History Heartwarming / BlackMirror

* '''''[[Recap/BlackMirrorSanJunipero San Junipero]].'''''After several stories about mankind using technology to its detriment, we get a love story where technology is used to effectively live forever:

* In ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorArkangel Arkangel]]'' Trick may not have been the best boyfriend what with him selling drugs, doing cocaine and even showing Sara pornographic and violent videos when they were both kids but he at least was kind to her during the short time they were together.

* '''''[[Recap/BlackMirrorSanJunipero San Junipero]].''''' The episode itself is a crowning moment of heartwarming for the entire series. After several stories about mankind using technology to its detriment, we get a love story where technology is used to effectively live forever. To wit, [[spoiler:Kelly agrees to pass onto San Junipero and spend her afterlife with Yorkie. Just the final scene of their consciousnesses with those of the inhabitants of San Junipero blinking with life can move even the hardest of hearts to tears of joy and hope.]]
** On a smaller note, [[spoiler:Kelly and Yorkie meeting each other in the real world is this marked with a small {{Tearjerker}}]].

** Also, its dismantling of the [[spoiler:BuryYourGays]] trope was ''glorious.''
** It won two Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special.
** In a more meta sense, despite a SequelEpisode for "San Junipero" being frequently requested, Charlie Brooker has stated that neither him nor the rest of the creative team have any real desire to do one, because they want Kelly and Yorkie to keep their happy ending.
* ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorHangtheDJ Hang the DJ]]'' features a couple attempting to defy a dating app that claims to have a 99.8 percent success rate. That's heartwarming on its own, but especially when the true meaning of that percentage is revealed: [[spoiler: It means their simulated selves fall in love and manage to escape their world together ''998 times'' out of one thousand simulations. You better believe these couples are meant to be together.]]
* ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorFifteenMillionMerits 15 Million Merits]]'': Bing saw talent in Abi, so he donated 15 million of his own merits to help her go on Hot Shots. D'aww. [[spoiler:[[TearJerker Too bad it ends badly for her.]]]]

* Just watching [[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister the USS Callister crew]] [[spoiler:in relief and delight over escaping from Daly and the mod, and entering the main game]]. [[MoodWhiplash At least until]] [[spoiler:[[TheCameo they run into]] [[Creator/AaronPaul Gamer691]][[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments , whereupon they just decide to "fuck off" into the vast unknown of the game.]] Looks like they're not done with entitled asshole gamers just yet...]]

** [[spoiler: Despite Dr. Dawson's devolution into a pain junkie, the technology allowed him to catch things that most Doctors wouldn't even know to look for. Notably, he saved a young boy who was mistakenly diagnosed as having appendicitis. In short, the man did save lives. In fact, his pain addiction started while he was trying to save a life.]]
** [[spoiler: Clayton Leigh's daughter Nish as the hero in the end. Doubling as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, she ends up taking revenge on the man responsible for hurting her family, frees her father from his agony and saves Carrie, who was trapped in a stuffed monkey and used as an exhibit. It also turns out that she even saved her mother after finding that she had committed suicide.]]
** After dealing with Rolo, when Nish is exiting the museum [[spoiler:Carrie, who is being saved by her and is still has her consciousness trapped in the stuffed monkey, ends up saying "Monkey loves you" expressing gratitude for rescuing her and avenging what Rolo did.]]

** For starters, the episode has [[spoiler: an uncharacteristically happy ending, showing that Ashley has formed a band with Jack and is performing the sort of music she actually likes. Two of her fans seen on the news flee the racket in horror, but Rachel is actually seen dancing at the bar, apparently enjoying herself with the newly-decorated Ashley Too.]]
** Jack reconciling with her sister Rachel after [[spoiler: the news report of Ashley's coma]] and returning her [[spoiler: Ashley Too doll]].
** Both sisters looking out for each other during [[spoiler: Ashley's rescue]].
** Ashley Too, [[spoiler: who is Ashley O in every sense]] and willing to [[spoiler: MercyKill]] her human counterpart to spare Ashley her fate.

* ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorShutUpAndDance Shut Up and Dance]]'': Hector's relationship with Kenny. He does seem genuine in his attempts to try to help the younger man and goes beyond self-interest to comfort him in their hellish situation.
** On the other hand, Hector basically browbeats Kenny into robbing the bank after Kenny initially refuses to go through with it. Hector -- who believes that Kenny's only "crime" is being caught jerking off by his laptop's camera -- paints an incredibly bleak and humiliating future for Kenny (essentially that he will be known as Wank-Boy for the rest of his life, [[spoiler:especially when it becomes known what exactly he was wanking off to, something Hector, a family man, thankfully doesn't find out]]) in order to bully him into committing a felony. He does apologize afterward though, so a bit of a wash.

* ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorHangtheDJ Hang the DJ]]'' features a couple attempting to defy a dating app that claims to have a 99.8 percent success rate. That's heartwarming on its own, but especially when the true meaning of that percentage is revealed: [[spoiler: It means their simulated selves fall in love and manage to escape their world together ''998 times'' out of one thousand simulations. You better believe these couples are meant to be together.]]

