Streaming services, cable TV and Primetime television are fighting for your viewership now more than ever. UNBINGED is here to help you weed through it all, with reviews of the latest shows that highlight what we love, what we hate and what we love to hate-watch, too.
Climate crisis, food insecurity, political corruption and unrest … the end of the world has never seemed closer. And what better way to capitalize on this growing fear than on TV? From global annihilation via the undead and alien invasion to technology’s terrifying and very real takeover of humanity, small screen shows are playing on our fears for entertainment’s sake, and finding big audiences doing so. This week, UnBinged examines apocalyptic TV shows Black Mirror, Walking Dead: Dead City and Secret Invasion, and tells you what’s worthy of your precious time on earth.
Black Mirror- Season 6 (“Streamberry”)
After a long hiatus in which real life seemed to use previous seasons as a playbook, Black Mirror returns to Netflix with their unique vision of contemporary horror for the modern age. Created by Charlie Brooker, early episodes of Black Mirror explored the corruption of society through unchecked technology, illustrating how advancement can bring out the best in science but the worst of humanity.
Black Mirror’s central premise, that development and dependency on technology will eventually bring the downfall of society, merges Neo-Luddism with the Twilight Zone, it’s always deliciously dark. But in this sixth season, the modern-day thrills and chills are a bit muddied as the episodes seem more concerned with twists than the nightmarish anti-tech messaging that often left viewers in a state of shock.
The best episode of the season is “Loch Henry,” which follows two aspiring filmmakers (Samuel Blenkin and Myha’la Herrold) who focus on a local serial killer in rural Scotland. The sinister surprises and dark turns of…
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