Hated in the Nation

"Hated in the Nation"
Black Mirror episode
ADIs swarm around Blue Coulson (left) and Karin Parke (right). The ADIs were designed by Painting Practice with the intention of looking creepy but recognisable as bees.[1]
Episode no.	Series 3 Episode 6
Directed by	James Hawes
Written by	Charlie Brooker
Original release date	21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
Running time	89 minutes
Guest appearances
Kelly Macdonald as Karin Parke Faye Marsay as Blue Coulson Benedict Wong as Shaun Li Jonas Karlsson as Rasmus Sjoberg Joe Armstrong as Nick Shelton Elizabeth Berrington as Jo Powers Charles Babalola as Tusk Ben Miles as Tom Pickering Esther Hall as Vanessa Dahl Holli Dempsey as Clara Meades Georgina Rich as Tess Wallander Duncan Pow as Garrett Scholes
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"Hated in the Nation" is the sixth and final episode in the third series of the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. Written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by James Hawes, it premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, along with the rest of series three. It is the longest episode of Black Mirror, at 89 minutes.

A Nordic noir-inspired episode, "Hated in the Nation" follows Detectives Karin Parke (Kelly Macdonald) and Blue Coulson (Faye Marsay) as they investigate a spate of deaths targeting the subjects of social media hatred, at the hands of Autonomous Drone Insects (ADIs) that have been deployed to combat environmental catastrophe as bees near extinction. It was filmed largely in London.

Informed by Brooker's experience of receiving hate mail after writing a 2004 Guardian column that disparaged George W. Bush, the episode drew comparison to The X-Files and explored themes including government surveillance and environmentalism. Across mostly positive reviews, critics praised the acting but gave mixed comments on the story and episode's length. It received middling rankings on Black Mirror instalments by quality.