BLACK MIRROR | Season 5, Episode 2 - REACTION!!! "Smithereens"

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  • Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2024

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  • @ReelRejects
    @ReelRejects  5 лет назад +30

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  • @uchster9
    @uchster9 5 лет назад +155

    i liked the ending actually, it just shows how insignificant him living or dying was in the grander scheme, like how everyone just moves on.

  • @starmorpheus
    @starmorpheus 5 лет назад +184

    The ending with Bill closing his eyes, I took as the current culture of "Tragedy happens, everyone cares until they don't"

  • @tjmthegreat4009
    @tjmthegreat4009 5 лет назад +282

    Showing how everyone just immediately moves from the event is so true. The man went through all this and nothing is going to change about the company and everyone turns their eyes away as if nothing had happened.

    • @Fbitypeshit
      @Fbitypeshit 5 лет назад +7

      TJM the Great yeah i means what else are we suppose to do? Laid down and die with him? Stop leaving because something happen to someone you don’t even know? People die everyday.. that’s how it is, but if we were that sensitive about every death in the world no one would be able to get out of the bed in the morning, we move on

    • @thatevilchicken
      @thatevilchicken 5 лет назад +5

      Obviously it’s terrible for the guy but what are people supposed to do? A ton of people die every day, it’s not realistic to change our whole lives every time someone dies

    • @afarensis9720
      @afarensis9720 5 лет назад +4

      Worst part is the boss Billy doesn't seem to care either. He acted like he was sorry and everything but after hearing the shot he just moved on

    • @jotasaga4856
      @jotasaga4856 5 лет назад +1

      @@afarensis9720 Exaclty... Reality

  • @Undisputed42
    @Undisputed42 5 лет назад +130

    I understand where Jaden was coming from at the end. He heard his story and felt for him in some way and didn't want him to kill himself. By going for the gun he was trying to save him from himself.

    • @oak9153
      @oak9153 5 лет назад +32

      yeah and I think it all pointed out how the people on the outside didn't know what was actually going on in the car

    • @IronMaiden1164
      @IronMaiden1164 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah I liked that

    • @lolitis01
      @lolitis01 5 лет назад +1

      I thought Jaden was gonna save him and be his new lover

  • @amil6353
    @amil6353 5 лет назад +81

    I really loved the ending of this episode!! I found it a bit more ambiguous as we don’t really know whether Chris or Jaden died from the shot. But if we did know it wouldn’t be as impactful because we would just move on with our lives and forget it ever happened, just like the people that got the notifications and Billy Bauer when he went back to meditating. But the thing that makes the audience interested is the curiosity. I think the point was that we have become disengaged from horrific events that they become old news within seconds. But I guess it’s up to interpretation.
    Loved your reaction!

    • @kenchun24
      @kenchun24 5 лет назад +9

      Agreed, everyone just checked their Smithereen notification final update on Chris' hostage situation, reacted in 5 seconds, and went right back to their day as the next Smithereen "news or distraction" cycle gets on deck to be insta-digested and forgotten.

  • @katrinaceleste
    @katrinaceleste 5 лет назад +66

    it's also a take on privacy policy with the comparison between persona, who don't let anyone into someone's account no matter what the situation is, and smithereens, who invade chris's account and all his other social media without pausing and make it seem effortless

  • @londongirl9632
    @londongirl9632 5 лет назад +55

    the ending was perfect. if he killed himself then you'd complain that it's too predictable, if nobody died then you'd say it's anticlimactic, if there was no gunshot at all then you'd say it was TOO ambiguous. if it was all just a simulation in a police training scheme then you'd say where did that come from?? lol

    • @RandyReviews1990
      @RandyReviews1990 3 года назад +5

      i agree the ending was perfect and left you guessing or at least me lol.

  • @Abbashussain-ys8cz
    @Abbashussain-ys8cz 5 лет назад +51

    It’s kinda like how social media apps work.
    You scroll and scroll and scroll down without any emotion or care about the things you’re scrolling.
    They are engagingly for a sec but then you move your eyes away.
    Similarly in this episode people were devoted to save that man and catch the man with the gun but after all this ended everyone either closed their eyes and moved them away.

    • @FnG204
      @FnG204 5 лет назад +1

      just like this comment lol

  • @echtautuus09
    @echtautuus09 5 лет назад +95

    Best episode out of the three this season in my opinion. Moriarty and Eric Forman was great!

    • @RandyReviews1990
      @RandyReviews1990 3 года назад

      who's moriarty?

