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Severed: The Ultimate Severance Podcast

S1E33 - SEVERED Origins - "White Christmas" (Black Mirror) PT02

Severed: The Ultimate Severance Podcast

Allen Stare

Performing Arts, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film, Arts

4.8639 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Drop a note to Allen S. right here. (Can't respond...sorry.)WELCOME BACK, REFINER!! 
Ready for more "Black Mirror" weirdness?? It's time to jump right back into the twisted mind of Charlie Brooker and his "Black Mirror" episode called "White Christmas"? Is it a Christmas Special? Is it a dark and twisted look at the future of Social Media? Is it a Crime Drama with a twist? Turns out, it's all three.

This time, in Part Two, we will be FINISHING the "White Christmas" episode. We're going to discover the future of 'Cookies'...turns out they get a whole lot smarter than they are now. We'll also have a lot more fun with Z-eyes and 'blocking.' Grab a snow globe and a slice of slightly underdone toast...it's time to once again open the file called "White Christmas."Huge thanks to Adam Scott, star of 'Severance' and host of the Severance Podcast for recording a custom intro for "Severed." Make sure to check out 'The Severance Podcast w/Ben Stiller & Adam Scott" wherever you found this one!Support the showAPPLE PODCAST LISTENERS: If you are enjoying "Severed: The Ultimate 'Severance' Podcast" please make sure to leave a 5-star rating (and, if you want, a review telling others to give it a try). Higher rated podcasts get better placement in suggestion lists. It helps more "Severance" fans find the show. Thanks!!!

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Adam Scott. I play Mark S on Severance, which you likely already know since you're listening to Severed, the Ultimate Severance podcast.

0:14.0

Severed, the Ultimate Severance Podcast. Welcome back, Refiner. I hope you're ready for more Black Mirror Weirdness.

0:29.0

By the way, this is Severed, the Ultimate Severance podcast. I'm your host, Alan S.

0:33.6

The Severed Origin series continues with part two of our two-part breakdown of the White Christmas

0:39.1

episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror.

0:43.0

If you happen to have found this episode before listening to Episode 1, stop now.

0:48.4

You really need to go find episode one of the White Christmas Breakdown.

0:52.2

You should be able to find it the same place you found this episode.

0:56.1

If you go past here, be warned, huge, enormous brain-frying spoilers are ahead for White Christmas,

1:03.0

and those spoilers may extend into other Black Mirror episodes, so be ready.

1:07.6

Nothing is off limits in the Black Mirror universe.

1:10.7

If you'd like to watch before you

1:12.3

listen, all Black Mirror episodes, including White Christmas, are streaming on Netflix right now.

1:18.6

We also need to talk triggers. I didn't mention the significant murder-suicide plotline in part

1:24.1

one, but I probably should have. This time out, we'll be party to some intense

1:28.6

discussions about abortion and a woman's right to choose. We'll also witness a pretty violent

1:33.1

murder and the death of a young child. So I guess what I'm saying is Merry Christmas World from

1:39.0

Charlie Brooker. With all that out of the way, if you're ready, refiner, it's once again time to

1:43.3

open the severed origins file called White Christmas.

1:48.4

Last time, we met two guys who appear to be living and working in a remote, isolated, desolate cabin.

1:55.0

It feels like it's located in an Arctic wasteland.

1:58.0

Matt, played by John Hamm, is a jovial and talkative American. In part one,

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