This is a British anthology series, which started in 2011, but I didn't get a chance to start watching it until 2025. It consists of various genres, from episode to episode, but it's mostly science fiction. I don't think I could possibly give the series one overall rating, so I'll rate each episode individually.

Season One

tek's rating: just ugh

1. "The National Anthem": A duchess named Susannah (often referred to as "princess") is kidnapped, and she is forced to read a statement that her abductor will kill her at 4 o'clock, unless the Prime Minister, Michael Callow... has sex with a pig on live TV. The recording of the statement is distributed online, so the public becomes aware of it, and eventually the news networks start talking about it, as well. The situation becomes known around the world. The government tries everything within its power to find the princess before the deadline, but they fail. I won't reveal how the story ends, I'll just say the whole thing is pretty fucked up, including the eventual reveal of the reason all this was happening. The episode made me question whether I even wanted to continue with the series. But I suppose I will.

tek's rating: ¾

2. "Fifteen Million Merits": A man named Bing (Daniel Kaluuya) lives in a dystopian society where most people apparently have to ride exercise cycles to generate electricity, for which they are paid "merits" that they spend on all their necessities plus entertainment shows, and it also costs merits to skip advertisements. One day he hears a woman named Abi singing in the restroom, and believes she would be good enough to win a talent competition called "Hot Shot". So he buys her a ticket to apply for the show, which costs him most of his merits (fifteen million, most of which he inherited when his brother died). The judges like Abi's singing, but say they already have too many singers. However, they want her to instead become a porn star for them. After that, Bing comes up with a plan of his own, but I don't want to spoil the details. I'll just say that the future envisioned by this episode doesn't seem so farfetched, and it's definitely disturbing. Not in the same way the previous episode was disturbing, but disturbing on a much larger scale.

tek's rating: I don't know how to rate this.

3. "The Entire History of You": People have devices implanted in their necks called "grains", which allow them to replay (or "redo") all of their memories, either in their eyes or on a screen. A man named Liam becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife, Ffion (Jodie Whittaker) has had an affair with a man named Jonas. Redo's play an integral part in the story, in many ways. I don't want to get into it in detail. I'll just say I found the episode terribly painful to watch.