Black Mirror season 7 vs Severance: Here is when to start judging for yourself

Let's be honest with ourselves. If you subscribe to Netflix, you likely have subscriptions to other streaming services. Sure, Netflix is the best, but the others can bring you good, though less consistent, quality programming—one show, in particular, Severance, streams on Apple TV.

Netflix has had its own (kind of) version of the upside-down series, but only your favorite streamer has done it longer. Black Mirror has already been on for six seasons and is about to embark on a new one. The main difference between the two series is that Severance keeps the same characters from season to season, while Black Mirror is a smorgasbord of different characters doing different things.

There might be a bit more Twilight Zone to Black Mirror, but both the Apple TV series and the Netflix one offer creepy and somewhat intentionally confusing options. What we cannot truly get in Black Mirror that we get in Severance is cliff-hangers, and Apple TV does those so well on the Adam Scott-led show that the value of the series is augmented.

Black Mirror season 7 drops on Netflix on April 10, 2025

A great example of that is how the Apple show ended season two recently. You will be talking about it with friends for a long time. Maybe you are even trying to talk them into what you just witnessed.

But is Severance more entertaining viewing than Black Mirror? Maybe you are on the fence and need more evidence. You are in luck. The seventh season of the Netflix series drops on Thursday, April 10.

The new season will feature a "mix of genres and styles," according to series creator Charlie Brooker. If you think one episode is disappointing then just wait. The next one might be one of your favorite single episodes in streaming or television history. (Though, most likely, no episode of the new season is going to be bad.)

Black Mirror season 7 will have six episodes, two of which are near movie length. Some of the episodes are humorous, while others are quite dark. The show offers this approach that Severance cannot, but both series bring the creepy.

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