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Primal Fear
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Steven Bauer
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 2
- Movies in this archive
- 3
Rewatchables episodes featuring Steven Bauer’s films
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Approx. transcript time · 01:10:42Read transcript
- Joey Pants is eligible, but Stephen Bauer receives the final choice. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Cop names; angry lieutenants; rival buddy cops; Steven Bauer’s look; uncontainable villains; unannounced visits; dead-body escalator; friendship; poster; company cars; croissant mockery; Chicago bars
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Approx. transcript time · 00:43:48Read transcript
- Ray Hughes and Danny Costanzo are praised as archetypal cop names. — Bill Simmons
- Dan Hadea preserves the angry-lieutenant tradition and prompts a long Inspector Todd riff. — Bill Simmons
- A buddy-cop movie with rival buddy cops is admired even though the “young” rivals are the same age as Hines. — Bill Simmons
- Stephen Bauer’s layered clothes, beard, and unwashed energy are described as peak mid-1980s texture. — Bill Simmons
- A villain committing murder and immediately returning to the street is defended as an essential action-movie staple. — Bill Simmons
- Unannounced visits are remembered as common before cellphones; a recent personal doorstep visit shows the habit has not entirely vanished. — Bill Simmons
- A dead bad guy descending an escalator, “you are the detectives, go and detect,” and the poster are preserved as memorable images. — Bill Simmons
- Company cars, including the detectives’ unmarked car, prompt nostalgia for shared workplace vehicles. — Chris Ryan
- The period’s derision toward croissants is treated as a comic cultural marker. — Chris Ryan
- Chicago bars look unusually good on film and function as the characters’ living rooms. — Bill Simmons
The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
Steven Bauer; Linda, joking; Terry O’Quinn
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Approx. transcript time · 01:15:28Read transcript
- Bauer is the primary choice for three scenes; Braugher is considered too substantial to qualify. — Bill Simmons
- Linda, the girl on the sex tape, receives a joking alternative choice. — Sean Fennessey
- Terry O’Quinn’s threat that Janet should find another job makes him another candidate, with his later Lost role recalled.
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