White Bear story
"White Bear" is the second episode of the second series of the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by the series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by Carl Tibbetts. The episode follows Victoria, a woman who does not remember who she is and wakes up in a place where almost everybody is controlled by a television signal. Along with some of the few other unaffected people, she must stop the "White Bear" transmitter while surviving merciless pursuers. Directed by: Carl Tibbetts. Story by: Charlie Brooker.
12 total · 5 choice · 5 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| crime and punishment | choice | We are made to ponder several ethical dilemmas regarding the treatment of putative criminals. The woman did not remember her crime. Moreover, her punishment was turned into a public spectacle, if not for profit certainly for fame. Her punishment was certainly cruel and unusual. |
| cruel and unusual punishment | choice | The woman's punishment for her crime was to be placed in a game repeated day after day. |
| eye for an eye justice | choice | The woman's cruel punishment was meant to be proportional to the crime she was convicted for, namely child murder. |
| prisoners being exploited for entertainment | choice | A convicted child murderer was punished by being forced to relive the same torturous day over and over again. |
| treatment of prisoners | choice | Is it alright to use prisoners for public entertainment? |
| lawless anarchy dystopia | major | The woman was made to feel she lived in a post apocalyptic world where everyone was a camera zombie. |
| murder | major | It turned out that Victoria had been convicted of murdering a child in cold blood. |
| what if everyone turned into zombies | major | The spectators were camera wielding, albeit harmless, zombies from the The woman's point of view. |
| what if I had amnesia | major | The woman woke up day after day not remembering who she was. |
| what if I woke up in a strange place and didn't remember how I got there | major | The woman woke up and didn't remember who or where she was. |