The coziest opening, ever.

Hackman. The Hack-Man. RIPD, first of all. He and Dennis are coaching heaven’s Hoosiers, now.

In all seriousness, two of the rarest birds in their respective flocks, born within a decade of each other and yet they feel miles apart as actors and men. Not in a bad way, and certainly in ways we all benefited from as audiences over many decades of entertaining and compelling work.

Speed. The Royal Tenenbaums. Blue Velvet. The Conversation. That barely scratches the wary surface. I digress.

Barbara Hershey is bringing her somewhat enigmatic assertiveness, to great effect, and even with a sort of underdeveloped romance, I buy that she and Gene are into each other.

Anyway, this one was an easy couple hours, with a guest appearance by Phil’s better half (and a cat!). Please enjoy the inane loop experiments!

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