Candidates offered include Andy's makeover, the Harry Potter book scene, Miranda without makeup and the Paris double cross.
Andy's initial outfit with the Chanel boots splits the panel: one hates the jacket with too many studs, another would wear it.
Miranda without makeup is called the Oscar-reel moment.
The blue sweater speech is proposed as one of two iconic scenes: an exhilarating Streep put-down, called 'my Braveheart speech', that lives outside the movie as shorthand for how the fashion industry works.
The other proposed scene is the Stanley Tucci 'wake up, sweetheart' speech; he is called really good in this movie.
The Tucci speech is read as a lecture to a proto-millennial, about five years ahead of think pieces about that generation's work ethic.
The two speech picks are teased as revealing a tough-love leadership style with Miranda as hero.
Asked to break the tie, the tiebreaker picks the Harry Potter scene for seeing Andy be industrious, and admires her green dress, though the belt could be minimized.

What’s Aged the Best?

Boss being mean to an assistant plot; Meryl Streep's hair; Emily Blunt's breakout role; Andy's pre-makeover sweaters; Foreshadowing of the millennial workplace; Anna Wintour's reputation

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The boss-being-mean-to-an-assistant plot is called great and realistic; Set It Up is mentioned as this week's two-assistant version.
Meryl Streep's hair and look are called stylish, cool and probably her best look; Emily Blunt's breakout role is also named.
Andy's pre-makeover sweaters are praised, but her Steve Madden-esque loafers and black tights with slingback heels are a hard no.
The film's picture of how that generation works at the office is called prescient foreshadowing of millennials.
Anna Wintour's reputation (transcribed 'Anna Winter') is said to have aged best because of the film, which was based on a book by her former assistant, citing an Alison Herman piece for The Ringer; others are not positive that is the case.
A Teen Vogue sequel idea leads to a tangent about The Hills, where bosses came out worse.
The final pick is the boss being mean to an assistant, called the best version of that plot; being able to sympathize with the boss is credited.

What’s Aged the Worst?

Adrian Grenier's performance; Simon Baker's hotshot writer; The soundtrack; Andy's friend group; Hats and accessories

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Adrian Grenier is called not just a poorly written part but bad in it, like Vince Chase in a bad movie, with no romantic chemistry with Hathaway.
A counterpoint: the character is a classic college boyfriend you are not supposed to believe she cares about, but the missing chemistry still sinks it.
His cook character, with the port wine reductions and a job at Bubbies in Tribeca, is noted, along with his odd availability at night.
A joke suggests crediting him as Vincent Chase, the kind of synergy that would happen in 2018.
The hotshot reporter played by Simon Baker is picked apart: a writer on the side of a bus with no clear beat, never a girlfriend, always available to hit on Andy; one panelist had him for unintentional comedy but still enjoys the fun-bad character.
Media careers are made to look cool on screen; in real life that guy is in the corner of the party tweeting about being at the party.
The soundtrack is called garbage generic top-40, part of a pattern in movies targeted at women including Ocean's 8; paying for Vogue was the great exception.
Movies targeted at women are said to skimp on the DP, soundtrack and lighting; City of Blinding Lights and 'Crazy' are cited, and a defender is swayed that the soundtrack is distinct because it is bad, while the opening song is still called good.
A tangent praises the soundtrack of A Lot Like Love as a lost great movie of the 2000s.
The Grenier concept is seconded; the Rich Summer (as transcribed) appearance and the whole friend group, including the best friend known from the Rent movie, feel like people who would never be together.
The gay friend is never mentioned again, and Andy makes no work friends, explained as the isolating assistant position.
Lily judging Andy and calling her a glamazon at the party is called bad friend behavior.
Andy's hats and the accessories, including jewelry that looks plastic and a Fendi bag Miranda carries early, are not on par with the clothes budget.

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Gisele Bündchen

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Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci are ruled ineligible: the award cannot go to an integral part of the movie and has to be someone who comes in hot.
The only answer is Giselle, whose eyelash-curler line is quoted.
She left the panel wanting more, like playing six minutes for 12 points and 10 rebounds, with calls to release more of her scenes.
She has never been dislikable; she could have been brought to Paris, but the amount was just right, the definition of the award.

Apex Mountain

Anne Hathaway; Stanley Tucci; Adrian Grenier

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Asked whether this is Hathaway's Apex, the first answer is no; Rachel Getting Married, Ocean's 8 (admitted recency bias) and 'intercellar' (as transcribed) are floated.
The correct answer is declared to be that this is her Apex, since she becomes a top star with her whole career ahead; this is accepted, and she gets 'the Dark Night' (as transcribed) because of it.
Emily Blunt's Apex is said to be happening right now, with A Quiet Place leading into Mary Poppins; one panelist is nervous about Mary Poppins.
A tangent debates whether anyone under 40 knows Julie Andrews' Mary Poppins, and one panelist shames musicals.
For Meryl Streep a yes is offered; one panelist recounts fighting with her husband over calling this Streep's greatest performance.
Sophie's Choice is called the iconic example, and Streep is argued to be the best actor ever, male or female.
Her best performance is said to have to be something like Sophie's Choice, though she lacks a Vito Corleone-type mainstream role, with Miranda the closest.
A March 2009 column called her the best actor ever; she is compared to LeBron for durability, and Adaptation and The Hours back to back are praised.
Stanley Tucci: absolutely his Apex, with a joke that his Apex is his cookbook.
Simon Baker is called rough, now making a lot of money on a CBS show as The Mentalist.
A case for Adrian Grenier is first rejected because Entourage was his apex, then accepted because this came during Entourage, putting him on the mountaintop.

Who Won the Movie?

Not named ('no contest')

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Asked who won the movie, the answer is 'no contest, nothing to discuss'; no name is spoken in the transcript.
For the number-two winner, Emily Blunt is offered first, then Hathaway is chosen because the film proves her as a mainstream lead.
Hathaway had the much harder part and Emily Blunt the easier one, though she brought pizzazz; since the film starts both careers, maybe they tie.