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BLACK MIRROR Season 7 Common People REACTION!! Episode 1 Breakdown & Review | Netflix

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HEARTBREAKING!! Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 1 Full Reaction Watch Along: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects - Visit https://huel.com/rejects to get 15% off your order Black Mirror Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, Spoiler Review, & Ending Explained!! We just watched Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 1: Common People, and wow—this one hits hard. The episode centers on Amanda (played by Rashida Jones – Parks and Recreation, The Social Network), a schoolteacher who undergoes a life-altering brain surgery that connects her to a corporate server, forcing her husband Mike (played by Chris O'Dowd – Bridesmaids, The IT Crowd) to pay for subscription-based consciousness. As he spirals into financial desperation, he turns to a humiliating livestream platform to support her. Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish, Girlfriends) also appears as the ominous Rivermind tech rep. This is a devastating take on healthcare, capitalism, and human dignity—classic Black Mirror at its most gut-punching. If you're here for dark satire, emotional weight, and razor-sharp social commentary, this episode delivers. #BlackMirror #BlackMirrorReaction #React #Reaction #Reacting #BlackMirrorSeason7 #RashidaJones #ChrisODowd #TraceeEllisRoss #NetflixReaction #SciFiReaction #EpisodeReaction #SpoilerReview #BlackMirrorExplained #commonpeople Sinners Review: https://youtu.be/Z11QJV2JMvc School Of Rock Reaction: https://youtu.be/E9WXjS1VT5w Daredevil Born Again Episode 8 Reaction: https://youtu.be/Sjzzgvop9zw Civil War Reaction: https://youtu.be/JNkCoNREc9k Happy Death Day (2017) Movie Reaction: https://youtu.be/jY3zIBMkdNk Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Reaction: https://youtu.be/7iGnaYqZf5U The Others (2001) Movie Reaction: https://youtu.be/jxeZCerxN9k The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) Movie Reaction: https://youtu.be/6WpEjTdV9zw Follow Roxy Striar: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhirlGirls Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roxystriar/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/roxystriar 0:00 Checking In! 2:05 Black Mirror Reaction 38:10 HUEL 40:05 Black Mirror Review Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Aparrel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow TheReelRejects On The Socials: IG: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@thereelrejects?lang=en TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thereelrejects FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Supervising Producer: https://twitter.com/nerdchronic?lang=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Follow & Listen to Us Wherever You Get Your Podcasts!! - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3XHMwbveiznxSOGxN9XT0M - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vc3Rhci13YXJzLXRhbGs - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reel-rejects-tv-movie-recaps/id1616339990 - Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Apocalypse-Podcast/B08JJP58FG Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG On INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thegregalba PLAYLISTS: Trailer Reactions & Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw9ZsLdoAQFpx38s2hhyFgDe Movie Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw-comtadVs8b9JsZEWHUyr8 Movie Talk (News, Spoiler Reviews, & Film Rumors!!!): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw8fPQ-21NVSb2IOwIiHbVt8 Youtube Video Reactions & Discussions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw_qwcPsN_vOxXC6IVzrOQYG Sketches & Short Films: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw_zWuTRfBOUP3aYyIYRzc2y Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw9TdRZC0NvGLve0eNWmUjzs

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@hw5932 2025-04-11

As someone who has the most basic Netflix package with commercials and some movies I can’t access, watching this was even more meta.

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@AISHAKENYA_CU 2025-04-11

As a mother, who has a daughter with Type 1 diabetes and needs insulin daily to live…yup…this one hit me hard.

742 23 replies
@MissTee1234 2025-04-11

I love that he wasn’t resentful towards her

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@KC.2049 2025-04-11

someone called this episode "predictable", but I kind of felt like that was the point. we can predict where it's going to go because due to capitalism, streaming services, and the US healthcare system and increasing efforts on right wing privatization in more socially oriented countries, of course we know where it's going - we live in it.

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@EXE.-. 2025-04-11

I knew where it was heading as soon as the lady said "subscription package"

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@ThePrimeVictor 2025-04-11

Normally I can binge the whole season, and then go back to it after a week or so and take it all in again at a more gradual pace but this one fucked me up. I finished episode 1 and had to go take my dogs for a walk so I could settle myself. I genuinely think this is the most depressing episode of the entire series so far, for me at least.

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@LanisterGold 2025-04-11

The LuX version is literally just drug addiction. It's the same thing, You're paying somebody a fuck ton of money that you don't even have to basically get high

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@slade6959 2025-04-12

I’m glad they didn’t make him resent her, would’ve been predictable like the system destroying their pure love. It was even more tragic and fcked up that their pure love never died but they had no choice but to literally die

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@lucid622 2025-04-21

38:09 this has to be one of the funniest unintentional forms of irony

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