Crocodile (Black Mirror)
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| Black Mirror episode | |
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Series 4 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | John Hillcoat |
| Written by | Charlie Brooker |
| Featured music | Original Score by Atticus Ross Leopold Ross Claudia Sarne |
| Original air date | 29 December 2017 |
| Running time | 59 minutes |
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"Crocodile" is the third episode of the fourth series of anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by Charlie Brooker and directed by John Hillcoat. The episode first aired on Netflix, along with the rest of series four, on 29 December 2017.
Filmed in Iceland, the episode centres on Mia (Andrea Riseborough) who is distressed about having helped her friend Rob (Andrew Gower) cover up a hit-and-run death. Fifteen years later, Rob wants to confess their crime, leading Mia to kill him and dispose of his body. Shortly after, Mia witnesses a road accident between a pedestrian and self-driving vehicle. Shazia (Kiran Sonia Sawar) is hired to investigate the accident, and uses a Recaller device that allows her to see the recent memories of those she interviews. During an interview with Mia, Shazia discovers what else had happened that night as well as events fifteen years prior.
Mia Nolan (Andrea Riseborough) and Rob (Andrew Gower) go to a club together. Whilst driving home, Rob hits and kills a cyclist on a mountain road. He convinces Mia to help him cover up the death by throwing the cyclist's body and bicycle into a lake.
Fifteen years later, Mia is happily married and has a son and successful career. When she goes on a business trip, Rob meets her at her hotel. He shows her a news article about the dead cyclist, whose wife believes him to be alive and is still looking for him. Rob wants to write an anonymous letter telling the truth, but Mia is afraid the letter will be traced. An argument ensues and she kills Rob. She is further shaken upon seeing a road accident outside, where a self-driving pizza delivery truck has hit a pedestrian. Mia rents a pay per view porn movie to provide herself with an alibi, before disposing of Rob's body.
The man who was hit by the truck contacts his insurance company, and is visited by Shazia (Kiran Sonia Sawar), an investigator. Her job is to use a device known as a Recaller to scan a claimant's and any witnesses' memories and verify the claim; despite memory being acknowledged as unreliable, it is a legal requirement to submit to a Recaller scan. Shazia follows a chain of witnesses near the accident without determining liability as none had witnessed it directly, but one witness's memories show Mia looking out of her hotel room window at the time of the accident. Shazia is hopeful that Mia's testimony will allow her to prove the case—which would also allow the insurance company to pursue a lucrative negligence suit against the owners of the pizza truck.
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