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- Enigma is selected without dispute.
Categories & segments
Mallory Rubin Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Sex Scene?
An uncomfortable bath scene; stronger staging of the chair scene
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- The participants inventory the existing chair sex, apartment sex, masturbation, sex-club, oral-sex, and coerced-kiss material and question whether more is needed. — Mallory Rubin
- A bath scene in which Hedy offers to wash Allie is proposed to make the same-sex subtext more explicit. — Mallory Rubin
- The chair-sex scene is criticized as underlit and overly staged. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Worst?
Air-vent eavesdropping, animal mistreatment, a rapist’s redemption, absent roommate searches, kink shaming, Allie’s vague tech career, and overwritten dialogue
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- Listening through an apartment air vent is called an implausible dated thriller device.
- Allie’s silver-purple raincoat is rejected as never having made sense. — Bill Simmons
- The live-action puppy kick and early-1990s sexual-harasser trope are criticized. — Bill Simmons
- The attempted redemption beat for Mitch after his assault is called something a modern edit would remove.
- The premise is said to collapse today because a new roommate could be searched online. — Van Lathan
- The era’s BDSM kink shaming is criticized. — Van Lathan
- Allie’s ill-defined technology business and implausible coding/payment powers are called dated. — Mallory Rubin
- The finale is said to need a campy eviction one-liner. — Bill Simmons
- Hedy’s identical-twin speech is criticized as overwritten, while the performance is said to have typecast the actor in one viewer’s mind. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
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- Stephen Tobolowsky is the unanimous overacting choice for Mitch Myerson. — Bill Simmons
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Allie is dangerously oblivious; an alternate ending where Hedy replaces her
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- Allie’s decisions are called so poor that she may be too dumb to survive the plot. — Mallory Rubin
- A darker ending in which Hedy kills and replaces Allie is proposed. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
No documented casting what-if
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- The participants explicitly say they have no casting what-ifs. — Mallory Rubin
In the discussion (1)
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- Stephen Tobolowsky is the clear That Guy choice; the transcript’s “Francis Day” also receives recognition.
Recasting Couch
The small cast prompts proposals for another neighbor and a larger role around the building.
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- The hosts consider adding another neighbor, including the previously imagined Darius. — Van Lathan
Van Lathan Award for Did This Movie Need More Black People?
A Black neighbor named Darius
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- The answer is an added neighbor, Darius from the fourth floor.
Apex Mountain
Evil roommates: yes
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- Lee’s career longevity and this performance are weighed.
- John Wick is preferred for puppy-murder revenge, while this film is called the apex of evil roommates.
Picking Nits
Allie’s job, the stiletto death, neighbors’ inconsistent reactions, and Hedy’s disguise generate objections.
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- Allie’s glamorous software career and the plausibility of the stiletto death are questioned.
- The apartment’s noise reactions and Hedy’s attempt to pass as Allie receive further objections.
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
Single Black Female proposed; a sequel already exists
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- An all-Black version starring Amber Riley and K. Michelle is proposed; the discussion also notes an existing sequel.
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