A woman interviews various people using a device that allows her to access their memories.
Air date:
December 29, 2017
Writer:
Charlie Brooker
Director:
John Hillcoat
Air date:
Writer:
Director:
December 29, 2017
Charlie Brooker
John Hillcoat
Storyline
A woman interviews various people using a device that allows her to access their memories.
Trivia
This episode is titled "Crocodile" due to a crocodile's cognitive ability to associate memories with senses such as smell or hearing. This same technique is used to access the memories of the people in this episode.
The lead role was initially written for a man, until Andrea Riseborough came in and read for one of the other parts and challenged the producers to make the lead character a woman
The song DC Lydon heard on the street, and the song Shazia Akhand sings in her car is the same song that Beth sings at karaoke in the "White Christmas" episode, which is the same song that Abi Kahn sings in the "Fifteen Million Merits" episode. The song is "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)", recorded by Irma Thomas in 1964.
In the hotel where Mia was staying the hotel management has made very strict rules since an incident with a judge of Hot Shots. Hot Shots is the TV show where Bing tries to get Abi to sing on season 1, episode 2.
Shazia (Kiran Sonia Sawar) says, "We are for Allah, and to Allah we'll return" in Arabic.
When Mia is in the kitchen making coffee for Shazia, she stares thoughtfully at block of brightly colored kitchen knives for a moment. In real life these knives are of a brand called Taylor's Eye Witness; a subtle reference to the theme of the story.
The pizza truck in this episode was also seen delivering pizza in "U.S.S. Callister"
The devices used to read and transmit memories are square, green, and boot up in a style similar to the usual circular white virtual reality devices first seen in Season 3's "San Junipiero" and Season 4's "USS Callister," which makes this episode's devices either a different type or earlier version of the VR devices.
This episode was set in Iceland. Until 1968, Icelanders drove on the left side of the road like the Brits and the Irish.
This episode has a scene toward the end with a school production of "Bugsy Malone," an adaptation of the 1976 movie. Jodie Foster, who as a child starred in Bugsy Malone, directed the previous episode, "Arkangel".
The movie which Mia chooses in her hotel is shown to be made by Erika Lust, a well-known, real-life porn director.
The title "Crocodile" refers to a children's rhyme. "See you later, alligator... After while, crocodile." The protagonist's young son says to her as she is leaving, "See you later." And the episode centers around a device that allows one to re-view people's memories.
