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Basic Instinct

Picking Nits

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

In the discussion (7)
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  • The awkward-walk-in category is applied broadly to several scenes without one final choice.
  • 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.
  • Nick immediately spooning the murder suspect after sex is mocked as an excessive emotional commitment.
  • Nick’s lack of injury after being struck by Roxy’s car and Roxy’s unmarked appearance after the crash are nitpicks.
  • A question about Boz leaving Catherine $100 million is corrected by the view that her fortune came from her parents; additional inheritance remains uncertain.
  • Beth’s devotion to Nick despite his destructive history is questioned and compared with therapist relationships in The Departed and The Sopranos.