How do I get a happy ending in Bandersnatch?
In Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, whatever I pick I end up with Stefan being in jail with one or multiple murders and his game failed, either due to his crimes or due to its being incomplete.
But what is the path to pick where the table can be turned with a happy ending or endings?
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In Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, whatever I pick I end up with Stefan being in jail with one or multiple murders and his game failed, either due to his crimes or due to its being incomplete.
But what is the path to pick where the table can be turned with a happy ending or endings?
ending black-mirror black-mirror-bandersnatch
edited 23 hours ago
Napoleon Wilson♦
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Ankit Sharma
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In its current form, this question might not be all too on-topic here, seeing how it's basically asking how to win an interactive game with little to no relation to the actual film material. Unless you're able to draw a clearer connection to the film material, Arqade would probably be a better fit for this.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
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@NapoleonWilson it's an interactive film, not an interactive game
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
5
@AnkitSharma Well, it's both actually. And the nature of the question seems to be more about the game aspect, not the film.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
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@NapoleonWilson it's a film in netflix so I disagree
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
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Related meta discussion: How do we handle interactice films?
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In Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, whatever I pick I end up with Stefan being in jail with one or multiple murders and his game failed, either due to his crimes or due to its being incomplete.
But what is the path to pick where the table can be turned with a happy ending or endings?
ending black-mirror black-mirror-bandersnatch
edited 23 hours ago
Napoleon Wilson♦
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asked yesterday
Ankit Sharma
72.7k61382587
In Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, whatever I pick I end up with Stefan being in jail with one or multiple murders and his game failed, either due to his crimes or due to its being incomplete.
But what is the path to pick where the table can be turned with a happy ending or endings?
ending black-mirror black-mirror-bandersnatch
ending black-mirror black-mirror-bandersnatch
edited 23 hours ago
Napoleon Wilson♦
41.7k35267507
asked yesterday
Ankit Sharma
72.7k61382587
edited 23 hours ago
Napoleon Wilson♦
41.7k35267507
asked yesterday
Ankit Sharma
72.7k61382587
edited 23 hours ago
Napoleon Wilson♦
41.7k35267507
edited 23 hours ago
Napoleon Wilson♦
41.7k35267507
edited 23 hours ago
Napoleon Wilson♦
41.7k35267507
41.7k35267507
asked yesterday
Ankit Sharma
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asked yesterday
Ankit Sharma
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asked yesterday
Ankit Sharma
72.7k61382587
72.7k61382587
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In its current form, this question might not be all too on-topic here, seeing how it's basically asking how to win an interactive game with little to no relation to the actual film material. Unless you're able to draw a clearer connection to the film material, Arqade would probably be a better fit for this.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
2
@NapoleonWilson it's an interactive film, not an interactive game
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
5
@AnkitSharma Well, it's both actually. And the nature of the question seems to be more about the game aspect, not the film.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
3
@NapoleonWilson it's a film in netflix so I disagree
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
3
Related meta discussion: How do we handle interactice films?
– Napoleon Wilson♦
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In its current form, this question might not be all too on-topic here, seeing how it's basically asking how to win an interactive game with little to no relation to the actual film material. Unless you're able to draw a clearer connection to the film material, Arqade would probably be a better fit for this.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
2
@NapoleonWilson it's an interactive film, not an interactive game
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
5
@AnkitSharma Well, it's both actually. And the nature of the question seems to be more about the game aspect, not the film.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
3
@NapoleonWilson it's a film in netflix so I disagree
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
3
Related meta discussion: How do we handle interactice films?
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
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In its current form, this question might not be all too on-topic here, seeing how it's basically asking how to win an interactive game with little to no relation to the actual film material. Unless you're able to draw a clearer connection to the film material, Arqade would probably be a better fit for this.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
In its current form, this question might not be all too on-topic here, seeing how it's basically asking how to win an interactive game with little to no relation to the actual film material. Unless you're able to draw a clearer connection to the film material, Arqade would probably be a better fit for this.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
2
2
@NapoleonWilson it's an interactive film, not an interactive game
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
@NapoleonWilson it's an interactive film, not an interactive game
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
5
5
@AnkitSharma Well, it's both actually. And the nature of the question seems to be more about the game aspect, not the film.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
@AnkitSharma Well, it's both actually. And the nature of the question seems to be more about the game aspect, not the film.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
3
3
@NapoleonWilson it's a film in netflix so I disagree
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
@NapoleonWilson it's a film in netflix so I disagree
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
3
3
Related meta discussion: How do we handle interactice films?
