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* AssPull: Mia's assault on the Akhand's home is an epic ass pull that stretches SuspensionOfDisbelief to the breaking point. To wit:
### Mia enters the house through [[SwissCheeseSecurity an unlocked door,]] even though it's dark out and Anan is the only adult at home.
### When Anan gets off the sofa and goes upstairs, [[FailedASpotCheck he fails to see Mia]] standing in the doorway nearby.
### Mia follows him upstairs [[StealthExpert without making a sound,]] while Anan conveniently leaves the bathroom door ''unlocked and ajar.''
### Mia enters the bathroom to find Anan soaking in the bathtub with his back to her.
### Mia gets ''within arm's reach'' of Anan and he '''still''' doesn't notice her presence.
### When Mia's phone goes off, Anan ''finally'' turns to see her, but [[TooDumbToLive he doesn't react]] and she kills him without a sound.
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* {{Narm}}: The twist that Mia, after committing multiple murders to cover her tracks, was thwarted by ''a guinea pig,'' has been a tough pill to swallow for some fans. The additional revelation that the baby she killed was blind anyway can also be seen as a bit excessive.

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* {{Narm}}: The twist that Mia, after committing multiple murders to cover her tracks, was thwarted by ''a guinea pig,'' has been a tough pill to swallow for some fans. The additional revelation that the baby she killed was blind anyway can also be seen as a bit excessive. For what it's worth, Brooker ''intended'' for it to be a darkly humorous conclusion to the story, akin to ''Film/{{Fargo}}''.
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## Mia enters the house through [[SwissCheeseSecurity an unlocked door,]] even though it's dark out and Anan is the only adult at home.
## When Anan gets off the sofa and goes upstairs, [[FailedASpotCheck he fails to see Mia]] standing in the doorway nearby.
## Mia follows him upstairs [[StealthExpert without making a sound,]] while Anan conveniently leaves the bathroom door ''unlocked and ajar.''
## Mia enters the bathroom to find Anan soaking in the bathtub with his back to her.
## Mia gets ''within arm's reach'' of Anan and he '''still''' doesn't notice her presence.
## When Mia's phone goes off, Anan ''finally'' turns to see her, but [[TooDumbToLive he doesn't react]] and she kills him without a sound.

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## ### Mia enters the house through [[SwissCheeseSecurity an unlocked door,]] even though it's dark out and Anan is the only adult at home.
## ### When Anan gets off the sofa and goes upstairs, [[FailedASpotCheck he fails to see Mia]] standing in the doorway nearby.
## ### Mia follows him upstairs [[StealthExpert without making a sound,]] while Anan conveniently leaves the bathroom door ''unlocked and ajar.''
## ### Mia enters the bathroom to find Anan soaking in the bathtub with his back to her.
## ### Mia gets ''within arm's reach'' of Anan and he '''still''' doesn't notice her presence.
## ### When Mia's phone goes off, Anan ''finally'' turns to see her, but [[TooDumbToLive he doesn't react]] and she kills him without a sound.
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* AssPull: Mia's assault on the Akhand's home is an epic ass pull that stretches SuspensionOfDisbelief to the breaking point. To wit:
## Mia enters the house through [[SwissCheeseSecurity an unlocked door,]] even though it's dark out and Anan is the only adult at home.
## When Anan gets off the sofa and goes upstairs, [[FailedASpotCheck he fails to see Mia]] standing in the doorway nearby.
## Mia follows him upstairs [[StealthExpert without making a sound,]] while Anan conveniently leaves the bathroom door ''unlocked and ajar.''
## Mia enters the bathroom to find Anan soaking in the bathtub with his back to her.
## Mia gets ''within arm's reach'' of Anan and he '''still''' doesn't notice her presence.
## When Mia's phone goes off, Anan ''finally'' turns to see her, but [[TooDumbToLive he doesn't react]] and she kills him without a sound.
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Episode is capitalized 'Arkangel' [1]


[[center:[-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorArkAngel ArkAngel]]-] -- [-'''Crocodile'''-] -- [-Hang the DJ-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorMetalhead Metalhead]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorBlackMuseum Black Museum]]-]]]

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[[center:[-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorArkAngel ArkAngel]]-] [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorArkangel Arkangel]]-] -- [-'''Crocodile'''-] -- [-Hang the DJ-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorMetalhead Metalhead]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorBlackMuseum Black Museum]]-]]]
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%%* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks. Going about in pairs with a co-worker would also solve so many problems.

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* TheWoobie: Mia's family in the end.

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* TheWoobie: WoobieFamily:
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Mia's family in the end.end.
** And of course, Shazia and her family.
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%%* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks. Going about in pairs with a co-worker would also solve so many problems.

