History Recap / BlackMirrorNosedive

* {{Jerkass}}: The nature of the ratings system seems to encourage extreme narcissism, LackOfEmpathy and bullying behaviour in most people. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Although everybody is nice superficially, for the sake of keeping up appearances.]] A major example of this is Naomi, who initially pretends to be nice to Lacy, but dumps her as soon as her ratings drops too low and states outright that the only reason she wanted Lacie to be her maid-of-honor was for purely unsentimental reasons: a 4.8 giving such an opportunity to a "mere" 4.2 would be seen by everyone as Naomi being supremely kind and generous to her less-fortunate friend, netting her a glut of fives. Special mention goes to Station Attendant who gives Lacie two stars simply because it “Wasn't a meaningful encounter” which she wasn’t looking for, just information to charge her car, and later a passing motorist who gives her a low score for no reason.

* {{Jerkass}}: The nature of the ratings system seems to encourage extreme narcissism, LackOfEmpathy and bullying behaviour in most people. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Although everybody is nice superficially, for the sake of keeping up appearances.]] A major example of this is Naomi, who initially pretends to be nice to Lacy, but dumps her as soon as her ratings drops too low and states outright that the only reason she wanted Lacie to be her maid-of-honor was for purely unsentimental reasons: a 4.8 giving such an opportunity to a "mere" 4.2 would be seen by everyone as Naomi being supremely kind and generous to her less-fortunate friend, netting her a glut of fives.

* AlphaBitch: Naomi is pretty, very popular, and one of the [[TheBeautifulElite "primes"]], and she's also very mean and obnoxious. She used to bully Lacie when they were younger, and apparently she only kept her around to feel good about herself at Lacie's expense. She only approaches Lacie again after a long time because bringing an old contact with a low four rating as her maid of honor would play well with her guests, as it would seem like a genuine friendship, but the moment her rating begins to drop, she tries to ditch her, openly admits she only invited her because of numbers, and humiliates her once again, saying there's no way she could get the "primo votes" on her own.

* AlphaBitch: Naomi is pretty, very popular, and one of the [[TheBeautifulElite "primes"]], and she's also very mean and obnoxious. She used to bully Lacie when they were younger, and apparently she only kept her around to feel good about herself at Lacie's expense. She only approaches Lacie again after a long time because bringing an old contact with a low four rating as her maid of honor would play well with her guests, as it would seem like a geniune friendship, but the moment her rating begins to drop, she tries to ditch her, openly admits she only invited her because of numbers, and humiliates her once again, saying there's no way she could get the "primo votes" on her own.

* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: The truck driver Lacie meets during her journey to the wedding suffered from this: after her husband died for being denied medical care over someone with better rank than him, she said "fuck it all" and decided to leave outside what society and its ranking system expects from her. Something similar happens with Lacie at the very end of the episode as well.

In a smiley, status-obsessed dystopian future where people rate each other on a Facebook [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] [=TripAdvisor=] hybrid social media platform, an insecure office worker sees an opportunity for social advancement when an old school-friend, [[TheBeautifulElite one of the top-rated elite]], gets back in touch and invites her to her upcoming wedding.

* SocialMediaIsBad: Lacie's entire society lives and dies on people "rating" their physical and virtual interactions with each other, Uber-style, on a fictional social network. Those with higher ratings get more perks. Unsurprisingly, this creates a society comprised entirely of plastic {{Stepford Smiler}}s.

* MsFanservice: In-universe, Naomi clearly plays up her looks at every opportunity to maintain her social status. Every time she's on a video chat, she just happens to be in revealing swimwear or doing yoga.

* {{Jerkass}}: Naomi states outright that the only reason she wanted Lacie to be her maid-of-honor was for purely unsentimental reasons: a 4.8 giving such an opportunity to a "mere" 4.2 would be seen by everyone as Naomi being supremely kind and generous to her less-fortunate friend, netting her a glut of fives. Naturally, Lacie is dumped as soon as her rating drops too low.
** The nature of the ratings system seems to encourage extreme narcissism, LackOfEmpathy and bullying behaviour in most people. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Although everybody is nice superficially, for the sake of keeping up appearances.]]

