Stars Rashida Jones and Tracee Ellis Ross discuss their devastating Black Mirror season 7 episode “Common People.”
This article contains spoilers for theBlack Mirrorepisode Common People.
Season 7 openerCommon Peopleis one of the darkest episodes ofBlack Mirror…and thats a high bar to clear.
Thankfully, tech company Rivermind has a solution.
That, of course, is the ad model.
The ad-free costs more.
And then keeping up with the evolving servers and cell towers costs even more than that.
Staying awake longer than a few hours a day?
Buddy, you best believe thats extra.
Im never saying no toBlack Mirror.
Charlie knows that, Jones says.
But this felt like it really had that classicBlack Mirrorflavor.
I would do anything to be in this universe.
But this episode in particular, I felt well suited for this part.
I said yes before knowing what the episode was, Ross says.
Then, when I read the script, I was like oh, even better!
Its kind of cool.
You feel like youre in an alternate reality.
I was the most excited by that and also the most nervous about it being right.
Ally Pankiw, the director, was so great.
Still, the ending looms large as Common Peoples most defining feature.
But I kind of chose that it was like the best version of herself.
As far as Mike is concerned, my interpretation is that he is doing the same thing.
Thats the trajectory of capitalism.
Things are out of reach and then theyre made accessible while these peoples lives are at stake.
Thats probably where theyre headed to.
Thats the thing aboutBlack Mirrors bad endings.
They often leave something even worse up to the viewers imagination…if they can dare to imagine it.
All six episodes of Black Mirror season 7 are available to stream on Netflix now.
