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The fact that the Prime Minister did it partly to keep his family safe and yet his own wife practically disowns him at the end is so frustrating.
For real!
STFU, it was sad yo.frustrating????? weird ass
@@SCHRODINGERS_WHORE Yes it's sad but its also frustrating knowing how much he gave and sacrificed only to be met with the very person he did this for to disown him. That is frustrating, nothing weird about that.
That’s what many women do, doesn’t matter how long you’re married for. Your status or frame is questioned, her attraction for you is conditional based on how she can respect you. If she can’t she will leave.
He should never have done it. Compromising your morals even if it is to save your family is bullshit. Worst case he dies uptight. Best case (what actually would've happened) he called off the terrorist's bluff.
I have never felt so bad for a fictional character in any movie/show than I did the prime minister in this episode. Poor guy.
Facts. Princess would've been dead had it been me... Sorry sweetheart!
@@justanotherabc8888 honestly but I think the point was to show what a kind hearted and caring person the prime minister was and how he didnt deserve that.
Honestly when they turned the singer into a pornstar had me way more
@@ivannav9175 Right, you can be kind hearted and still not smash a pig. Take myself for example. I'm the nicest person ever, but if it goes against my personal innate morals, it aint happening capt...So RIP Princess
Haydhn yall I felt bad for the pig-
That scene of him crying after they say “its been an hour” made me sick
Luca Baldi same. It made me wanna cry for the guy.
It's horrible probably scared for life.
Yeah. I was like wtf. I would've been done in like 30 seconds.
@@platypusmaximus9278 30? Wouldnt even fucking watch it. Damn british😂
Luca Baldi r/wooosh
I cannot deny that this episode was outstanding but making it episode 1 season 1 was *FUCKED*
Wasn’t the one with those people at dinner and her ex was there who got her pregnant and her boyfriend found out the first episode
Sorry I don’t know what it’s called
I agree. WHY THIS. If they wanted people to get the gist of what this show centers on, they shouldn't have come strong. Because I just watched this earlier for the first time, and I was just baffled and shocked. I was the same as before watching it, with no clue what it's about, but now horrified and barely functioning.
But besides all that, this was a REALLY great episode. The fact that it managed to keep me on the edge of my seat, with my heart pumping was extraordinary! And the Prime Minister's slow descent from denial, insanity and into bitter acceptance was such a rollercoaster. I really enjoyed his acting. I'll probably check out the rest, but now... I feel like throwing up. :D
John Dolan no that’s episode 3. Netflix has them ordered weird. You have to read the episode number in the description as they kind of go last to first season to season
@@Nicole_cherise ikr, why is it like that?
Seeing people laughing at him and reuniting in a bar to watch it together, knowing people would also do that in real life is what makes me sick
Omg I love everyone in this comment section. When I was watching this episode and they showed the PM coming onto the set and everyone in the bar was cheering, it was one of the first and only times I actually felt disgusted. I literally scorned at every person I saw laughing in the bar. I thought I was just bein a buzzkill but I guess a lot of us can sympathize with someone being publicly humiliated.
I swear!!! That’s what was really vile, there’s been soooo many times that I can’t count that something tragic has happened to someone and jokes and memes are flying around, this world has distanced themselves so much from their natural born instincts of living by a love ethic.
@@loppyhero7196 I honestly hope that could happen to boris
So sick 🤢
@@loppyhero7196 it's all fun and games until you actually see the person suffer
Wait who the hell binge watched Black Mirror episodes?? I can’t even watch two episodes in a row because how much they mess me up.
ivette 🙋🏽♀️
Ngl, I binge watched the whole season when I was free
agreed, 2 maximum
ಠ_ಠ and you’re messed lol
Lol I binge watched the whole show in 3 days
He shouldn't have had to do it. If it was anyone other than a princess would he have had to? Thats pretty much saying that the public isn't worth as much as a celebrity who were born into that position.
Angela B yeah but a princess is needed to rule the throne :/ or else the hierarchy will fall
Miles Winters just get a new princess. Duhh
The point was that his team and the royals had made him feel like he’d be held responsible for her death (which the assumed would happen)
I agree. And he shouldn't have. I don't blame his wife one bit.
Angela B
i think that the final straw though was the threat of danger to his family in case the princess was killed.
i find it strange that they weren't able to tell the difference between a man's finger and a petite young woman's finger. even with the ring on it. i'm pretty sure you would notice that something's off. damn girl must've had some thick hairy fingers!
Who would really look at a detached finger for enough time to notice it's gender?
Chinguun Erdenebadrakh a forensic investigator trying to solve the case
@@alinavaysfligel7249 There was like only an hour between the events. I agree that IRL, a forensic examiner would have arrived at the scene IF HE/SHE WAS CALLED. But this is a time when everyone is shocked, I think there weren't many military personnel in the room who were calm enough to analyze the situation, just politicians.
