Black Mirror
Season 5
3 listed hours · 2011–present · Channel 4/Netflix
From the desk
How this season is filed
Charlie Brooker's anthology as a set of closed arguments about gadgets, grief, and audiences — still going, still skippable by design, still sharper when it stops lecturing and starts framing.
TV Flash files Season 5 of Black Mirror (2011–present) on Channel 4/Netflix as a mid listed season (5; 5 of 7) — 3 listed hours, 2019-06-05 from “Striking Vipers” (S05E01) to “Rachel, Jack and Ashley, Too” (S05E03). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
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S05E01 Striking Vipers
When old college friends Danny and Karl reconnect in a VR version of their favorite video game, the late-night sessions yield an unexpected discovery.
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S05E02 Smithereens
A London rideshare driver ignites an international crisis when he kidnaps a worker from a social media company.
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S05E03 Rachel, Jack and Ashley, Too
A lonely teen becomes obsessed with a robot doll based on her pop star idol, Ashley O -- just as the real Ashley's life begins to unravel.
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