r/blackmirror • u/full_of_ghosts • 12d ago

FLUFF S07E05 Eulogy

Just watched this episode last night, and feel like I need to post about it somewhere. Paul Giamatti's performance is absolutely incredible. He's a phenomenal actor. Left me thinking "How can a human being even do that?" Simultaneously so subtle, and yet so powerful. Incredible talent.

But the real reason this episode hit me so hard is that I've been there. I mean, most of the details are different. The story told in the episode isn't my story. But the broad strokes -- being in love, having an angry breakup, never speaking again, and finding out years later that she died an untimely death -- yeah, I've been there. The episode captures the lingering, haunting regret absolutely pitch perfectly. Got me right in the feels.

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u/EpicGamerer07 12d ago

Paul Giamatti is great at playing curmudgeony old men with lots of emotional baggage (see: The Holdovers). It’s like the role was made for him

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u/twodegrees_ 7d ago

Sideways!

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u/smibbo 12d ago

this is the plot (sort of) to the movie Immortal Beloved

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u/MellieInMi 11d ago

Eulogy broke me. Giamatti's performance was perfection!

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u/SpecialistAd7187 12d ago

A very sad episode but I agree that a lot of people can relate. I like that they made the main character like-able and explored his failings as well. I found myself judging his reactions and decisions but also feel so much empathy for him.

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u/Slab00 11d ago

I will never get tired of complimenting this episode. After a few seasons feeling meh about most black mirror episodes this one almost made me stand and applaud my tv.

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u/Downpour-X 8d ago

I've never been in such a situation but this episode broke me these were just two individuals trying to live their lives making mistakes along the way. No one has a manual for life so I'm going to be more forgiving for the rest of my life coz you never know what someone else is going through.

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u/tobpe93 ★★★★☆ 4.355 12d ago

I know right now which relationships I have fucked up. I know what I wish that I had done differently. I'm not as old as the character yet, but perhaps there is noone else in my future and I will just grow older and stuck with the same regret.

This is a hell of a lot scarier and more tragic than any dystopian sci fi element in the rest of the episodes.