So it could have taken them an hour to call a forensic and for them to arrive.
I was stuck on that one to, with todays communication they could have found out within the hour if it was male or female. But even if they were sure it wasnt her finger, would it be worth the risk.
Or they could have, you know, ran a fingerprint in a matter of a few minutes.
I had a teacher who liked the show and played this episode for us. I remember everyone just laughing at the scene where the PM did it with the pig, but slowly that all faded as they became uncomfortable. Just like the audience in the show.
your TEACHER showed you this episode?
@@k1mberley321 Yes, they did. It's what got me to watch the show
Talia Rogers damn i do think this episode is a bit inappropriate but the show is really good
wOW sO rEaL
«Did it with the pig»? Are u 9 years old or sum?
Just a random rant... maybe someone else can relate? The wife in this episode really REALLY annoyed me. Throughout the whole thing she was acting so selfish, she never once showed any concern, support, or love for her husband or the princess hostage for that matter. Instead she was more concerned about what people were saying about them on social media.... seeking that her husband comfort HER and reassure HER instead of the other way around.
So, in the end when I saw her go up the stairs like that, I muttered "bitch." What was he supposed to do in that situation given the circumstances? The one lady even said that if the PM refused, no one could guarantee his safety OR that of his family. So, at that point, he was not only trying to save the princess, but also his family from potentially fatal public retaliation. So all in all, he made the right choice and his wife should have been more supportive and appreciative of that sacrifice. I understand that the ramifications of that event would have been very difficult as a couple to work through, but given enough time, love, and patience it would have been possible. So idk, but that element of the story just really struck a nerve with me.
Felt the same. Fuck that bitch.
Yes! I would love to hear an interview from someone on the show explaining why the wife was written as so self-absorbed. Maybe she represented the rest of the country as a person in his own life so he did not even have a safe haven at home. Ugh!
Yeah I pretty much said the same thing at the end but no woman could ever imagine that the "worse" part of the marriage vows would be her husband fucking a pig on live TV. With that said I understand why the writers went in this direction with the wife, to further create sympathy for the Prime Minister and to show that the human reaction from loved ones is not always supportive.
I agree with you.
Him HAVING to have sexual intercourse with a pig makes it seem like he was being raped. Not by the pig of course but by the person who kidnapped the princess. It reminds me of cases where the person who has been raped lets the rape happen without fighting back for fear of their life and safety if the rapist has a weapon of some sort. He is left traumatized and the wife does nothing to support him. I understand not being able to see him in the same light as you did before but she didn't have to be such a bitch about it.
Omg, I never thought someone could think like me in this aspect. It really annoy me how the wife was so frustrate and acting like that when the one doing all the disgusting thing was him. I never knew why she was so piss off, when, in the end, her husband save the life of the princess on the cost of HIS reputation, not hers. It's stupid, because, all the people that saw the broadcast was like "Oh, poor man" "He's a hero" and things like that, but she was acting like she was the most damaged here. So selfish and stupid. When all the people saw her husband as a hero, she just was mad at him for doing what he had to do.
I remember when black mirror came out and I was like "eh. ... I guess I'll try this show" by the end of this episode I was hooked by the many layers to this episode and the ending... had me applauding it.
you sound like a tool, no offence
what if that the villain Carlton Bloom is the pawn of the Prime Minister himself, just to gain his popularity for his longevity of his political position ?
haha this is exactly what i went through
@@runningcoyote9972 fuck off
Had the opposite effect for me and I have watched very little Black Mirror since. I felt no immersion in the story because I wouldn’t be the kind of person to want to observe something like that. I don’t have that social media driven urge to perpetuate indecency or blackmail/torture of another person and it kind of shocks me that so many people do have that drive. I found the whole episode impossible to follow knowing I wouldn’t follow it in real life; especially when the stories are supposed to echo real world possibilities.
I watched Hated in the Nation after it was recommended and that episode was much better than this one. I still wouldn’t have ever used the “DeathTo” hashtag but I found it easier to accept that a lot of people would use it, whereas, I struggle to accept that people would watch what is effectively broadcasted TV bestiality. Why would anyone choose to watch that??
Why did they not run a fingerprint on the finger? That should have been the first thing they did.
Adam Baldwin but this was all happening within a couple of hours and running tests take a long time
@@elisebarry9870 Fingerprinting doesn't take any time at all.
Someone brilliantly pointed out that the finger was sent to the media and the media doesn't fact check their sources, they pump out the story for views because they only care about ratings
@@elixenramirez740 Sure, but the police would have immediately confiscated it for evidence and printing would be the first logical thing to do, they still had plenty of time to run the print.
