Whenever something terrible or weird happens in the world, “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker gets notified immediately.

“Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get sent an email that points me to a new story,” Brooker says.

It’s easy to see why. The first two three-episode seasons of "Black Mirror," which aired on the U.K.’s Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013, displayed an eerie look into the future and how pervasive technology alters human interactions in a bad, disruptive way. In an episode titled "The National Anthem," the Prime Minister of England is requested to have sex with a pig in front of the country in order to fulfill a ransom demand. In another episode, a woman learns how to bring back a virtual representation of her partner: computers can simulate communicating as the dead person by reading past online communications.

“Black Mirror” was brought to a larger, global audience by Netflix in December 2014 and now the streaming-service is rolling out 12 more new episodes, with the first six premiering this Friday. The show is unique in the prestige TV landscape because it tells a self-contained story in each episode and uses different actors each time, as well.