11 tweets which perfectly sum up the stress of watching Black Mirror's Bandersnatch

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But despite the trailer featuring Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the ‘choose your own adventure’ episode is not letting anyone feel relaxed.

Black Mirror fans have naturally flocked to Twitter to report on just how stressful it is to basically direct your own episode of Black Mirror, struggling with the variety of choices which often lead to a series of unfortunate endings for the characters.

And it seemed even the most simple choices, such as which cereal you chose to eat, lead to meltdowns among viewers.

https://twitter.com/camillexdiaz/status/1078617555911077889

https://twitter.com/QuirkyQuirkless/status/1078611139725049856

https://twitter.com/LoneIyLisa/status/1078605174447525889

The time limit on decisions caused blood pressure levels to rise:

https://twitter.com/TaviTalksTrash/status/1078564118938800129

And for some the sprawling web of plot was just too much.

https://twitter.com/nielsnable/status/1078614995414310913

https://twitter.com/Shadowfishy/status/1078570293688446976

There were viewers relieved they had to contend with such stress levels while being able to down mulled wine...

https://twitter.com/gemma_byrne/status/1078618875237937152

While others turned to more light-hearted material:

https://twitter.com/Thegeekycrafter/status/1078623103083859968

But for many the stress was too much as they repeatedly messed up protagonist Stefan's life.

https://twitter.com/cvrdanjude/status/1078613000565723136

And by and large they resorted to what they know best: shouty tweets...

https://twitter.com/AjDufff/status/1078619330311421952

https://twitter.com/marellarey_/status/1078608462068641792

Set in 1984, Bandersnatch tells the tale of a hopeful computer programmer who wants to adapt a fantasy novel into a video game – and puts viewers in control of picking the outcome of the story.

The feature-length special takes viewers on average 90 minutes to watch, but this time can be reduced to a speedy 40 minutes if you avoid having any do-overs.

Speaking about the ambitious project to Wired, Brooker explained, “It's a bit like making a giant patchwork quilt. It’s the only thing I've ever worked on where the story treatment crashed.”

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is streaming on Netflix now

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