Even if it wasn't her finger that doesn't mean she couldn't have gotten murdered
This episode literally made me want to vomit
Oh gosh haha
I actually did
@@beenishakram6322 same
Same
i ate bacon while re-watching this episode
I ham shocked that you couldn't get any more puns in.
Damn
Stop swining about it.
Words^
His life is a mess,it’s salami
I find the pig puns quite porkward myself
This ep was so disturbing. I haven't seen an ep this horrifying in a long time. Which made me hooked on this show.
Please don't abreviate episode like that in the future.
Rosel13 dude I literally cried when the poor guy was crying in the bathroom. It was really disturbing
Ron Swanson why? just a question
@@elizabeth-oi2wp doesnt sound right
@@HassanAhmed-rf9xr waa so what? are you gonna cry over something that doesn't "sound right"?
I think the Wife’s personality expresses nicely how some people take their internet lives and internet comments extra seriously.
yeah what a bitch
Yeah, like seriously, is that how dense she is? Lmao
Yeah but I don't think it's that black and white or even that the showmakers wanted it to be black and white. I think I can empathise with the wife as well, ngl.
@@someoneyouprobablyknowandl9964 I mean if I was a woman and my husband fucked a pig
I wouldn't like having sex after all
But the wife cared about the comments on the internet
She's self absorbed like many people who use social media outlets for their entertainments
the saddest part of this episode is that those people laughing while watching would definitely happen if this episode was real.
Wish it happens to boris
@@terryboylewastherealh4647 fr
@@terryboylewastherealh4647 it's all fun and games until you see the person actually suffer
1 year later, it is just a meme & the PM saved his family or a person. That is a brave man
I just find it not believable how a male finger is faked for a female one.
Also the reporter running away from the swat team made no sense to me.
they were going to kill her thats why
That were not the SWAT.
Why were they after the reporter?
@@michaelwheatley7669 How would they know she was in fact a reporter in the heat of the moment? She was defo getting shot son.
I'm pretty sure she was running away from them because if she gets caught, she wouldn't be able to retrieve the footage she got on her phone. I know she risks her life by running away, but I'm guessing that is the mentality of the reporter.
This is really well-written. Nice visual essay. So many concise, cogent quotes. One of my favorites: “People were so concerned with watching history, that they end up not being able to change it.” This is good stuff. Thanks.
The part where they say:"86% want you to do that..."
Yeah, it reminds me how bad and evil people can be.
In reality the statistic would not be that high, no?
The only thing that bothers me is the fact that the pie chart is inaccurate
@@tellercamille8080 Surprisingly, it could be.
@@thomaspotterdotexe it would not be. I'd say the episode wasnt actually very realistic. At least a majority of people would understand that you should not negotiate with terrorists. And even if the public was in favour of it, there is no way a sitting PM would do it. The PM character in this episode was weak. His cabinet had no respect for him and he acted in all the wrong ways.
@@tellercamille8080 it would be
I had nightmares after watching that episode, the ending is just unacceptable, it feels weird and frustrating at the same time and it's not good idk I just wish I haven't seen it
Exactly, it's so disturbing and the ending is not satisfying at all. After watching it my mind kept thinking about it and I was not happy
@@afrahe3718 - Exactly. The reason I think the ending is so unsatisfying is because I highly doubt the ending would actually occur in real life, if it did happen.
I think that's the point dude.
That pie chart at 9:00 is pissing me off. That is clearly not 86/14%.
Same.
The graph was moving in the episode
Video is paused at wrong time?
I know it looks about 72%-28%
Yep
I would have just attempted suicide if I were him. Don’t even have to try to succeed. Just hurt yourself enough that you need to go to the hospital. Then you can get out of it easily.
smart
That's what I thought he was going to do when he took the pills.
Thats what a real politicians would do
this PM is kind/soft hearted
nice mage of blood profile pic
@@lienomzekon4763 thanks I drew it in high school
I accidentally watched nose dive first and then I realized I was in season 3. So I watched the first episode and I wanted to see how they went from national anthem to nose dive so I had to continue watching. Then I realized what they really are trying to do with this show. I appreciate this show so much.
👍👏
Haha! I accidentally watched Fighting Vipers first and just finished watching this episode. Sick shit. I'll try to stomach through the rest.
I read the synopsis of the show and it said a highly technological anthology, and then watched this episode wondering where the technology was because it’s based in our society. I thought Netflix had gotten the synopsis wrong and I was watching the wrong show. But I loved it so much and kept watching.
