Throughout its run, Black Mirror has become known for disturbing its viewers, and it often does so during traditionally happy times, like Christmas. The show’s very first episode, famously featuring a pig, debuted on December 4th, 2011, and new episodes have frequently been released around the Christmas and New Year holidays. There’s even a dedicated Christmas special containing three dark and unsettling stories.
Eight years ago, fans received a special Christmas gift: the fourth season of Black Mirror, featuring six compelling episodes. The season finale, titled “Black Museum,” revealed a major connection that fans had suspected for six years: all episodes of Black Mirror exist within the same shared universe. Creator Charlie Brooker subtly confirmed this long-held fan theory, making the episode a significant moment for the show.
Black Museum Confirmed All of Black Mirror Is One Connected Universe
The “Black Museum” episode of Black Mirror has a fantastic setup. It centers around Rolo Haynes (Douglas Hodge), a salesman displaying unsettling artifacts in a remote location. The museum isn’t very popular anymore, so when Nish (Letitia Wright) arrives, Rolo gives her a personal tour. She examines disturbing items like a device that lets a doctor experience a patient’s pain—leading to addiction—a stuffed monkey holding the mind of a woman in a coma, and a lifelike, conscious hologram of a condemned prisoner. These technologies all connected to the episode’s main story, but fans were particularly captivated by the smaller, more unusual details.
The Black Museum’s collection isn’t limited to objects from the latest stories. It also features items from older episodes, including some that originally aired just this season. Fans could spot things like the mask worn by Victoria Skillane from “White Bear,” a robot bee from “Hated in the Nation,” the DNA copier from “USS Callister,” the broken tablet from “Arkangel,” and even a miniature scene depicting the death of Carlton Bloom, the artist whose actions started the events of “The National Anthem.”
Previously, the hidden references and recurring details in Black Mirror were mostly just enjoyable nods to other episodes, hinting that all the stories might take place in a shared universe. These often appeared as brands or companies, like National Allied Bank or the chicken restaurant Barnie’s, but each episode generally stood alone. Fans often speculated about a connected universe, but “Black Museum” officially confirmed it.
Black Mirror’s Big Fan Theory Confirmation Doesn’t Make Sense, But It’s Still Fun
The idea of all the Black Mirror episodes happening in the same universe has one major flaw: some episodes portray such drastically different and extreme futures that they don’t quite fit together. A prime example is “Fifteen Million Merits,” where people earn credits by cycling on stationary bikes, just to watch TV or eat. It’s hard to imagine this bleak world coexisting with episodes like “The National Anthem” or “Nosedive,” especially since ads for the shows within “Fifteen Million Merits” actually appear in other episodes throughout the series.
Let me tell you, the episode “Metalhead” really stuck with me – it was filmed entirely in black and white, and the premise is terrifying: killer drones hunting humans for fun. It always felt like it could easily fit into the show’s future, and honestly, the tech from that episode pops up in others quite a bit. Then came the interactive movie Bandersnatch, which threw everything into question by treating other Black Mirror episodes as video games within the show. And just when you thought things were complicated enough, they released “Plaything,” which feels like a sequel to Bandersnatch and references even more episodes as existing stories! For years, the advice was simple: don’t overthink it. But this year, well, that’s become a lot harder to do.
Interestingly, Black Mirror cleverly explained away inconsistencies in its earlier ‘Easter eggs’ by introducing the idea of a multiverse. In the recent episode “Bête Noire,” a character uses a quantum computer to travel freely between alternate realities. This not only took the show’s science fiction elements to a new level, but also officially established the Black Mirror multiverse, meaning those seemingly conflicting details actually fit together – they simply happen in different universes.
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