Viewers experienced their own personal episode of “Black Mirror” late on Thursday night (and in the wee hours of Friday morning) as they awaited the arrival of Season 4 of the Netflix anthology series.
Fans took to Twitter to voice their frustration that the show did not drop at 12 a.m. ET as they expected it too. While they were having a shared battle with technology and worldwide existential crisis (both totally on-brand with the show’s themes) Netflix had warned them the new episodes would arrive at 12 a.m. PT via their own Twitter account.
Heck, creator Charlie Brooker even gave ’em a heads up. But time zones are trick, you know?
4 hours until @blackmirror pic.twitter.com/mUQphcjM9a
— Netflix (@netflix) December 29, 2017
*Fairly* sure Black Mirror S4 will magically appear on your Netflix shelf at around midnight PST (which is 8am GMT).
— Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) December 29, 2017
To be clear, a Netflix original series is usually available in its entirety at 3 a.m. ET/midnight PT on the day it’s scheduled to drop — which for “Black Mirror” Season 4 was Dec. 29. Every now and then the streaming service throws a curveball, like when they released Season 3 of “House of Cards” at 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT in February 2015.
See the best fan reactions to the confusion over “Black Mirror”s release time below.
“Black Mirror” Season 4 is available for streaming on Netflix starting on Dec. 29 at 12 a.m. PT — seriously.
mood right now #BlackMirror4 pic.twitter.com/EGeAFwy3ta
— luisa (@itsluisagibson) December 29, 2017
Me at midnight waiting for the new black mirror to show up on Netflix #BlackMirror4 pic.twitter.com/iIT1yz7y0a
— Lil Empanada (@helloimbiancaa) December 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/nikhavanur/status/946627476163383296
I see you @netflix – midnight PACIFIC time! Fine… I'll go to bed. I'll wait until the sun comes up for the next installment of our dystopian future. #BlackMirror4 pic.twitter.com/D33p66Zfj4
— Nadia Singh (@Nadsingh) December 29, 2017
Midnight has passed, where are the new @blackmirror episodes on @netflix? Maybe this is a video game. The safe word is "stop." STOP teasing us already… #BlackMirror #BlackMirror4 #BlackFriday #blackmirrorseason4
— Randy Johnson (@TheRanPlan) December 29, 2017
@Netflix, Don't you see it's midnight? Please someone help @Netflix tell time, maybe @usnistgov? #BlackMirror4 https://t.co/XBMkabbaLA
— Aaron Dixon (@Noobsloth) December 29, 2017
#BlackMirror4 dropping at midnight EST, right? Waiting like pic.twitter.com/46VYMrtf3n
— jillthrash (@jillthrash) December 29, 2017
12:31am… still no #BlackMirror4 on @netflix… pic.twitter.com/BZaGJNajtE
— Nadia Singh (@Nadsingh) December 29, 2017
Me when #BlackMirror4 doesn't pop on @netflix at 12:00:01 AM#blackmirror pic.twitter.com/K336T3tgG9
— Ryan RC Rea (@volvoshine) December 29, 2017
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