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Be Right Back

  • Episode aired Feb 11, 2013
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  • 48m
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Hayley Atwell in Black Mirror (2011)
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After learning about a new service that lets people stay in touch with the deceased, a lonely, grieving Martha reconnects with her late lover.After learning about a new service that lets people stay in touch with the deceased, a lonely, grieving Martha reconnects with her late lover.After learning about a new service that lets people stay in touch with the deceased, a lonely, grieving Martha reconnects with her late lover.

  • Director
    • Owen Harris
  • Writer
    • Charlie Brooker
  • Stars
    • Hayley Atwell
    • Domhnall Gleeson
    • Claire Keelan
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    • Director
      • Owen Harris
    • Writer
      • Charlie Brooker
    • Stars
      • Hayley Atwell
      • Domhnall Gleeson
      • Claire Keelan
    • 61User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
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    Hayley Atwell
    Hayley Atwell
    • Martha
    Domhnall Gleeson
    Domhnall Gleeson
    • Ash
    Claire Keelan
    Claire Keelan
    • Naomi
    Sinead Matthews
    Sinead Matthews
    • Sarah
    Flora Nicholson
    Flora Nicholson
    • Midwife
    Glenn Hanning
    Glenn Hanning
    • Delivery Man
    Tim Delap
    Tim Delap
    • Simon
    Indira Ainger
    • Martha's Daughter
    Pamela Betsy Cooper
    • Mourner
    • (uncredited)
    Tony Fadil
    Tony Fadil
    • Christopher
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Glaves
    Richard Glaves
    • Sarah's Man
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Herdman
    • Onlooker
    • (uncredited)
    Chris Wilson
    Chris Wilson
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      • Charlie Brooker
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    • Trivia
      A service called "That can be my next tweet!" has existed since 2013 that will analyze your twitter stream and attempt to create a tweet that you could have written.
    • Goofs
      The police would not have come to her house with the vehicle lights on.
    • Quotes

      Ash: Just sharing that.

      [he holds the photo of Ash as a boy]

      Ash: Thought people might find it funny.

      Martha: It's not funny; It's sweet.

      Ash: Trust me; that day wasn't sweet... first family outing after Jack died... When I came down the next morning all Jack's photos were gone... she put them in the attic. It's how she dealt with stuff. And then when dad died, up went his photos to the attic. She just left this one here. Her only boy giving her a fake smile

      Martha: She didn't know it was fake.

      Ash: Maybe that makes it worse.

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      If I Can't Have You
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      Written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb

      Performed by Yvonne Elliman

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    9/10
    Diving in deeper to the depths of the terrified human psyche.
    Black Mirror touches upon the edges of what is possible and where we are heading. It also raises some warning alarms that might seem esoteric and far fetched at first but they ring so true if we just consider the already psychopathic exchange we have with the available technology. New diseases are now being coined as a result of our obsession with the internet and social media; we do not hesitate at all at denouncing someone at chats and obstinately sticking to our opinion without considering every angle; we are slowly but surely moving away from reality to a contrived virtual reality. More powerful technology is certainly going to cause more egregious side-effects.

    This episode is so engrossing. The acting and the scenes are convincing enough in relaying the grief and misery Martha is going through. You can relate to her feelings and actions as she takes several steps in the wrong direction. The episode succeeds in conveying the addicting power of such a tech, and how it may adversely affect the terrified human psyche, that with every ounce of its being opposes the idea of death. It wants to cling on to happy memories and is so fearful of moving past.

    A few plot instruments might seem inconceivable, but we are not far from the possibility of a virtual avatar with your voice, personality and behavior based on all the digital storage we have of us. But we need to recognize that there is another side to the veil as well.
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      • February 11, 2013 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
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      • English
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      48 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital
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      • 16:9 HD

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