Playtest (Black Mirror)
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| Black Mirror episode | |
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Cooper (Wyatt Russell) experiences SaitoGemu's holographic technology.
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Series 3 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Dan Trachtenberg |
| Written by | Charlie Brooker |
| Original air date | 21 October 2016 |
| Running time | 57 minutes |
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"Playtest" is the second episode of the third series of British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. Written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, it premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, together with the rest of series three.
The episode tells the story of Cooper (Wyatt Russell), an American stuck in London during his travels around the world, who accepts a one-time job offer from a video game company, SaitoGemu, to be able to afford his return to America. Hannah John-Kamen co-stars as a girl Cooper meets in London.
As Cooper (Wyatt Russell) leaves his home to travel the world, he keeps ignoring his mother's calls, feeling unable to connect to her following his father having developed Alzheimer's and dying. In London, Cooper meets and spends the night with Sonja (Hannah John-Kamen), a tech journalist. The next day, he learns his credit card number has been stolen, and he is left without money for a return trip. He returns to Sonja's and shows her Oddjobs, an app which lists jobs; he sees one nearby related to a video game company, SaitoGemu.
At the company, Cooper is guided by Katie (Wunmi Mosaku) to a white room to test a new technology. Despite her telling him to turn his phone off for security reasons, he switches it back on when Katie leaves, to send Sonja a picture of the technology. When Katie returns, she implants a miniature device into the back of his neck. During the initialization process Cooper's mother calls, but Katie cancels the call. Cooper plays a game of Whack-a-Mole, using the chip's 3D graphics technology, and then is invited to participate in a beta test of another technology. Katie introduces Cooper to the company owner, Shou (Ken Yamamura), who presents the technology, which probes his brain for information on things that scare him. Katie then takes Cooper to a mansion, leaving him alone with just an earpiece with which to communicate with her. After enduring a few small jumpscares interspersed with nervous conversation with Katie, Cooper finds his earpiece malfunctioning.
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