@@appleexposed4404 Same
@@appleexposed4404 omg me too 😭😭 i was so starstruck
This is the only episode that actually made me feel sick. It’s such a great episode don’t get me wrong but every time I watch it my stomach hurts
You managed to watch it more than once?🤢
@@suzanne5574 wtf?
I think I can watch it only one time.
the end of shut up and drive made my stomach turn
This episode made me cry. Then I got angry. I was disgusted so much that I fast fowarded past the sex act. I didn't watch the other episodes, just this one. Rory Kinner played the Prime Minister. He's my favorite actor.
Trina Cooper Oh don’t be such a prude
I fast-forwarded, too. It was not necessary to show it for so long. Not watching that scene means I would have been one of many to have been out and about their normal day...and might have found the princess in time. I think that scene is the true test of how enslaved people will be to a screen (meaning those who watched it are part of the sheep-like crowd). In this episode, exerting just an ounce of self-control would have prevented so much humiliation and despair.
@@lindenpeters2601 the amount of ego displayed in your comment upset my stomach more than the episode did.
@@jami3038 You consider me egotistical for writing that I don't want to watch bestiality. K.
@@hoggarththewisesmeagol8362 lmao
Black Mirror is genuine horror.
Haha I love it!
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Apt definition
Social media is the toilet of internet, said Lady Gaga.
Better than being a cum dumpster for music producers
@@Jim-pq9pm yikers
@@Jim-pq9pm yikes, imagine reducing women to their sexual activities as if it some how degrades their value or makes them "dunpsters", couldn't be me...🙈
Jim and incels such aa yourself are even more gross :)
Μουσική Είναι Ζωή prostitution is a job yea but still gross, these women can do what they want but im allowed for my opinions
Thank you Prime Minister!
But our princess is in another castle!
Too much man 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
basically same energy. but thank god they put that the princess actually released early on a secret. it would be a disaster honestly if he knew it.
I can't believe i never picked up the fact that this could of been avoided if the video wasn't reuploaded. Good point
What do you mean? Did I miss that part?
@@ronswanson3536the gob got rid of the video 9 minutes after it was uploaded. The public sharing it and watching it were the reason the video gained lots of traction.
Can u also believe that the girl was released before he was to commit this act of adultery 😂
@@a.demifemiflapo5795 that made me mad even more
A key aspect is the artist's motivation for this act. During the transition from the couple's bed to the first time we see the newsroom (about 8:15 in) there is a voiceover talking about how his show at the Tate has been closed three weeks early - presumably for indecency of some sort.
This whole scenario was designed to show that the public is far more indecent than his art show ever was. And by releasing the princess early enough to avoid the whole horrid spectacle, he demonstrated that the indecency was pervasive in their society.
Holy shit. I think you may have cracked the artist's motive. I always wondered what the purpose was to mention his old exhibition being closed down was, but this is a really interesting take
I wish I had quarter of the iq used making this series
me too. It's not that hard tho.
The fact that this was the episode that started it all is so weird, this episode scared me for life
Same haha
Jane is selfish, the PM went through so much but she is so much in her feelings that it destroyed her relationship with her husband.
he was selfish, he did it to remain a prime minister and for people not to hate him. it's not selfish to divorce someone who fucked a pig. he was disgusting. there's no good reason to rape an animal.
@@dickottel but the princess was gonna die
SkoczMiNaPukiel you mean selfless because he did it for her
SkoczMiNaPukiel the PM did it to ensure the safety of his family, but go off. his wife’s a dumb bitch who only cares about
the backlash
@@dickottel how the fuck you can says that pm is wrong if he didnt do it his family and him are gonna die he sone it for her if he sisnt sone this his wife wouldt be alive to hate him its not his fucking fault she is a the evil whi cant understa d him and you bludy feminist
I’m really surprised there was no reference to the real British prime minister David Cameron when he did it in College
It was explicitly stated that that incident was never even considered as a parallel for the inspiration of the episode, though, of course, it was a forethought in the minds of the majority of Brits when watching the episode.
@@alinavaysfligel7249 it was in fact a coincidence, which surprised most people. Irl, a previous prime minister had sex with a dead pig's head and photos taken... Pretty obvious it was for blackmail purposes considering all the circumstances surrounding the event and the release of it
You expect an American to keep up with the existence of other countries? How droll.
I'm american and I remember hearing about during his last run for office. stereotyping Americans? how droll
Ted Schwartz A tad bit stereotypical huh.
What I love about "Black Mirror" is that while watching the show, you start wondering what you would do if you were in the character's shoes. And it turns out you're not exactly sure what your reaction would be in the face of adversity. This TV series raises so many questions we wouldn't be able to answer straightaway... I would say binge-watching "Black Mirror" might be a little harmful to your brain as after seeing just one episode, you need some time to chew it over.
i would of shot myself
to be completely honest, i wouldda laffed.