* For starters, the episode has [[spoiler: an uncharacteristically happy ending, showing that Ashley has formed a band with Jack and is performing the sort of music she actually likes. Two of her fans seen on the news flee the racket in horror, but Rachel is actually seen dancing at the bar, apparently enjoying herself with the newly-decorated Ashley Too.]]
* Jack reconciling with her sister Rachel after [[spoiler: the news report of Ashley's coma]] and returning her [[spoiler: Ashley Too doll]].
* Both sisters looking out for each other during [[spoiler: Ashley's rescue]].
* Ashley Too, [[spoiler: who is Ashley O in every sense]] and willing to [[spoiler: MercyKill]] her human counterpart to spare Ashley her fate.

* ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorRachelJackAndAshleyToo Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too]]'' has [[spoiler: an uncharacteristically happy ending, showing that Ashley has formed a band with Jack and is performing the sort of music she actually likes. Rachel is seen fleeing the racket in horror, so she's lost her favourite artist - but she's fleeing alongside what seems to be a like-minded friend, showing that she's become less shy and isolated.]]
** [[spoiler:That wasn’t Rachel; it was another former fan who was briefly seen on the news earlier. Rachel is actually seen dancing at the bar, apparently enjoying herself with the newly-decorated Ashley Too. Arguably heartwarming in itself, since Rachel still enjoys Ashley’s music despite the dramatic change in style, and is supportive of her sister.]]

** [[That wasn’t Rachel; it was another former fan who was briefly seen on the news earlier. Rachel is actually seen dancing at the bar, apparently enjoying herself with the newly-decorated Ashley Too. Arguably heartwarming in itself, since Rachel still enjoys Ashley’s music despite the dramatic change in style, and is supportive of her sister.]]

* ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorRachelJackAndAshleyToo Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too]]'' has [[spoiler: an uncharacteristically happy ending, showing that Ashley has formed a band with Jack and is performing the sort of music she actually likes. Rachel is seen fleeing the racket in horror, so she's lost her favourite artist - but she's fleeing alongside what seems to be a like-minded friend, showing that she's become less shy and isolated.]]

* ''Recap/BlackMirrorRachelJackAndAshleyToo'' has [[spoiler: an uncharacteristically happy ending, showing that Ashley has formed a band with Jack and is performing the sort of music she actually likes. Rachel is seen fleeing the racket in horror, so she's lost her favourite artist - but she's fleeing alongside what seems to be a like-minded friend, showing that she's become less shy and isolated.]]

** After dealing with Rolo, when Nish is exiting the museum [[spoiler:Carrie, who is being saved by her and is still has her consciousness trapped in the stuffed monkey, ends up saying "Monkey loves you" expressing gratitude for rescuing her and avenging what Rolo did.]]

* Just watching [[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister the USS Callister crew]] [[spoiler:in relief and delight over escaping from Daly and the mod, and entering the main game]]. [[MoodWhiplash At least until]] [[spoiler:[[TheCameo they run into]] [[Creator/AaronPaul Gamer691]][[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments , whereupon they just decide to "fuck off" into the vast unknown of the game.]]]]

* Just watching [[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister the USS Callister crew]] [[spoiler:in relief and delight over escaping from Daly and the mod, and entering the main game]]. [[MoodWhiplash At least until]] [[spoiler:[[TheCameo they run into]] [[Creator/AaronPaul Gamer691]][[CrowningMomentOfFunny , whereupon they just decide to "fuck off" into the vast unknown of the game.]]]]

** [[spoiler: Clayton Leigh's daughter Nish as the hero in the end. Doubling as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, she ends up taking revenge on the man responsible for hurting her family, frees her father from his agony and saves Carrie, who was trapped in a stuffed monkey and used as an exhibit. It also turns out that she even saved her mother after finding that she had committed suicide.]]

* The man and woman in ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorCrocodile Crocodile]]'' who passed each other by that Mia spoke to both mention that certain features of the person they passed by on the street stood out to them because they thought each other was cute. Almost makes one wish Mia had managed to introduce them to each other before the worst happened.

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* The man and woman in ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorCrocodile Crocodile]'' who passed each other by that Mia spoke to both mention that certain features of the person they passed by on the street stood out to them because they thought each other was cute. Almost makes one wish Mia had managed to introduce them to each other before the worst happened.

** In a more meta sense, a SequelEpisode for "San Junipero" being frequently requeste, Charlie Brooker has stated that neither him nor the rest of the creative team have any real desire to do one, because they want Kelly and Yorkie to keep their happy ending.

** In a more meta sense, despite numerous requests to do a SequelEpisode, Charlie Brooker has stated that neither him nor the rest of the creative team have any real desire to do one, because they want Kelly and Yorkie to keep their happy ending.

-->'''Kelly:''' (kisses Yorkie's forehead) Hello, stupid.

** After dealing with Rolo, when Nish is exiting the museum Carrie, who is being saved by her and is still has her consciousness trapped in the stuffed monkey, ends up saying "Monkey loves you" expressing gratitude for rescuing her and avenging what Rolo did.