Most Rewatchable Scene
The hotel-room investigation is selected as the strongest scene. The opening encounter, renovation and rental sequence, Carter’s separate pitches, Drake’s casual racism, Carter taking possession, garage reveal, cockroach attack, preemptive-police-call confrontation, ruined apartment, and final fight are also discussed as rewatchable scenes.
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- The opening encounter with Mrs. Griswold is nominated for its startling entrance.
- The renovation leading into the awkward rental interview is nominated.
- Carter separately manipulating Drake and Patty during the rental pitch is nominated.
- Drake’s casual racism while discussing a prospective tenant is named as a favorite comic scene.
- Carter gaining access and immediately changing the locks is nominated.
- Carter smoking in the dark garage and revealing the razor blades is nominated.
- The cockroach attack and Drake crawling beneath the apartment are nominated, with praise for Matthew Modine taking live cockroaches to the face.
- Carter’s flowers, preemptive police call, and successful provocation of Drake are nominated; the hosts debate how Carter would have forced an attack if Drake resisted.
- Patty’s reaction to the destroyed apartment is praised as Melanie Griffith’s best work.
- Patty following Carter and invading his hotel room is selected as the best and most rewatchable scene.
- The final fight, nail-gun callback, and Carter’s fall are discussed, though the ending is criticized as badly staged.
