The reason nobody cares about the 1998 Godzilla is that the movie was a desperate attempt to capitalize on Jurassic Park fever - turning Godzilla into “biggest velociraptor ever.” Hell, the whole marketing campaign behind it laid it out pretty baldly - unsurprisingly, since The Lost World had just come out the year…

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This just seems like a kind of random list of movies.  Nobody forgot Con Air.

I get why most of the movies on this list are forgotten. But “Con Air” is one of those movies I personally find very rewatchable... I guess it’s a guilty pleasure, but it also seems pretty ubiquitous on streaming platforms and cable TV and seems to have become part of the pop culture zeitgeist.

Jamie’s mom looked awfully young, and sure enough, the actor (Leanne Best, niece of one-time Beatle Pete Best) is only 12 years older than Phil Dunster. This suggests to me that Jamie’s mom had him very young, which would also explain how a kind, loving woman could’ve gone for a total knob like his father.

Agreed on both. I would have loved to see more of what Keely had to offer professionally.

The thing with Shandy is that Keeley actually was right that she saw some talent in her, but also, she was obviously really rough and would need some mentorship and guidance to harness and focus that talent. I don’t think we ever really got that. It was just “Okay, do your thing,” and with Shandy being so wild and…

I’ve really started to wonder if these super sized episodes this season are really the writers shoving two seasons worth of story into one. You can have the writers tell me this was always planned for three seasons, but it really feels to me like it was planned for four (or more) and that maybe this season would have…

I agree on Zava, it was a throwaway thread used to... not really sure. It was like the personification of a Believe sign, I guess?

Am I the only one that sees Lasso as a slight retelling of the Wizard of Oz?

I’ve been thinking about it more, and while it’s bugged me that all of the most important career stuff for Nate is happening offscreen, I’ve started to think that might be intentional. Nate has always been so hyper-focused on how others perceive him, and being good at his job, and letting his career define him. This…

Yeah, I think I do agree with that final paragraph. Especially in terms of throwing in every idea they had, some of the stories earlier in the season (I'm thinking of Shandy and Zava most specifically) now in hindsight feel like they were detours that didn't really add much other than putting off other developments.

I had quibbles with Ted and Nate’s storylines this episode (although both overall worked for me), but Jamie’s might genuinely be my favorite thing the show has ever done. His breakdown in the boot room was hilarious, his scene with his mom made me cry for the first time ever watching this show, and that match is I…

I guess his two friends (Bug and the other guy whose name I can't remember, since it's not "Bug") pulling out the flasks right before they cut to him was a subtle hint.

The length doesn’t matter if it all feels essential. The problem is that a lot of the time I feel like these longer episodes could stand to be trimmed down and we wouldn’t really lose anything, and also that somehow despite the length they still skip out on scenes I’d consider important to the story. (As someone else…

There were so many callbacks this episode. Just a few that I noticed:

Jamie’s dad does not taunt him along the fans in the episode, Jamie just think he is, as he hasn’t heard from him since Wembley.

I thought there was a chance Roy and Keeley were going to bang on Jamie’s childhood bed.

One other thing I’ll add that’s a separate thought— rewatching some of the first two seasons, I’ve come to notice more callbacks I didn’t before. The opening to this episode was definitely a reflection / re-creation of the opening scene of the season 2 finale, after the story about Ted’s panic attack runs.

Good review. Agree on the B rating. great to see Becky Ann Baker, who i’ve loved since Freaks&Geeks.