Crocodiles are a species that have particularly adept memories (via Heavy). While this might be an evolutionary strong suit for these scaly creatures, it’s perhaps not a feature of humans that should be enhanced much further, as demonstrated by this episode’s “Black Mirror” tech — the ability to playback your memories.
The episode opens with the character of Mia as she is out with her boyfriend, indulging in some coordination-altering substances. On their drive home, they hit a biker and, in a panicked state, hide the body. A full 15 years later, Mia’s now ex-boyfriend decides he wants to come clean. At this point, Mia has built a successful career, as well as a loving family. She has too much to lose, panics again and ends up murdering her ex.
Unfortunately, a car accident occurs right outside Mia’s hotel the same night, and an insurance agent pays her a visit with an order to extract her memories as a witness. Mia can’t oblige unless she wants to go to prison for murder, so now she’s forced to murder the insurance agent and the newborn baby she didn’t realize was in the room until the deed had been done. However, Mia leaves one witness — a guinea pig — and the episode ends with police arresting Mia as she attends her child’s play.
The final twist of the knife? The baby was blind, meaning she killed him for nothing, a devastating addition to an already devastating episode.
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