Black Mirror Season 6, released on June 15, 2023, featured five stand-alone episodes, each delving into techno-paranoia through unique and unsettling storylines led by creator Charlie Brooker with executive production by Annabel Jones.
The premiere episode, Joan Is Awfulstars Annie Murphy as a woman whose life becomes the subject of a streaming series produced by a platform resembling Netflix. The story reveals that both Joan and her portrayer, played by Salma Hayek, are AI-generated constructs within a layered simulation.
In Loch Henrya documentary filmmaking trip to a small Scottish town uncovers chilling secrets when a couple learns that the protagonist’s parents were involved in a series of tourist murders. The episode concludes with a true crime documentary being released about the case.
Beyond the Sea presents an alternate 1969 where astronauts transfer consciousness into Earth-based replicas. Emotional trauma and personal boundaries unravel, culminating in betrayal and tragedy when one astronaut murders the other’s family while using his replica.
Mazey Day follows a paparazzo tracking a troubled actress who turns out to be a werewolf. The pursuit ends in a violent confrontation as the supernatural element blends with critiques of media intrusion and celebrity culture.
The season ends with Demon 79set in late 1970s England. A shop worker is told by a demon that she must kill three people to avert the apocalypse. Despite two completed murders, her failure to kill a far-right politician results in nuclear war.
Black Mirror returns to Netflix with a seventh season on April 10, 2025 at 3 a.m. ET / midnight PT.
