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Black Mirror

White Christmas

  • Episode aired Dec 16, 2014
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 13m
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Three interconnected tales of technology run amok during the Christmas season are told by two men at a remote outpost in a frozen wilderness.Three interconnected tales of technology run amok during the Christmas season are told by two men at a remote outpost in a frozen wilderness.Three interconnected tales of technology run amok during the Christmas season are told by two men at a remote outpost in a frozen wilderness.
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  • Director
    • Carl Tibbetts
  • Writer
    • Charlie Brooker
  • Stars
    • Jon Hamm
    • Rafe Spall
    • Oona Chaplin
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  • Director
    • Carl Tibbetts
  • Writer
    • Charlie Brooker
  • Stars
    • Jon Hamm
    • Rafe Spall
    • Oona Chaplin
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    Jon Hamm
    Jon Hamm
    • Matt Trentas Matt Trent
    Rafe Spall
    Rafe Spall
    • Potteras Potter
    Oona Chaplin
    Oona Chaplin
    • Gretaas Greta
    Natalia Tena
    Natalia Tena
    • Jenniferas Jennifer
    Janet Montgomery
    Janet Montgomery
    • Bethas Beth
    Rasmus Hardiker
    Rasmus Hardiker
    • Harryas Harry
    Dan Li
    Dan Li
    • Timas Tim
    Ken Drury
    • Gordonas Gordon
    Zahra Ahmadi
    Zahra Ahmadi
    • Gitaas Gita
    Verity Marshall
    • Amyas Amy
    Ian Attard
    Ian Attard
    • Dawsonas Dawson
    • (as Ian Keir Attard)
    Grainne Keenan
    • Claireas Claire
    • (as Gráinne Keenan)
    Robin Weaver
    • Holderas Holder
    Simon Nock
    • Fennas Fenn
    Diveen Henry
    Diveen Henry
    • Folaas Fola
    Esther Smith
    Esther Smith
    • Madgeas Madge
    Beatrice Curnew
    • Surgeonas Surgeon
    Jonathan Arkwright
    • Bloke at Baras Bloke at Bar
    • Director
      • Carl Tibbetts
    • Writer
      • Charlie Brooker
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    Joe Potter wakes up on the Christmas Day and finds his talkative co-worker Matt Trent preparing the Christmas dinner. They have been working together for five years in a remote outpost in the middle of nowhere in the snow. Joe does not like to talk, but Matt decides to tell his story. Matt was helping the shy Harry to seduce the beautiful Jennifer in a party using the "Z-Eye" implanted in his eyes in an illegal procedure. Harry succeeds and they go to Jennifer's apartment but things go awry and they die. Matt delete the evidences of his participation but his wife blocks him and they become invisible and inaudible to each other. Then Matt explains that he really worked with a chip called Cookie, capable to make a digital copy of the user. Then he forced the copy to serve the real user through torture manipulating time to break any resistance from the copy. Joe decides to tell why he came to the outpost and he explains that he lived with Beth. One night, they have dinner with their friends Tim and Gita and Beth is feeling tired and absent. She goes to bed and Joe cleans the kitchen. However, he accidentally drops the garbage on the floor and he sees a positive pregnancy test. He questions Beth and she tells that she will abort the baby. They have an argument and Beth blocks and leaves Joe. One day, he accidentally finds her silhouette on the street and he discovers that she is raising her child with her father. However he is incapable to see neither Beth nor the child since he is still blocked. But when Beth dies in a train accident, Joe goes to her father's house to see his child and he has a surprise. But where the outpost is located? —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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    • Trivia
      When Joe is flipping through channels on the television, the first program is the talent competition show "Hot Shot" from the episode entitled Fifteen Million Merits (2011).
    • Goofs
      When setting up the 'cookie', the bite out of the toast disappears and reappears.
    • Quotes

      Harry: Ultimately the only thing you're worried about is the transition from one state to another, and that can't hurt you because it's it's just a state change.

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojoUK: Top 10 Actors Who Have Appeared in Black Mirror (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
      Written by Roy Wood

      Performed by Wizzard

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    10/10
    Really Liked This episode.
    That was awesome. How everything ended was great. The main idea and how to deliver the concept of memory copy was good. I liked John Hamm. I kept thinking about if we took a copy of mind and made it do nothing for some time just to obey the orders in future. Black mirror is one of the best shows I ever watched.
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    • Jan 15, 2018

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 16, 2014 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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