At the end of the episode, where Prime Minister has his back toward us as the audience-the lingering, and silence watching his wife run up the stairs astonished me.
The lingering makes you feel uneasy in what you as an audience member viewed. It all culminates to a long, and stand still take. Invested me even moreso.
@TheSearchingTruth I would not fuck a pig even if there is a princess at the death line. Hmm, hard choice.
@Soda Pop what is wrong with you lmao, its literally just a show on netflix
i literally just watched it so i would know what your talking about... this episode was fcked. what confused me was his "team" that Alex chick before he did the deed. She was prepping him like it was the SAT's and told him and im putting it in my own words "if you finish to fast people will take it as you enjoyed it, anticipated it, you wanted it". i would think people would understand why he'd want to get it over with. in what sexual situation or situation in general where someone finishes "too fast" is it seen as being eager and enjoyable? because last i checked .... it's not something desired in most cases. then she goes on to say "take your time, be as leisurely as possible we set up pictures" like how the hell was he suppose to be relaxed? wtf are pics suppose to do? my mind was like " THIS BITCH IS IN ON IT" ...it went on for a hour ... i know it's a show but i seen the other epiosdes lol i was confused how i missed this one and im shook in every worse way possible.
she was mad MAD. weird af. she made him do it for an hour????? jshsjshsh yikes
True the people that surrounds him is so emotionless that they're like treating the situation like its a normal thing to do. And that old lady frustrates me
He should have resigned and left the politics. Nothing is more important than self respect.
Except, y'know, the fucking princess
FUCK that bitch princess
Kamen Rider hmm not anymore, they’re no longer the holy grail
if he didn't do it they wouldn't be able to protect him from people hurting him and his family
@@viviasmrr well if you think about it. They couldnt protect the princess in the first place ;)
first..how can they not differentiate a adult male finger and a teenage female finger smhh..and gosh i hate his wife..
Maybe he has feminine-like fingers. Not every man has hairy big ass fingers you know
Pig puns really rinds my gears.
I can’t believe they still took it out on him after the fact it happened, knowing the true story that he was there only doing it to save a princess. And they still punished him after the fact it’s quite disgusting
Watching this episode, I couldn't fathom the contemplation of going through with the pig sex. It was surreal. It's like watching a horror movie and yelling at the person who keeps falling down while they are running from the killer lol. I just kept saying "she'd be a dead princess" through the whole episode. Trippy ending.
i’m so glad that this wasn’t the first episode that i watched because if it was i probably wouldn’t have continued
It's the first episode I watched and I wont continue lol
Its the first episode i watched and im loving the series
This was my first episode that I watched and it was so weird. I was like this isnt a show I’m willing to watch 😂 but then I came back and watched the other episodes and I was hooked
Lol how many of us watched the wrong first episode. Tbh I preferred this one to what I watched as the first episode, which was S2E1: Be right back which was boring as shit
This was the one i watched first, and i didnt come to watch BM for the next year because i was so sick
this episode made me feel sick for like 2 days after watching lmao
This is the reality of our time..... Chadwick Boseman died.... people were criticising him for being thin few months ago after he died people feel sorry for him....now people made fun of Elizabeth Olsen and bullied her....and then she had to deactivate her account.... people really shift thier opinion so quickly... without knowing whats the situation.....
Woah........the end really hit me hard
"The future is now, things are about to get weird, and we don't know what to do" is now my favorite line
This episode is one of the scariest because it feels real like it could actually happen in real life. The way they filmed it too feels real, I feel like this is how people would actually react and how this would play out
Unpopular opinion: if you were so disgusted by the broadcast scene that you fast-forwarded through it, congratulations: you would have been one of many who would have found the princess in time. I don't think it takes that much self-control to refrain from watching bestiality (pretend or otherwise). This is proof that our society is NOT so degraded that something like this could actually happen.
God get off your high horse. The point of the whole sequence was to make you uncomfortable and truly understand the gravity of the situation. You're superior to no one sit back down.
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@@swesleyc7 lmao y'all calling anything trolling these days
no it's pretty different because we knew that wasn't actually happening
The thing is that you dont need to skip that part because u know that they (Netflix) is not going to show an actual ""p#rn"" scene and u wont see the d#ck of the PM inside the pig. If it happened in real life, i wouldnt even turn on the TV or the phone...
This episode had me horrified from beginning to end. The media being so cruel was so true with how society is today, and it just sickened me. I was at tears watching the PM go through all of it. :-(
What really disturbs me about this episode is that no one, not even the viewers, spares ANY thought on the pig as a victim of rpe. I know why, it's because most of us have been conditioned to not even recognise individuals from that species (or in fact most othe species but especially these we commonly use and abuse) as 'individuals' aka someone with thoughts and feelings and that truly terrifies me. If we can be made so ignorant to others plight, we are safe from nothing and could be made to behave in any harmful way imaginable and it's so so easy to facilitate.
