‘Black Mirror’ proves it can still surprise in S4

After being heralded as the second coming of The Twilight Zone for its first two seasons, the third saw Black Mirror losing something in its transition to Netflix. The show was more bloated, with double the episodes, more big-name actors (Bryce Dallas Howard, Benedict Wong, and Kelly Macdonald to name a handful) and some surprisingly well known behind-the-scenes talent ranging from directors like Joe Wright (Hanna) and Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) to The Office and Parks and Recreation’s Michael Schur and Rashida Jones. It was by no means a failure of a season, but the critical acclaim Black Mirror garnered previously was noticeably muted this time around. To a degree, high expectations were to blam…