Black Mirror – Season 1: Fifteen Million Merits

Black Mirror Season 1: 15 million merits1

Whereas the first episode of Black Mirror was set fully in a world known to the viewer, this second episode takes a journey into the future. A world in which society is completely different and people no longer live in houses, but within a small rooms with a bed in a huge building. There’s nothing else in the room except that all four walls are TVs. There are no windows and no one goes outside. The only thing people are doing is cycling on hometrainers to earn virtual money and watch television. Continue reading