For six seasons, Black Mirror has mostly resisted becoming a universe. Yes, there have always been breadcrumbs—a headline here, a tech company there—but the show has largely treated itself like a sci-fi short story collection, not a shared world. That changes with season 7. Invisible strings and callbacks to previous episodes are riddled throughout the new season, and if you blinked, you probably missed them.

Episode 1: “Common People”

  • The Juniper Lodge, where Amanda and Mike spend their anniversary, is a callback to “San Junipero,” the season 3, episode 4 love story.
  • At The Juniper Lodge, the couple sings “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)” by Irma Thomas. The song also appeared in “Fifteen Million Merits,” “White Christmas,” “Men Against Fire,” “Crocodile,” “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too,” and most recently “Joan Is Awful.”
  • Amanda’s first ad break happens in the classroom. While she’s teaching her students about the robotic bees (a callback to “Hated in the Nation”), Amanda promotes a honey candy, HoneyNugs by the brand Ditta. Ditta is the company Maria works for in the season’s second episode, “Bête Noire.” Ditta candies are also inside the vending machines at the hospital, as Mike stands at Amanda’s bedside.
  • When the couple drives past a movie theater, we get a taste of promotion for Hotel Reverie, the subject of episode three.
  • Mike’s view of DumDummies shows a user named I_AM_Waldo, a “blink and you miss it” callback to the season one hit, “The Waldo Moment.”

Episode 2: “Bête Noire”

  • Barnie’s Chicken, the restaurant the center of Maria’s workplace debate and the place where her boyfriend worked, is also where Kenny worked, the subject of season 3’s “Shut Up and Dance.” The chicken chain also appears in “White Christmas,” “Metalhead,” and “Joan Is Awful.”
  • Ditta’s offices share real estate with Tuckersoft, the tech and video game brand introduced in the film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. More on that later.
  • Verity’s LinkedIn page shows she worked at WayHaven Travel, a hotel chain seen in the aforementioned “Shut Up and Dance.”
  • The brand of the almond milk being mysteriously emptied in the Ditta office is called Raiman, the name of the lead from season 3’s “Men Against Fire.” The brand also appeared in the original “USS Callister” as Daly’s drink of choice.
  • In her final showdown with Maria, Verity explains that her reality-shifting power comes from a “quantum compiler” in the basement, echoing back to the quamputer in “Joan is Afraid.”


Episode 3: “Hotel Reverie”

  • As Brandy researches the original Hotel Reverie, she watches a YouTube video uploaded by Pia, one of the subjects of season six’s “Loch Henry.”
  • The ReDream team is one collection of invisible strings. One of the employees in the control room wears a Space Fleet t-shirt, and the computers they use are manufactured by TCKR, previously seen in “San Junipero” and “Playtest.” Following Bandersnatch, we now can connect that TCKR is Tuckersoft. TCKR is also the company behind the concept of season 2’s “White Bear.”
  • At the end of the episode, Brandy receives a package at home from Kimmy, addressed to Junipero Drive.
  • When Hotel Reverie Reborn is released, it's on Streamberry, the streaming platform introduced in “Joan is Awful.”


Episode 4: “Plaything”

  • This episode is not a sequel in the way “USS Callister: Into Infinity” is, but it’s certainly a continuation. Think of this hour as a follow-up to Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.
  • The posters in the Ritman’s Tuckersoft office cross the series, referencing Bandersnatch II; and calling back to “Striking Vipers,” and Waldo from “The Waldo Moment.”


Episode 5: “Eulogy”

  • This episode is pretty much standalone, but if we’re reaching… The small device used by Phillip is the same that appears in “Hotel Reverie,” as well as season one’s “Entire History of You.”


Episode 6: “USS Callister: Into Infinity”

  • Among the players that threaten our crew, we’ve got a girly with an Ashley O banner (“Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too); plus, the two players from “Demon 79,” Nida and Gaap.
  • The hospital where comatose Nanette resides is called St. Juniper.
  • The newsreel that runs at the end of the episode is one big bow, tying seven seasons of Black Mirror together. The stories featured include a the release of Hotel Reverie on Streamberry, the launch of the video game Thronglets 2, a talisman found in the plane wreckage of “Demon 79,” the RiverMind CTO steps down – and for the og fans – “National Anthem’s” Michael Callow entering celebrity vet school.