Black Mirror : What made White Christmas the highest rated episode?

What made White Christmas the highest rated episode?

The show's episodes average from 8.0-8.5 (except for Waldo with an abysmal 7.1) but what made White Christmas stand out from the rest of the show?
Don't get me wrong the episode was great! I loved the twist and I loved the concept, but to me it wasn't 9.1 worthy (tbh I wouldn't know what would be considered as the best episode).
So, to repeat myself: what made White Christmas the greatest episode according to IMDB ratings?

Re: What made White Christmas the highest rated episode?

The average user rating is the smartass answer.

Why said average was that high? Dunno myself, I thought White Christmas was one of the weaker episodes, actually.

And 7.1 is abysmal by Black Mirror's standards, but not for many other shows! The Simpsons is lucky to break the 7-point barrier nowadays...

Re: What made White Christmas the highest rated episode?

After black mirror is on for 20+ seasons, we will see what ratings it yields...

Re: What made White Christmas the highest rated episode?

Two words.

Jon Hamm.

Re: What made White Christmas the highest rated episode?

It's my favorite episode (and I really loved most episodes) because it had a lot going for it.
1) strong acting from the two main characters
2) 3 seemingly unique and thoroughly entertaining stories that all come together in the end for the big reveal
3) a reverse whodunnit style mystery where you know the culprits but you don't know the crime
4) like all episodes, it had it's social commentary. This one tackled several: the morality of AI and its usage, liability in witnessing criminality, the consequences of lingering unrequited love, the complexities of domestic disputes, the rights of a father versus a mother and how technology and laws can alter that, coping with guilt, the ethics of law enforcement through AI/cookies, and probably a couple others that escape me right now.
5) it was longer than most episodes which also gave it a movie feel rather than a TV episode. Nothing was rushed in the story telling.

These are all, of course, just my opinion.

Re: What made White Christmas the highest rated episode?

That's a really great in depth description and I think it's helped me appreciate the episode more! Thank you :)

Re: What made White Christmas the highest rated episode?

Those are solid themes and you'd make the episode sound promising to somebody who hasn't seen it, but for me some of the ideas were just too poorly thought out.

Re: What made White Christmas the highest rated episode?

Because it was a special, the show had returned after a long absence and people just uprated it like you would with a facebook post. If Robin Williams posted "I've just had a really sweet dump!" on Facebook it would get about 70,000,000 likes simply because he would be back alive.



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Re: What made White Christmas the highest rated episode?

WHite christmas was technically 3 episodes in one, and it was a revival of a great show.

However San Junipero is the best episode.
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