Black Mirror - The Entire History of You - created by Charlie Brooker

Since Erfan is dormant, I would like to share with you a British TV series that he suggest me, and that I think is one of the very best science fiction shows that has appeared in a while. Created by Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror (as it is called) is not based on a continuous plot of recurrent characters (such as Lost, Battlestar Galactica, etc.) neither it uses any episodic formula (The X files, Dollhouse, etc.). It is an anthology of stories completely disconnected from each other in its plot and characters as much as in their worldbuilding (the universe in which the plot is embedded in). The episodes are only linked through a late motiv, the impact that technology may have on our inner self and our social relationships, to the point of questioning the moral standards and other high values.

Here I want to mention particularly the chapter called "The Entire History of You", which in my opinion is a great example of what series is all about. (Spoiler alert!) This time the technological improvement with respect to our current society is only the fact that there is a gadget that we can plug into our nervous system to constantly record our visual experiences, and that allows us to play them back whenever we want to. With this premise, we can witness the tormented fall down of a couple.

Enjoy!

I hope you find the way to follow the series. I link to yet another -quite interesting- trailer.

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