I agree. While I think some of the situations were a little stagy and some of the characterizations a bit ham-fisted - the stories of bigotry among people of color were more interesting, something not often portrayed in mainstream Hollywood films.

Now get yourself to Mars!

I saw something a while back about how different classic movies would play out differently if characters had cell phones.
In the world of The Family no one even bothers to use Google or their own police tools like GPS.

When did that happen? Did I doze off during that episode?

Cash helps everything - I'm sure some safety officials got a nice new car.

Sounds like the only thing missing are live alligators. Good times!

Is that a new flower or something?

Stop poking me.

Guy is supposed to be a panther, cats are pretty good at jumping…at least on YouTube.

And Bigfoot.

So you should get Nina's job - she's not doing so good on this case!

Doug took the only car. Who knows how many miles she'd have to walk to find a phone.

Yes! And the references they did include like "an old movie" was for Empire Strikes Back, a film with a global audience.

He does have 2 Oscar nominations - probably counts for something.

So make the Ancient One Nepalese or Indian? Or maybe from Bhutan? Lots of ancient mountain cultures to choose from.

btw - Pecan sandies are yummy!

DNA trace seems weird. Why would Ben's DNA be in any state/fed databases for her to search and find his birth mother? Had he committed some crime before or joined the military - those are the most common databases; none of which would be accessible to a reporter.

I didn't like Inside Out. Just seemed way too abstract for a kids movie. But I'm not a kid, so who knows…

Haha. Maine TV voters can't be any stupider than people who selected an orange cheese puff with a combover as their presidential candidate.

American History X was one of those really great movies I can only watch once. So intense.