In an exciting twist, we’re launching a new miniseries—Behind the Mirror—to recap each episode of the new season of dystopian tech sci-fi Black Mirror! In this first episode, Josh and Nayana break down Joan is Awful, which touches on pervasive surveillance, online shaming, and a barely disguised satire of Black Mirror’s real-life “engagement”-obsessed distribution platform Netflix. Contains spoilers of Episode 1 only.

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