I had not even heard of best black mirror episodes before I was recommended to watch it at the local place where I usually make most of my movie purchases, given the usual stuff that I purchase there. So I went home and started season 1 as it was available on Netflix. I managed to endure almost 3 episodes of the first season before I gave up.
I will say that it was refreshing for a series to have each and every episode to be independent of one another, that each was a self-contained and complete story in itself. So you could essentially sit down to watch them in any random order. I managed to get almost through the third episode of season 1 before I gave up. It turned out, that despite each episode being very well produced and also having some interesting concept behind it, that the premise of the series was just not appealing to me. Why? Well, because I am not really all that interested in technology.
The acting in the three episodes that I watched was good, and it was nice enough to see story lines poke fun at things that are wrong with society today, such as how desperate for fame people are that they are willing to participate in “talent” shows, or the fact that most of our lives are spent online in one way or another, etc. I guess that black mirror cast would have a wide appeal, and at first glance it seems like it is something that might slip under the radar of most people. I, for example, hadn’t even heard about it prior to being recommended to watch it.