Shocker! This show is Joan's life, and she's played by Salma Hayek. Joan goes home to her fiance and they decide to watch a new show on Streamberry (the Black Mirror universe's version of Netflix): Joan Is Awful. Joan has a lot going on in her life.Īfter a session with her therapist results in Joan wanting to once again become "the main character in her own life," she agrees to meet with her ex-boyfriend (Rob Delaney) at a bar, where they flirt, discuss their past, and briefly kiss. It is that wild with that many twists-and the glory of the show is that even after a fully-immersive and fun hour of television, everyone should come away with a very clear moral to the story.Īs "Joan Is Awful" opens, we follow a mid-level tech corporation executive named Joan (Annie Murphy) who goes through her unremarkable life in a rather routine manner: she wakes up, has breakfast with her fiance, sings along to a hip-hop song in her car, gets into the office and has to fire one of her closest work friend meanwhile her her ex-boyfriend is in town and texting her in a rather flirtatious manner. Season 6 kicks off with "Joan Is Awful," a complex, near-future sci-fi episode that seasoned Black Mirror-heads will be fully conditioned and that would probably make the heads of anyone watching the show for the first time fully explode. It's a show that first and foremost has something to say on a social commentary and satire level, but always keeps that part of the equation hidden under layers and layers of mystery, intrigue, and twists. The following story contains spoilers for "Joan Is Awful," Season 6, Episode 1 of Black Mirror.įOR NOW six seasons, Black Mirrorhas taken inventive, engaging, and, ultimately, exciting avenues to give us stories that ultimately prove just how scary and strange the technology around us really is.
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