What’s Aged the Worst?
Nick's personal-life scenes on repeat viewings; the stalled-traffic highway shootout plan; the unexplained Big Nick nickname; the shots that are obviously Atlanta rather than LA
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- Nick's five-something-in-the-morning text to his wife, with its odd capitalization, is exactly how Big Nick would text; she is entitled to date as fast as she likes, and he shows up at the dinner because he sets fire to everything he touches.
- Nick's personal life on repeat viewings is the thing that has aged worst, since he could simply have been served papers; a joke imagines his daughters dancing eleven years from now at the club he still frequents.
- The crew would have had a better plan at the end than fighting in stalled traffic; the offered explanation is that Donnie planned the whole heist and Merriman is never shown doing anything smart, so once Donnie is out of the picture everything falls apart.
- Donnie anticipates being picked up and carries a handcuff pick; common sense would be ramming the cars and leaving rather than a shootout among 130 cars, though telling the civilians to get behind an engine block is a cool detail.
- Why he is called Big Nick is never explained; he is six foot two, and a quick nod to a South Torrance nickname would have done it.
- Some scenes are obviously Atlanta, a complaint only an LA nerd would make, that now bothers one host who never noticed before; another host has nothing at all for what has aged worst.