"San Junipero" is the fourth episode of the third series of the science fiction anthology programme Black Mirror. Premiering on Netflix on 21 October 2016 with the rest of series three, the episode stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mackenzie Davis (pictured) as the outgoing Kelly and the more introverted Yorkie. They meet at a 1980s nightclub in San Junipero, a beach resort town. Written by series creator Charlie Brooker as an optimistic love story, it is more positive in tone than previous episodes. "San Junipero" was the first episode written following the show's departure from Channel 4; it was inspired by nostalgia therapy and originally featured a heterosexual couple. Some pieces of music, such as "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle, hint at the episode's plot twist. Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa, and London, England, with Owen Harris as director. The episode received critical acclaim, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards and two British Academy Television Craft Awards.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1843:

Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, became the de facto first prime minister of the Empire of Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hon%C3%B3rio_Hermeto_Carneiro_Le%C3%A3o,_Marquis_of_Paran%C3%A1

1942:

The Holocaust: Reinhard Heydrich and other senior Nazi officials met at the Wannsee Conference in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference

1969:

Bengali student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman was shot and killed by East Pakistani police, one of the events that led to the Bangladesh Liberation War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanullah_Asaduzzaman

2009:

In Washington, D.C., more than 1 million people attended the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African American president of the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

acquit: 1. (transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty. 2. (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil. 3. (transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge. 4. (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part. 5. (reflexive) To clear oneself. 6. (transitive, archaic) past participle of acquit. 7. (transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free. 8. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acquit

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I don't think about technique. The ideas dictate everything. You have to be true to that or you're dead.   --David Lynch https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Lynch