Black Mirror: Smithereens
by Charlie Brooker; dir. James Hawes (Netflix, 2019)
A rare instalment with no real speculative element. Brooker does explore how current technology can make everything worse, but the real value lies in contrasting one simple, genuine phone conversation with the circus trying to prevent it. Andrew Scott is good value.
Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation
by Charlie Brooker; dir. James Hawes (Netflix, 2016)
Feature-length police investigation with the character development to constitute a series pilot in its own right. Brooker considers the internet as a conductor of mass hate, then flips through a disquieting grey area to visit extreme, equally capricious consequence on individual users.