To an extent, “Arkangel,” the second episode of Black Mirror season 4, is one of the more grounded, if predictable, episodes of the series. So I figured there had to be a point in the series where the technology at least comes close to what we presently have. And yet in one way or another, aspects of season three have played out (or are being tested) in real life. When we spoke to Brooker ahead of season three, he told us that “reality felt like it was slightly catching up with us,” and it “felt like we had to pick up our pace.” Maybe it’s eerie coincidence that his fictional stories set in a near future aren’t that far off from reality. Series creator Charlie Brooker has maintained that his program is speculative fiction. My new ritual for firing up a new episode of Black Mirror is trying to guess the inspiration behind each story.
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