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"Demon 79" is the fifth and final episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by series creator Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali, and directed by Toby Haynes. Alongside the rest of the sixth series, it premiered on Netflix on 15 June 2023. It stars Nida (Anjana Vasan), a mild-mannered sales assistant who accidentally releases the demon Gaap (Paapa Essiedu), whom only she can see. Gaap tells her she must commit three murders to prevent the end of the world.
The episode was released under the label Red Mirror, the result of Brooker experimenting with supernatural horror and past settings. It was the first episode written in the sixth series, with which Brooker aimed to rethink the programme's scope. Set in 1979, it shows anti-immigration politics of the Conservative Party and National Front. It was filmed in June 2022 in Harrow, London at The Landmark.
The demon Gaap, initially written as a punk, has a look influenced by Bobby Farrell of Boney M., whose music is used in the soundtrack. The episode draws from horror fiction, fashion and settings of the 1970s. It is unclear throughout the episode whether Nida is imagining her interactions with Gaap. Reviews were positive, with Essiedu's and Vasan's acting widely praised, alongside the episode's comedy. However, it was ranked relatively low on critics' lists of Black Mirror instalments by quality.
The episode received seven nominations at the 2024 British Academy Television Awards, winning Best Writing: Drama for Booker and Ali, and Best Photography and Lighting Design: Fiction for Stephan Pehrsson.
In 1979, Nida Huq (Anjana Vasan) works at the department store Possetts in the English town Tipley. While selling shoes, she fantasises about hurting her xenophobic coworker, Vicky (Katherine Rose Morley), and an unsettling customer, Keith Holligan (Nicholas Burns), who killed his wife.
Nida is alienated by the Conservative, anti-immigration politician Michael Smart, and vandals who paint the fascist National Front symbol on her door. Forced to eat her biryani in the basement after Vicky complains, Nida pricks her finger on a drawer handle and bleeds over a bone talisman.
In her flat, the talisman speaks to Nida, and she releases the demon Gaap (Paapa Essiedu), on his first assignment. Gaap takes the form of Bobby Farrell from Boney M. Nida has three days to make three human sacrifices; failure will lead to world destruction on May Day. Nida refuses to participate, even when Gaap shows her apartment in flames, and flees to a canal. Gaap tells Nida that a passerby, Tim Simons (Joe Evans), molests his eight-year-old daughter. Nida kills Tim with a brick.
Nida vomits with guilt, but, the next day, Gaap is eventually able to convince her to go to work, where he repeatedly points out potential targets for the next sacrifice. That night, she drinks scotch at her local pub, and sees Keith there. She follows him when he leaves, but, before she can attack him, he sees her and invites her to his house for sex. Nida bludgeons Keith with a hammer, and also kills his brother Chris, who comes home and surprises her. Gaap calls a demonic technical support line and is told that Keith's death does not count, as he was a murderer, so one sacrifice remains.
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Demon 79
"Demon 79" is the fifth and final episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by series creator Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali, and directed by Toby Haynes. Alongside the rest of the sixth series, it premiered on Netflix on 15 June 2023. It stars Nida (Anjana Vasan), a mild-mannered sales assistant who accidentally releases the demon Gaap (Paapa Essiedu), whom only she can see. Gaap tells her she must commit three murders to prevent the end of the world.
The episode was released under the label Red Mirror, the result of Brooker experimenting with supernatural horror and past settings. It was the first episode written in the sixth series, with which Brooker aimed to rethink the programme's scope. Set in 1979, it shows anti-immigration politics of the Conservative Party and National Front. It was filmed in June 2022 in Harrow, London at The Landmark.
The demon Gaap, initially written as a punk, has a look influenced by Bobby Farrell of Boney M., whose music is used in the soundtrack. The episode draws from horror fiction, fashion and settings of the 1970s. It is unclear throughout the episode whether Nida is imagining her interactions with Gaap. Reviews were positive, with Essiedu's and Vasan's acting widely praised, alongside the episode's comedy. However, it was ranked relatively low on critics' lists of Black Mirror instalments by quality.
The episode received seven nominations at the 2024 British Academy Television Awards, winning Best Writing: Drama for Booker and Ali, and Best Photography and Lighting Design: Fiction for Stephan Pehrsson.
In 1979, Nida Huq (Anjana Vasan) works at the department store Possetts in the English town Tipley. While selling shoes, she fantasises about hurting her xenophobic coworker, Vicky (Katherine Rose Morley), and an unsettling customer, Keith Holligan (Nicholas Burns), who killed his wife.
Nida is alienated by the Conservative, anti-immigration politician Michael Smart, and vandals who paint the fascist National Front symbol on her door. Forced to eat her biryani in the basement after Vicky complains, Nida pricks her finger on a drawer handle and bleeds over a bone talisman.
In her flat, the talisman speaks to Nida, and she releases the demon Gaap (Paapa Essiedu), on his first assignment. Gaap takes the form of Bobby Farrell from Boney M. Nida has three days to make three human sacrifices; failure will lead to world destruction on May Day. Nida refuses to participate, even when Gaap shows her apartment in flames, and flees to a canal. Gaap tells Nida that a passerby, Tim Simons (Joe Evans), molests his eight-year-old daughter. Nida kills Tim with a brick.
Nida vomits with guilt, but, the next day, Gaap is eventually able to convince her to go to work, where he repeatedly points out potential targets for the next sacrifice. That night, she drinks scotch at her local pub, and sees Keith there. She follows him when he leaves, but, before she can attack him, he sees her and invites her to his house for sex. Nida bludgeons Keith with a hammer, and also kills his brother Chris, who comes home and surprises her. Gaap calls a demonic technical support line and is told that Keith's death does not count, as he was a murderer, so one sacrifice remains.