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
Related meta discussion: How do we handle interactice films?
– Napoleon Wilson♦
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Lifehacker.com has provided a "road map" of sort which, if I read it correctly, does have some "non-bad" options but that's a subjective issue.
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Followed few of the lifehack option and I will say the only happiesh ending is Netflix with mike as no death or jail.
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
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My first (and so far only go around) gave a bittersweet ending depending on how one interprets it. Stephen was able to time travel and save his mother, but then the scene cuts back to a therapy session where he is found dead in a chair. So either he dreamed this while dying or both things happened simultaneously. (very Donnie Darko, if you ask me).
– Darth Locke
22 hours ago
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@DarthLocke joined just to upvote your comment: I was able to get both the future reboot ending and the leaving with his mother endings, which the flowchart leaves out.
– D. Ben Knoble
18 hours ago
1
@D.BenKnoble. Cool! I also wonder if when the rest of season 5 comes out, if there will be add-ons or ways to hack???
– Darth Locke
16 hours ago
1
@DarthLocke I only got to know where he go with his mom and the cut to black, die with her
– Ankit Sharma
12 hours ago
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Encouraged by a comment, I thought I'd try to turn my comment into an answer. The answer to the question is:
Black Mirror doesn't make happy endings.
I'd argue that is one of their calling cards, and one of the strong points of the series. The shows are heavy in terms of topics, and the overall theme of the show (technology isn't necessarily making things better) is emphasized in nearly every ending of the show.
Even the rare episode that ends on a 'less sad' ending (such as San Junipero) is seen as an anomaly as Variety critic Sonia Saraiya points out (emphasis added):
Variety critic Sonia Saraiya pointed out that technology is portrayed
as good in "San Junipero", a rarity in the show.
Bottom line? Black Mirror is usually about unhappy endings. Enjoy the ride for what it is.
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Although I don't believe these are all the possible endings, as I have come across other people who claim to get even more mash-ups than this and because sometimes it makes you go back and then gives you new options, the following video does discuss many scenarios, citing that there really aren't any happy endings.
However, my experience, which I wrote all my choices down and plan to go back through just to reconfirm, allowed for Stefan to time travel back as a boy and take the train with his mother, but instead of cutting to black and implying that Stephen died with mother on the train as others have expressed in their versions, mine cuts back to a therapy session, in which Stephen was found dead!
It appears my ending could be interpreted as bittersweet if we believe that Stefan died in one time line ultimately to live the way he wanted in another, but it also could be interpreted that Stephen dreamed this, while dying. This ending reminds me though of two other time travel films such as Donnie Darko or The Jacket in which main characters do sacrifice themselves for a different alternate reality.
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Lifehacker.com has provided a "road map" of sort which, if I read it correctly, does have some "non-bad" options but that's a subjective issue.
answered yesterday
Paulie_D
83.2k16289278
Followed few of the lifehack option and I will say the only happiesh ending is Netflix with mike as no death or jail.
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
6
My first (and so far only go around) gave a bittersweet ending depending on how one interprets it. Stephen was able to time travel and save his mother, but then the scene cuts back to a therapy session where he is found dead in a chair. So either he dreamed this while dying or both things happened simultaneously. (very Donnie Darko, if you ask me).
– Darth Locke
22 hours ago
1
@DarthLocke joined just to upvote your comment: I was able to get both the future reboot ending and the leaving with his mother endings, which the flowchart leaves out.
– D. Ben Knoble
18 hours ago
1
@D.BenKnoble. Cool! I also wonder if when the rest of season 5 comes out, if there will be add-ons or ways to hack???
– Darth Locke
16 hours ago
1
@DarthLocke I only got to know where he go with his mom and the cut to black, die with her
– Ankit Sharma
12 hours ago
add a comment |
Lifehacker.com has provided a "road map" of sort which, if I read it correctly, does have some "non-bad" options but that's a subjective issue.
answered yesterday
Paulie_D
83.2k16289278
Followed few of the lifehack option and I will say the only happiesh ending is Netflix with mike as no death or jail.
