The Entire History of You

Episode aired Dec 18, 2011
TV-MA
49m

IMDb RATING

8.5/10

66K

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything they do, see and hear. You need never forget a face again - but is that always a good thing?In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything they do, see and hear. You need never forget a face again - but is that always a good thing?In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything they do, see and hear. You need never forget a face again - but is that always a good thing?

Director
- Brian Welsh
Writers
- Jesse Armstrong
- Charlie Brooker
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

8.5/10

66K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Brian Welsh
Writers
- Jesse Armstrong
- Charlie Brooker
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The conversation at the party includes a discussion about the unreliability of memories. When the party memories are replayed, there are subtle continuity errors between the displayed memories and the original scene.

Goofs
When Liam hits Jonas with the vodka bottle at 34:54, Liam's shoulder and head are briefly visible. The grain is in their eyes so this shouldn't happen.

Quotes
Ffion: For five days Liam. No call, no nothing.
Liam: So you fucked him after four days? That's heroic. I mean three days, that's admirable, but four days. I mean, you must have been gagging.

Connections
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Review

Featured review

9/10

Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.

In the not too distant future, everyone has implant technology that allows full recall of all memories. After a poor review, Liam joins his partner Ffion at a party where an ex of hers is a guest, Liam obsessed over it.

An early episode, and a definite classic, The Entire history of you is one of the best episodes of this amazing show, it never gets tired. What's so stark and unnerving about this one, is that it could potentially happen, who knows.

Does anyone have the right to personal memories? It's one thing we have that nobody else has access to, a scary thought to imagine losing that one thing.

I think I miss the early years of Black Mirror, a heavy reliance on story and scenario, less focus on budget and star names, hopefully if the show returns again, it'll go back to stories such as this one.

The green eyed monster is the worst emotion of all, there's nothing like it to eat you up inside, imagine having access to memories to stoke the flames, paranoia and envy overdrive or what.

Toby Kebbell is outstanding here, he's so good, and it's one of the best performances of Jodie Whittaker I've ever seen.

9/10.