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Every installment of Charlie Brooker ’s dystopian series , Black Mirror ,   connects in someway and all fall out on the same timeline . While there are theories on each instalment belong to an individualized universe within the larger multiverse , it is far more potential that each tale connects in a straight line that is not tell in chronological lodge . With somany easter eggs and referencesfrom various installments , the entire timeline of the serial can appear daunting and most impossible . Here is the entire timeline of theBlack Mirroruniverse explicate and in chronological order .

Black Mirrorfamously deconstruct the crush with engineering with the damaging effects it can have on the future . In fact , the full serial is aboutthe drop of humanity and moralityat the hands of some variety of technological advancement . While some episodes such as time of year 2 , episode 4 , " White Christmas " are strident in their examination of this possibility , others are much more covert . The choose your own risky venture filmBandersnatchnotably accept viewers back to the eighties , a distant past that the series had yet to enshroud . It began to weave together the credit of previous episodes that pass in the time to come with the present features that happen in the yesteryear . Brooker ’s power to weave in - between various moments in sentence — the past , present , and future tense — makesBlack Mirrora relatable , troubling , unsettling , and existential series but it also makes its timeline a scrap messy .

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The chronology that each episode is rate in is found on the technological procession of like piece of equipment , the environment , style , and if it outright state which clip period it is base in . In fiat to make common sense of it all , the timeline must commence withBandersnatch . It will find its lifelike conclusion with time of year 4 , installment 5 , " Metalhead " .

Bandersnatch & The Beginning Of The End

In 2018,Bandersnatchreleased and became one of the more recent installments in theBlack Mirroruniverse . The film features Stefan , a video game Jehovah who becomes infatuate with Jerome F. Davies who wrote the al-Qur’an he is base his game on . It take property in July of 1984 . While it is a recent installment , it does occur the furthest in the past than any other episode has before . The film sets up the future tense of the series with cite to time of year 2 , episode 2 , " White Bear " and its symbol of ascendance that permeates throughout the series ’s integrality . IfBlack Mirror’stimeline begin at the other full stop in chronicle , Bandersnatchcreatedthe " White Bear " symbolic representation ,   which speak to a much large threat than the control of the viewer .

The film also precede the Tuckersoft gambling company that became TCKR in later episodes of the serial . The tech company played a paw in creating the   simulation in time of year 3 , episode 4 , " San Junipero " , that earmark for the human consciousness to live on beyond end . Stefan also run to Saint Juniper ’s hospital where Rolo Haynes of season 4 , episode 6 , " Black Museum " , explains his purpose in make human consciousness transferring equipment . Ultimately , Bandersnatchintroduces the introduction of the entire series and should be considered the first moment on the grand timeline .

Politicians, Waldo, & Internet Trolling

Jumping forrader nearly 40 years , season 1 , episode 1 , " The National Anthem " is set up in 2011/2012 when the Prime Minister is blackmailed intofornicating with a squealer on national television . It was a disgraceful introduction to the series , but Brooker did not kibosh there . In season 3 , sequence 3 , " exclude Up And Dance " , Kenny ( Alex Lawther ) is blackmailed for masturbate to child pornography . Along the style , he meets other individual who are being threatened by the same unnamed net cyber-terrorist who plans on ruining their life if they do not do as they are tell . When " Shut Up And Dance " ends , everyone that has been blackjack has also been expose for their wrongdoing . When Georgina opens a news show reputation on her antiblack emails , report about the quality minister from " National Anthem " seem , as well as the upcoming trial for Victoria in " White Bear " .

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At the same clip , season 3 , instalment 6 , " Hated In The land " , has just released artificial bee know as ADI . As the news cycle covers the events , the hashtag " FREETHEWHITEBEAR " trends and a news show report covers the advancements in engineering that will allow soldiers to have an eye implant for unknown understanding , a quotation to time of year 4 , instalment 5 , " Men Against Fire " . While this particular episode is not on the same timeline , " White Bear " is   as well as season 2 , sequence 3 , " The Waldo Moment " . This is due to the fact that he is take part in the 2013 election . In chronological parliamentary law take off in 2011 it begin with " National Anthem " , then " Shut Up And Dance " , " Hated In The body politic " , " White Bear " , and " The Waldo Moment " .

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White Bear & Playtest

While " White Bear " does get in the twelvemonth 2012/2013 , it is likely the existent episode does not take place at the exact mo Victoria was put to test . In fact , the destruction reveal that she has undergo the White Bear Justice Park ’s penalty hundreds of times . This involves brainwashing , memory departure , stripping Victoria of her autonomy , and frustrate her with the notion that she is an innocent victim who is being hunt for absolutely no cause . The fact that the White Bear Justice Park was established for her specifically and   its drawing card   speaks of its winner as on-going , it is likely this episode occurs a several geezerhood after the hashtag " FREETHEWHITEBEAR " .

