Get ready to return to the twisted, high-tech near-future of
Black Mirror as the acclaimed sci-fi anthology series could return to Netflix for its fifth season later this month.
The verified Netflix Twitter account, NXOnNetflix, seemingly jumped the gun earlier today by posting an image of what's coming to the streaming service in December. All the way at the bottom is
Black Mirror on December 28. The tweet has since been deleted but
nothing on the internet is ever truly gone.
As multiple sites have pointed out, the Friday, December 28 premiere date lines up with last year's Season 4, which also released on the last Friday of the month (December 29, 2017).
Specifically, the Netflix release schedule listed
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, which is presumably what the first episode will be titled. This could be interpreted multiple ways as a bandersnatch is a fictional creature in Lewis Carrol's
Through the Looking-Glass. As
TV Guide points out, however, Bandersnatch
"may relate to an old 1984 game about a group of computer nerds locked away together to try and create the ultimate Commodore 64 and 48k Spectrum game."
Given the context of
Black Mirror, and how the show deals with technology, I'm going to assume it has more to do with the latter reference. Interestingly, as fans of the show have pointed out, the game was also referenced during the
Black Mirror Season 3 episode "Playtest."
It's worth noting that the original tweet with the December premiere date has been deleted and Netflix has not officially announced anything as of yet.
Black Mirror was renewed for a fifth season back in March of this year with
an intriguing teaser that promised: "The future will be brighter than ever."