{"id":69498,"date":"2025-04-15T11:42:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=69498"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:43:18","slug":"did-black-mirror-gaslight-the-viewers-by-releasing-two-different-versions-of-the-latest-episode-of-season-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/did-black-mirror-gaslight-the-viewers-by-releasing-two-different-versions-of-the-latest-episode-of-season-7\/69498\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Black Mirror gaslight the viewers by releasing two different versions of the latest episode of season 7?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Black Mirror<\/em> has taken its exploration of gaslighting and reality-bending to a whole new level with its second episode of the latest season, <em>B\u00eate Noire<\/em>. The episode delves into the psychological manipulation of Maria (Siena Kelly), a food researcher who begins to question her reality after reconnecting with an old school acquaintance, Verity. Verity, who is revealed to have created a technology that transports herself and Maria into alternate universes, alters the reality they experience, leaving Maria unsure of what\u2019s real.<\/p>\n<p>The mind-bending twist doesn\u2019t stop there\u2014<em>Black Mirror<\/em> has released <em>two different versions<\/em> of the episode, playing with the theme of reality and perception in a literal way. In a key moment of the episode, Maria argues with a colleague over the name of a fried chicken franchise her boyfriend worked at. She\u2019s convinced the name is <em>Bernies<\/em> and even has a baseball cap to prove it, but others insist it\u2019s <em>Barnies<\/em>. Eventually, the name on her cap changes in real time to reflect the alternate version of reality she\u2019s experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>The plot has a clever meta twist, with Netflix releasing two versions of the episode for viewers. Some saw <em>Bernies<\/em>, while others saw <em>Barnies<\/em>. The difference was picked up by a viewer who tweeted about the varying experiences of the episode: \u201cWe noticed that there was a stark difference between our episodes\u2026 even the viewers are getting gaslit at 16:40!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Black Mirror<\/em> is known for its dark, suspenseful, and satirical take on technology, and this episode is a perfect example of how the series blurs the lines between the real world and the world of the show itself. It plays with the viewer\u2019s perception, making us question what\u2019s true\u2014just as Maria questions her own reality.<\/p>\n<p>Season 7 of <em>Black Mirror<\/em> is now available for streaming on Netflix, offering fans even more mind-twisting stories in the series\u2019 signature style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Mirror has taken its exploration of gaslighting and reality-bending to a whole new level with its second episode of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":69499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[19654],"class_list":["post-69498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-black-mirror"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}