The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
Babysitter plot; the shared pickup bar
In the discussion (4)
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- Weak-link choices include the babysitter plot and the shared bar where Hannah never encounters Cal; the mixed-age pickup setting is doubted.
- Van and Bill describe discomfort being older than colleagues at bars, reinforcing objections to Jacob repeatedly using the same venue.
- Phoenix is proposed as a more plausible recasting city. The babysitter’s photos and crush on unkempt Cal are criticized, with the historical framing and online consequences discussed.
- The hosts discuss changes in dating, fear of public rejection and social-media exposure, while Mina gives a qualified nostalgic defense of Jacob’s approach.