White Christmas (Black Mirror)
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Matt (Jon Hamm) talks to the artificial intelligence inside a "cookie".
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| Episode no. | Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Carl Tibbetts |
| Written by | Charlie Brooker |
| Original air date | 16 December 2014 |
| Running time | 74 minutes |
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"White Christmas" is a 2014 Christmas special episode of the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by Carl Tibbetts, and first aired on Channel 4 on 16 December 2014. The only television special of the series, it is also the last episode to be aired on Channel 4, as the series would move to Netflix for its third season.
The episode starts with two men, Matt (Jon Hamm) and Joe (Rafe Spall), stationed at a remote outpost in the middle of a snowy wilderness. As they tell each other their respective lives to pass the time, those events are depicted on-screen, forming three mini-stories ultimately relating to the characters' current situation.Oona Chaplin co-stars as Greta, a character in one of Matt's stories.
The episode received very positive reviews.
Matt Trent (Jon Hamm) and Joe Potter (Rafe Spall) are stationed at a small, remote outpost in the middle of a snowy wilderness. Joe wakes up on Christmas Day and finds Matt preparing Christmas dinner, with "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" playing on the radio. Matt tries to get Joe to talk about what brought him to the outpost, a topic Matt says they have never discussed in the five years they have been there together.
Joe is reluctant to say anything and instead asks what brought Matt there. Happy for the conversation, Matt begins relaying his own story.
The episode is set in a world where people can access the Internet through an irremovable augmented reality device implanted in their eyes, called the "Z-Eye", which allows the subject's visual picture to be viewed remotely via a computer and allows for two-way voice communication. Matt was once a dating coach who taught seduction techniques to single men who struggle to attract women. He directs one of his clients, the shy and socially awkward Harry (Rasmus Hardiker), to gatecrash an office Christmas party and communicates with him through the Z-Eye. The virtual discussion becomes a group call involving other single men, voicing their opinions and suggestions. Using information Matt gathers from social media, Harry convinces one of the party guests that they know each other, and he decides to try bonding with Jennifer (Natalia Tena), a quiet, "attractive outsider" who does not join in group conversations.
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