Changes: Susan Taylor

Revision as of 03:23, 5 December 2019

Susan Taylor is a supporting character in Nosedive. She is portrayed by Cherry Jones.

Physical Appearance

Susan has long grey messy hair. She wears no makeup and dresses in poor clothing such as vests and cargo trousers. She still has the rating lens in her eye but does not use it anymore to rate.

Overview

Susan, a truck driver, passes Lacie Pound on the road while the latter is hitchhiking to Port Mary. Susan offers Lacie a ride and Lacie reluctantly accepts. Lacie skims Susan's social media feed as they drive, and Susan correctly guesses that she is unnerved by Susan's exceptionally low rating of 1.4 and is looking for an explanation. She tells Lacie her life story: when she was younger, she obsessively pursued social status, earning a 4.6 rating. When her husband, Tom, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Susan tried to leverage her high status to get him the very best treatment. Tom applied to a promising experimental treatment program, but he was rejected in favor of someone with a higher rating. After Tom died from his illness, Susan became disillusioned with the rating system. She started speaking her mind and ignoring social norms whenever it pleased her. Her former friends turned their backs on her and her rating plummeted. Susan tells Lacie how liberating it felt to shed her status obsession and encourages Lacie to follow in her footsteps. When Susan drops Lacie off the next day, she gives her a gift of whiskey in a travel mug, calling it an "escape hatch".

Quotes

"Checking my feed for danger signs? I get it a lot. 1.4 gotta be an antisocial maniac, right?"

— Susan Taylor to Lacie Pound after seeing her scrolling through her feed

"You're a 2.8, but you don't look 2.8"

— Susan to Lacie Pound

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-{{CharacterInfobox|title1 = Susan Taylor|image1 = Susan.jpg|appearing_in = [[Nosedive]]|portrayed_by = [[Cherry Jones]]|occupation = Trucker|fate = Alive|family = Tom (husband; deceased)|romantic_interests = Tom (husband; deceased)|nationality = American|gender = Female}}'''Susan Taylor '''is a supporting character in [[Nosedive|Nosedive.]] She is portrayed by [[Cherry Jones]].
+{{CharacterInfobox|title1 = Susan Taylor|image1 = Susan.jpg|appearing_in = [[Nosedive]]|portrayed_by = Cherry Jones|occupation = Trucker|fate = Alive|family = Tom (husband; deceased)|romantic_interests = Tom (husband; deceased)|nationality = American|gender = Female}}'''Susan Taylor '''is a supporting character in [[Nosedive|Nosedive.]] She is portrayed by Cherry Jones.
 == Physical Appearance ==
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 == Overview ==
-Susan drives past [[Lacie Pound|Lacie]] in her truck and notices that she is alone and walking. Susan offers Lacie a drive, at first Lacie declines, but Susan points out Lacie doesn't look good. Lacie reluctantly gets on, despite Susan being a 1. Susan explains that she stopped used to be a 4.6, and used to be just like Lacie, addicted to being rated 5 stars. Susan explains that when her husband, Tom, got cancer, he required medical help. Tom was a 4.3, and some very exclusive medical care was available, but the care was given to a 4.4 instead. After Tom died, Susan stopped caring about the rating system and began telling people what she wanted when she wanted. People did not like that, and down voted her until she became a one. Susan drives Lacie as far as she can. Susan leaves Lacie alcohol in her drink and leaves.
+Susan, a truck driver, passes [[Lacie Pound]] on the road while the latter is hitchhiking to Port Mary. Susan offers Lacie a ride and Lacie reluctantly accepts. Lacie skims Susan's social media feed as they drive, and Susan correctly guesses that she is unnerved by Susan's exceptionally low rating of 1.4 and is looking for an explanation. She tells Lacie her life story: when she was younger, she obsessively pursued social status, earning a 4.6 rating. When her husband, Tom, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Susan tried to leverage her high status to get him the very best treatment. Tom applied to a promising experimental treatment program, but he was rejected in favor of someone with a higher rating. After Tom died from his illness, Susan became disillusioned with the rating system. She started speaking her mind and ignoring social norms whenever it pleased her. Her former friends turned their backs on her and her rating plummeted. Susan tells Lacie how liberating it felt to shed her status obsession and encourages Lacie to follow in her footsteps. When Susan drops Lacie off the next day, she gives her a gift of whiskey in a travel mug, calling it an "escape hatch".
 == Quotes ==
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