‘Black Mirror’ Season 7 Unveils Full Episode Line-Up, Cast & Trailers — Includes First-Ever Sequel

From high-tech afterlife systems to immersive A-list film remakes and the much-awaited return of the USS Callister crew, Charlie Brooker’s dystopian anthology returns April 10 with six mind-bending stories.

Netflix has officially dropped all the key details for Black Mirror Season 7, revealing an explosive lineup of six standalone episodes — each with its own twist of technological terror. Premiering April 10, the anthology’s latest season includes its first-ever sequel (USS Callister: Into Infinity) and a callback to its interactive feature Bandersnatch.

Created by Charlie Brooker and executive produced alongside Annabel Jones and Jessica Rhoades, the new season is packed with star-studded performances, bold storytelling, and the show’s signature speculative dread.

Here’s a breakdown of all six episodes, including cast, runtime, and synopses:

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🧠 Common People (56 mins)

Cast: Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Tracee Ellis Ross
Director: Ally Pankiw | Writer: Charlie Brooker, story by Brooker & Bisha K. Ali
Synopsis:
When a schoolteacher suffers a life-threatening emergency, her husband turns to Rivermind — a futuristic tech that promises to keep her alive. But at what cost?

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🍬 Bête Noire (49 mins)

Cast: Siena Kelly, Rosy McEwen, Michael Workéyè, Ben Bailey Smith
Director: Toby Haynes | Writer: Charlie Brooker
Synopsis:
A rising star in a candy company is haunted by a former classmate’s arrival — and only she can see what’s truly off about her. A paranoid thriller dressed in pastel sugarcoating.

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🎬 Hotel Reverie (76 mins)

Cast: Issa Rae, Emma Corrin, Awkwafina, Harriet Walter
Director: Haolu Wang | Writer: Charlie Brooker
Synopsis:
Hollywood actress Brandy Friday enters a VR version of a classic British film — but soon realizes that escaping the story means rewriting her fate.

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🎮 Plaything (45 mins)

Cast: Peter Capaldi, Lewis Gribben, Will Poulter, Asim Chaudhry
Director: David Slade | Writer: Charlie Brooker
Synopsis:
A cold-case murder leads detectives to a long-lost 1990s video game — one teeming with evolving AI. But these aren’t just pixels… they remember everything.

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📸 Eulogy (46 mins)

Cast: Paul Giamatti, Patsy Ferran
Director: Chris Barrett & Luke Taylor | Writers: Charlie Brooker & Ella Road
Synopsis:
A grieving man steps into a technology that lets him walk through his old photographs — only to find memory is far more dangerous than he thought.

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🚀 USS Callister: Into Infinity (88 mins)

Cast: Cristin Milioti, Jimmi Simpson, Billy Magnussen, Osy Ikhile
Director: Toby Haynes | Writers: Brooker, Ali, William Bridges, Bekka Bowling
Synopsis:
Robert Daly may be gone, but the digital crew of the USS Callister is still trapped in a limitless online world. With 30 million players now hunting them, survival isn’t just sci-fi — it’s real.

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Back in Black: Brooker’s Vision Evolves

With themes ranging from AI ethics and digital resurrection to immersive storytelling and power dynamics in tech, Black Mirror Season 7 is set to push the boundaries of its universe yet again — all while keeping a mirror up to our increasingly dystopian present.

Season 7 drops globally on Netflix on April 10.