"Black Mirror" explores the dark side of tech in twisted new season on Netflix.

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Apr 10, 2025

Black Mirror season 7 launched today on April 10th 2025 on Netflix. Charlie Brooker's dark, satirical anthology series has returned with six brand new episodes, including a sequel to the sci-fi adventure “USS Callister”.
Audiences will love that Season 7 remains as psychologically thrilling, darkly humorous, and bizarre as previous seasons. However, there is a more direct or central theme throughout all 6 of the mind bending episodes. This new season is highly focused on what happens when humans exploit the use of technology for various reasons and how that can end up hurting or even killing those they love, regardless of the intention or emotional state driving the exploitation.
Boasting an A list ensemble, these heavy hitters really brought their 5 star caliber acting to the screen. Notable season standouts are Siena Kelly, Issa Rae, Chris O’Dowd, Cristin Milioti, Peter Capaldi, Awkwafina, Tracee Ellis Ross, Will Poulter, and many more.
Dramatic, romantic, at times scary, and sci fi or action packed, these multi-genre and diverse episodes are thoroughly entertaining mini stories. By incorporating a central theme involving the dark side of technology, these episodes easily engage and connect viewers to these relatable yet bizarre and gripping storylines.
When asked by NPR, What do you think is the biggest danger in people's relationship with technology? Is it our dependence on it or maybe our eventual replacement by it?
Series creator Charlie Brooker said, “I think almost everyone with any kind of job, can look at ChatGPT and that world and get quite worried that you could end up being replaced. And I think that obviously would be a massive shame.
I like to think that as creatures, we want human connections.
I can also see the value of AI as a tool, as it's a tool being operated and overseen by people. And I think the danger is, obviously, if people get written out of the equation somehow, either emotionally, physically, financially, then we're in real trouble.
He then goes on to state, “I suppose really in almost all of our episodes, the problems come in when a human is misusing something or they're not thinking through the consequences of what they're doing or they're driven by fear or they're driven by jealousy or weakness or something. That's usually the problem, whereas the technology itself is a neutral tool”.
Check out Black Mirror season 7 episode descriptions, titles, cast list, and more below!

Episode 701: Common People

Synopsis: When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, her desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive—but at a cost….
Starring: Rashida Jones (Amanda), Chris O’Dowd (Mike), Tracee Ellis Ross (Gaynor)
Director: Ally Pankiw
Written by: Charlie Brooker (Story by Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali

Episode 702: Bête Noire

Synopsis: Confectionary whizz kid Maria is unnerved when her former schoolmate Verity joins the company she works at— because there’s something altogether odd about Verity, something only Maria seems to notice…
Starring: Siena Kelly (Maria), Rosy McEwen (Verity), Michael Workéyè (Kae), Ben Bailey Smith (Gabe), Amber Grappy (Yudy), Ravi Aujla (Mr Ditta), Elena Sanz (Camille), Hanna Griffiths (Luisa)
Director: Toby Haynes
Written by: Charlie Brooker

Episode 703: Hotel Reverie

Synopsis: A high-tech, unusually immersive remake of a vintage British film sends Hollywood A-list star Brandy Friday into another dimension, where she must stick to the script if she ever wants to make it home.
Starring: Issa Rae (Brandy), Emma Corrin (Dorothy), Awkwafina (Kimmy), Harriet Walter (Judith Keyworth)
Director: Haolu Wang
Written by: Charlie Brooker

Episode 704: Plaything

Synopsis: In a near-future London, an eccentric murder suspect is linked to an unusual video game from the 1990s—a game populated by cute, evolving artificial lifeforms.
Starring: Peter Capaldi (Cameron Walker 2034), Lewis Gribben (Cameron Walker 1994), James Nelson Joyce (DCI Kano), Michele Austin (Jen Minter), Will Poulter (Colin Ritman), Asim Chaudhry (Mohan Thakur)
Director: David Slade
Written by: Charlie Brooker

Episode 705: Eulogy

Synopsis: An isolated man is introduced to a groundbreaking system that allows its users to literally step inside old photographs—stirring powerful emotions in the process.
Starring: Paul Giamatti (Phillip), Patsy Ferran (The Guide)
Director: Chris Barrett & Luke Taylor
Written by: Charlie Brooker and Ella Road

Episode 706: USS Callister: Into Infinity

Synopsis: Robert Daly is dead, but now the crew of the USS Callister— led by Captain Nanette Cole—are stranded in an infinite virtual universe, fighting for survival against 30 million players.
Starring: Cristin Milioti (Nanette Cole), Jimmi Simpson (James Walton), Billy Magnussen (Karl Plowman), Osy Ikhile (Nate Packer), Milanka Brooks (Elena Tulaska), Paul G. Raymond (Kabir Dudani)
Director: Toby Haynes
Written by: Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali, William Bridges, and Bekka Bowling.

Black Mirror is executively produced by Charlie Brooker, Jessica Rhoades, Annabel Jones.