Characters
The Rating System
Key Events
Themes and Messages
Language and Style
100

She is the main character of Nosedive

Who is Lacie?

100

This is the highest rating you can give someone.

What is 5 stars

100

This happens to Lacie’s cookie at the coffee shop.

What is she gets it decorated with a smiley face for her Instagram picture?

100

This is what Lacie wants most in the episode.

What is to increase her rating and move into the luxury apartment?

100

This is the country where the episode takes place.

What is the United States?

200

She is Lacie’s old friend who invites her to the wedding.

Who is Naomi?

200

Lacie’s rating at the beginning of the episode is this.

What is 4.2

200

Lacie cannot rent a car because of this.

What is her rating is too low?

200

Social media plays this role in people’s lives in the episode.

What is it controls their interactions and opportunities?

200

Black Mirror belongs to this genre.

What is dystopian science fiction?

300

This person is Lacie’s brother.

Who is Ryan?

300

This is the rating Lacie needs to rent the luxury apartment.

What is 4.5?

300

In her bridesmaid speech, Lacie does this.

What is she breaks down and ruins the speech?

300

Lacie is obsessed with her score because of this.

What is she wants validation, status, and a better life?

300

An example of irony in the episode is this.

What is Lacie trying to be perfect, but everything falls apart?

400

She is the older woman who gives Lacie a ride in her truck.

Who is Susan?

400

At the airport, this happens to Lacie’s rating when she loses her temper.

What is it drops sharply (she gets penalized)?

400

This happens to Lacie at Naomi’s wedding.

What is she crashes the wedding and gets arrested?

400

The episode criticizes these types of relationships.

What are fake, shallow friendships?

400

The episode often uses pastel colors (pink, peach, light blue). What do these colors suggest about the society?

What is that everything should look perfect, sweet, and harmless – even though it hides pressure and unhappiness?

500

She invites Lacie for the wrong reason – to make herself look better.

Who is Naomi?

500

The system represents this aspect of modern society.

What is the obsession with social media approval and status?

500

The episode ends like this.

What is Lacie and a man in prison shouting insults at each other – finally free from ratings?

500

The director most likely wants us to reflect on this in our own lives.

What is how much we let technology and social approval control us?

500

The title Nosedive refers to more than one thing. What two situations does it describe?

What is Lacie’s rating dropping quickly and her personal life falling apart?