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(NOTE: The following review contains spoilers for episodes 1-5 of the sixth season of Black Mirror.)
I felt more nostalgic than excited when news broke that Netflix’s Black Mirror, which last aired in 2019, would back for a sixth season.
The ambitious sci-fi anthology series, created by Charlie Brooker in 2011, broke through at a time when some of the technologies it skewered – including social media and virtual reality – still felt more exciting than dull, maladaptive or sinister.
The show’s polished pessimism felt like a healthful
