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Finally I'm all caught up

Nosedive: 7/10

I was surprised how very little I remembered this episode despite it heavily featuring Bryce Dallas Howard in a very distinct role among other things. It took me a good half hour into the episode, which is a little under halfway through the duration, for all the memories to come flooding back in. The social commentary is a bit heavy-handed, but I didn't take it 100% at face value, and rather saw it as a more sardonic view at where civilization could be headed if we stayed on our current track. This one lacks substance and cohesion, but it certainly has some very comedic moments, a good moral, and a cathartic ending.

Playtest: 6.5/10

The main character here, Kipper (Was that his name, and if so who did him that dirty?) feels like such a British stereotype of what an American tourist would be like it's almost impossible to watch him without cringing. His mannerisms, stutter (is it a nervous stutter or does he intentionally repeat himself on occasion for added emphasis?), and his frat boy laugh make it really hard for me to invest in him as a character which takes away the emotional impact at the end because I get the feeling I was supposed to care that he lied about which parent was suffering from Alzheimers and dementia, and I just... really didn't get the emotional gut punch I was supposed to. I did appreciate the mind fuck of the multi-layered mushroom tech and the more subtle existential horror elements that were hidden amongst jumpscare schlock.