Gaap (Black Mirror)

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Gaap is the villainous deuteragonist of the anthology horror series Black Mirror episode, Demon 79, which is the first of the Red Mirror catalogue. He is a demon in training assigned to have meek saleswoman Nida Huq kill 3 people in three days to prevent the apocalypse.

He is played by Paapa Essiedu.

What Makes Him Magnificent[]

He has an amazing costume, taking inspiration from Bobby Farrell from Boney-M.
He is extremely charismatic and polite, never being mean or outright rude to Nida and always trying to make her comfortable, putting himself in the form of Bobby Farrell to make her feel more at ease.
He has a sympathetic motivation for his actions, not wanting to get ousted from Hell and be sent to purgatory, spending eternity in beyond nothingness.
He manages to trick her into releasing him to start their pack, convincing her saying “Yes” will make him disappear.
While having her kill 3 people, he attempts to get her to only kill awful people, such as the child molester Tim Simons and the wife killer Keith Williams.
He manages to get her to kill them through manipulation and hallucinations to push her to kill the child predator Tim Simons.
He attempts to convince Nida to kill her co-worker or boss, almost succeeding before Micheal Smart comes in.
Despite his manipulation attempts doesn’t work on Nida anymore and Nida’s angriness gets her arrested and prevents her from killing Micheal by midnight, causing them both to lose, Gaap takes it in stride, looking through his contract and finding a loophole, and convinces Nida to spend eternity with him, the two by the end being happy despite everything.

What Makes Him A Bastard[]

He manipulates and gets Nida to kill three people, and attempts to coerce her into killing different types of people, including a very old lady who “dreams of death.”
In order to prove his claims and convince her, makes Nida experience through third person the people’s crimes and actions.

Trivia[]

He is the only Magnificent Baddie from Black Mirror.