The sixth season of Black Mirror is almost here, bringing with it technological woes, existential dread… and five new episodes.
The latest trailer for the season gives us a brief look at each upcoming story. In “Joan Is Awful,” an average woman realizes a streaming platform has made a dramatized adaptation of her life — starring none other than Salma Hayek Pinault.
“Loch Henry” sees a young couple traveling to a Scottish town to make a nature documentary, only to stumble upon a juicier story tied to the town’s past.
“Beyond the Sea” takes us to an alternate 1969, where two men on a high-tech space mission wrestle with tragedy. And in “Mazey Day,” a young starlet tries to evade invasive paparazzi following her after a hit-and-run incident.
Perhaps most perplexing is the fifth and final episode, “Demon 79,” in which a meek sales assistant is told she must commit atrocities to prevent disaster. The trailer states that this particular story is presented by something called “Red Mirror” — could it be an alternate version of Black Mirror? Or some in-universe app characters use? Either way, we’re ready (and slightly worried) to find out.
The gravy to so much sci-fi scariness is a cast that boasts Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Annie Murphy, Auden Thornton, Ben Barnes, Clara Rugaard, Daniel Portman, Danny Ramirez, Himesh Patel, John Hannah, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara, Michael Cera, Monica Dolan, Myha’la Herrold, Paapa Essiedu, Rob Delaney, Rory Culkin, Salma Hayek Pinault, Samuel Blenkin, and Zazie Beetz.
Black Mirror Season 6 hits Netflix June 15.(opens in a new tab)
