5 Darkest Black Mirror Moments (So Far)
1. Joe Is Stuck Listening To The Same Song On A Loop For Millions Of Years
There's a recurring plot point in Black Mirror, one that revolves around a person who does something bad, but then gets punished so severely that you can't help but feel terrible for them. Be it Victoria the child-murderer, Kenny the paedophile, or Matt the charming psychopath, it's hard not to feel like they got the raw end of the deal, even if they aren't the greatest of people. But the final moments of White Christmas take this concept to a breathtaking, almost incomprehensible extreme.
After Joe confesses to the passion-induced murder of his ex-girlfriend's father, (which unwittingly leads to the death of a little girl), he is left stuck inside the same cabin, unable to leave, unable to sleep, unable to even kill himself to end his misery. He is trapped inside the worst moment of his life for millions and millions of years, and he has to listen to that godawful Christmas song the entire time. Most people would go insane after a couple days of this, let alone an eternity.
Of course, the viewer can take solace in knowing that this version of Joe is technically not real. But after future episodes like USS Callister and Black Museum, it's hard to think of Joe as anything but human.
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