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Last night's episode of Black Mirror has ruined Wizzard for everyone, forever

WELL I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAYYY-AYYY screams

Dec 17th 2014, 10:23 AM 2,756 Views 1 Comment

IT’S GRIPPED VIEWERS for two seasons, and now Christmas has given us more of Charlie Brooker’s grimly plausible dystopian drama, Black Mirror.

The ‘Christmas special’ (it couldn’t have been farther from festive) starred Jon Hamm and Rafe Spall as two men who have run afoul of scarily smart technology.

In this world, real-life people can be blocked as they can on social media. Contact lenses act as your phone, your camera, and a means of seeing through other people’s eyes. People’s minds can be recreated in digital form. Shudder.

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A key part of the plot was Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day. A key, terrifying part of the plot.

If you liked Wizzard before you watched the show, you definitely do not like them now.

If I hear Wizzard between now and Christmas I think I may have a mental breakdown. #BlackMirror
— David Brady (@davelouisbrady) December 16, 2014

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#BlackMirror was great. @charltonbrooker obviously knew how an eternity of Wizzard would induce terror in all. Now my legs are numb.
— Yas Namdjou (@yas_namdjou) December 16, 2014

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My mum is now singing I wish it could be Christmas every day quite jollily. I think she missed the point of that #BlackMirror ending
— Paul Hadsley (@paulhadsley) December 16, 2014

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Wizzard's" I wish it could be Christmas every day" has always been in my top 5 Christmas songs.
Not any more…#BlackMirror
— Philip Johnson (@FreelancePhilJ) December 17, 2014

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Terrific #BlackMirror unfestive special. Asking the big questions; like how many hundreds of years of endless Wizzard would drive you insane
— Andrew Ewart (@AndrewJEwart) December 16, 2014

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Basically, everyone came out of it feeling like this.

. @charltonbrooker you're not well mate #BlackMirror
— Darren McMahon (@DarrenMcMahon54) December 16, 2014

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If you missed it, you can watch Black Mirror: White Christmas on 4OD now. Prepare yourself, mentally.

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Last night's episode of Black Mirror has ruined Wizzard for everyone, forever