Black Mirror Just Released Two Versions of the Same Episode (and Didn't Tell Anyone)

Season 7 of Netflix's Black Mirror arrived past week, bringing with it the accustomed dose of acheronian sci-fi cautionary tales... with immoderate hopeful phantasy mixed successful arsenic well. But it's 1 occurrence successful particular, "Bête Noire," which has had immoderate Black Mirror fans questioning, well, reality.

Some spoilers travel for Black Mirror's "Bête Noire"!

In the episode, a quality named Maria (Siena Kelly) works successful R&D for a nutrient company, designing caller recipes successful what seems similar a beauteous large gig. But erstwhile a troubled classmate (Rosy McEwen) from her past shows up retired of the bluish and takes a occupation astatine the company, Maria finds herself successful an progressively hopeless situation. It seems that the classmate, Verity, has the quality to simply change world by the unit of her will. And cipher seems to recognize this unusual information expect for Maria.

That takes america to the fun/scary infinitesimal successful the occurrence wherever a workplace speech turns to what the sanction of an aged accelerated nutrient edifice concatenation was. Some accidental it was Barnies portion others accidental it was Bernies. Maria is definite she knows the reply due to the fact that her hubby utilized to enactment determination and inactive has the hat! But erstwhile she googles it to beryllium that she's correct... the hunt results accidental otherwise. Is it The Mandela Effect or... The Verity Effect?

With this scene, Black Mirror seems to beryllium switching world connected its viewers a spot arsenic good due to the fact that determination are reportedly 2 antithetic versions of the occurrence disposable connected Netflix, and which 1 you get erstwhile streaming the amusement appears to beryllium random.

As reported by Games Radar, fans person realized that successful 1 mentation of the scene, Bernies was the archetypal sanction of the restaurant, portion successful the different mentation the OG sanction is Barnies.

So my person and I were watching the caller Black Mirror occurrence “Bête Noire” and we noticed that determination was a stark quality betwixt our episodes… adjacent the viewers are getting gaslit astatine 16:40! #BlackMirrorS7 pic.twitter.com/G2Ne1SuvJV

— Vastolorde | AKIO 🫡💖🇺🇸 (@actualakio) April 10, 2025

We've reached retired to Netflix to inquire astir this matter, but haven't heard back. That said, the Netflix and Black Mirror X accounts look to beryllium having immoderate amusive with the full thing:

barnies https://t.co/TaS4MzrXam

— Black Mirror (@blackmirror) April 11, 2025

And by the way, the main quality successful the Season 3 occurrence "Shut Up and Dance" worked at... Barnies. But we're not definite which world helium lived in, truthful that doesn't truly lick thing present anyway.

Season 3's "Shut Up and Dance" besides featured Barnies (but not Bernies).

Which mentation of the occurrence did you catch? And is it Barnies oregon Bernies? Vote successful our canvass and sermon successful the comments!