Marie (Black Mirror)

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Marie Sambrell
Alias	None
Origin	Black Mirror
Occupation	Stay-at-home mother
Powers / Skills	Parenting skills
Goals	Protect Sara from the dangers of the outside world using the Arkangel system (temporarily succeeded)
Crimes	Invasion of privacy Blackmail
Type of Villain	Overprotective Helicopter Parent

Marie Sambrell is the anti-villainous protagonist of the Black Mirror episode "Arkangel." The mother of the secondary protagonist, Sara Sambrell, she uses the titular system as a means to ensure her daughter's safety at all times.

She is portrayed by Rosemarie DeWitt.

Biography

As a single mother, Marie gives birth to her daughter Sara and raises her with help from Sara's grandfather, Russ. Three-year-old Sara gets lost following a cat and a distressed Marie has to enlist help from neighbours to locate her. Afterwards, Marie signs her up for a trial of Arkangel, a child monitoring system installed via an implant. Marie can monitor Sara's vision and hearing with a tablet computer, along with viewing live medical data and past audiovisual feeds. A filter can censor stimuli when they cause Sara stress, such as an intimidating neighbourhood dog. Shortly after, Russ survives a stroke, because Marie is notified when Sara, observing Russ, experiences stress.

Six years later, Russ has died. A classmate—Trick—tries to show Sara sexual and violent imagery but the filter blurs it. Sara draws blood from her finger, trying to learn what it looks like, so Marie has her assessed by a psychologist who recommends that she dispose of Arkangel, which is soon to be banned. Marie deactivates the filter and stores the tablet in the attic. An anxious Sara goes to school unsupervised and Trick shows her pornography and gore videos.

At age fifteen, Sara lies to her mother about going to a friend's house to attend a party with Trick. Marie discovers the lie and after failing to contact her, turns on Arkangel. She sees Sara having sex for the first time, with Trick. Marie starts to use the tablet again and soon sees Sara snorting cocaine that Trick—who deals drugs—gives her.

Identifying Trick with a reverse image search, Marie confronts him at work and blackmails him to stay away from Sara. After receiving an Arkangel notification that Sara is pregnant, Marie sneaks an emergency contraceptive pill into Sara's smoothie. She later vomits and is told by a nurse that the pill caused it. Sara confronts Marie and forces the tablet away from her. The stress filter is accidentally reactivated. Unable to see the damage she is causing, Sara beats Marie unconscious with the tablet, breaking it.

The filter deactivates and Sara runs away. When Marie regains consciousness, she frantically yells for Sara down the street. A hitch-hiking Sara gets into a truck.

Personality

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