Apex Mountain
The participants rename the category Mount Wilson and give the central answer to Luke and Owen Wilson, while also making a substantial Gwyneth Paltrow case.
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- The category is jokingly renamed Mount Wilson for this episode.
- Owen Wilson released Zoolander, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Behind Enemy Lines in 2001.
- That three-film year is offered as evidence of Owen Wilson's career peak.
- Gwyneth Paltrow is proposed as an alternate Apex Mountain winner.
- Margot Tenenbaum became an iconic visual character recognizable enough for repeated Halloween costumes.
- Paltrow's controlled performance conveys Margot's backstory and emotional truth in each appearance.
- Her run from Emma through The Royal Tenenbaums made her one of the largest actresses in the world.
- The Talented Mr. Ripley and her Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love are cited as part of that run.
- The Royal Tenenbaums is proposed as Paltrow's last great movie before a career increasingly built around celebrity and franchise appearances.
- The final stated agreement returns to Mount Wilson for the Wilson brothers.