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Night Shift

Picking Nits

Night Shift The Rewatchables

Morgue inactivity, consequences, finances, and careers

The women’s lack of depicted substance abuse or other crises is questioned within the movie’s stereotype. Billy's behavior is interpreted as an unmentioned cocaine addiction. The Times Square morgue is implausibly quiet on the night shift. Chuck and Billy getting their jobs back after arrest is considered convoluted. Charlotte disappears in the second half, making her setup scenes feel expendable. Charlotte’s Thanksgiving scene and near-heart-attack reaction in court are defended as funny despite her later disappearance. The Christmas party is considered too brief. A fifteen-to-twenty-percent commission or higher customer rates are proposed to make the business finances plausible. The business is estimated to operate for roughly one month, from around Thanksgiving until the day after Christmas. The short operating period is still judged insufficient to fund Billy’s car and watches. The business operating without any security is questioned. The group reacts too slowly after Franklin’s murder and the women’s reassignment. Billy falling from successful broker to towel attendant and his unexplained qualification as a mortician are questioned. The claim that there were no phones is made explicitly as a joke while discussing that slow reaction.

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  • The women’s lack of depicted substance abuse or other crises is questioned within the movie’s stereotype.
  • Billy's behavior is interpreted as an unmentioned cocaine addiction.
  • The Times Square morgue is implausibly quiet on the night shift.
  • Chuck and Billy getting their jobs back after arrest is considered convoluted.
  • Charlotte disappears in the second half, making her setup scenes feel expendable.
  • Charlotte’s Thanksgiving scene and near-heart-attack reaction in court are defended as funny despite her later disappearance.
  • The Christmas party is considered too brief.
  • The ten-percent share and transportation costs are questioned as insufficient to fund Billy’s expensive purchases.
  • A fifteen-to-twenty-percent commission or higher customer rates are proposed to make the business finances plausible.
  • The business is estimated to operate for roughly one month, from around Thanksgiving until the day after Christmas.
  • The short operating period is still judged insufficient to fund Billy’s car and watches.
  • The business operating without any security is questioned.
  • The group reacts too slowly after Franklin’s murder and the women’s reassignment.
  • Billy falling from successful broker to towel attendant and his unexplained qualification as a mortician are questioned.
  • The claim that there were no phones is made explicitly as a joke while discussing that slow reaction.