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Sort of an old show (or semi old show), but I finally got around to watching all three seasons and overall it's pretty good. Well at least the first two seasons are.

There was only one really good episode in season 3 and the rest were "meh to sucked a lot."

Still would recommend watching it.

Can we get a synopsis?

It’s like a modern version of the Twilight Zone. Each episode is about something completely different though there is usually a constant connection of the dangers of technology or rather the potential dangers of it due to bad people using it for bad shit.

While the episodes are all self contained, they often do make very small references to past episodes so it’s sort of implied that all of it is still taking place in the same universe.

Huh, I really liked season 3, barring the last episode. Which episode did you think was good?

The Shut Up and Dance one (third episode). It felt the most like one of the old episodes.

That was a good one, although Malk ruined it by telling me to watch Episode three, the child porn episode. Fucking Malk, man.

The first one was okay, but I felt like they tried to tack on a “happy ending.” Should have just ended with her in the cell.

The second one just had such an annoying protagonist that it just lowered the episode, but the premise wasn’t very strong anyway and was pretty cliche.

The fourth one was the worst of the season. It had WAY too happy of an ending and was pretty sappy overall, "The feel good feels" is not why I’m watching this series.

All of those also felt too “Americanized.”

Now the fifth and sixth episodes felt more like the older Black Mirror episodes in tone. But the fifth one was boring since I’ve seen similar stuff in a lot of other shows and movies.

The sixth one was slow and plodding and I just didn’t really care about any of the characters.

Personally I liked the first seasons a lot better, but shut up and dance is probably the best episode of the series. 

Top 3 is probably Shut Up and Dance, White Christmas, 15 Million Merits.