After four years when everything’s seemed like a “Black Mirror” episode, Netflix’s British anthology series has returned with a sixth season, and its most meta story ever: An ordinary woman’s life crumbles around her when her everyday existence is turned into a prestige streaming drama.
Annie Murphy, the “Schitt’s Creek” Emmy winner who plays the embattled title character of “Joan Is Awful,” doesn’t think she’d handle that situation as well as Joan does: “I would just be locked in a dark closet sobbing and unable to go on.”
The new five-episode season of “Mirror” (now streaming), which features twisted tales where bad things are caused by new technology, is meant to “go back to basics and slightly rethink what ‘Black Mirror’ is, on some level,” says creator/writer Charlie Brooker. “Nowadays there’s a lot of shows that are full of people surrounded by chrome and glass crying as an app destroys their life.”
One new chapter (“Loch Henry”) digs into true-crime obsessions, while another (“Demon 79”) is a 1970s English horror throwback.
“Joan Is Awful” is a classic “Black Mirror” episode: Joan works in middle management at a tech company and comes home after a particularly troubling day to find that the top new show on the Netflix-like service Streamberry is an embellished view of her own life, starring Salma Hayek.
Depression and panic attacks ensue when the world tunes in, and Joan ends up fighting back in a darkly comic satire that tackles social media, AI in entertainment, deepfake technology and image rights.
Even more meta for yours truly: In one scene, a copy of the USA TODAY entertainment section touts the “Joan” show’s success ― Brooker calls it “a loving homage” ― while another features an awesome shoutout all Brians will appreciate.
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