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Sudden Death

Picking Nits

Job respect; overtime deadline; Foss name; son’s concern; Hallmark delay; goalie identity and equipment; daughter hostage; hanging; concussion

In the discussion (11)
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  • The lack of respect for an arena fire-engineer job is questioned.
  • Overtime delaying the explosions is questioned because that exception was not part of the villain’s stated plan.
  • The villain’s name Joshua Foss is said never to be spoken and is criticized alongside McCord’s name.
  • The son’s lack of concern for his missing sister is questioned, with jokes about future psychological damage.
  • Hallmark repeatedly failing to kill McCord before talking is criticized.
  • Teammates failing to notice that McCord has replaced their goalie is questioned.
  • The unattended sick goalie’s fate and the time needed to exchange equipment remain questions.
  • Booth taking the daughter while escaping is questioned as needless added risk.
  • The young daughter hanging on and pulling herself up over a fatal drop is considered physically and emotionally implausible.
  • McCord making the save while concussed compounds the absurdity; the commentator’s joke about his children feeling the hit is criticized.
  • Having McCord score too is imagined as the only missing escalation of the hockey joke.