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
6
My first (and so far only go around) gave a bittersweet ending depending on how one interprets it. Stephen was able to time travel and save his mother, but then the scene cuts back to a therapy session where he is found dead in a chair. So either he dreamed this while dying or both things happened simultaneously. (very Donnie Darko, if you ask me).
– Darth Locke
22 hours ago
1
@DarthLocke joined just to upvote your comment: I was able to get both the future reboot ending and the leaving with his mother endings, which the flowchart leaves out.
– D. Ben Knoble
18 hours ago
1
@D.BenKnoble. Cool! I also wonder if when the rest of season 5 comes out, if there will be add-ons or ways to hack???
– Darth Locke
16 hours ago
1
@DarthLocke I only got to know where he go with his mom and the cut to black, die with her
– Ankit Sharma
12 hours ago
add a comment |
Lifehacker.com has provided a "road map" of sort which, if I read it correctly, does have some "non-bad" options but that's a subjective issue.
answered yesterday
Paulie_D
83.2k16289278
Lifehacker.com has provided a "road map" of sort which, if I read it correctly, does have some "non-bad" options but that's a subjective issue.
answered yesterday
Paulie_D
83.2k16289278
answered yesterday
Paulie_D
83.2k16289278
answered yesterday
Paulie_D
83.2k16289278
answered yesterday
Paulie_D
83.2k16289278
83.2k16289278
Followed few of the lifehack option and I will say the only happiesh ending is Netflix with mike as no death or jail.
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
6
My first (and so far only go around) gave a bittersweet ending depending on how one interprets it. Stephen was able to time travel and save his mother, but then the scene cuts back to a therapy session where he is found dead in a chair. So either he dreamed this while dying or both things happened simultaneously. (very Donnie Darko, if you ask me).
– Darth Locke
22 hours ago
1
@DarthLocke joined just to upvote your comment: I was able to get both the future reboot ending and the leaving with his mother endings, which the flowchart leaves out.
– D. Ben Knoble
18 hours ago
1
@D.BenKnoble. Cool! I also wonder if when the rest of season 5 comes out, if there will be add-ons or ways to hack???
– Darth Locke
16 hours ago
1
@DarthLocke I only got to know where he go with his mom and the cut to black, die with her
– Ankit Sharma
12 hours ago
add a comment |
Followed few of the lifehack option and I will say the only happiesh ending is Netflix with mike as no death or jail.
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
6
My first (and so far only go around) gave a bittersweet ending depending on how one interprets it. Stephen was able to time travel and save his mother, but then the scene cuts back to a therapy session where he is found dead in a chair. So either he dreamed this while dying or both things happened simultaneously. (very Donnie Darko, if you ask me).
– Darth Locke
22 hours ago
1
@DarthLocke joined just to upvote your comment: I was able to get both the future reboot ending and the leaving with his mother endings, which the flowchart leaves out.
– D. Ben Knoble
18 hours ago
1
@D.BenKnoble. Cool! I also wonder if when the rest of season 5 comes out, if there will be add-ons or ways to hack???
– Darth Locke
16 hours ago
1
@DarthLocke I only got to know where he go with his mom and the cut to black, die with her
– Ankit Sharma
12 hours ago
Followed few of the lifehack option and I will say the only happiesh ending is Netflix with mike as no death or jail.
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
Followed few of the lifehack option and I will say the only happiesh ending is Netflix with mike as no death or jail.
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
6
6
My first (and so far only go around) gave a bittersweet ending depending on how one interprets it. Stephen was able to time travel and save his mother, but then the scene cuts back to a therapy session where he is found dead in a chair. So either he dreamed this while dying or both things happened simultaneously. (very Donnie Darko, if you ask me).
– Darth Locke
22 hours ago
My first (and so far only go around) gave a bittersweet ending depending on how one interprets it. Stephen was able to time travel and save his mother, but then the scene cuts back to a therapy session where he is found dead in a chair. So either he dreamed this while dying or both things happened simultaneously. (very Donnie Darko, if you ask me).
– Darth Locke
22 hours ago
1
1
@DarthLocke joined just to upvote your comment: I was able to get both the future reboot ending and the leaving with his mother endings, which the flowchart leaves out.
