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7. Waldo Is The Face Of A Dystopian Police State - The Waldo Moment

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The Waldo Moment is probably one of the weaker Black Mirrors, but its final scene just gets more chilling with time - it's almost like a parody of the world in 2018.

Against all the odds, a joke candidate in a political election - a foul-mouthed CGI bear called Waldo - actually gains popularity with the anti-political crowd for his unconventional opinions. Though his creator ditches the campaign, it later turns out that this doesn't stop Waldo. In a flashforward, it appears that Waldo becomes the face of a dystopian nightmare of a world.

Give Waldo a fluffy blonde wig and the whole thing looks scarily familiar...

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