Hotel Reverie is the third episode of season seven of Black Mirror. It was written by Charlie Brooker and originally aired on April 10, 2025.
Short Summary[]
A high-tech remake of a classic film sends its A-list star into another dimension, where she must stick to the script if she ever wants to make it home.
Full Summary[]
Cast[]
- Issa Rae as Brandy Friday
- Emma Corrin as Dorothy Chambers
- Harriet Walter as Judith Keyworth
- Awkwafina as Kimmy
- Enzo Cilenti as Ralph Redwell
- Elliot Barnes-Worrell as Quarterman
- Natalia Kostrzewa as Courier
- Rebecca Ozer as Ayla
- Stanley Weber as Claude
- Farid Larbi as Inspector Lavigne
- Waleed Hammad as Police Officer
- Charlie Hiscock as Jack
- Tessa Wong as Crystal
- Magnus Bruun as Dieter
- Danielle Vitalis as Mika
- Elaine Claxton as Mrs Roban
- Amro Mahmoud as Waiter
- Asheq Akhtar as Otto
Notes and Trivia[]
References to other Black Mirror episodes[]
- One of the main characters in Hotel Reverie is Dr. Alex Palmer. A location named Palmer County features in the earlier episode Common People.
- A poster for an old movie made by Keyworth Pictures named The White Bear is seen hanging in Judith Keyworth's office.
- Brandy watches the trailer for the original film on a YouTube channel named Pia's Video Archives. Other recommended videos referencing Space Fleet and Demon 79 are also seen briefly.
- When Brandy meets with her agent, she is told about a meeting with someone from Streamberry. Hotel Reverie Reborn is later streamed on the site.
- The synaptic fictive interface is very similar to the Experiencer Disk featured in earlier episodes such as USS Callister, Crocodile, Striking Vipers and later appears as the Nubbin in Eulogy.
- Jack, a ReDream employee, is seen wearing a Space Fleet shirt and also reading a copy of the book Bandersnatch.
- One of the computers used to power the ReDream software is manufactured by TCKR.
- Vintage newspaper flashes show various references:
- In a article about Chamber's debut appearance in the West End, she is mentioned to have played the lead role of Nanette in the play Folly of Windsor.
- An announcement that Hotel Reverie is due to start filming states its main writer also penned a movie named Demon 79.
- Dorothy Chambers dropped out of filming a movie named Saint Juniper before her death, and notes another of her famous films was called My Kingdom for a Pig.
- When Brandy Friday is being driven back from the Hotel Reverie Reborn premiere, a TCKR Systems building is briefly seen in passing through the window.
- Brandy Friday's address is 3049 Junipero Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
| Episodes in "Black Mirror" | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | • The National Anthem • Fifteen Million Merits • The Entire History of You • |
| Season 2 | • Be Right Back • White Bear • The Waldo Moment • |
| Season 3 | • Nosedive • Playtest • Shut Up and Dance • San Junipero • Men Against Fire • Hated in the Nation • |
| Season 4 | • USS Callister • Arkangel • Crocodile • Hang the DJ • Metalhead • Black Museum • |
| Season 5 | • Striking Vipers • Smithereens • Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too • |
| Season 6 | • Joan Is Awful • Loch Henry • Beyond The Sea • Mazey Day • Demon 79 • |
| Season 7 | • Common People • Bête Noire • Hotel Reverie • Plaything • Eulogy • USS Callister: Into Infinity • |
| Specials | • White Christmas • Bandersnatch • |