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%%* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks. Going about in pairs with a co-worker would also solve so many problems.problems.
* TheWoobie: Mia's family in the end.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Mia's first murder of the episode COULD be seen as ''somewhat'' sympathetic if you were really generous. He killed someone while driving drunk, forced her to help him hide the body, and then, years later, wanted to salve his conscience by confessing, which could potentially destroy her life. Then she covers up that crime by murdering an innocent woman. Then covers that up by murdering the woman's husband. Then tries to cover ''that'' up by ''murdering a baby''. Having crossed the horizon, there seems to be [[IveComeToFar no more limits on what she's willing to do.]]

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* MoralEventHorizon: Mia's first murder of the episode COULD be seen as ''somewhat'' sympathetic if you were really generous. He killed someone while driving drunk, forced her to help him hide the body, and then, years later, wanted to salve his conscience by confessing, which could potentially destroy her life. Then she covers up that crime by murdering an innocent woman. Then covers that up by murdering the woman's husband. Then tries to cover ''that'' up by ''murdering a baby''. Having crossed the horizon, there seems to be [[IveComeToFar [[IveComeTooFar no more limits on what she's willing to do.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: Mia's first murder of the episode COULD be seen as ''somewhat'' sympathetic if you were really generous. Rob made her hide the body of the cyclist ''he'' ran over all those years ago. Him deciding to confess to it (even if it was an anonymous letter) is a bit hypocritical and could have ruined her life. However, Mia's remaining murders of Shazia, Shazia's husband, and Shazia's ''infant son'' are completely indefensible.

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* MoralEventHorizon: Mia's first murder of the episode COULD be seen as ''somewhat'' sympathetic if you were really generous. Rob made He killed someone while driving drunk, forced her to help him hide the body of the cyclist ''he'' ran over all those body, and then, years ago. Him deciding later, wanted to confess to it (even if it was an anonymous letter) is a bit hypocritical and salve his conscience by confessing, which could have ruined potentially destroy her life. However, Mia's remaining murders of Shazia, Shazia's husband, and Shazia's ''infant son'' are completely indefensible.Then she covers up that crime by murdering an innocent woman. Then covers that up by murdering the woman's husband. Then tries to cover ''that'' up by ''murdering a baby''. Having crossed the horizon, there seems to be [[IveComeToFar no more limits on what she's willing to do.]]

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* TooDumbToLive: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks. Going about in pairs with a co-worker would also solve so many problems.
* TheWoobie: Shazia and her entire family.

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* TooDumbToLive: %%* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks. Going about in pairs with a co-worker would also solve so many problems.
* TheWoobie: Shazia and her entire family.
problems.
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* MemeticMutation: The fact that Mia gets caught thanks to the guinea pig being the only witness of her murder of Shazia's family spawned many jokes on how weird it is.

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* MemeticMutation: The fact that Mia gets caught thanks to the guinea pig being the only witness of her murder of Shazia's family spawned many jokes on how weird contrived and stupid it is.
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A more appropriate trope, considering the situation


* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks. Going about in pairs with a co-worker would also solve so many problems.

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* WhatAnIdiot: TooDumbToLive: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks. Going about in pairs with a co-worker would also solve so many problems.
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* HarsherInHindsight: A scene showing a guy getting hit and injured by a self driving pizza delivery van gets more darker after a video was released of a self driving Uber vehicle hitting and killing a woman.

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* HarsherInHindsight: A scene showing a guy getting hit and injured by a self driving pizza delivery van gets more darker after a video was released of a self driving self-driving Uber vehicle hitting and killing a woman.
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* HarsherinHindsight: A scene showing a guy getting hit and injured by a self driving pizza delivery van gets more darker after a video was released of a self driving Uber vehicle hitting and killing a woman.

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* HarsherinHindsight: HarsherInHindsight: A scene showing a guy getting hit and injured by a self driving pizza delivery van gets more darker after a video was released of a self driving Uber vehicle hitting and killing a woman.
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* HarsherinHindsight: A scene showing a guy getting hit and injured by a self driving pizza delivery van gets more darker after a video was released of a self driving Uber vehicle hitting and killing a woman.
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* {{Narm}}: The twist that Mia, after committing multiple murders to cover her tracks, was thwarted by ''a guinea pig'' has been a tough pill to swallow for some fans. The additional revelation that the baby she killed was blind anyway can also be seen as a bit excessive.
* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks.