Maybe because it’s animal
Stupid animal activists will let a whole orphanage burn to crisp to save a random dog that doesn't understand anything that's going on. The man is more scarred than the pig. Trust me, pigs are not the cleanests animals
There's a country in Europe where humans can have sex with animals now. Can't remember which one.
@@stanleystove people put too much stock on human lives being worth more than animals tho I mean a baby isn't any more aware or feeling than most animals if anything their less so but most people would still choose a babies life over an animal or even multiple animals.
if it was me I'd throw the baby in the fucking fire one babies are way overrated their not cute and they do jack shit and two we don't need any more fucking people on this planet we have more than enough.
same applies to some mentally disabled people who have it so bad that they basically have next to no awareness of anything around them.
@@spencerreid2086Damn. You think a baby's life doesn't matter more because it can't "feel" as much as an animal??? You're a bad person. This is coming from a TRANSPHOBE.
It’s funny because David Cameron pretty much already did that...
And it was entirely coincidence that Charlie Brooker chose a pig...this was made in 2011, the Cameron Piggate story broke in 2015. Sometimes life imitates art like that!!!!!
I tried to blow the fucking hair off my screen
What did he do? Curious...
Re-watching this episode in 2021. I feel like the events of this episode mark the beginning of the dystopia. I have a theory that the artist who hangs himself, Carlton Bloom, was massively clued into the cultural zeitgeist. He knew the mass media addiction/consumption was coming, he did this because he wanted people to wake up.
I think he forced everyone to watch their prime minister perform a disgusting act on TV so they would question their addiction to media. He told them exactly what they were going to see, and everyone tuned in anyway expecting to have a good time. The final shots of everyone realising how disgusting the images they’re watching confirms this for me.
Have you also noticed that he is writing a suicide note or manifesto at the end, but in the epilogue they never talk about what the artist’s intent was? The media’s job was to spin this in a positive light, and sure enough the prime minister’s approval rating is up. The other episodes in this season show that the artist failed in his mission, as they’re about people who physically can’t look away from screens.
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Look at the banner bar on the 1 year Anniversary news report, shown at the end... Tillsdale / Grenfell?
I see lots of comments hating on the wife and while I do feel what she did was wrong, I do understand why she did it. She knew that her husband had no choice but to do it, but seeing your significant other do something so disgusting, whether forced to or not, will inevitably lead to loss of sexual attraction. So before y'all start antagonizing people on this show, you gotta put yourself in their shoes, cuz this entire show is about the grayness of morality
dude this is what i was thinking the entire time because if someone i was attracted to did what he did at all i would lose attraction no matter what but the fact that she saw it and it was going on for an hour i wasn’t even blaming her by the end. If they ever were intimate again i wouldn’t doubt that’s all she would think of during
Well it’s not about sexual attraction. Believe it or not sex is not a must have ingredient for a relationship. If it were so then old couples or couples where one of the partner has some kind of disability that prevents them from having sex will not exist. It’s the empathy she was lacking. If it were my husband, I probably wouldn’t have been able to have sex with him again for a long time at least but sure as hell I would’ve been by his side, provided him immense moral support and wouldn’t have made this about me.
it's fine if she didn't wanna have sex with him anymore but to basically treat him like shit when he was forced to do it and he did it to protect her is what's fucked up
that’s what i said why everyone hating
Nah she was a piece of shit. From beginning to end. The fact she even watched it was bad enough. Let alone how she acted before and after. Bad person through and through
If I was the princess, I would have told the Prime Minister not to do it and prepared for death.
If I was the PM, I wouldn't have done it.
If I was the public, I wouldn't have watched.
Sick on so many levels.
It seemed like no one in the episode ever thought "That poor, violated pig." lol
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Most people eat pigs anyway, and everyone knows the meat industry treats animals like shit. People don't care about livestock species, if it were a dog they'd probably acknowledge its suffering.
Something not mentioned in that episode (but maybe later ones) is that Black Mirrors is a lot inspired by Guy Debord's work, especially a book called "The Society of spectacle". I really encourage the read of that book, published in 1967, a real visionary work having a particular resonance at the time of social networks.
In one of the later episodes (I don't remember which, but I can look into it), I thought there was another UKN Easter egg that says the prime minister was caught sneaking into the zoo "again", and I had hoped you might mention that. The implications of the long-lasting psychological effect that kind of humiliation has on him are palpable, and it made me even more sick just confronted with just the suggestion of his downward spiral. Absolutely the best pilot for the series.
wow
so he raped animals again?......and he's supposed to be the guy we have to feel bad for?
was waiting for HOGSpital 😂
I’ve watched a few episodes plus this one, and this one literally gave me a trauma.