– D. Ben Knoble
18 hours ago
@DarthLocke joined just to upvote your comment: I was able to get both the future reboot ending and the leaving with his mother endings, which the flowchart leaves out.
– D. Ben Knoble
18 hours ago
1
1
@D.BenKnoble. Cool! I also wonder if when the rest of season 5 comes out, if there will be add-ons or ways to hack???
– Darth Locke
16 hours ago
@D.BenKnoble. Cool! I also wonder if when the rest of season 5 comes out, if there will be add-ons or ways to hack???
– Darth Locke
16 hours ago
1
1
@DarthLocke I only got to know where he go with his mom and the cut to black, die with her
– Ankit Sharma
12 hours ago
@DarthLocke I only got to know where he go with his mom and the cut to black, die with her
– Ankit Sharma
12 hours ago
add a comment |
Encouraged by a comment, I thought I'd try to turn my comment into an answer. The answer to the question is:
Black Mirror doesn't make happy endings.
I'd argue that is one of their calling cards, and one of the strong points of the series. The shows are heavy in terms of topics, and the overall theme of the show (technology isn't necessarily making things better) is emphasized in nearly every ending of the show.
Even the rare episode that ends on a 'less sad' ending (such as San Junipero) is seen as an anomaly as Variety critic Sonia Saraiya points out (emphasis added):
Variety critic Sonia Saraiya pointed out that technology is portrayed
as good in "San Junipero", a rarity in the show.
Bottom line? Black Mirror is usually about unhappy endings. Enjoy the ride for what it is.
answered 18 hours ago
DA.
4,4731731
add a comment |
Encouraged by a comment, I thought I'd try to turn my comment into an answer. The answer to the question is:
Black Mirror doesn't make happy endings.
I'd argue that is one of their calling cards, and one of the strong points of the series. The shows are heavy in terms of topics, and the overall theme of the show (technology isn't necessarily making things better) is emphasized in nearly every ending of the show.
Even the rare episode that ends on a 'less sad' ending (such as San Junipero) is seen as an anomaly as Variety critic Sonia Saraiya points out (emphasis added):
Variety critic Sonia Saraiya pointed out that technology is portrayed
as good in "San Junipero", a rarity in the show.
Bottom line? Black Mirror is usually about unhappy endings. Enjoy the ride for what it is.
answered 18 hours ago
DA.
4,4731731
add a comment |
Encouraged by a comment, I thought I'd try to turn my comment into an answer. The answer to the question is:
Black Mirror doesn't make happy endings.
I'd argue that is one of their calling cards, and one of the strong points of the series. The shows are heavy in terms of topics, and the overall theme of the show (technology isn't necessarily making things better) is emphasized in nearly every ending of the show.
Even the rare episode that ends on a 'less sad' ending (such as San Junipero) is seen as an anomaly as Variety critic Sonia Saraiya points out (emphasis added):
Variety critic Sonia Saraiya pointed out that technology is portrayed
as good in "San Junipero", a rarity in the show.
Bottom line? Black Mirror is usually about unhappy endings. Enjoy the ride for what it is.
answered 18 hours ago
DA.
4,4731731
Encouraged by a comment, I thought I'd try to turn my comment into an answer. The answer to the question is:
Black Mirror doesn't make happy endings.
I'd argue that is one of their calling cards, and one of the strong points of the series. The shows are heavy in terms of topics, and the overall theme of the show (technology isn't necessarily making things better) is emphasized in nearly every ending of the show.
Even the rare episode that ends on a 'less sad' ending (such as San Junipero) is seen as an anomaly as Variety critic Sonia Saraiya points out (emphasis added):
Variety critic Sonia Saraiya pointed out that technology is portrayed
as good in "San Junipero", a rarity in the show.
Bottom line? Black Mirror is usually about unhappy endings. Enjoy the ride for what it is.
answered 18 hours ago
DA.
4,4731731
answered 18 hours ago
DA.
4,4731731
answered 18 hours ago
DA.
4,4731731
answered 18 hours ago
DA.
4,4731731
4,4731731
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Although I don't believe these are all the possible endings, as I have come across other people who claim to get even more mash-ups than this and because sometimes it makes you go back and then gives you new options, the following video does discuss many scenarios, citing that there really aren't any happy endings.
