Memories have tremendous power
“The Entire History of You,” from Black Mirror’s first season, takes place in a world where people can review their memories on demand—something that becomes a ugly obsession for a man (Toby Kebbell) who believes his wife (Jodie Whittaker) has been unfaithful. Season four’s “Crocodile” puts a more clinical (but no less ugly-obsession-inducing) spin on the idea; we meet an affable insurance investigator (Kiran Sonia Sawar) who routinely accesses other people’s memories as part of her job—then inadvertently recovers dark secrets a woman who’s desperate to put the past behind her (Andrea Riseborough) will do anything to protect.
