This review contains spoilers.

Charlie Brookers been hiding something.

Even, or perhaps especially, with our public demons.

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At this point in proceedings, Matt is the villain of the piece.

Hes alsoand well get back to thisa deeply unreliable narrator.

Does all that though, mean that Matt deserves to be ostracised?

I give him until the next ad break before that handsome face is spread all over the pavement.

Brookers drama urges caution here and elsewhere inWhite Christmas.

Block someone social media-style in real life and you end the conversation.

Any potential for redemption or growth ends with it.

These are real people were dealing with, theyre not disposable.

What are our responsibilities to the people who provide our consumer luxury?

And is digital enslavement something we should be signing a Change.org petition about anytime soon?

Anyone whos worked in the retail sector in December wont have to.

What actually happened wasnt any less horrific.

and pathos, testament to the strength of the two central performances.

And was that the talent show fromFifteen Million Meritsglimpsed mid channel-flicking?)

(Im not sure well ever recover from Rory Kinnear and that pig.)

is he going to ruin Christmas?

They ask us to consider the humanity of how we treat people online and in the real world.

Read our White Christmas interview with Charlie Brooker, Jon Hamm and Rafe Spall,here.