Black Mirror, Black Mirror, On The Wall, Who’s The Most Prophetic Of Them All?

Is anyone else utterly hooked on Black Mirror? You are? Oh good, it’s nice to know I’m not alone in my addiction.

I’m not often impressed by what I find on TV these days, but there’s no denying Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ bizarrely prescient sci-fi series is a work of genius, one already comfortably established in the canon of global television. The only downside to their creation? There simply isn’t enough of it!

If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of experiencing Black Mirror — where have you been? — then get on the case post-haste. First, let me describe its premise:

Set either in the near future or an alternative present, each standalone instalment explores the rotten fruits of some warped, high-tech concept or other. Its tone usually more menacing, dark and cynical than it is offbeat, light-hearted and optimistic, the series puts contemporary society and its relationship with machines under the microscope, looking at the intersection between innovation and human desire, and demonstrating the unforeseen ethical implications of tech.

So, what about this anthology series makes it so darned compelling? Well, across 5 seasons and 22 episodes — including…