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Carter’s dry correction after Drake calls Patty his wife is selected.

Carter’s final death scene is selected as the weakest element. A more forceful lawyer is suggested as an improvement to Laurie Metcalf’s role.

The panel argues that the opening encounter is already so effective that the movie may have needed a worse sex scene rather than a better one.

The photograph of Carter with two children is criticized as an unexplained and unsettling detail. Drake’s repeated dismissal of Patty and his casual racism are criticized.

Matthew Modine’s drunken and enraged outbursts win the award.

Patty is jokingly urged to consider leaving Drake for the more ambitious Carter.

Christopher Reeve’s reported effort to secure the Carter Hayes role is discussed as the sole casting what-if.

Dan Hedaya, Nobu McCarthy, Carl Lumbly, Jerry Hardin, and Tracy Walter are discussed as candidates.

Beverly D’Angelo wins over the Watanabes and the exterminator.

Brian De Palma is the preferred alternate director; young Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson are proposed for the rejected tenant.

Carter’s car is identified as a 1977 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa. A story about Joanne Woodward giving teenage Melanie Griffith three life goals is recounted, including that Griffith achieved two but not an Oscar win.

Michael Keaton is judged to be at his Apex with Batman and this villain role; Full Metal Jacket is preferred for Matthew Modine.