Black Mirror: Every Major Plot Twist Ranked From Worst To Best

8. The Roaches Are People, Stripe Chooses To Forget - Men Against Fire

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At first, Men Against Fire seemed like a largely straight-laced zombie story, featuring a US military task force fighting the undead, dubbed "roaches", in some European country.

However, it was later revealed that these roaches were actually plain old people. In a bid to control overpopulation, the army has been fitted with reality-augmenting implants that translate the "excess" members of society into vicious monsters.

An extra added twist reveals that protagonist Stripe (Malachi Kirby) has chosen to have his memory of the truth wiped from his mind. He goes back home to an imaginary beautiful wife and lives out a lonely, fake life.

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