Liked: The performances
Black Mirror has the kind of prestige that attracts outstanding casts, and this season is full of notable performances. While Salma Hayek’s self-skewering turn in “Joan Is Awful” is probably the comedic highlight, dramatic props go to Aaron Paul and Josh Hartnett in “Beyond the Sea,” playing astronauts who are able to temporarily escape their deep-space mission by neural-linking with android replicas of their bodies back on Earth. When certain circumstances arise, both men end up using the same artificial form—allowing Paul in particular to embody two characters who look identical but have distinctly different personalities and body language.
