Hated in the Nation

Episode aired Oct 21, 2016
TV-MATV-MA
1h 29m

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8.5/10

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Esther Hall, Jonas Karlsson, Kelly Macdonald, and Faye Marsay in Black Mirror (2011)

Drama Mystery Sci-Fi

In near-future London, police detective Karin Parke, and her tech-savvy sidekick Blue, investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media.In near-future London, police detective Karin Parke, and her tech-savvy sidekick Blue, investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media.In near-future London, police detective Karin Parke, and her tech-savvy sidekick Blue, investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media.

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8.5/10

42K

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Kelly Macdonald, Faye Marsay, and Holli Dempsey in Black Mirror (2011)

Kelly Macdonald, Benedict Wong, and Holli Dempsey in Black Mirror (2011)

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Trivia
When deciding the order in which the third season would air, Charlie Brooker was explicitly told by Netflix this episode could not be the season premiere, since its extended length would discourage viewers from watching the next installment right away.

Goofs
MRI magnetic fields are generally left on at all times. It can take up to 30 minutes for the field to dissipate. If the field was strong enough to pull out the mechanical bee, it would still be too strong soon after for someone to just pull it off of the MRI.

However, in case of emergency (such as as a small metallic object being inadvertently removed from a patients skull) there is the option to "quench" an MRI, which shuts down the magnetic field almost instantly. It works by rapidly releasing the liquid helium in gaseous form. In order to be used again, the liquid helium inside the scanner has to be refilled, making a quench an expensive procedure.

Quotes
Shaun Li: Government's not going to pump billions into it just cause some lab coat says so, and it grabs 200 green votes. They saw an opportunity to get more, they took it.
Chloe 'Blue' Perrine: Total nationwide surveillance.
Shaun Li: We tracked suspects for weeks in ways they couldn't dream of. We prevented bombings, mass shootings.
Chloe 'Blue' Perrine: By spying on the public.
Shaun Li: And keeping them safe, which is what they want.
Chloe 'Blue' Perrine: Clara Meades isn't safe, though, is she, Shaun? Knowing what you knew, that might've helped us, but no, you kept your little fucking secret.
Karin Parke: Okay! The government's a cunt. We knew that already.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojoUK: Top 10 Black Mirror Episodes (2018)

Soundtracks
Fall into Me
Performed and written by Alev Lenz.
Produced by Martin Phipps.

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10/10

Absolutely brilliant

This is simply one of the most brilliant single episodes of a TV show I've ever seen. The story, acting, pacing, mystery, action, etc., were all on point. Easily one of the best episodes of the show.

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