5 ‘Black Mirror’ Episodes Inspired by Real Life (Photos)

Netflix’s “Black Mirror” is a dark satire that explores how technology affects our humanity. It makes its points through exaggeration — but not too much exaggeration. Some of the episodes hit painfully close to home, because the situations and tech they portray aren’t far off. Here are five examples.

Season 3, Episode 3: “Shut Up and Dance”
Perhaps the most gut-wrenching episode of “Black Mirror” finds a young man racing to meet blackmailers’ demands after they use his laptop’s camera to catch him in a compromising position. Guess what? This has already happened in real life.