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Season 1, Episode 2: "Fifteen Million Merits"

"Fifteen Million Merits" stars Daniel Kaluuya as Bing, a man who lives in a room full of screens. Each day he rides a motorbike in order to receive "merits," which allow him to pay for his life. He soon meets a fellow motorbike rider, and after hearing her sing, he challenges her to compete in a virtual talent show. Full of warnings about the dangers of exploitative media and capitalism and the way they feed into one another, this episode is definitely one of "Black Mirror"'s most thought-provoking instalments.

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