Why Black Mirror’s Creator Is Avoiding One Of TV's Biggest Shows
Charlie BrookerBlack Mirror season seven is set to hit Netflix soon (April 10). Many associate creator Charlie Brooker with the series – but he’s also worked on other shows like his 2010s BBC series Weekly Wipe, which included reviews of TV shows, news events, and games.It showed how much of a telly fan the writer and executive producer really is, which makes his admission to The Hollywood Reporter – that he “hasn’t let himself” watch a hit show – pretty notable. Black Mirror 2025“There’s certainly a show I haven’t watched that’s made me jealous,” he revealed. “People keep telling me to watch Severance, and I haven’t let myself do it because they also say to me, ‘Oh, you’ll love it. It’s a bit Black Mirror-y, but it’s much better.’” The Apple TV+ hit, which involves people who have “severed” their minds to cut their working selves off from their out-of-hours consciousness, certainly shares the Netflix show’s eerie sci-fi feel; but there’s plenty of proof Charlie need not be jealous.Zach Cherry as Dylan in SeveranceNot least because Severance’s creator, Dan Erickson, told The New York Times in 2022 that a 2014 Black Mirror episode actually inspired a Severance plot. He said that White Christmas, a Black Mirror episode in which characters are trapped in an eternal loop (not unlike Severance’s ‘innies’), left him feeling “so cold and afraid after seeing that, this devastating idea of having to experience this endless solitude.” He added that this is linked to the season one scene in which Helly R tries to escape the severed floor. “It’s this nightmare of running out a door and then you’re just running back in, and you realize you’re truly stuck in this liminal space with this kind of nightmare logic,” he said. Related...Black Mirror Drops Star-Studded Season 7 Teaser And We Are So ReadyIt Doesn't Sound Like Any Of Us Are Ready For What Black Mirror Is Cooking Up For Season 7Charlie Brooker Explains How Covid Inspired One Of Black Mirror's Most 'Intense' New Episodes
