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The hosts agree Richard Pitino is the cleanest example of a person essentially playing himself in the movie.

The panel sides with Wilbon and Kornheiser as the best example of excelling at playing themselves.

Bill calls Leslie Mann the unquestioned winner for the category, while Mr. Hurley is briefly mentioned as an alternative.

Merle emerges as the favorite because of how memorable and scene-stealing he is in the movie.

They briefly debate a few bit parts but favor Jennifer Esposito for the most memorable underused supporting turn.

After discussing several candidates, Bill and Sean settle on Aretha Franklin as the person who steals the movie most decisively.

They agree the film works better by leaving the consummation offscreen because the movie is about yearning and buildup.

They joke that the Stallone-Janine Turner material is dull and suggest the movie could have used a better sex scene.

The blimp hangar is treated as the standout scene-stealing location.

Downtown Baltimore is singled out as the scene-stealing location.

Craig's director-choice answer is a Wes Anderson Robocop version.

They never firmly settle on a director-city winner, but discuss Dominique Dunne and the boy as possible candidates.

They answer Spielberg as the clear directorial fit for the material.

They note that Bob Fosse was once circling one of the early screenplay versions as a possible director.

They identify the baseball throw and Satchel Paige mention as the movie's token sports-adjacent moment.

They jokingly proposed several sports-adjacent inserts, but never chose a definitive actual scene the film needed.

They pick Annabelle as the unusually attractive, independent love interest who owns a bar and cheerleads on the side.

They invent this category and give it to Nancy Travis for playing a very attractive butcher despite the job seeming wildly improbable.

The room gives the award to the recurring Booty Sweat joke because it still works for them every time.

They settle on the movie's deadbeat-but-employed world as the thing they most enjoy about it.

They settle on the no-no-no reaction face as the image most likely to travel as a gif or meme.

They picked the Love Brokers pitch as the most giftable moment, with the window-through-the-hoop gag as the main alternative.

The hosts praised several visually striking openings and movement shots, but did not settle on one clear winner.

They singled out Jake standing in front of the Hustler billboard as the standout visual.

They choose the finale’s model-driven Harrier jet sequence as the best shot-related craft moment.

They pick Killian’s entrance through the Cadre Cola sign as the movie’s most cinematic shot.

They treat the ending image and emotional beat as the standout shot/finish combination.

The roller coaster footage is picked as the standout visual sequence.

They choose the freeze-frame of the horse collapsing as the standout shot.

Chris picks the cliff-climbing and arrow-stab imagery as the film’s most cinematic shot.

They discuss where Carter fits on the villain scale but do not settle on a single precise number.

They rate Henry very highly on the villain scale, even while debating what the scale’s ceiling should be.

They note that the real Josh Waitzkin became a Chinese martial arts champion and BJJ black belt.

The bodyguard anecdote about Landham gets the biggest reaction, with several other weird production facts also mentioned.

They compare 1970s filmographies and prefer Roy Scheider’s stretch to Hoffman’s.

They use the category to argue that Prince was the better performer and overall artist than Michael Jackson, with the movie also topping Thriller-era output in their view.

Their main prescription was to make the conspiracy logic cleaner and more dangerous, while also suggesting a different lead performance might have worked better.

They debate Leo, Hanks, and Cruise career value without landing on a single winner for the hot-take category.

They speculated about what would happen the next day, including Reggie Jackson's legal trouble and how Frank and Jane's relationship would continue.

They joke that Fishburne probably made a move on Josh's mom after the episode's events.

They riff on alternate commentators and entertainment figures, with Gus Johnson as the funniest fit for the scene.

This live-show-only comparison gets more as a joke than as a settled decision.

They say most of the nudity works, but single out the brief Karen Allen scene as the extra one.

They give the unnecessary nudity award to the Lake Minnetonka sequence.

The topless reveal is treated as the obvious nudity pick, with discussion that it was needed for the plot but still a choice.

The hosts agree the sheriff’s daughter’s bra-less, pants-less early-80s scene wins the unnecessary nudity award.

The obvious answer was Redford, and they treated it as settled.

When forced to choose one Oscar, they give it to Travolta.

