It had higher critical ratings than the show's other episodes, and some critics considered it one of the best television episodes of 2016. The episode received critical acclaim, with particular praise for Mbatha-Raw and Davis' performances, its plot twist, its visual style, and its uplifting tone (atypical for the show). The soundtrack interweaves 1980s songs with an original score by Clint Mansell. Filming took place in London and Cape Town across a few weeks. The first script was about a heterosexual couple and had an unhappy ending the final version was about a same-sex couple and had a happy ending. 'San Junipero' was the first episode written for series three of Black Mirror initial drafts were based on nostalgia therapy and designed as a 1980s period piece.
The town is part of a simulated reality the elderly can inhabit, even after death. The episode is set in a beach resort town named San Junipero, where the introverted Yorkie ( Mackenzie Davis) meets the more outgoing Kelly ( Gugu Mbatha-Raw).
Written by showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by Owen Harris, it premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, with the rest of series three. ' San Junipero' is the fourth episode in the third series of the British science fiction anthology television series Black Mirror.
