If you ’re looking for some more psychological anguish to follow up your recent showing ofBird Box , Netflix has just the fix for you . AsVarietyreports , the cyclosis overhaul just fell a much - anticipatedBlack Mirrorepisodewith an interactive , choose - your - own - adventure narrative .
The standalone installment , titled " Bandersnatch , " could last as lilliputian as 40 minutes or farsighted than the average viewing time of 90 minutes , depending on the witness ’s choices . Options will be designate at the bottom of the screen , and viewer will have about 10 minute to make a determination . agree toVariety , there are one million million of unique combination but only five potential end . If a viewer make several “ improper ” choice and drift too far from the intended outcome , they will be given the choice of a do - over .
As the trailer betoken , the episode is go under in 1984 and follows a teen software engineer named Stefan ( roleplay by Fionn Whitehead , ofDunkirk ) who need to twist a pick out - your - own - adventure account book calledBandersnatchinto a figurer game . The wordbandersnatchwas invented byLewis Carroll , who used it to describe a curious creature in the 1872 bookThrough the Looking - Glass and What Alice find There , and inBlack Mirror , Bandersnatchthe game is an Easter bollock : allot toBustle , it was in short referenced in the time of year 3 episode " Playtest . "
In trueBlack Mirrorfashion , things start to get creepy when Stefan learns that the author of the book he ’s trying to change by reversal into a biz went softheaded and bump off his wife . Meanwhile , Stefan is also sputter to keep course of what ’s real and whether he actually has liberal will . At one point , he seems to become aware that someone else is making his decisions for him — a plot crook that lead Stuart Heritage ofThe Guardianto deem " Bandersnatch " a “ meta masterpiece . ”
As for the endings : “ One is desolate . One is screaming . One is precipitous and creepy , ” Heritage writes . And those are only three of the five potential result . We do n’t need to spoil the fun , so you ’ll just have to check it for yourself and compare bill with friends who may have go unlike versions of the same sequence .
In the meantime , the premier date of season 5 has yet to be announced . However , cinematography get down in March 2018 , so we might be ensure some newBlack Mirrorepisodes in 2019 .
[ h / tVariety ]
