Bad Influence: The Dark Side Of Kidfluencing is the latest unsettling Netflix documentary to stay planted on the top of the charts, but now it has lost its #1 spot to a staple of the service.
Yes, WWE RAW has landed above it after its Monday night airing, but that almost always happens. But besides that Netflix’s Black Mirror season 7 is also now above it, its six episodes now live, but ranging from 46 to a full 90 minutes for its finale, which returns the series to the USS Callister.
There has been a general sense that Black Mirror has dropped in quality since it left the UK and became a US-based production. But there have been ups and downs and season 7 does very much appear to be an up.
Black Mirror season 7 is checking in with an 89% critic score, higher than season 6 (78%), season 5 (66%), the interactive Bandersnatch story (74%), season 4 (85%) season 3 (86%) and season 2 (87%), no small feat. The only two entries above it are the iconic season 1 at a 98%, and the White Christmas special at 90%. So it really is worth returning to the series now, it seems. And given that it’s an anthology, you don’t have to watch the worse seasons first. Well, other than the USS Callister episode from season 4.
As for Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing (what a word), that only has six critic reviews in for an 86% and not enough audience reviews for a score. This is despite being Netflix’s most-watched series for a little while now. I guess those interested in it do not overlap with people who do Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
Of note on the rest of the list is The Gardener, a new Spanish miniseries about an assassin that runs for six episodes. No reviews on that yet, as it just premiered. A debut at #4 is good though. Pulse has now plunged down the list and is at #7. I do not believe a renewal is in the cards for that show, but we’ll see. The 100% scored North of North is down to #5 from #4, but that’s just because of RAW, and this show is performing well. I would in fact predict another season here, but it’s too early to know that yet.
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