Opinion

Black Mirror’s Bête Noire episode shows the ugly face of revenge

By 2025-05-21T05:07:00

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‘When you are actively plotting ways to seek revenge and hurt the person who hurt you, as is the case in this Black Mirror episode, it’s clearly an indication that you have not forgiven that person,’ says Maxine Harrison.

Season seven of Netflix’s wildly popular Black Mirror was released on 10th April almost two years after its previous season was released in 2023. For those who are unaware, the series is a dystopian anthology series that touches on how technology can negatively impact how we operate in the world.

Episode three of this new series is titled Bête Noire and highlights the extreme face of vengeance. For background, the episode follows a girl who was severely bullied in school via rumours, she takes revenge as an older working woman on her former bully classmate, who is now her colleague.

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