They explicitly say the movie does not need a better sex scene and praise the kissing that is already there.

The room treats the seduction sequence as already effective, so no better sex scene seems needed.

Joanna gives the award to James Earl Jones for the surprise end-of-movie appearance.

Costner’s frat-boy cameo was the clear answer for the most surprising future A-lister appearance.

They single out 'Sweet Freedom' as the key Michael McDonald song associated with the movie.

Producer Craig interjects and the hosts agree Morricone deserves the music category.

Bill chooses the helmetless motorcycle riding as the clearest period-specific detail in a movie set in 1968.

They land on the film’s very 1975-looking women and styling, with the future-tech assumptions also getting mentioned.

The specific Air Jordans are judged to be the movie's strongest time capsule.

The wall of Panasonic televisions and Fame viewing feel especially locked to 1986.

The film's overwhelmingly white speaking cast is judged its most distinctly 1995 feature.

They landed on the tiny portable Sony TV as the strongest 1995 time-capsule detail.

They pick Jim's e-date setup as the clearest snapshot of 1999-era technology and internet dating.

They settle on the email line as the most time-stamped 1999 moment in the movie.

When the bonus category comes up, they land on John C. Reilly’s Game Boy Color as the most 1999 detail in the film.

They identify Frank Mackey, the TV/self-help landscape, and the song-sing-along structure as the most 1999 elements.

They agree Brie Larson feels especially emblematic of 2014 in this movie.

The hosts settled on Adrian Palicki/Miss Perkins as the most 2014 element, with the cast feeling very early-2010s.

They point to the sport’s current celebrity-heavy global footprint and the Vegas-era setting as the most 2025 elements.

They land on the streaming-app name shuffle as the most 2025-specific element, while also mentioning the filmmaking tech.

They move to Melvin Belli’s TV appearance as the next standout scene because of Brian Cox’s over-the-top performance.

The room moved to the rooftop meeting as the next major scene worth rewatching.

They call Apollo’s decision to force the rematch in Philadelphia the worst choice.

They treat Walter's decision to give up on Jerry Sykes as the movie's worst decision.

They nitpicked the highway shootout logistics, the bag weight math, and a few realism issues around Merriman’s behavior.

They aired several nitpicks, centering on survivability, missed kills, and some world-logic choices.

They trade several nitpicks about the movie's geography, poker mechanics, and practical details without one clear winner.

They flag a cluster of continuity and plausibility issues, especially the underwritten Freddie Stroma plot and Becca's absurdly elaborate DJ rig.

They revisit several logic complaints, especially the family's delay in leaving after being told the house is clean.

They nitpick the grail rules, Elsa's trustworthiness, and the movie's internal logic, but treat it as a general critique session rather than a single decided grievance.

They prefer Chico's Bail Bonds as the better fantasy team name.

Bill gives his race-horse choice as 'The Attitude' and the group trades names in the usual category format.

They toss out Risky Business and Guido the Killer Pimp as strong horse or fantasy-team names.

Kyle's 'Right Boot' gets stated as his answer, while Bill's long-running 'Double Deuce' is also praised.

They favor 'Mr. Lee's' as the best name idea, with LaBar's Point Shavers as the other option discussed.

They brainstorm naming possibilities and land on Omega Sector as the strongest fit.

Craig's flex pick went to Heath Ledger's performance as the best acting he's ever seen.

Goldblum's work drew the strongest praise, with Fiennes also singled out in the same stretch.

They say the long relationship-exposition speech is the best time to leave for a bathroom break.

They agreed the movie briefly slows down right after the prank at Kenneth’s house.

They agree the best bathroom break is when Craig leaves the house.

They identify the rape scene as the point where a viewer would most want to leave the room.

Daniel is nominated despite the acknowledgment that his shortcomings are not especially hidden.

The hosts mostly reject the premise and do not settle on a clear character who secretly sucks.

They clearly pick Scorsese over Spielberg for the comparison game.

The hosts prefer the Scorsese version of this movie because they imagine it getting even darker and more cocaine-soaked.

McGlone is singled out as the standout on-screen smoker, with Aniston and Peet also praised.

They said John Hawks is constantly smoking down to the filter and qualifies for the smoking award.