Hated in the Nation story
"Hated in the Nation" is the sixth and final episode of the third series of British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. Written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by James Hawes, it premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, along with the rest of series three. It is the longest episode in the series at 89 minutes. Directed by: James Hawes. Story by: Charlie Brooker.
18 total · 4 choice · 6 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| mechanical insect | choice | Mechanical bee swarms had been made to pollinate plants in lieu of real bees. |
| out of control technology | choice | The mechanical bees, or autonomous drone insects, were hacked to start killing people in the middle of online shit-storms by burrowing into their brains. |
| social media in society | choice | The episode dealt with online hate. |
| society regulating central computer crash | choice | The bee swarms were somehow susceptible to a centralized attack, but the details were unclear. |
| crime and punishment | major | We are made to ponder whether the online haters got what they justly deserved. |
| endangered species | major | Bees and some other animals had virtually gone extinct. In the case of the bees, they were replaced by mechanical bees. |
| mass surveillance | major | The government made a secret agreement with the mechanical bee company that the government could access the bees sensors at times of heightened security. |
| taking the law into one's own hands | major | A hacker administered rogue justice by hacking into mechanical bees to make them kill people in the middle of online shit-storms. |
| vigilante justice | major | A hacker who was dissatisfied with online haters not getting punished took matters into his own hands. |
| young character vs. old character | major | The tech savvy young inspector Blue Coulson versus the cynical older inspector Karin Parke. |