S4E3

Crocodile

Black Mirror · 2017-12-29 · 59 min

FLICKFEEL

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from 11 comments

COMMUNITY

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nobody yet

YOURS

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what happens

Architect Mia scrambles to keep a dark secret under wraps, while insurance investigator Shazia harvests people's memories of a nearby accident scene.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 11 comments — 4 said when.

Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit11 read

“when the cop was like 'and the baby was born blind' or whatever, I burst out laughing”
CARNIesada6▲ 4,530about 50–60% inread it ↗
“the twist with the guinea pig being a witness and undoing all of Mia's work she put in to keep the secrets”
DevilCouldCry▲ 2,079about 75–100% inread it ↗
“I absolutely loved the foreshadowing regarding the last scene.”
DamonHuntington▲ 1,333about 85–100% inread it ↗
“The ending reminded me of "Shut up and dance". The main character totally ruined everything and at this point only waits for getting captured despite all the hard ""work"".”

who made it

directed: John Hillcoat
written: Charlie Brooker

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Andrea Riseborough as Mia Nolan
Kiran Sonia Sawar as Shazia Akhand
Andrew Gower as Rob
Anthony Welsh as Anan Akhand
Claire Rushbrook as Police Detective
Joshua James as Gordy
Adelle Leonce as Noni Harper-Brown

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