gaboanto Ok so, this story is all about an over protective mother, who since the beggining is shown how scared she is that her little girl gets hurt in anyway , her mother is way too f-up . AND i love it! It's realistic, there are real overprotective parents all around the world and that's ot the kids fault ,its the parents where they invade their childs privacy.the mother doesn't let her daughter make her own mistakes ( cause well thats called evolving amd learning) and ultimately makes her child have issues ( as is shown in the chapter as how she wants to see and taste and touch everything, cause for so long it was denied to her) leading up to a perfect ending, where you can see the value of this episode " if you pull too hard on a leash, it will eventually break"

peterlravn The idea for the story is interesting. An overprotective mother buys an all knowing surveillance kit for her daughter, making it possible for her to see what the daughter sees through a tablet, and making it possible to blur out everything not suitable for children. As soon as the surveillance kit - called the Arkangel - is installed, you start wondering how this little piece of device will turn everything upside down. Unfortunately, everything turns out exactly how you expect it to. It's the mother's overly protective parenthood and the "little girl's" rebellion against the her. We've seen it times and times before, and it doesn't fit the format of Black Mirror. The acting is fine, but not anything worth noticing. The characters are made very flat and uninteresting. They are all extremely sterotypical - the overprotective mother, the daughter who wants to be free and the 'dangerous' drug selling boyfriend.Overall, the episode is not necessarily bad, it's just not good either. A mediocre episode not on par with some of the other excellent stories from Black Mirror.6.5/10

tahitiblkpearl If you've ever experienced the terror that goes thru your body when you think your child is missing, this episode starts with that. The steps the mother takes to prevent that from happening again, which we are already there with rfid for animals- is truthful. Except in Black Mirror fashion, it takes it to the extreme.

larosat-32821 A way too old De Witt has a child who has a child that escapes a park; despite being closed in, then has a procedure done that keeps her on 24 hour surveillance. Disgustingly she is prevented from experiencing anything stressful. You know like real life. We are laughingly led to believe that the Mother is that paranoid but allows her to walk 2 miles to school ALL BY HERSELF. If she was attacked or abducted her Mother would not be able to save her. She turns into a 20 year..........uh I mean 15 year old who has porn sex her first time. Didn't hurt or anything. She ends up turning into a psychopath because.........well just because. Good performances but very little makes sense. Worst episode of the season of the 4 I've watched.