1. “
Black Mirror” Season 5 (available June 5)
Why Should I Watch? At this point, what choice do you have? Between its mind-bending sci-fi stories, topicality, and aggressive advancement of the medium itself, new episodes of “
Black Mirror” always dominant TV discussion for a few weeks a year. If you want to stay current with the culture (and can handle the darkness), you pretty much have to watch.
Creator
Charlie Brooker’s latest season is a bit shorter than previous entires — “Bandersnatch” took up a lot of time, you guys — but the three episodes are getting a prime spotlight on
Netflix: They’ve each got their own trailers, stars, and synopses, all of which you can see here. Just remember: It’s called “
Black Mirror” for a reason. These are all bound to pretty… bleak.
Bonus Reason: In “Rachel, Jack and Ashley, Too” (Episode 3),
Miley Cyrus plays a pop star named Ashley