As a native Atlantan I’ve been wondering when someone would adapt this. It’s eminently filmable. But Croker should be played by someone like the late Fred Thompson. A big part of his persona is he’s a former Tech football player who has let his physique go to seed but still uses his frame to intimidate people. Lane is…

I always liked the implication that when she was a cop in Atlanta she was a drunken hot mess.  So yes, more Giddish please.

To which the in-show response was exactly the same as the viewing audience’s:

It’s definitely a bit silly nearly 50 years on to still be calling out that you’re using injectors instead of a carburetor.

Does it wrap around the side like the hospital in Idiocracy?

Didn’t somebody already make that?

You know you’ve done bad when they report your middle name. You’ve REALLY screwed up when they report your two middle names.

I’ll go out on a limb and guess that she was a not-quite-equal participant.  

No no, you’re a Luddite who just doesn’t understand the new paradigm.

My grab on that topic was “it would be around $20,000, more than the car’s value.”

Yeah but when you find one who will treat you right you hang onto them like grim death. Anyone who’s been in business for a while recognizes the value of repeat customers and word-of-mouth. We have a local 2nd gen family-owned shop that is great about giving you the “do now / needs soon / down the road” rundown…

This sounds like an even better opportunity for a former Tesla engineer (probably laid off last week) to partner with an actual executive to open a professional repair operation that can be expanded and replicated. Most local shops are basically proprietorships and probably don’t have the capability for something like…

I fish with a guide every year during vacation (Gulf side) and he won’t let us keep anything that’s remotely questionable in length relative to minimums. Too many stories about guys cutting corners to make a charter happy only to find themselves inspected on the water or at the dock and literally losing their…

Same - if nothing else he always seemed like a professional.

I think that was implied, but thank you for the clarification.

There’s a lot of real estate between one and eight hours.  One is annoying, eight basically wrecks a day of production.

It’s also kind of silly because can you imagine anyone fronting up thinking they were going to kick the ass of a man his size?  Even a monster like Kevin Durand would think twice about that.

I agree - these are all three-dimensional characters with normal human emotions and weaknesses.  Flick starts as the villain because let’s face it, we’ve all known or know people like her and they bug the shit out of us.  We know her type so well that it only took a couple of minutes for the movie to establish her…

For ages the only place I knew to get it in Atlanta was Harris Teeter, and once they stopped carrying it that was pretty much that. Today you can find all kinds of craft sauces and rubs online that are probably every bit as good, so there’s no doubt the competitive landscape and company founder’s legacy are making it…

No way you put vinegar sauce on a brisket. Most of that flavor should come from hours of curing in the smoke of whatever wood you’re using.