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Jerry Maguire

Picking Nits

A step-by-step Arizona-to-Los Angeles timeline concludes that Jerry could not reach Dorothy before roughly 1:45 a.m., when the divorce group implausibly remains awake and sober.

In the discussion (3)
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  • A 9 p.m. Eastern Monday Night Football start is converted to 7 p.m. in Arizona, followed by the game, interviews, changing, and Jerry and Rod’s exchange.
  • Stadium-to-airport travel, buying a ticket, the flight, and leaving LAX are estimated to put Jerry at Dorothy’s home no earlier than about 1:45 a.m.
  • The divorce group still being awake, sober, and calmly gathered at that hour is called a major problem; dawn or a late Sunday game is suggested as a repair.