* GoodColoursEvilColours: Deconstructed. TheBeautifulElite wear colours that correspond to "good" or "preppy bitch" colours, demonstrating their allegiance both with social superiority and superficiality. The trucker who picks up Lacie, Susan, however, is genuinely good but wears black, in response to her pariah social status. Lacie's dropout brother also wears grey.

* HappinessIsMandatory: ... because if your bad mood makes other people sad, you'll be ranked badly.
* HopeSpot: When Lacie receives a call from Naomi after the airport incident, she says that she lost the flight, she's driving, and she won't make it to the rehearsal dinner, which clearly makes Naomi mad. After Naomi hangs up, Lacie five-stars her and gets anxious about whether she'll five-star her back... which she does, leaving her briefly relieved. But it doesn't last long, as soon afterwards the car's battery runs dry, and her downfall continues.

** Lacie's coworker can be seen getting ganged-up upon by his ex's friends for dumping his partner, reducing his score to the point that he can't get into work. Presumably he will lose that job and see further drops to his score for being jobless or homeless.
** Another of Lacie's already-unpopular coworkers apparently has an argument with a more popular one, and everyone else plays politics and sides with the higher-rated friend, implying that the less-popular are always at risk of going even further down for the smallest infractions.

** One of Lacie's colleagues did nothing more than [[FelonyMisdemeanor break up with his partner]], but most of their mutual [[WithFriendsLikeThese friends]] turn on him and downvote him so badly he can't get into his own office building, and presumably loses his job.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Social media ratings appear to rule people's lives in everything from housing to jobs here (Creator/CharlieBrooker said, "Everyone is terrified of being marked down because the consequences of that are unpleasant. So, it's basically the world we live in."). Electric cars are the norm, with charging stations instead of gas pumps (this hurts Lacie as her rental car is an older model that won't work without an adapter).

** The nature of the ratings system seems to encourage extreme narcissism, LackOfEmpathy and bullying behaviour in most people.

* BeYourself: The Reputelligent guy's advice to Lacie is just to be herself and use authentic gestures, as the high fours can easily notice when someone is trying too hard (which happens when Bethany rates Lacie just three stars after she's exaggeratedly nice in their second interaction). Ironically, if you're ''too'' authentic, you'll end up pissing everyone off and your score will easily plummet, as explained by Susan, something Lacie learns the hard way.

* BeYourself: The Reputelligent guy's advice to Lacie is just to be herself and use authentic gestures, as the high fours can easily notice when someone is trying too hard (which happens when Bethany rates Lacie just three starts after she's exaggeratedly nice in their second interaction). Ironically, if you're ''too'' authentic, you'll end up pissing everyone off and your score will easily plummet, as explained by Susan, something Lacie learns the hard way.

** Lacie gets one-starred by passerby Tamara for accidentally bumping into her and spilling her drink on her, and by the taxi driver just for taking a little too long to get in the cab, and because we has annoyed by her conversation with Naomi (even worse considering she had given him five stars just before).

* ForTheEvulz: When a 2.8 Lacie asks for a ride, the driver one-stars her just because of her low score. Another driver passes by and also dings her, even though she literally did nothing. There's also the charge station guy, who one-stars her simply because it "wasn't a meaningful encounter", even though she had just given him five starts. While "evil" might be a harsh word, considering how having a low rating has devastating effects on people's lives in this society, it's a very mean thing to do, especially towards someone whose score is already low.

* SickeninglySweet: Lacie's brother's view of the CrapsaccharineWorld to which she wants to move.
-->'''Ryan:''' There's sugary and then there's fucking diabetes!

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Name-checked in-universe by Lacie's brother on the CrapsaccharineWorld to which she wants to move.

* ForTheEvulz: when a 2.8 Lacie asks for a ride, the driver one-stars her just because of her low score. Another driver passes by and also dings her, even though she literally did nothing. There's also the charge station guy, who one-stars her simply because it "wasn't a meaningful encounter", even though she had just given him five starts. While "evil" might be a harsh word, considering how having a low rating has devastating effects on people's lives in this society, it's a very mean thing to do, especially towards someone whose score is already low.

* StatOVision: Thanks to the eye implants, people's names and scores appear when you look at them.

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