Roger Ebert
Just one Oscar
Jerry Goldsmith
“That Guy” Award
David Warner
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 54:44
Chris Ryan: A parent might negotiate with the Antichrist child for benefits rather than kill him.
Bill Simmons: The property is called underused; a five-season story could follow Damien from childhood through boarding school and politics to a reckoning.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:16:40
Bill Simmons: Do not secretly replace a baby who has died; also check the child’s scalp.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
Gregory Peck’s Atticus Finch persona lends seriousness to the horror premise.
The fifth birthday party and nanny death
Jackals are called an unquestioned Apex Mountain candidate.
The stairwell shot connecting the mother and nanny across the white banister
Opening at 6 a.m. on June 6 immediately signals the devil.
The music building during the drive to the church wedding
No food choice
The cemetery and the character transcribed as Bougan Hagen’s excavation ruins are separate choices.
Tracking and crane shots around Brennan in the windy park
The ambassador.
The parents allow the dog to stay despite instructions and repeated fireable offenses, and accept that the other household staff have left.
Gregory Peck’s original impact casting is harder to appreciate today; Tom Hanks is offered as an analogy.
No — The Omen
“It’s all for you, Damien” is the agreed best quote.
A parent might negotiate with the Antichrist child for benefits rather than kill him.
Oliver Reed and William Holden were possibilities; Charlton Heston reportedly received an offer.
Father Brennan, the red-eyed priest
Split: the first nanny; the actor transcribed as Leo McCurran playing Boogan Hogan
A 2023 version could cast Taylor Swift as the ambassador and the football player transcribed as Travis Kelsey in the Lee Remick role.
An advertising executive’s reaction to The Late Great Planet Earth reportedly led to David Seltzer’s screenplay.
No affirmative selection
Damien Thorne and Damien are endorsed.
Damien shows no earlier toddler evil before his fifth birthday; gradual maturation is offered as an explanation.
Baylock’s earlier life and involvement with the coven could support a prequel.
Samuel Jackson in the David Warner role would give the situation an incredulous reaction.
Jerry Goldsmith
Would the mother instinctively recognize that the replacement baby was not hers?
Omen 2
One participant refuses all memorabilia because of the cursed production; the other chooses the seven daggers for preparedness.
Do not secretly replace a baby who has died; also check the child’s scalp.
No consensus: Gregory Peck; tentatively Harvey Spencer Stephens
The producer prefers older horror’s message and filmmaking to modern shock horror, and praises the music.
Recorded movie reference
The Rewatchables · aired June 26, 2026
1. The Exorcist; 2. The Shining; 3. Orphan; 4. We Need to Talk About Kevin; 5. The Omen; 6. The Bad Seed; 7. The Good Son; 8. Brightburn; 9. Late Night with the Devil; 10. Village of the Damned
Recorded movie reference
The Rewatchables · aired May 6, 2025
1976 box office top ten: 1 Rocky; 2 To Fly!; 3 A Star Is Born; 4 King Kong; 5 Silver Streak; 6 All the President's Men; 7 The Omen; 8 The Enforcer; 9 Midway; 10 The Bad News Bears