"Walk in the pork" was brilliant
my favourite bit of this is the kudos to hated in the nation because, my god, is that an underrated episode
What do you mean?
I recently watched it and I still feel sick
That's sadly the point
I waited my whole life for your video of this episode
xD
Netflix has a traumatizing way of starting a series 😳😭🤯 I mean really
So easy to judge others decisions/actions when you’re not the one making/doing them
I was repeating this throughout the whole episode. Most people judging the guy would never do it if they were in his place.
This episode was really insightful to the fickle mindedness of the people and society's lack of empathy towards the PM.. Charlie Brooker is an amazing writer. This beats nosedive 👏
I've always liked the PM. They worked hard to get where they are. The royalty just come out of a vagina to get where they are
@@tellercamille8080 good way of putting it
This wouldn’t have happened if the person kidnapped wasn’t an elite.
It’s sad how we think one human life is greater than another
Cuz It Is You Dumb $h!t
Not sure what it was, maybe the cinematography or acting, or something else (along with the subject matter), but this was genuinely one of the most unsettling and gut wrenching things to watch. Usually shows and movies don’t do this to me, but I felt that deep sinking feeling in my stomach. The atmosphere was so well done.
Why did I even think I was woke?
We are probably not even close to knowing the full spectrum of it all
How the hell did an artist beat 2 bodyguards? In the episode, it said "heavy sedative, close range, each with a single puncture wound". Well, he's an artist, not a professional assassin. It's already hard to approach the princess and her bodyguards without alerting them, let alone sting 2 trained men at once with sedative. It said clearly "CLOSE RANGE", not shooting poison dart from distance like Teemo.
The fact that 2 bodyguards were defeated like the way the movie described made us and the PM gang think that there was an organization behind all of these. Turn out it's a plot twist, a POOR plot twist. An artist who is passionate enough to kill himself for his art, is he passionate enough to train himself to become an efficient assassin? X DOUBT.
this, and the way they didnt bother to check the fingerprint were plot holes i guess
I hate that his own wife was the one who pushed him to do it, and then after he did she just turned on him. Its so unfair, I feel so bad for the poor guy. The scenes of him crying just fucked with me, it almost stopped me from watching the next episode because it scarred me so much (glad i did watch it though because 15 million merits was really good too)
That's what women are . Disgusting creatures
I don’t blame her honestly
@@Umaldahash Why?
I'm years late AF. The artist proved several valid points. Take away one piece of the puzzle and the mission would have failed . First off, 'don't negotiate with a terrorist' rings true. What if he had no plans of sparing her life?? and still ending his?? The whole ordeal would have been a shame on nation. Secondly, the topic of 'royalty privilege'. This only works because she was a famous person 'of value '. Which raises the question, is the life of a mother of 4 small children equal in worth to that of the princess...to that of the queen??? Would a political leader do the unthinkable in order to save the life of an 'ordinary tax paying citizen'?? Then the bigger issue of our human desire to enjoy the suffering of others, and when proposed with a choice to tune in or to avoid participating, we fall victims to the mass hypnosis, the hunger to see the shame and suffering in others..how and why are we like this? Social programming? Is it something instinctive within us, wanting to see suffering? In theory, had the prime minister refused, had the people refuse to watch, the artist could have still released her, congratulating the ppl and the leader for not bowing to the horrific act - which would make a power statement to the world that this country does not bow to terrorism be it domestic or foreign. Sure, the prime minister would have been hated n probably would be forced to step down. So what. The country would have maintained it's pride, worse case scenario the princess would have died and he would have lost his political life. Well, he banged a pig for a lengthy time, the entire nation riddled with indefinite shame, the princess untouched to live out her care free life, his wife n family permanently disgusted and scarred.....was it worth it really?
god i literally couldn’t get this episode out of my head for weeks it made me feel physically sick this show is so amazing at what it does
It's a lord of the flies homage, a quite apt one too.
The part where everyone watches, I feel like THAT is what the entire episode is about and it's so perfectly done.
That is 100% how we'd all be if any President we don't like was forced to do that on live TV.
The part where he says "I love my wife." and everyone mockingly goes "Awww!!"
imagine if this actually happend
both the pm and the pig definitely did not deserve any of this. this ep ruined me
You know what kind of people this show is for? (the people who applaud it), are the people who contain sickening and nauseating minds. The same goes for people who created this.
Overall I liked most of the episodes of Black Mirror but not this episode. This episode was disgusting on all levels and I wish the director would have come out and said “this one was a real mistake”.