    • @echtautuus09
      @echtautuus09 3 года назад +1

      @@RandyReviews1990 the actor that played the driver, Chris also played Moriarty (main antagonist) in the British TV series Sherlock

    • @RandyReviews1990
      @RandyReviews1990 3 года назад

      @@echtautuus09 okay thanks i was just curious he was great in this episode they all were i don't agree with Greg on the ending i thought it was a great way to end to leave it up to interpretation!

  • @WolfataDoor
    @WolfataDoor 5 лет назад +28

    I think the big takeaway from the ending is that no matter what the outcome of that shot was, it just boils down to a notification on millions of stranger’s phones. The ambiguity worked for me.

    • @infinitefantasy5277
      @infinitefantasy5277 5 лет назад +6

      Yea, whoever died doesn’t matter to anyone anyway. It’s inconsequential to the general public.

    • @KaneK1234
      @KaneK1234 5 лет назад

      Infinite Fantasy might as well kill ourselves, then. We are all monsters.

  • @kazkilla1
    @kazkilla1 5 лет назад +47

    I’m gonna say it, the British episodes are better than the American ones

  • @Tenpinmaster
    @Tenpinmaster 5 лет назад +91

    You. Must. Watch. Chernobyl. Please.
    Best show of 2019 for me. (Until Dark 2 on Netflix comes out) :D

    • @robster191
      @robster191 5 лет назад

      Cant wait for that either

    • @The_RedVIII
      @The_RedVIII 5 лет назад

      Definitely still have to watch Chernobyl. Love Dark and not enough RUclips channels are talking about that.

  • @kenchun24
    @kenchun24 5 лет назад +29

    While Striking Vipers is probably this seasons San Junipero, I really dug Smithereens alot. Simple yet very relatable tech commentary BM episode that was still filled with that BM tension. Good performances as well (loved the grieving mother subplot that came back strong). And I dug the ending, 100% agree with Dany ynad comments on the ending below...

  • @Dan-B
    @Dan-B 5 лет назад +35

    Andrew Scott f***ing killed it!
    No pun intended

  • @samuelglass6805
    @samuelglass6805 5 лет назад +9

    One of the best PSA's ever made for not texting/surfing on your phone and driving. Andrew Scott's acting was even better than his playing Moriarty on the BBC'S SHERLOCK, and that's saying a lot...

  • @casualpotato44
    @casualpotato44 5 лет назад +12

    I respectfully disagree with Alba on the struggling with the gun. When I watched the episode, I put myself in place of the Intern. Chris said he was going to kill himself. It's only normal you talk him out of it. Especially right after his emotional vulnerability. The Intern had two options after failing to talk him out of suicide. Walk out and feel that you just let a man kill himself or try something yourself. The episode itself felt like it was expressing anti-suicide sentiments. The episode itself wasn't about suicide, but as mentioned, suicide permeated the episode. It would have messed up "the message" the show was trying to portray. The police just sniping him after letting the intern go doesn't make sense. So the only option narrative wise was Jaden talking Chris out of it. And Chris goes out hands up and surrenders or the struggle for the gun. The narrative portrays Chris unconsolable and made up his mind so the narratively, the struggle was the only option. Jaden being "too hasty" or aggressive makes sense too. He was young, and he's shown stupid and not thinking tendencies like the time he tried to escape under the bridge.

  • @tjmthegreat4009
    @tjmthegreat4009 5 лет назад +16

    Love how it portrays a version of the very close future. The acting is so good btw

    • @headsgrowback1
      @headsgrowback1 5 лет назад +4

      Actually it's 2018. Recent past. There were three other episodes not based in the future. The National Anthem, Shut Up and Dance, and White Bear. You could also argue The Waldo Moment is modern as well.

    • @nate4373
      @nate4373 5 лет назад +1

      headsgrowback I’d say The Waldo Moment is in the *very near* future, not like 2100 like a lot of episodes seem, but maybe closer to 2030

  • @redhare57
    @redhare57 5 лет назад +20

    The reason why Jaden went for the gun at the end because he felt sympathy for Chris and didn't want to him to commit suicide. You guys said it yourself that he tried to relate to Chris by saying his uncle killed himself

    • @kddavvis5943
      @kddavvis5943 5 лет назад +2

      Yeah, but after being put in a hostage situation and being a victim of something which literally has anything to do with you, risking your life is a stretch, if he had come out and tried to make them not shoot him or something, that would have made more sense, but risking his life?

    • @redhare57
      @redhare57 5 лет назад +5

      @@kddavvis5943 yea, but chris was real desperate to kill himself. Going outside to tell the cops not to shoot him would've taken too much time and eventually Chris would've shot himself anyway. At least in this ending he died of murder and not suicide

  • @homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe
    @homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe 3 года назад +3

    Andrew Scott is THE man i tell you.
    **chef's kiss**

  • @saruboss18
    @saruboss18 5 лет назад +24

    It all did not really matter, it was in the end, just a notification. We glance at it once and move on. Who really died does not matter, because if this was real, we would not too.