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* {{Narm}}: The twist that Mia, after committing multiple murders to cover her tracks, was thwarted by ''a guinea pig'' pig,'' has been a tough pill to swallow for some fans. The additional revelation that the baby she killed was blind anyway can also be seen as a bit excessive.
* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks. Going about in pairs with a co-worker would also solve so many problems.
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* {{Narm}}: The twist that Mia, after committing multiple murders to cover her tracks, was thwarted by ''a guinea pig'' has been a tough pill to swallow for some fans. The additional revelation that the baby she killed was blind anyway can also be seen as a bit excessive.
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* MemeticMutation: The fact that Mia gets caught thanks to the guinea pig being the only witness of her murder of Shazia's family spawned many jokes on how weird it is.
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* InferredHolocaust: Unscrupulous people killing anyone who could identify them from the scene of a crime must be happening A LOT with this memory scanning technology being so widespread.
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[[center:[-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorArkAngel ArkAngel]]-] -- [-'''Crocodile'''-] -- [-Hang the DJ-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorMetalhead Metalhead]]-] -- [-Black Museum-]]]

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[[center:[-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorArkAngel ArkAngel]]-] -- [-'''Crocodile'''-] -- [-Hang the DJ-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorMetalhead Metalhead]]-] -- [-Black Museum-]]]
[-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorBlackMuseum Black Museum]]-]]]
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* JerkassWoobie: Both Rob and Mia qualify.



* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks.

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* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks.tracks.
* TheWoobie: Shazia and her entire family.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Mia's first murder of the episode COULD be seen as ''somewhat'' sympathetic if you were really generous. Rob made her hide the body of the cyclist ''he'' ran over all those years ago. Him deciding to confess to it (even if it was an anonymous letter) is a bit hypocritical and could have ruined her life. However, Mia's remaining murders of Shazia, Shazia's husband, and Shazia's ''infant son'' are completely indefensible.]]
* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. [[spoiler:Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks]].

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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Mia's Mia's first murder of the episode COULD be seen as ''somewhat'' sympathetic if you were really generous. Rob made her hide the body of the cyclist ''he'' ran over all those years ago. Him deciding to confess to it (even if it was an anonymous letter) is a bit hypocritical and could have ruined her life. However, Mia's remaining murders of Shazia, Shazia's husband, and Shazia's ''infant son'' are completely indefensible.]]
indefensible.
* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone will kill to keep secret. [[spoiler:Pepper Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks]].tracks.
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[[center:[-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorArkAngel ArkAngel]]-] -- [-'''Crocodile'''-] -- [-Hang the DJ-] -- [-Metalhead-] -- [-Black Museum-]]]

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[[center:[-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorArkAngel ArkAngel]]-] -- [-'''Crocodile'''-] -- [-Hang the DJ-] -- [-Metalhead-] [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorMetalhead Metalhead]]-] -- [-Black Museum-]]]
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[[center:[-'''Series Four'''-]]]
[[center:[-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]-] -- [-[[YMMV/BlackMirrorArkAngel ArkAngel]]-] -- [-'''Crocodile'''-] -- [-Hang the DJ-] -- [-Metalhead-] -- [-Black Museum-]]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Mia's first murder of the episode COULD be seen as ''somewhat'' sympathetic if you were really generous. Rob made her hide the body of the cyclist ''he'' ran over all those years ago. Him deciding to confess to it (even if it was an anonymous letter) is a bit hypocritical and could have ruined her life. However, Mia's remaining murders of the Shazia, Shazia's husband, and Shazia's ''infant son'' are completely indefensible.]]

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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Mia's first murder of the episode COULD be seen as ''somewhat'' sympathetic if you were really generous. Rob made her hide the body of the cyclist ''he'' ran over all those years ago. Him deciding to confess to it (even if it was an anonymous letter) is a bit hypocritical and could have ruined her life. However, Mia's remaining murders of the Shazia, Shazia's husband, and Shazia's ''infant son'' are completely indefensible.]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone desperately wants to keep secret. [[spoiler:Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks]].

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* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone desperately wants will kill to keep secret. [[spoiler:Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks]].
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* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone desperately wants to keep secret [[spoiler:(and will kill to keep secret like Mia)]].

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* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone desperately wants to keep secret [[spoiler:(and will kill to keep secret like Mia)]].secret. [[spoiler:Pepper spray alone would have probably stopped the murderous Mia in her tracks]].
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* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY form of protection in case she comes across a memory someone desperately wants to keep secret [[spoiler:(and will kill to keep secret like Mia)]].

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* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY form kind of weapon for protection in case she comes across a memory someone desperately wants to keep secret [[spoiler:(and will kill to keep secret like Mia)]].
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Mia's first murder of the episode COULD be seen as ''somewhat'' sympathetic if you were really generous. Rob made her hide the body of the cyclist ''he'' ran over all those years ago. Him deciding to confess to it (even if it was an anonymous letter) is a bit hypocritical and could have ruined her life. However, Mia's remaining murders of the Shazia, Shazia's husband, and Shazia's ''infant son'' are completely indefensible.]]
* WhatAnIdiot: Shazia, an insurance agent who constantly looks into people's memories, doesn't carry ANY form of protection in case she comes across a memory someone desperately wants to keep secret [[spoiler:(and will kill to keep secret like Mia)]].

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