The new Netflix series duly opens with Nosedive, a "horrible comedy" set in a world where everyone is scored out of five.
In the opening episode, "Nosedive", a woman whose chances of a better life rest on the plausible curation of her social media feed is driven nearly to madness; when one of her colleagues is locked out of the office because he can't garner enough likes, it feels a little on the nose.
A year ago Ryder praised the steady international business in a conference call to analysts; today it's in a nosedive, a new round of cost-cutting is under way, and Ryder says he "can't yet call the bottom".
Impact could come from a nosedive, a water landing or a runway collision, for example.
The thermals push us up, then — as if pulling the table cloth away — the updrafts vanish and we nosedive a little.
In this season's opener, "Nosedive," a character admonishes his sister for trying to be more like her perfect-seeming old friend, thinking that the friend likely has a sad life behind her beautiful facade.