    • @Fbitypeshit
      @Fbitypeshit 5 лет назад +1

      Saransh Oberoi i mean yeah that’s what we are suppose to do, move on from terrible things, we can’t just be stuck with the past

    • @mimi-ig5kr
      @mimi-ig5kr 5 лет назад

      FBI we got em true, there’s not much we can do. i think this episode was just to make us reflect on it

    • @ElTigreDelNorte_
      @ElTigreDelNorte_ 5 лет назад +3

      M. N. Apathy is the reason gun violence is an issue in the US. Mental health and gun violence are not taken seriously. Always goes back to “he would’ve killed himself anyways” or “guns don’t kill people, people do” or “what about the law abiding citizens”. Progress is brought to a standstill and the result is that everyday people commit suicide and almost everyday a mass shooting will happen somewhere in the US (other places as well, but no where near as frequent). As that happens, we just receive notifications on our phone, maybe make a comment about it, and then nothing. Where as if more people displayed some level of productive empathy like you said change could come about, those numbers could fall, and lives could be saved. Rn all we have are thoughts and prayers...

  • @shayla1597
    @shayla1597 5 лет назад +17

    Andrew Scott was SOOO good In this episode

  • @wu-tanggenerator9711
    @wu-tanggenerator9711 5 лет назад +25

    You guys need to watch Andrew Scott in season 2 of Fleabag - best tv of the year. Jon would love it 😊

  • @homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe
    @homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe 3 года назад +5

    the ending was the whole point actually, Jaden ended up empathizing with him from his own close experience with suicide. And Bill (Thopher) closing his eyes again at the end like, well okay, another little thing, back to the regular schedule, like the media does today.

  • @asterginete3812
    @asterginete3812 5 лет назад +4

    The God-mode quote was a subtle nod to the "Eric, you're a god!" scene in That 70s Show

  • @YourDadYoda
    @YourDadYoda 5 лет назад +6

    This was probably the only episode I really liked from this season. I like the ending how this was the most important day of these two guys’ lives, but for everyone else it’s just another notification. I get why Jaden tried to stop him. Hell, I’d probably try to stop him from killing himself too but I wouldn’t grab the gun.

  • @charleneraymond4036
    @charleneraymond4036 5 лет назад +3

    This was such a tense episode but I loved the injection of humour when I least expected it throughout.

  • @starlord2112
    @starlord2112 5 лет назад +4

    SMITHEREENS: Superb stuff. Made even more powerful by Andrew Scott's performance. Like all BM tales It's highlighted a modern problem. One that annoys most of us but often we can all be as guilty of this total reliance on our devices. Heads down. Not looking up. Not talking to others (unless it's through the very same devices...). Becoming insular and robotic. Causing a danger to oneself and others. I'm not saying dump the devices but we need to realise we had a perfectly good world before their arrival. We spoke to each other. Kept our thoughts to ourselves. We only shared photos with our loved ones. We didn't rattle on endlessly to total strangers about our day to day lives, and we certainly didn't give away anything personal. Let's keep our wonderful devices but use them sparingly. And take time to look around our great blue world with our own eyes...

  • @mishking9547
    @mishking9547 5 лет назад +37

    Looking forward to your guys reaction to Ashley Too

  • @SethTheDrummer
    @SethTheDrummer 5 лет назад +5

    I think what Greg is getting at is that there just wasn’t a twist. It was a very simple episode but that’s what I like about crime/drama things when they’re done well. They shock you but the story remains simple and justified, like Pulp Fiction or Pineapple Express

  • @Erik-my8vo
    @Erik-my8vo 5 лет назад +1

    About the end of the Episode, both chraters died when the man tried to shoot at the kidnapper that was on the frontseat of the car, trying to kill himself, but the victim doesn't let him do this, causing all that situation.
    And about the mother, she got the right password of the site that her daughter used to see, discovering a lot of secrets that her daughter keeps on it.

  • @julilolmo776
    @julilolmo776 5 лет назад +7

    Love your reaction, by far my favorite episode of the season.

  • @AngelHxze
    @AngelHxze 5 лет назад +1

    Yeah, I loved this episode too. Wish they could make another part that sort of focuses in on the mom and her discovering why her daughter killed herself.

  • @charleneraymond4036
    @charleneraymond4036 5 лет назад +2

    If you truly haven't seen the Shut Up and Dance episode then pleeease please do a reaction! Probably my favourite episode of all time!