This episode was one of the the hardest pieces of entertainment I've ever watched in my life. It was the first episode of Black Mirror I ever watched, and I warn people about this episode when I tell them they should watch Black Mirror. I remember, when it was the talk of the water cooler, we called it "The Pig Episode". The ending, though, was the hardest part to watch of all.
I feel u. I've only watched this episode once because I feel it's to mucho for me. I felt uncomfortable and kinda disgusted. But I totally got the message.
pretty ironic that an episode called "The pig episode" is an episode where the big victim of this story is the latest thing the episode give a shit about 😒😒😒😒😡😡
Missed opportunity: “Bacon News”
I wonder if irl they would've hambushed the "artist"
Would the fucking princess have done it. This episode made me for the first time ever feel really bad for a fictional character
The generation of “ entretein me, shock me, distract me” this is what is show in this episode. The demanding mob who hides in the anonimity to keep pushing for the limits that one by one would never dare to do
Believe me..!! I know he's just a freaking fictional character. But I actually cried and prayed for him. This is so horrifying!!!
1 - Perhaps if we stopped putting some people on pedestal, crazies wouldn't have as much leverage to bargain with?
2 - If in his shoes, the princess would be DEAD! I would mourn her.
That's what I was saying, all this to save a princess? The daughter of a useless figure head that's pretty much there for show. If I was in his shoes I would speak from my heart when I give her eulogy.
Exactly! It’s not my responsibility to save her or to violate animals.
@@gimbobjenkins405 the royals literally threatened to hurt his family if he didnt fuck the pig
ofc I feel sorry for the man, but does anybody think of the pig and the pain it had to go through?
It was sedated
This made me feel like a normal person because I’m not able to sit through all of black mirror episodes! I didn’t even finish this on I found out how it ended by my friends!
Why am I just now getting into binging on Black Mirror?!? Thank you so much for your videos! I so look forward to watching them after each episode. You're a Legend 👏👏
I love how all the beauty of this pilot episodes resides in the fact that if people hadn't been so rotten to the core, so corrupted, so not innocent and hadn't wanted to watch the PM in the act, they could have quickly found the girl laying on the bridge which could have stopped it but no, people were too busy watching their screens.
The message of the artist is literally that screens desensitized us so much, that we're capable of letting that sort of thing happen.
This is actually my FAVORITE Black Mirror episode! It really sold me on the concept of the show since it seemed like it could happen tomorrow with no change in tech or media. It’s absolutely wonderful and chaotic. Love that you made this!
It's my least favourite for the same reason. Made me sick to my core.
Revisiting this episode, it’s even scarier today with ai and deepfake technology. Look at how believable those silly President playing Minecraft videos are, imagine what person with bad intentions could do with that technology.
I was so annoyed with the wife's attitude as well as the the people who were supposedly there to assist the PM. What a horrific situation and I could not even watch the scene while " it" happened. I'm so disgusted and traumatised. I was so deeply affected by Rory Kinnear's acting too
I’m so annoyed at YOUR reaction. He was no hero when he did this. You realise you are exactly the people from the crowd watching him? By supporting him you are enabling him. He had a choice and he should have had the balls to take a dignified stance and say this country doesn’t give in to hostages. No country and it’s people are worth doing that disgusting act, you lemming. If it was a dog, would you still take that “he had no choice” let him do it?…
Put yourself on his wife position ,would you be able to sleep with him after that ?
I thought this was a poor note to start off Black Mirror on. If it had been White Christmas or Nose Dive- I feel like it would’ve brought some actual humor to the darkness instead of just plain disgusting…
So I am rewatching the show then watching your videos after to see what I missed:
This was just. WOW have we as people have really become this inconsistent about another person self morals. This whole eps no one ask “What if that was you?” Tbh I would watch the beginning to see is he actually does it but I wouldn’t watch the whole video. I sure as hell wouldn’t watch the news all day. Nor would I cheer it on like it’s some type of comedy show. People are fairly sick in the world and watching this truly shows it.
I really hope you see this one. You missed the part where the wife said: “We love humiliation, we can’t not laugh” that part was one of the most honest this said about the world.
That would've been a dead little princess if that was me.
1:14 That shot looks like when in Age of Ultron black widow stares at the wall... were both things filmed in the same location?
I'm sure everyone should know that a male finger would look very different to the princess's dainty manicured finger
I doubt you'd be able to tell the difference
It's not mentioned in this video but I also think there's a jab here at how ridiculous the royal family is and how their system works. This is a princess who was born into royalty and power and doesn't have to do anything to earn it but the guy has to do it bc of that system and it's values and ruins his own life over it. Obviously that's not the main point but I do think it's a jab.
She would have died fucking with me 😂 Princesses die everyday, B.