Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II make out. What’s not to love?
Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.We here at Screen Gems are about to do something we’ve never done before: we’re recommending a single episode of a series rather than a feature film.
Normally, a single episode would never deserve its own entry. This one does.By now, the sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror has earned a deserved place in the Greatest Sci-Fi Shows of All Time pantheon right next to The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits.
To experience the series at its best, look no further than “Striking Vipers,” the premiere episode of the show’s fifth season.Anthony Mackie stars as Danny, a 20-something man trying to spice up his sex life with his girlfriend, Theo (Nicole Beharie).
As a bit of reprieve, he begins to play the virtual reality game Striking Vipers and befriends Karl (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II).