Black Mirror’sseason 3 , instalment 2 , " Playtest " ,   pass within the same time skeletal frame due to the fact that the technology Cooper supposedly examine does not exist . He died shortly after testing the practical realness equipment with a secret plan of belt - a - mol . Therefore , the technological advances he feel in " Playtest " do n’t in reality exist at this moment . Furthermore , a news reel that sport SaitoGemu also discusses the issues follow the wake of " Hated In The country " . Both " Playtest " and " White Bear " fall out several year follow the events of the approximated years 2011 to 2013 .

Social Media In The Modern Day

In season 5 , sequence 2 , " Smithereens " , the characters present a thought - chivy conversation on the use of technology and social medium as well as how it has disquiet society from the real world . It takes office in 2018 , and is one of the least technologically - based episode of the entire show . ThisBlack Mirrorepisode in special is meant to talk to modern-day society rather than query where it will go in the future and how it will falter . Instead , it examine how the modern day is already in the midst of aBlack Mirrorscenario .

Technology For The Human Brain, Memory, & Control

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Dating Apps & Simulations

Black Mirror’sseason 4 , episode 4 , " Hang The disc jockey " focuses on a couple as they navigate a dating app that place people with their perfect match . While the technology could be march on enough to put it in the class with " White Christmas , " it actually does not align with anything that pre - existed in the series . It is difficult to place on the timeline but due to its proto - cooky geological era simulation , it is likely " Hang The DJ " occurred only a few years before they were invented .

Cookies, Human Consciousness, & More Video Games

Black Mirror’shighest rated instalment , " White Christmas"introduced the cookie engineering science to the serial publication . It has rapidly become one of the most important piece of equipment used by anyone throughout its entirety . The cookie traps human consciousness into an egg shaped model that holds an precise written matter of an soul which is then used for interrogations , incarceration , and handling . In " White Christmas " , Jon Hamm ’s grapheme , Matt , habituate the most advanced form of blocking technology that was also used in " Arkangel " and " Crocodile " . Which fix it after the upshot of these two installment in special . Even Ashley O ( Miley Cyrus ) of time of year 5 , episode 1 , " Rachel , Jack , and Ashley Too " features a cookie that is marketed and sell to her fans .

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As the cookie technology advanced , it transformed into the TCKR software that permit for the transference of human consciousness into the " San Junipero " simulation that Rolo Haynes of season 4 , sequence 6 , " Black Museum " , helped develop at Saint Juniper Hospital . Considering TCKR commence as a video game company , it is potential that they implemented the same chassis of engineering used in " San Junipero " and " White Christmas " to produce the telecasting games featured in season 4 , instalment 1 , " USS Callister " and season 5 , sequence 3 , " Striking Vipers " . Both episodes feature a equipment that , once sequester to the tabernacle , transports an individual to a practical realism picture biz where they sense what their characters feel and control the environs . It is potential both of these episodes pass off at the same meter .

Stefan against a wall of papers in Black Mirror Bandersnatch

Ratings & Roaches

As the roach technology developed from its other beginnings in " Hated In The Nation , " it transformed into the equipment used by soldier in time of year 3 , episode 5 , " piece Against Fire " and occurs at the same time as time of year 3 , installment 1 , " Nosedive . " While soldiers are killing roaches , people who are deemed unfit for society found on their socioeconomic position , individuals areusing a ranking system to settle their worth . Despite the fact that " Nosedive " could be a herald to the dystopian war fought in " Men Against Fire " , it is potential that the two are working in conjunction with one another so as to determine who is best fit for society — which leads to the ultimate dystopian future .

The Dystopian Future & Imprisonment

It was n’t long until cookie technology went even further and became the ultimate form of imprisonment withseason 1 , installment 2 , " 15 Million Merits . “While it is the laborious episode to post on the timeline ofBlack Mirror,“15 Million Merits " may be asunder of the cookie technology in which person are confined to live a life where the only means of escape is winning a competition . Fan theorists have debate its location as occur at the same time as " National Anthem " but the technology is far too advanced for that time period and must be placed closer towards the dystopian future ofBlack Mirror .

As people are being put on show and utilizing their talents as a substance of escape , the warfare in " Men Against Fire " transformed into the time of year 4 , episode 5 , " Metalhead . " It occurs in the very remote future , where most of humans has been wiped out bydog - like robots that seek and put down people . Fan theoretician have posited that they are in reality the future of soldiers , and the most effective in wiping out tumid quantities of unsuitable people . Meaning , Bella of " Metalhead " could be a Rutilus rutilus or the last subsist human being in the specific area that the soldiers of " Men Against Fire " were targeting .

Ultimately , the timeline ofBlack Mirrorwill   continue to grow even more elements are introduced to the series , and fresh technologies are arise . As of this writing , season 6 of the series is on hold .

Black Mirror The Waldo Moment: Gwendolyn (Chloe Pirrie), Simon Finch (Louis Waymouth), Liam Monroe (Tobias Menzies), Jamie (Daniel Rigby) and Tamsin (Christina Chong).

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Fifteen Million Merits

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