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How many endings to Bandersnatch are there & how can Black Mirror fans watch them?
BANDERSNATCH, Netflix's new interactive film from the mind of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror, has captivated fans all over since its release.
The unique concept is a choose-your-own-adventure as you follow the story of young programmer Stefan and according to the streaming site, there are five main endings.
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What is Black Mirror Bandersnatch about?
The official synopsis for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch reads: “In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a sprawling fantasy novel into a video game and soon faces a mind-mangling challenge. Welcome back."
But as the show has a choose-your-own-adventure format, and it's claimed five hours of footage was filmed all together, fans can be watching it for hours.
This summer, parts of Croydon were transformed into 1980s-style shopfronts for the movie, including a WHSmith shop full of music and books from the time.
Locals could have been forgiven for thinking they'd slipped into a time-warp as brands including a retro Pizza Hut and Wimpy began appearing in the South London suburb.
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How many endings does Bandersnatch have?
Despite Netflix promising only five endings, producers have revealed the real number stands closer to 10/12 based off all the different outcomes.
For instance, viewers are given the chance at multiple points to destroy Stefan's computer or pour tea over it, in both cases doing so would end the game.
Another sequence involves following Colin Ritman who, after taking drugs, states him or Stefan must jump from the balcony. Obviously killing Stefan ends the game.
Ending one
Stefan is offered a deal to work with gaming company Tuckersoft which would see him work with a team to get the game Bandersnatch released for Christmas.
If the viewer accepts the deal, a time jump happens to the game flopping upon its release as Stefan lost his artistic integrity.
Ending two
Stefan discovers his old toy rabbit in the safe in his house which leads him to travel back in time to the day his mother died.
He boards the same train as the one that ultimately derailed and caused her death and they both die.
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Ending three
Stefan discovers that his father and therapist are both using him in a psychological trial called PAC (Program And Control) controlling his behaviour with drugs.
Stefan is prescribed a higher dose and if you take the drugs, it time skips to the release which reveals the game flopped for being created by someone on "autopilot."
If you throw them or flush them, the viewer will then press Stefan to kill his father by choosing to cut his body up, despite Stefan not wanting to.
Stefan manages to get away with murder long enough to complete his version of the game and it is soon is released to critical acclaim.
Once it is discovered Stefan murdered his father, the game is subsequently pulled from the shelves and Stefan is thrown in jail.
During the credits, a documentary clip set present day shows Colin's daughter attempting to modernise the old game for Netflix.
She then proceeds to smash up her computer when she realises, like Stefan, that she has lost her free will, too.
Ending four
The viewer again urges Stefan to kill his father but this time Stefan chooses to bury him instead of cutting his body up.
His boss Mohan Thakur calls for an update on the game. If you tell him it won't be ready, Thakur visits and then discovers Stefan's father's buried remains, to which Stefan kills him.
If you tell Thakur that the game is ready, Stefan is visited by Colin who discovers his father, you then have the option of killing Colin or letting him go.
In all three scenarios, Stefan is then thrown in jail before getting the chance to complete the perfect game and Bandersnatch receives terrible reviews.
Ending five
This is the ending that is the most meta with the viewer informing Stefan that he's part of an interactive Netflix show which is why his decisions are being controlled.
He explains his theory to his therapist Dr. Haynes but after she mocks him, the viewer has the option of getting into a fight with her or jumping out the window.
If Stefan fights Dr. Haynes he is confronted by his father who drags a seemingly deranged Stefan kicking and screaming out of the door.
If Stefan jumps he discovers that he's landed on a film set, Bandersnatch is a film and he's an actor who is definitely not called Stefan.
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