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Which episode from Season 3 stuck with you the most?

posted 8 years ago by leonthesleepy
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Personally, i cant get "Shut up and Dance" out of my head.

Which really surprised me since this season has had so many huge concepts, and Shut up and Dance is relatively low key in comparison. But that may be why i loved it so much, its completely rooted in reality, and that ending was such a blow.

I still dont know what to think of it, but i loved the way it made us see things from the 'perverts' point of view. It reminded me of White Bear, but i actually cared about Kenny. But at the same time, hes not innocent at all so the moral dilemma was really powerful for me.

On one hand, i think he didn't deserve to go through all that, but on the other he IS a pedophile who did look at pictures of kids. But in the age where people on the internet just wish the most cruel of outcomes to criminals, choosing to humanize them made for some really difficult but fascinating television. Its completely relevant and its scary since cyber blackmailing is a very real thing now. That and the fantastic acting and music made it the most memorable of S3 for me!
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[–] Bioparadoxous 8 years ago

Despite the insistence of people who always claim "the original is better" regardless of merit, I thought every episode of Season 3 was pretty damn strong, and could talk about most of them for hours, with the notable exception of "Playtest." (Which was a Cyanide and Happiness short masquerading as a Black Mirror episode.) I can't say for sure whether or not it's a bias, based on how recently I've seen it, but if I had to pick one at this moment I think it would be "Hated in the Nation" because when they explained the #Deathto process, they said "they don't know that it works" and I had the startling realization that from what I've seen of the internet lately, there's no question votes would rise if people learned the hashtag worked. It really made me wonder if there's reason to have faith in humanity.

Maybe they're seeing the same thing I'm seeing: Considering 3 of 6 episodes are about it, they really put internet rage culture under a microscope for this years episodes. Contrast that with - I think - none, previous. Although "White Christmas" and "The Entire History of You" come pretty close, in some respects.

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[–] AgentBlue 8 years ago

Shut Up and Dance definitely, I wish there was a sequel episode so I could see the fallout of it.

Lose the Game!!!!!!!

[–] fede_4488 8 years ago

Dance *beep* me up. I was cheering for the kid. The performance made me care for him. And then that twist... 😞😣