Picking Nits
Ben Richards’s generic name and sentence, the stalkers’ past dominance, the deepfake quality, the easy return to the studio, betting odds, Amber’s sudden transformation, and the impossible camera angles and labeling of the raw massacre footage
In the discussion (10)
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- Ben Richards is called an implausibly generic name for Arnold. — Kyle Brandt
- A man accused of murdering sixty people receives detention rather than a death sentence. — Bill Simmons
- The show’s previously dominant stalkers all lose to Richards in one episode. — Bill Simmons
- The fabricated Amber-and-Richards murder footage exceeds even current deepfake capability. — Bill Simmons
- Richards returns from the underground game zone to the television studio implausibly fast. — Bill Simmons
- Richards receives 100-to-1 odds even after defeating multiple stalkers. — Kyle Brandt
- Amber transforms from terrified captive into an armed action hero and romantic partner within the last minutes. — Kyle Brandt
- The supposed raw helicopter footage includes impossible exterior and point-of-view camera angles. — Bill Simmons
- The archive labels the evidence Bakersfield Raw Massacres with implausible bluntness. — Bill Simmons
- A speculative response is that Captain Freedom began as a runner, killed stalkers, and accepted Killian’s offer to become one himself. — Bill Simmons