The Ending of Black Mirror Season 6 Episode 1 "Joan Is Awful" (2023) Explained. The episode that predicted the SAG-AFTRA Strike. The end of Black Mirror’s Joan Is Awful actually explained. The brilliantly comedic and dark episode, directed by Ally Pankiw and written by Charlie Brooker. The episode that's about Joan (Annie Murphy) who has her life recorded and turned into a series on the new streaming platform Streamberry. After her friends and loved ones see Salma Hayek portray the more sinister version of Joan, Joan is fired from her job like how she fired Sandy (Ayo Edebiri), she is left by Krish (Avi Nash and or Himesh Patel), and things got more weird with Mac (Rob Delaney). But the biggest crime here was how Eric (Jared Goldstein) prevented us from finally seeing Sea of Tranquility on Streamberry. After causing a scene at a wedding, Joan catches Selma's attention and the two of the sneak into the Streamberry HQ to destroy Mona Javadi's (Leila Farzad) quantum computer or "quamputer". And Joan apparently makes it out without getting in serious trouble, as she goes on to open her own coffee shop appropriately named Joans Coffee. In this analysis, explanation, commentary, and reaction, I answer the most asked about questions and reveal the episode connections/hidden Easter eggs. Like, the app Smithereen reintroducing us to the cancelled Tusk the Kid from Hated in the Nation, and Lacie Pound take pictures of food like that one scene from Nosedive. And of course, address the meaning behind them playing the song Anyone Who Knows What Love Is by Irma Thomas. At times, compare the episode to the ending of Fifteen Million Merits. My favorite but was seeing Streamberry's selection of documentaries like Inside Project Junipero (San Junipero), Loch Henry Truth Will Out, and of course Finding Ritman (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch). #Netflix #BlackMirror #blackmirror6 #EndingExplained #netflix #netflixseries Follow Bryce Edward Brown on other stuff! ➤ YOUTUBE: null ➤ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bryceedwardbrown ➤ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/BryceEdBrown ➤ LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/ScifiBryce This video was made by Bryce Edward Brown