“In other words, show creator Charlie Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones in all likelihood plucked Bauer’s vision quest not from the headlines but from their own brains—only to have reality outpace what would otherwise be a pitch-perfect lampoon of tech-founder sanctimony. Such is the burden of Black Mirror. More than seven years after it first debuted, the sci-fi anthology can still make you laugh (sometimes), unnerve you (many more times), and even disappoint you (more on that in a bit). It just may no longer surprise you.” Read more: ‘Black Mirror’ Isn’t Surprising Anymore. We’re Screwed.