Presumably most people who read this have already watched the episode, so I wonвЂ™t continue my recap. And instead of fighting, they have sex with each other.ДЄlso Read: Here Are All the Ways 'Black Mirror' Season 5 Connects to the Rest of the Show's Universe So they pick their fighters, with Karl choosing a sexy lady played by Klementieff, and Danny picking a sexy man played by Ludi Lin. The twist is that the new version is a virtual reality game, employing the same sort of вЂњMatrixвЂќ-style immersive VR that weвЂ™ve seen in вЂњBlack MirrorвЂќ in the past. The premise of this episode is that two old buddies Danny (Mackie) and Karl (Abdul-Mateen) try to reconnect over the newest edition of a fighting video game they used to play back in the day, the вЂњStriking VipersвЂќ that gave the episode its name. And the fact that it assembles one of the best casts the show has ever had - with Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen, Pom Klementieff, Nicole Behari and Ludi Lin as the main players - also helps. WeвЂ™ve only got three episodes in this season of вЂњBlack MirrorвЂќ on Netflix, but the first one is such a doozy that it kinda makes up for the shortage on its own. (WeвЂ™ve got major spoilers ahead for the вЂњBlack MirrorвЂќ season 5 episode вЂњStriking VipersвЂќ)

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