This week, we review the classic middle installment of an almost-certainly-never-to-be-rebooted trilogy, "Back to the Future, Part II."

We discuss the movie's story structure, tone, pacing, character focus, and the excellent cliffhanger ending.  How much (or how little) does the movie's depiction of 2015 hold up to the 2015 we now know in our real world past?  Do the special effects depicting flying cars hold up to today's standards?  Is the alternate 1985 created by Biff fun, funny, unpleasant, or just plain hard to get through?  Is it a necessary evil to drive the story and heighten the stakes?  We cover these questions and more on this week's episode.

Grab your hoverboard, sports almanac, fedora, shades, leather jacket, and walkie talkies, as we take a historic journey to 2015, alt-1985, and 1955 (again) with "Back to the Future, Part II."

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