Aubrey Page on Collider calls the episode "woefully surface-level and a bit off-brand" because of its predictability,[57] with Variety's Andrew Wallenstein agreeing and further saying that the episode lacks a disturbing tone, though this makes it more accessible.[58] Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club believes that the first half of "Nosedive" is too predictable but the second half "[adds] depth and sincerity".[5] Tasha Robinson writes for The Verge that the episode "can be strident and obvious" but "understands human nature very well".[6] Some reviewers believed the episode was too long and the ending was too positive.[7][48][8] However, Digital Spy's Alex Mullane praised the ending, because though it is "bleak in some ways" it is also "a moment of sheer, fist-pumping joy";[9] Jacob Hall agrees on /Film, calling the ending "simultaneously cathartic and on-the-nose".[61]