![]() Due to its move to Netflix, the show had a larger budget than in previous series. In March 2016, Netflix outbid Channel 4 for the rights to distributing the third series, with a bid of $40 million. Whilst series one and two of Black Mirror were shown on Channel 4 in the UK, in September 2015 Netflix commissioned the series for 12 episodes (split into two series of six episodes). Humiliated, exposed as a paedophile and traumatised by the sadistic demands, Kenny hangs up, receiving a trollface image as police arrive and apprehend him. His distraught mother Sandra ( Camilla Power) calls him, screaming that the video of him masturbating to images of children went live and was seen by Lindsey and her friends. Having killed the man, a shellshocked Kenny staggers from the woods injured. The others' information is also released. The two fight.Īrriving home, Hector is texted a trollface, finding the blackmailers have sent Penny evidence of his infidelity regardless. Kenny attempts suicide, but finds the gun is empty. When Kenny protests that he was merely masturbating to photos, his opponent asks how young the subjects were, revealing he is a paedophile and implying Kenny is, too. He meets another victim ( Paul Bazely), who explains they are to fight to the death whilst being filmed through a drone the winner earns the money. Hector is instructed to destroy the car, while Kenny takes the money to a drop-off point in a forest. Despite urinating in his panic, he manages to steal a bag of cash and flee the scene with Hector. Tasked with using a gun concealed in the cake to rob a bank, Hector insists on being the driver, leaving Kenny to perform the robbery. Hector drives recklessly to get her there before continuing to their destination. Stopping for petrol, they meet Karen ( Natasha Little), a friend of Hector's wife, who requests a lift home. The two are told to drive to a set of coordinates. Ordered to deliver the cake to a hotel room, Kenny meets Hector ( Jerome Flynn), whom the hackers also contact he planned to commit adultery with a prostitute, and fears he will lose custody of his children if his wife Penny ( Leanne Best) finds out. Feigning illness to leave, he frantically cycles there and is met by another blackmail victim ( Ivanno Jeremiah), who passes Kenny a box containing a cake. Kenny downloads an anti-malware trojan, allowing unseen hackers to record him masturbating through his webcam they email the teenager, threatening to leak the footage if he refuses to comply.Īt work, Kenny receives a text summoning him to a location 15 miles (24 kilometres) away in 45 minutes. ![]() Kenny ( Alex Lawther) returns home from his restaurant job to find that his sister Lindsey (Maya Gerber) has unintentionally infected his laptop with malware. It was ranked poorly in critics' lists of Black Mirror instalments by quality. Critics praised Lawther and Flynn's acting, but were polarised as to whether the episode's tone was effective, whether the plot twist was good and whether the episode had interesting themes. "Shut Up and Dance" received mixed reviews. The episode is similar to previous Black Mirror episodes, particularly " White Bear", and is dark in tone. The boy is joined by a middle-aged man ( Jerome Flynn), whom the same hacker is blackmailing over infidelity. The episode tells the story of a teenage boy ( Alex Lawther) who is blackmailed into committing bizarre and criminal acts by a mysterious hacker possessing a video of him masturbating. It was written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and William Bridges, and premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, together with the rest of series three. " Shut Up and Dance" is the third episode in the third series of the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. Beatrice Robertson-Jones as Restaurant Daughter. ![]() Critics received Lawther's acting as Kenny (pictured) positively, with Caroline Framke finding Kenny to be "quivering, desperate, heartbreaking". ![]()
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