  • @jazzx251
    @jazzx251 4 года назад +1

    I liked how the British police were WAY behind the US tech company when finding out information about this UK citizen who had got his data harvested while he was on "Smithereens" [aka Facebook]

  • @jpobrien2123
    @jpobrien2123 5 лет назад +1

    Andrew Scott, in this episode, was fucking incredible.

  • @plexurium7597
    @plexurium7597 5 лет назад +3

    5:59 well FB, Instagram, Google... already do that 🤷‍♂️ bcuz we agree the policy when we registre nothing is free

  • @devonrusinek5807
    @devonrusinek5807 5 лет назад +1

    I think there is some good symbolism with Jaden reaching for the gun. It's flipping the hostage situation on its head. Whereas throughout the episode, the hostage situation is the guy with the gun vs the intern, it switches to the hostage situation being the social media company to everyone. It's grade-a commentary.

  • @duaakareem7391
    @duaakareem7391 5 лет назад +14

    Watch Chernobyl

  • @Cluver_03
    @Cluver_03 5 лет назад +2

    3. Striking Vipers
    2. Rachel, Jack, & Ashely Too
    1. Smithereens

  • @phueal
    @phueal 5 лет назад +1

    The end shows how differently the tech leaders treat their products than we do. At the end, everyone gets back to their lives: he meditates, everyone else is glued to their phones. In the real world this is true too: many tech leaders minimise their own and their families' use of the technologies they develop.

  • @Turtleneck826
    @Turtleneck826 5 лет назад +3

    The Silicon Valley joke made my day 😂😂

  • @_Gabyo_
    @_Gabyo_ 5 лет назад +3

    I think we should have learned about Jayden's background earlier in the episode because his compassion and the explanation about his uncle killing himself came out of nowhere and was too convenient to explain his sudden reaction. But if we had learned about his uncle earlier in the episode the foreshadowing would have been too predictable. So I'm mixed about this choice.

    • @fives1108
      @fives1108 5 лет назад +1

      I agree, or even if he was somehow connected to the girl who killed herself instead of an uncle.

  • @letit023
    @letit023 5 лет назад +8

    You two should try Chernobyl for a mini series it Very Good.

  • @Adam-uu5bw
    @Adam-uu5bw 4 года назад +1

    Charlie brooker wants the viewer to see the end think what the fuck happened then reach for there phones to check Twitter and find out what the ending meant then think the irony of me reaching for my phone and checking social media after what the episode was about 😂

  • @Luv2Dnce4
    @Luv2Dnce4 5 лет назад +4

    “Can they do that?”
    There’s an episode of “Monk” dedicated to a company’s phone operator being able to listen to the other end of the line, while the client can only hear hold music. When you hear the words “this phone call may be recorded” (and any variation of that phrase), know that it means EVERY part of the phone call...including when you’re on hold.

    • @extraplain2412
      @extraplain2412 3 года назад

      Even when the agent presses the mute button which happens quite often to clear their throar or sneeze etc it is all recorded. As a customer you can request what is called a Subject Access Request and the company has to make a copy of each and every phone interaction you have has with the company and write it down to send to them. This includes things said during hold and mute and can even pick up other agents talking in the background. This is why swearing and inappropriate conversations are not tolerated as by law anything heard on the recording must be written down. Just a word of caution for anybody that thinks its funny to mock customers while they have them muted.

  • @direnova6284
    @direnova6284 5 лет назад

    Amazing acting from everyone, even the small parts.

  • @faureamour
    @faureamour 5 лет назад

    The funny thing is that as soon as you guys got into the commentary, I started simultaneously scrolling Facebook. Good review! I might watch the next episode since I don't feel existential dread after this episode.

  • @senbujohns4489
    @senbujohns4489 5 лет назад +4

    I felt like this episode showed more of the present than the future whilst Striking Vipers really went into what kind of strange relationships people will eventually come around. Episode 3 is definitely my least favourite

  • @anjealousanaconda9692
    @anjealousanaconda9692 5 лет назад +2

    I’m there with Greg all the way. First time I saw that ending it was the first time I actually shouted at the tv

  • @tjmthegreat4009
    @tjmthegreat4009 5 лет назад +9

    I think they killed him like that at the end to try to make the public from within the episode see him as a bad guy even though he is a troubled victim. That situation can be twisted by the media.

  • @Ben-ky8yb
    @Ben-ky8yb 5 лет назад +12

    Best episode of the season

    • @dogsbreakfast4952
      @dogsbreakfast4952 5 лет назад

      That's not saying much

    • @raluca8112
      @raluca8112 5 лет назад

      Agreed

    • @OsSas3
      @OsSas3 5 лет назад

      Worst episode. Great ending, good message but too long when it could be done in half the time.

