This post contains spoilers For Season 7 of the "Black Mirror".

When Charlie Brooker's "Black Mirror" burst into stage in 2011, Had a finger on the pulse of all things speculative fiction. Think about the various, dystopian bytes, fitted into the format of anthology, exploring everything from the privacy of the data and the identity of consumers to the virtual areas of consciousness within scientific-fit. Even the happiest episodes were supported by a valuable vision, because every story underlined essential truth. However, dipping in quality was obvious by that time Season 6 rolled around, which already stretched the premise to its limits. Season 7 seems to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, offering a mixed bag of disappointing stories that do not create a lasting impression. It is almost like the "black mirror" to lose its edge.

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He said that, in the last season there are several episodes exploring a solid premise. Toby Haynes's "Beth Noir" is one of themTaking an interesting (if predictable) approach to the term changed reality. The episode opens with a confectionery T -shirt Maria (Siena Kelly), testing her latest series of Miso Jam chocolates (!) With her boyfriend Kae (Michael Warkee). Mary seems to understand her life: she is the CEO of a chocolate company, where her art outside the box is deeply appreciated. During the group testing of the taste of her series of Mizo Jam treats in the office, a familiar face appears. Faithful (Rossi McKeven), who went to the same school as Mary, appears on testing, self -improving the group's opinion on the series of sweets, which was initially poorly admitted.

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Does Bête Noire set emotional unification, or does Verity's arrival as unusual? Given the series of anthology of the dark storytelling series, the episode relies on the latter, creating situations that cause tense paranoia for both Marie and the audience. The very nature of reality is at stake, along with Marie's credibility as a protagonist, because the facts and fiction are blurred in chaotic chaos. Only when you think the episode has done a decent job of using his narrative ace, he springs a lazy end that destroys everything he worked hard. Let's talk about it.

Maria establishes unstable personal faith from Get-Go: There is something "excluded" for truth, as it was formerly the unpopular high school gek, which spent most of his time in a computer class. This assessment, of course, cannot be taken at nominal value, as Maria's talks about truthfulness are extremely revealing her own insecurities and tendencies with an average girl. If nothing else, Vriti was harassed by popular people like Mary at school, forced to exist on the sidelines as they had fun. This aspect of Maria's character seems quite transparent when she responds negatively to the credibility of being engaged as a research assistant in her company, where her deep prejudice for a woman begins to appear Tad avenging.

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While Mary's disadvantages are rooted in the truth (which forces us to rethink her claims of reliability), the episode gradually reveals the flip side of reality. As Sunday progresses, Maria's life turns into worse, where small details of her life are changed within the blink of an eye. Chicken Store (which Mary has known for years) magically changes her name (subversive use of the Mandela effect), and the algae-based ingredient that mentions in the email is changed to non-starved meat. For obvious reasons, she blames Vitis, who seems to be upset over Maria's more paranoid behavior. When the climax is unfolding, we learn what we assumed together. The truth is malicious as a hook and is here for revenge after overwhelming a way to change the reality of a whim.

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Predictability may be the name of the game in "Bete Noir", but it is approaching researching interesting issues about ordinary cruelty and its lifelong consequences. People like Mary could deliberately erase the unwanted aspects of their past as they grow up, but those affected by her cruelty will always remember. The truth is arming her intelligence against her thugs, using her to be who she wants, including a figure worthy of worship. But these grounded topics stand out in the end, where Maria shoots credibility and uses the signal to manipulate reality to become ... "The Empress of the Universe". This funny notion is interpreted with Shoddy CGI, thousands of kneeling fans and tone-gloss turning a story that Almost There was a point worth considering.

This end gives us anything. It is a shallow performance to avoid responsibility for Mary, which is now on a megalomaniac trip with infinite possibilities rather than facing consequences or growing up as an individual. Trophies for clogging scientists are not used here, as the invention of the mind of Veriti is just a rapidly considered McGufin. In essence, Bête Noire feels quite blank, and its intensity is disturbed when Maria presses the convicted button on one of the distances of Verity's pendants.

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