doesn't die however there is a situation where a black guy isn't allowed to go to work anymore because he got voted down too low (situation wasn't linked to race)
There's a lot of microaggressions and racist remarks made. There is also a nationalist group. This takes place in Britain, the primary targets seem to be immigrants and the main character is Indian.
Not an anti abortion theme, however in the episode 'White Christmas', when a character tells her partner she wants to get an abortion he gets and angry and calls her a bitch
In the beginning, they play with the blood from the slain family across the walls and at the end its shown across the walls and a huge puddle on the floor.