This is bad news for Frank and Amy, who have totally fallen for each other but whose relationship is only given a short time span. The drama shows them being forced apart and re-matched with a long sequence of less compatible partners.

So far, this is just the sort of horrible creepy scenario that Black Mirror is famous for crafting.

But there’s a twist. Because it turns out Frank and Amy aren’t really trapped under an oppressive regime where love can only happen with government permission. They’re actually in a virtual dating game, and every time they rebel against The System and choose to escape with each other they increase their real-world compatibility.

In the final scene, we see Frank and Amy meeting in a dive bar in real life – they’re a 99.8% match according to the dating app on their phones, which means that they chose to be together in the simulation 998 times out of 1000.

Twitter users have been going wild for the unusually optimistic message of this Black Mirror story.

The new season of Black Mirror has a surprisingly uplifting take on online dating