Mazey Day

"Mazey Day" is the fourth episode of the sixth series of the anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by series creator Charlie Brooker and directed by Uta Briesewitz. Alongside the rest of the sixth series, it premiered on Netflix on 15 June 2023. It tells the story of Bo (Zazie Beetz), a paparazza, and Mazey Day (Clara Rugaard), an actress hiding from the media after a car accident. At 40 minutes, it is the shortest Black Mirror episode. With its title character's transformation into a werewolf, it is the first supernatural horror episode in the show. Brooker wrote it after the sixth series episode "Demon 79", another horror story, and aimed to broaden the scope of the programme. Filming took place in June 2022 in Spain. Set in 2006, the depicted paparazzi pursuit of Mazey was compared to media attention on Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan. Details such as a full moon foreshadow Mazey's reveal as a werewolf. This twist was widely criticised by reviewers, along with the episode's premise and themes. Many critics considered "Mazey Day" the worst episode of the sixth series and one of the worst in the show. Plot In 2006, a paparazza named Bo (Zazie Beetz) takes photographic evidence at a motel of a male celebrity having an affair with a man. He offers her $500 to delete the photos, but she sells them for $300 each, and the celebrity kills himself. Bo's colleagues Hector (Danny Ramirez), Whitty (Robbie Tann) and Duke (James P. Rees) are unsympathetic. They harass a celebrity with a public sex tape: Whitty provokes her with misogynistic slurs and threatens legal action when she reacts. Bo decides to quit the profession.