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Black Mirror Returns with a Sequel to Its Most Beloved Episode: What Do We Know?

Black Mirror Returns with a Sequel to Its Most Beloved Episode: What Do We Know?
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One of Black Mirror’s most popular episodes, Season 4’s USS Callister gets a sequel in the upcoming Season 7: here’s everything we know about the new series.

Summary:

  • Black Mirror ’s USS Callister is one of the show’s most popular episodes ever.
  • In the upcoming Season 7, a sequel episode will reveal the USS Callister crew’s future after Captain Daly’s death.
  • Black Mirror Season 7 is scheduled for a 2025 release and will contain six episodes.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Black Mirror Season 4 Episode 1 USS Callister.

Black Mirror, everyone’s favorite dystopian TV show that makes you rightfully anxious about the screens that surround you, is returning in 2025 with Season 7. On top of six new disturbing stories about our potential not-so-bright future, Black Mirror will do what no has ever expected from it: a sequel to its earlier episode.

And not just any episode, mind you: it’s USS Callister 2.0, so fasten your seatbelts!

USS Callister’s Among Most Popular Episodes

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The premiere of Black Mirror Season 4, USS Callister quickly became one of the most fan-beloved episodes of all time. Its story seemingly follows a spacecraft that explores the galaxy under the wise guidance of Captain Robert Daly; but as it turns out, the spaceship itself and its crew are nothing but Daly’s digital playthings.

It’s the new member of the crew who realizes something’s off with USS Callister, and she eventually convinces her colleagues to help her. With a great plot twist and uncanny yet charming atmosphere, USS Callister charmed the audience and earned its position as one of the most popular and high-rated Black Mirror episodes ever.

USS Callister Returns Seven Years Later

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From the forefronts of galaxy exploration to our screens back home, USS Callister continues its thrilling adventure. The iconic spacecraft will return in Season 7, and the official premise promises that, despite Robert Daly’s death, “for the crew of the USS Callister, their problems are just beginning.” What kinds of problems, though?

If we were to guess, we’d definitely say they’ll have to do with the crew characters trying to escape their sad NPC demise. But to find out exactly what went down on USS Callister after Captain Daly’s untimely death, tune in for Black Mirror Season 7: the six-episodes-long series is scheduled for release sometime in 2025.

Source: THR