Arkangel story
"Arkangel" is the second episode of the fourth series of anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Jodie Foster. The episode first aired on Netflix, along with the rest of series four, on 29 December 2017. Directed by: Jodie Foster. Story by: Charlie Brooker.
16 total · 5 choice · 4 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human parenting | choice | Marie raised Sara as a single mother. |
| invasion of privacy | choice | Maria invaded Sara's privacy by secretly accessing Sara's monitoring implant. |
| monitoring implant | choice | Marie had her young daughter Sara implanted with Arkangel, an implanted chip technology that allows a parent to track and monitor their children, as well as pixelate images that would cause them distress. |
| protecting children vs. letting them learn | choice | Marie screwed up her daughter Sara by installing a parental control chip in Sara's head. |
| the road to hell is paved with good intentions | choice | Marie only wanted to protect her daughter Sara but ended up hurting her awfully. |
| coping with a meddling parent | major | Marie interfered in Sara's love life. |
| mother and daughter | major | Marie and Sara. |
| parental controls in society | major | Marie screws up her daughter Sara by installing a parental control chip in Sara's head that pixelated images that might cause Sara distress. |
| single motherhood | major | Marie is single mother to Sara. |
| augmented reality | minor | The Arkangel chip enabled Marie to pixilate things in the real world that might distress Sara. |