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The Vincent Chase Award: Are We Sure This Character Is Actually Good at Their Job?

Catherine Tramell as a killer

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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  • Craig introduces the Vincent Chase flex for Catherine: her planning is admired but excessive stabbing, abandoned weapons and disregard for evidence are criticized; her authorial quality is debated using bestseller and review-blurb clues. — Bill Simmons
  • The counterargument says Catherine gets away with everything; an ice-pick search before bed becomes a joking hypothetical. — Chris Ryan
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Filming logistics, contractual nudity limits, script-writing accounts and disputed production anecdotes

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Approx. transcript time · 01:33:52Read transcript
  • A reported filming injury says Stone’s stabbing pierced Bill Cable’s blood pack and skin and sent him to hospital. — Chris Ryan
  • Research reports no sex-scene body doubles, Douglas’s contractual refusal of full frontal nudity and use of a rehearsal for the Beth encounter; Eszterhas’s claim of sleeping with Stone is received skeptically. — Chris Ryan
  • Research reports Eszterhas writing the script in ten days without an outline while listening to the Rolling Stones; Verhoeven’s mild description of Nick’s misconduct is mocked.
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Apex Mountain

Sharon Stone; Joe Eszterhas; erotic thrillers; Coke and Jack Daniel’s; ice picks; women on top

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  • Verhoeven’s Apex is disputed: Starship Troopers is preferred for its later reputation, while Basic Instinct is defended for its cultural impact, commercial success and creation of a star. — Bill Simmons
  • Apex affirmatives are Stone, Eszterhas and erotic thrillers; Douglas and San Francisco films receive no, while ceiling sex mirrors are qualified by later MTV Cribs examples. — Bill Simmons
  • Freeze-frame moments are discussed with a Phoebe Cates counterexample; Tripplehorn’s peak is debated against The Firm, Coke and Jack Daniel’s receives assent, elevator murders loses to Dressed to Kill, and male-star nudity is proposed with Gibson, Costner and Willis comparisons.
  • The resumed Apex discussion endorses ice picks and women on top; sex with a therapist is proposed but compared with The Sopranos and The Prince of Tides.
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Gandolfini Butter on My Ass So It Pops in My Mouth Award

Cops getting in too deep; the relapsing cop ordering a double; no underwear

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Approx. transcript time · 01:38:35Read transcript
  • Enjoyment picks are cops getting in too deep and a supposedly sober cop ordering a double at the police bar while colleagues react.
  • Going without underwear is another enjoyment pick, extended into a personal waxing anecdote.
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He Got Game Hooker Scene Award for Most Awkward Walk-In

Multiple explicit scenes; no single selection

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:40:01Read transcript
  • The awkward-walk-in category is applied broadly to several scenes without one final choice. — Bill Simmons
  • A nitpick asks why Boz’s corpse has no erection; the panel and audience debate the premise without establishing a medical conclusion.
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Picking Nits

Boz’s corpse; short prison terms; Catherine’s writing time; immediate spooning; crash injuries; inheritance; Beth’s devotion

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  • The awkward-walk-in category is applied broadly to several scenes without one final choice. — Bill Simmons
  • A nitpick asks why Boz’s corpse has no erection; the panel and audience debate the premise without establishing a medical conclusion.
  • Nitpicks return to Hazel’s short prison term and ask when Catherine finds time to write a novel in weeks amid sex, drugs, driving and surveillance. — Bill Simmons
  • Nick immediately spooning the murder suspect after sex is mocked as an excessive emotional commitment. — Chris Ryan
  • Nick’s lack of injury after being struck by Roxy’s car and Roxy’s unmarked appearance after the crash are nitpicks. — Bill Simmons
  • A question about Boz leaving Catherine $100 million is corrected by the view that her fortune came from her parents; additional inheritance remains uncertain. — Van Lathan
  • Beth’s devotion to Nick despite his destructive history is questioned and compared with therapist relationships in The Departed and The Sopranos.
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Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

All-Black remake; prestige television; Beth at Berkeley; Manny Vasquez boxing prequel

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Approx. transcript time · 01:44:14Read transcript
  • An all-Black version is considered through Obsessed and A Thin Line Between Love and Hate; prestige television might help explain the ending.
  • Prequel options include Beth at Berkeley and Catherine’s relationship with boxer Manny Vasquez; Basic Instinct 2 is strongly discouraged.
  • A reported Eszterhas Amazon reboot screenplay and his provocative public statement are discussed, with a reply expressing interest. — Van Lathan
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Probably Unanswerable Questions

Manny’s death; Nick’s survival; whether Catherine should kill Nick at the ending

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Approx. transcript time · 01:48:02Read transcript
  • Unanswerable questions ask how prominent Manny’s death in the ring would have been; the police’s racial disguise joke is criticized. — Chris Ryan
  • Nick is predicted to die soon after the ending, with jokes about children, Montana’s departure and another cocaine relapse; his failure to inspect Catherine’s new pages is questioned.
  • Ending alternatives include Catherine killing Nick or visibly grabbing the ice pick; others prefer the existing ambiguity, including a small possibility of Beth’s guilt.
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