    • @raluca8112
      @raluca8112 5 лет назад

      Osvaldo Sastré agree to disagree

    • @ES1Baller
      @ES1Baller 5 лет назад

      Because of Andrew Scott

  • @kddavvis5943
    @kddavvis5943 5 лет назад +1

    I also thought it was similar to shut up and dance, and how its inverted, but in order to make the flip better, they shouldn't have made him nice at all, as soon as he showed sympathy to jaden, you can see he was a nice guy who was obviously messed up.

  • @erik....
    @erik.... 5 лет назад +2

    Smithereens is Google.

  • @AmandaSheila
    @AmandaSheila 5 лет назад +1

    Hope you guys react to ep 3 soon!!! Always adore your reviews!!

  • @elizabethg9129
    @elizabethg9129 5 лет назад

    I just kept thinking about how much Andrew Scott looks like Mark Ruffalo.

  • @tatenunez
    @tatenunez 5 лет назад +6

    Do Chernobyl please

  • @RK_ILPyo
    @RK_ILPyo 2 месяца назад

    Seeing the actor reminded me, have you try watch the sherlock series? the one with Benedict Cumberbatch.

  • @roytooshort
    @roytooshort Год назад

    7:52 absolutely killed me aswell, the details of this show are so good. You can read exactly what he's thinking in those 10 seconds he pauses
    *did she just say that?*
    *this is probably some prank*
    *wait this could be real they wouldn't disturb me during a retreat*
    *actually nah the story is too farfetched who would do that*
    *oh wait I'm famous and rich, this is legit*
    *.............*
    "Aw Fuck."

  • @leonthesleepy
    @leonthesleepy 5 лет назад

    Yesss thank you for reacting to this! Cant wait to see what you guys think of it haha

  • @alifeasacat5854
    @alifeasacat5854 5 лет назад +7

    have u guys seen Chernobyl?? It's great!

  • @lstsnwfll
    @lstsnwfll 5 лет назад +1

    they're sending a very anti suicide message. they show you the effects on the mom earlier in the episode, then by actions of the hostage trying to stop him at the risk of his, the hostage's, own life.

  • @zedrow69
    @zedrow69 5 лет назад +3

    Worst sniper EVER!

  • @BernicePanders
    @BernicePanders 5 лет назад

    Where can I find John's channel??

  • @antwanpena171
    @antwanpena171 5 лет назад +3

    React to Miley Cyrus episode please ♥️♥️

  • @gil_7038
    @gil_7038 5 лет назад +1

    Ryan is swole, man.

  • @RandyReviews1990
    @RandyReviews1990 3 года назад

    anybody know the song at the end?

  • @commoncat1318
    @commoncat1318 4 года назад

    Watching again

  • @HarukaLPs
    @HarukaLPs 4 года назад

    As much as I love this show, that whole revealing the password to the woman thing is entirely implausible for any website worth their salt. Literally, a password should be salted and hashed. Facebook or youtube don't actually know what your password is.

  • @joen5935
    @joen5935 5 лет назад +2

    I agree with Greg 100%. Great episode, until the end.

    • @RandyReviews1990
      @RandyReviews1990 3 года назад +1

      i actually like the ending but i wouldn't mind making this a full length movie!

  • @kickass3100
    @kickass3100 5 лет назад +1

    Kinda ends same way it begins

  • @unknown-qw2it
    @unknown-qw2it 5 лет назад +2

    React to episode 3 !

  • @LicPlate8VPL158
    @LicPlate8VPL158 5 лет назад

    Why don't you guys do a part 1 and 2 for long shows like this?

  • @darealbrianpark
    @darealbrianpark 5 лет назад

    I'm so confused,,,can someone explain the ending?

    • @ThanatoselNyx
      @ThanatoselNyx 5 лет назад +5

      The result of the shot is irrelevant, everyone moves on immediately with no introspection and nothing changes.

    • @starlord2112
      @starlord2112 5 лет назад +3

      @@ThanatoselNyx Yeah. And sad how the Billy character closes his eyes to all the issues his empire has caused...

  • @homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe
    @homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe 3 года назад

    since u seem to be here checking notifications atm, is John single? wanna slide into those dms like a champ.

  • @brianpantoja1768
    @brianpantoja1768 5 лет назад

    Great

  • @frogscotch19
    @frogscotch19 3 года назад

    react to utopia

  • @_bryancisneros
    @_bryancisneros 5 лет назад +3

    First comment

  • @absu132
    @absu132 2 года назад

    This was garbage. Waste of time episode