At its best, science fiction looks into our present and future.

However, the episode also has a darker, more sinister outlook if one looks deeper.

This similarity is intentional and only makes the episode more and more relevant with each passing year.

Bryce Dallas Howard as Lacie in Black Mirror Nosedive smiling with tears in her eyes.

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Miley Cyrus in Black Mirror 2x1

Lenora Crichlow as Victoria in Black Mirror White Bear looking back.

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Alex Lawther as Kenny in Black Mirror Shut Up and Dance looking scared outside in the suburbs

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Daniel Kaluuya and Jessica Brown-Findlay in Fifteen Million Merits ‘Black Mirror’ standing next to each other.

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Close-up shot of Rory Kinnear as Michael Callow in Black Mirror’s The National Anthem.

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close-up of Toby Kebbell as Liam Foxwell with whited-out eyes in Black Mirror The Entire History of You

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The cast of USS Callister Black Mirror all gathered on the spaceship.

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Screenshot from the Black Mirror episode ‘The Waldo Moment’

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Bryce Dallas Howard looking at the phone in Black Mirror’s Nosedive

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Hayley Atwell in Black Mirror Be Right Back standing next to Domhnall Gleeson

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