However, my experience, which I wrote all my choices down and plan to go back through just to reconfirm, allowed for Stefan to time travel back as a boy and take the train with his mother, but instead of cutting to black and implying that Stephen died with mother on the train as others have expressed in their versions, mine cuts back to a therapy session, in which Stephen was found dead!
It appears my ending could be interpreted as bittersweet if we believe that Stefan died in one time line ultimately to live the way he wanted in another, but it also could be interpreted that Stephen dreamed this, while dying. This ending reminds me though of two other time travel films such as Donnie Darko or The Jacket in which main characters do sacrifice themselves for a different alternate reality.
answered 1 hour ago
Darth Locke
9,98612353
add a comment |
Although I don't believe these are all the possible endings, as I have come across other people who claim to get even more mash-ups than this and because sometimes it makes you go back and then gives you new options, the following video does discuss many scenarios, citing that there really aren't any happy endings.
However, my experience, which I wrote all my choices down and plan to go back through just to reconfirm, allowed for Stefan to time travel back as a boy and take the train with his mother, but instead of cutting to black and implying that Stephen died with mother on the train as others have expressed in their versions, mine cuts back to a therapy session, in which Stephen was found dead!
It appears my ending could be interpreted as bittersweet if we believe that Stefan died in one time line ultimately to live the way he wanted in another, but it also could be interpreted that Stephen dreamed this, while dying. This ending reminds me though of two other time travel films such as Donnie Darko or The Jacket in which main characters do sacrifice themselves for a different alternate reality.
answered 1 hour ago
Darth Locke
9,98612353
add a comment |
Although I don't believe these are all the possible endings, as I have come across other people who claim to get even more mash-ups than this and because sometimes it makes you go back and then gives you new options, the following video does discuss many scenarios, citing that there really aren't any happy endings.
However, my experience, which I wrote all my choices down and plan to go back through just to reconfirm, allowed for Stefan to time travel back as a boy and take the train with his mother, but instead of cutting to black and implying that Stephen died with mother on the train as others have expressed in their versions, mine cuts back to a therapy session, in which Stephen was found dead!
It appears my ending could be interpreted as bittersweet if we believe that Stefan died in one time line ultimately to live the way he wanted in another, but it also could be interpreted that Stephen dreamed this, while dying. This ending reminds me though of two other time travel films such as Donnie Darko or The Jacket in which main characters do sacrifice themselves for a different alternate reality.
answered 1 hour ago
Darth Locke
9,98612353
Although I don't believe these are all the possible endings, as I have come across other people who claim to get even more mash-ups than this and because sometimes it makes you go back and then gives you new options, the following video does discuss many scenarios, citing that there really aren't any happy endings.
However, my experience, which I wrote all my choices down and plan to go back through just to reconfirm, allowed for Stefan to time travel back as a boy and take the train with his mother, but instead of cutting to black and implying that Stephen died with mother on the train as others have expressed in their versions, mine cuts back to a therapy session, in which Stephen was found dead!
It appears my ending could be interpreted as bittersweet if we believe that Stefan died in one time line ultimately to live the way he wanted in another, but it also could be interpreted that Stephen dreamed this, while dying. This ending reminds me though of two other time travel films such as Donnie Darko or The Jacket in which main characters do sacrifice themselves for a different alternate reality.
answered 1 hour ago
Darth Locke
9,98612353
answered 1 hour ago
Darth Locke
9,98612353
answered 1 hour ago
Darth Locke
9,98612353
answered 1 hour ago
Darth Locke
9,98612353
9,98612353
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In its current form, this question might not be all too on-topic here, seeing how it's basically asking how to win an interactive game with little to no relation to the actual film material. Unless you're able to draw a clearer connection to the film material, Arqade would probably be a better fit for this.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
2
@NapoleonWilson it's an interactive film, not an interactive game
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
5
@AnkitSharma Well, it's both actually. And the nature of the question seems to be more about the game aspect, not the film.
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday
3
@NapoleonWilson it's a film in netflix so I disagree
– Ankit Sharma
yesterday
3
Related meta discussion: How do we handle interactice films?
– Napoleon Wilson♦
yesterday